$7 Billion | Rank #375 Who is Patrick Drahi Drahi built Altice with more than 20 acquisitions of lagging cable and mobile operators and has expanded further with highly leveraged deals. In 2021, he spent approximately $4.2 billion to purchase an 18% stake in British telecom giant BT Group. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1645 Who is Xu Shijun & family Coming from an average or middle class family, Xu Shijun & family is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at 1645 on billionaires list making …
$28 Billion | Rank #49 Who is He Xiangjian In 1968, He led a group of 23 residents from the town of Beijiao in Guangdong Province to form a lid production workshop that became Midea. Midea Group, whose shares trade on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, now has more than …
$2 Billion | Rank #1341 Who is Prayudh Mahagitsiri With a 60% market share, Quality Coffee has been cashing in on the country’s rising coffee culture. Prayudh also has interests in steel, copper, shipping, offshore drilling and property development. His son Chalermchai, a Boston University grad, is CEO of …
$17 Billion | Rank #104 Who is Renata Kellnerova & family Kellner died in a helicopter crash in Alaska during a heliskiing trip. Kellnerova and her four children control PFF Group, the $44 billion (assets) conglomerate with interests in financial services, telecommunications, media and real estate. She chairs The …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Jens von Bahr He was CEO of Evolutions until 2016 and is now chairman of the company, which primarily sells live-streamed tables of blackjack, poker, craps and roulette to online gambling operators, The company went public in Stockholm in 2015 and it …
$3 Billion | Rank #1196 Who is Harindarpal Banga The former vice-chairman of the Noble Group made his fortune over a 21-year career with Asia’s largest commodity trader. He cashed in the last of his Noble shares in 2012, and started Hong Kong based Caravel Group with sons Guneet …
$5 Billion | Rank #490 Who is Hui Wing Mau Hui’s son Jason is vice chairman at Shimao Property; daughter Carol is the chairman of Shanghai-traded Shanghai Shimao. Coming from an average or middle class family, Hui Wing Mau is one those great persons who have stormed their way …
$7 Billion | Rank #350 Who is Dennis Washington Washington owns a copper mine, a regional railroad and a shipbuilding business. The day after high school graduation in 1952, he headed to Alaska where he started out greasing equipment, then became a heavy-crane operator. After working for his uncle’s …
