$6 Billion | Rank #438 Who is Charles Simonyi The developer has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford, and worked on one of the first personal computers at Xerox. He joined Microsoft, then a fledgling firm, as employee No. 40 in 1981, and spent two decades in application …
$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is Hans Langer Langer founded EOS, one of the earliest and most successful 3-D printing companies, more than 30 years ago. Daughter Marie Langer took over as CEO of the largest operating business, EOS GmbH, which makes 3D printers for polymers and metals, …
$3 Billion | Rank #1012 Who is Zhang Lei Zhang holds and MBA and M.A. in international relations from Yale University. Zhang holds a B.A. from Renmin University in Beijing, where he is vice chairman of the board of trustees. Coming from an average or middle class family, Zhang …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Angela Bennett The royalty was negotiated by her father, Peter Wright, and his partner, Lang Hancock, father of fellow Western Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart. Bennett holds a major stake in Wright Prospecting, which is in litigation with Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting over various …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Lin Zhixiong & family Double Medical Technology’s main products are trauma implant and spinal implant consumables. Lin studied at Chiba University in Japan from April 2003 to June 2004. Lin founded the predecessor of Double Medical Technology after he returned from Japan …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Josh Kushner In May 2021, Goldman Sachs invested an estimated $120 million in Thrive at a $3.6 billion valuation; Kushner’s stake is estimated to be worth $1.9 billion. In February 2022, Thrive’s eighth and largest fund to date closed at $3 billion, …
$4 Billion | Rank #728 Who is Hao Hong Hao holds a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. He founded the company in 1995. Coming from an average or middle class family, Hao Hong is one those great persons who have stormed their way …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Oleg Deripaska In April 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions against Deripaska and some of his companies. In January 2019, OFAC lifted sanctions on En+ Group, UC Rusal and Eurosibenergo, and Deripaska agreed to …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Ye Xiaoping Ye holds an EMBA from Peking University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University. Ye was an executive at Roche before becoming an entrepreneur. Tigermed was founded in 2004. Coming from an average or middle class family, Ye Xiaoping is one …
