$3 Billion | Rank #1196 Who is Rajinder Gupta The Ludhiana-based company makes bath and bed linen such as towels, duvets and fitted sheets. Two thirds of Trident’s annual revenue is from exports to nearly 100 countries. Trident’s shares rose more than 300% in 2021, fueled by a surge …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Venu Srinivasan TVS Motor is the flagship of the TVS Group, which was founded in 1911 by T. V. Sundaram Iyengar. The $2.7 billion (revenue) company, which makes motorcycles and scooters, has three factories in India and one in Indonesia. Four families …
$3 Billion | Rank #883 Who is Wesley Edens A former BlackRock partner, Edens first became a billionaire alongside his four cofounders when Fortress went public in 2007. Amid scrutiny of management’s use of capital, Fortress shares tanked 60% within a year of its offering. By 2009, Edens was …
$5 Billion | Rank #552 Who is Ben Chestnut Mailchimp’s email marketing software for small businesses garnered enough customers that in 2007 they committed to it full time. Wary of giving up control to outside investors, Chestnut and Kurzius bootstrapped growth from profits and took no outside money. In …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Catherine Phillips They each own about 1.5% each of the wildly successful company. Phillips is a psychologist who specializes in helping cancer patients deal with stress. She leads support groups and in 2013 published a book titled, Calm Your Mind, Warm Your …
$17 Billion | Rank #96 Who is Steve Cohen For years Cohen ran SAC Capital, one of the most successful hedge funds ever. Cohen was forced to shut down SAC Capital after the firm pleaded guilty to insider trading charges that cost Cohen $1.8 billion in penalties. Point72 has …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Gayle Benson She is now the owner of both teams, despite a multi-year dispute with Tom’s daughter and grandchildren over control of family assets. Family members sued, claiming Tom was mentally incompetent; the parties ended the dispute in early 2017 with a …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Ramesh Genomal Page is one of the biggest licensees in the world for underwear maker Jockey. He cofounded Page Industries with his younger brother Sunder with the aim of bringing Jockey to India. The Genomal family has been the sole licensee of …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Clement Fayat & family Now Fayat Group is one of the largest privately held construction and civil engineering firms in France, with $4.9 billion in 2020 revenues. The company has more than 21,000 employees in 170 countries. After 56 years at the …
