$7 Billion | Rank #350 Who is Micky Arison He spent 34 years as CEO of Carnival, helping grow its fleet from two ships to more than 100, before stepping down in June 2013. Born in Tel Aviv, he immigrated to the U.S. as a young child with his …
$3 Billion | Rank #1053 Who is Roger Penske The business is best known for its auto dealerships, which sell new and used cars, and its iconic yellow rental trucks. Penske started his career with one car dealership in 1965, opened with a $75,000 loan from his father. In …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Suyu Su & family Su, one of the world’s richest self-made women, co-founded the predecessor company of the Luenmei Group with two sons in Shantou. Su also has interests in real estate, minerals and finance. She shares her fortune with her sons. …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Prachak Tangkaravakoon TOA Paint has three plants in Thailand, plus factories in Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia. The company’s IPO in 2017 raised $360 million to ramp up regional expansion, including in Myanmar and Cambodia. His son Vonnarat became a …
$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Karin Sartorius-Herbst Her great-grandfather Florenz Sartorius founded what become Sartorius AG in 1870 to make analytical balances to measure small mass in laboratories. Her father, Horst Sartorius, died in 1998 and left a 50% stake to his daughters Karin, Christine Franken and …
$3 Billion | Rank #883 Who is John Middleton The original business, John Middleton Inc., was founded as a small retail tobacco shop in Philadelphia in 1856 by his great-great-grandfather. The company began manufacturing cigarettes in the 1950s and launched the Black & Mild cigar brand in 1980. Middleton …
$2 Billion | Rank #1645 Who is Wu Yulan Hansoh is one of China’s 30 largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. Coming from an average or middle class family, Wu Yulan is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Anurang Jain Jain owns a majority stake in Endurance, which supplies parts for two-wheelers and three-wheelers in India and car parts in Europe. Endurance has 18 factories in India and 9 in Europe. Jain made news when he bought two apartments in …
$24 Billion | Rank #59 Who is Qin Yinglin Qin was born in Neixiang County in Henan, China’s most populous province. He studied animal husbandry at Henan Agricultural University, then started his own business with wife Qian Ying, who sits on the board of Muyuan. The couple started their …
