$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is Zhang Hongwei United Energy made several acquisitions in 2018 including buying Kuwait Energy for a reported $650 million and snapping up more assets in Pakistan. Zhang has 30 years of experience in management in China. His daughter Zhang Meiying is an executive …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Rafique Malik The $107 million (revenue), privately held company is known for its brands such as Mochi, Metro and Walkway. Farah Malik Bhanji, the second of his five daughters, runs the company as managing director. The company also operates 149 Crocs stores …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Luca Garavoglia Campari’s brands includes Skyy Vodka, Wild Turkey, Aperol and Campari. Garavoglia inherited his stake in the company from his parents. His mother, Rosa Anna Magno Garavoglia, died in 2016. He now owns an estimated 27% of the company, which listed …
$4 Billion | Rank #822 Who is Hu Kaijun China Grand is the parent of three publicly-traded companies: China Grand Pharmaceutical, wholesaler Huadong Medicine and a port operator. Coming from an average or middle class family, Hu Kaijun is one those great persons who have stormed their way to …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Katharina Otto-Bernstein She inherited a minority stake in Otto Group and its more than 40 companies in retail (Crate and Barrel), real estate and financial services. She’s also a shareholder of ECE, the family’s commercial real estate company focused on shopping centers. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Louis Bacon He created hedge fund Moore Capital in 1989 using trading profits and a small inheritance. Bacon announced he was closing his hedge fund and returning outside investors’ money in November 2019, citing years of “disappointing results.” Moore Capital still manages …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Shigefumi Wada & family Obic Business Consultants is known for its cloud accounting services and its television ads featuring a kabuki actor. Wada started the business in 1980; his wife Hiroko is a senior managing director and a board member. Together Wada …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Kenneth Tuchman Tuchman’s personal frustration with the way businesses approached customer service led him to found the company in 1982. Today, he is the majority owner of the $1.9 billion (sales) company, which handles customer inquires via phone, messaging and social media. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Igor Makarov In the late 1990s, Itera was Russia’s main exporter of gas from Turkmenistan, where Makarov was born. In 2012 Itera entered into a joint venture with Rosneft, the state-controlled oil company; the next year, Rosneft bought out Itera for $2.9 …
