$12 Billion | Rank #152 Who is Charles Schwab The company averages 6 million trades per day across 33 million client accounts worth $7.8 trillion. Schwab was CEO of the business until 2008 and still owns about 7% of its stock. He founded the firm as a traditional brick-and-mortar …
$4 Billion | Rank #654 Who is Christian Haub Its operations include home-improvement chain OBI; clothing and non-food discounter KiK; and online retailer babymarkt.de. The group also invests in startups and is active in services (energy, plus audits and consulting), property management and real estate development. Older brother Karl-Erivan …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Gurbachan Singh Dhingra He controls the company with his brother Kuldip Singh Dhingra, also a billionaire. In 1991 the brothers bought Berger Paints, then the country’s smallest paint maker, from liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya. Apart from India, Berger has a presence in …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Ruan Shuilong & family Longsheng’s predecessor organization was an insecticide factory founded in a commune set up in the eastern city of Shangyu in 1970. Coming from an average or middle class family, Ruan Shuilong & family is one those great persons …
$6 Billion | Rank #438 Who is Mitchell Rales Over the years they acquired more than three dozen companies and turned Danaher into an industrial firm with $22.3 billion in revenues. In July 2016, Danaher spun off its industrial technologies, measurement and petroleum businesses into Fortive Corporation. Mitchell Rales …
$8 Billion | Rank #304 Who is Xu Shihui Xu started out in the cookie business and then ended up acquiring 120 food brands. Dali went public in November 2015 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Xu’s daughter Xu Yangyang is a Dali vice president and executive director. Coming …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Pengcheng Wen & family More than 50,000 family farms work with Wen. Coming from an average or middle class family, Pengcheng Wen & family is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And …
$4 Billion | Rank #654 Who is N.R. Narayana Murthy Murthy stepped down as chairman in 2011 after 30 years with the company but returned in 2013 to hand over management to a professional CEO in 2014. In 2017, Murthy was in the news for raising concerns over alleged …
$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is T.Y. Tsai Tsai struck out on his own in 2010, selling his shares in Cathay Financial Holding, Cathay Life’s successor, to his brothers. These days Tsai makes real estate investments through Homax Equity. He has a collection of cars and art, including …
