$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is George Argyros & family Argyros, a real estate mogul, founded property firm Arnel & Affiliates in southern California in 1968 and serves as its CEO. The company owns 5,500 apartments in Orange County, California and nearly 2 million square feet of commercial …
$18 Billion | Rank #87 Who is Vladimir Lisin Lisin started out as an electrical fitter in a coal mine in Siberia and then worked as a steelworker in Central Russia. He then managed factories for Trans-World Group, a collection of commodities traders with stakes in aluminum smelters. Trans-World …
$32 Billion | Rank #41 Who is John Mars He and Jacqueline each own an estimated one-third of the company. His late brother Forrest Jr.’s four daughters own the rest. The $40 billion (sales) candy, petcare and food company was founded by John’s grandfather, Frank, in 1911. Mars is …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Mika Anttonen Anttonen uses profits to finance projects he hopes will combat climate change and eventually replace oil, such as developing bioethanol from trash. He got his start as an oil trader working for Finland-based oil refiner and marketer, Neste Oyj, in …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Ruben Feffer Known as Binho, he is the only brother who is not a board member of Suzano. Ruben, a pianist, is credited with the music for Boy and the World, a 2013 Brazilian film nominated for Academy Award for best animated …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Kiril Domuschiev Founded in 2003, Advance Properties has interests in animal health, shipping, port management, real estate and soccer. Advance’s largest asset is Huvepharma, the world’s sixth-largest livestock health company, which has factories in four countries including the U.S. The Domuschiev brothers …
$3 Billion | Rank #951 Who is Najib Mikati Its investments include stakes in South African telecom firm MTN, fashion retailer Pepe Jeans, and real estate in New York, London and Monaco. Mikati and his brother Taha founded Investcom in 1982, selling satellite phones at the height of Lebanon’s …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Ramesh Chandra Sharma Mumbai-based Capri offers home loans, construction loans as well as customized business loans for medium and small-scale enterprises. It has more than 100 branches across India, with a substantial presence in northern and western India. Coming from an average …
$2 Billion | Rank #1341 Who is Yusuf Hamied Cipla was founded in 1935 by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. After the patriarch passed away in 1972, Cambridge-educated Hamied and his brother Mustafa inherited the business. Hamied took on big pharmaceutical companies, offering low-cost …
