$2 Billion | Rank #1579 Who is Alexander Ponomarenko Ponomarenko and partner Alexander Skorobogatko started out with sea ports and banking and then moved into airport construction. In 2013 the two, with Arkady Rotenberg, a judo partner of President Vladimir Putin, won a tender to develop Sheremetyevo, the state-owned …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Jean-Pierre Cayard Jean-Pierre, now CEO, joined in 1970 and has turned it into one of France’s largest spirits groups, with a portfolio of international brands. Its “millionaire” brands include Porto Cruz, a leading Port; Label 5, a best-selling scotch whiskey brand; and …
$3 Billion | Rank #1053 Who is Jane Goldman The youngest daughter of Sol Goldman (d. 1987), once New York’s biggest landlord, she oversees a portfolio that includes at least 400 properties. Trophies include apartments on the Upper East Side and the block of land in Midtown Manhattan that …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Luiza Helena Trajano She owns a bit more than 17% of the Sao Paulo-listed firm, which her parents founded in 1957 and named after her mother (also named Luiza). Trajano was hired as an apprentice by her parents at age 18, working …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Mehmet Aydinlar He build the company after starting out as a consultant in the same field, took it public in 2000, and brought in a partner, Abraaj Capital, in 2008. The company was delisted in 2012, after Aydinlar struck a deal with …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Andrei Bokarev Bokarev previously headed Krutrade AG, which ran the export operations of the Kuzbassrazrezugol coal company. Bokarev is a partner in most of his senior partner Iskander Makhmudov’s projects including Transmashholding, Kuzbassrazrezugol and UGMK. He owns half of Ust-Luga Oil company, …
$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Prathap Reddy The $1.5 billion (revenue) company operates a network of 71 hospitals, 226 primary care clinics and nearly 4,300 pharmacies. His four daughters run the company. Eldest Preetha Reddy and third daughter Shobana Kamineni are executive vice chairpersons. Second daughter Suneeta …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Ken Kendrick Kendrick was a member of the group that brought the MLB expansion team to Arizona in 1995. He built a fortune in software and banking, founding Datatel (later renamed Ellucian) and investing in Woodforest National Bank. In 2021, Kendrick joined …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Norbert Dentressangle He founded Norbert Dentressangle SA in 1979 and grew it into a European industry leader with $5.5 billion in revenues and more than 43,000 employees. Now he focuses on real estate, industrial ventures and other investments through his family-owned holding …
