$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Kenny Troutt In 1998, Troutt sold Excel Communications to Teleglobe in a $3.5 billion deal and reinvested the profits in stocks, bonds and horses. An avid horse racing fan, Troutt owns WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, breeder of Thoroughbreds including a Kentucky …
$2 Billion | Rank #1397 Who is Zhou Jian Coming from an average or middle class family, Zhou Jian is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at 1397 on billionaires list making him one of the …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Reid Hoffman In 2016, Hoffman sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in cash and joined Microsoft’s board. He is an investor in Airbnb, which went public in December 2020, and autonomous driving pioneer Aurora, which acquired Uber’s self-driving unit. Hoffman is …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Li Denghai Li founded Shandong Denghai Seeds in 1989 in his hometown, Laizhou, in China’s Shandong Province. Coming from an average or middle class family, Li Denghai is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Ihor Kolomoyskyy He served as the governor of his native Dnipro region from March 2014 until March 2015, when he was fired by then-president Petro Poroshenko. In 2016, Ukraine’s government nationalized PrivatBank, after an investigation suggested large-scale fraud over a period of …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Liu Chengyu & family Coming from an average or middle class family, Liu Chengyu & family is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at 2448 on billionaires list making …
$27 Billion | Rank #52 Who is Leonardo Del Vecchio & family Over the years, Luxottica acquired Sunglass Hut, Ray-Ban and Oakley and grew to make glasses for virtually every brand, including Bulgari and Chanel. In 2018 Luxottica merged with French lens maker Essilor, creating the world’s largest producer …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Friederike Braun-Luedicke Her mother’s cousin Ludwig Georg Braun took the reins in 1977, when the company had just $24 million in annual sales (now around $8 billion). Today, with 60,000 employees globally, B. Braun manufactures products ranging from infusion and injection solutions …
$4 Billion | Rank #709 Who is Guanjiang Wu & family Wu has reduced his holding over the years, owning less than 10% of the company by 2018. Coming from an average or middle class family, Guanjiang Wu & family is one those great persons who have stormed their …
