$2 Billion | Rank #1579 Who is Thomas Kwok He was co-chairman from 2011 until 2014, when he was sentenced to five years in prison for bribery. He was released in 2019. In Thomas’s absence his son Adam has served as an executive director for the company. Kwok and …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Koo Bon-sik He is the youngest of the four Koo brothers of the LG Group. Heesung is LG’s largest supplier of backlights, which are used to illuminate LCD displays. Heesung group’s affiliates include LT Precision, LT metal and LT Material. Koo Bon-sik …
$3 Billion | Rank #984 Who is Philippe Foriel-Destezet Foriel-Destezet merged the firm with Klaus Jacobs’s Swiss firm Adia to create Adecco in 1996. He stepped down as co-chairman of Swiss staffing firm Adecco in 2005 and was made an honorary president in 2006. Through his Luxembourg holding company, …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Fernando Roig His billionaire brother Juan Roig is the majority shareholder of Mercadona, which was founded by their parents in 1977. Juan and Fernando took over Mercadona with their sisters in 1981 when it was only an eight-store chain. Since then they …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Park Kwan-ho Park took the company public on Korea’s technology-rich Kosdaq stock exchange in 2009. Previously, Park was the development team leader at Korean game developer ActozSoft. Coming from an average or middle class family, Park Kwan-ho is one those great persons …
$3 Billion | Rank #913 Who is Julia Oetker Geschwister Oetker was formed in 2021 after the eight Oetker siblings agreed to divide their $8 billion (sales) conglomerate into two separate groups. The original business, Dr. August Oetker, began in 1891 when her great-grandfather started selling non-perishable baking powder. …
$5 Billion | Rank #552 Who is Daniel Ziff Daniel’s late father, William Jr., built up Ziff Davis, which became best known for such trade publications as PC Magazine and Car and Driver. The publishing business was sold for $1.4 billion in 1994. The brothers created the Ziff Brothers …
$3 Billion | Rank #1163 Who is Luciano Benetton Known for their colorful sweaters, Benetton won over parts of the world, opening its first store in Paris in 1969 and reaching New York in 1980. The brand hit some turbulence at the turn of the century amid falling demand …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Karen Virginia Beckmann Legoretta She serves on the board of Becle, where her brother Juan Domingo Beckmann Legorreta is the CEO; he is also a billionaire. The company has been in the family for more than 250 years. Karen Virginia Beckmann Legoretta …
