$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Stein Erik Hagen In 2014 Hagen appointed his daughter, billionaire Caroline Marie Hagen Kjos, to take over the reins of his family’s investment company Canica AS. Caroline, now chairman, owns a majority of the holdings, though Stein Erik maintains a seat on …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Michaela Herz She is a granddaughter of Tchibo cofounder Max Herz, who built a fortune based on the import and sale of coffee. Her father, Guenter, ran Tchibo for almost 35 years. The family also built a stake in skin-care company Beiersdorf, …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Arkady Rotenberg In the late 2000s Rotenberg became an owner of SGM Group and Mostotrest, now two of Russia’s biggest construction contractors. Both companies were targeted by EU sanctions in 2018 due to their participation in the construction of the Crimean bridge. …
$8 Billion | Rank #254 Who is Anthony von Mandl Forbes estimates von Mandl’s U.S. business generated over $3 billion in revenue in 2021, based on analyst estimates. He began his career in the Canadian wine business as an importer in the 1970s at age 22. He currently owns …
$3 Billion | Rank #1053 Who is N. Murray Edwards His largest investments include oil sands miner Canadian Natural Resources, aerospace firm Magellan and a minority stake in the NHL’s Calgary Flames. A lawyer by training, Edwards made the jump to business at age 28 after promising a dying …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Oliver Samwer Oliver is the middle brother and the CEO of Rocket Internet, which delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2020. Together, the Samwers own around 45% of Rocket. The company was valued at more than $8 billion at the …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Dmitry Kamenshchik He got into the business in 1992, when the then-philosophy student chartered a plane to fly goods from China to Moscow. Coming from an average or middle class family, Dmitry Kamenshchik is one those great persons who have stormed their …
$6 Billion | Rank #460 Who is Joe Mansueto Mansueto stepped down as CEO in 2017 after more than 30 years at the helm. He owns just under half of the publicly traded firm, which manages or advises on more than $200 billion in assets. In 2018, the Chicagoan …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Xianbao Chen & family Headquartered in Hefei, Qiaqia supplies sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, beans, pumpkin seeds, pistachios, walnuts, almonds and other nuts. Chen worked in state-run Anhui Sugar Tobacco and Wine earlier in his career. Coming from an average or middle class …
