$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Wenbiao Wang Elion’s core businesses are Elion Ecological, Elion Clean Energy and Elion Green Finance. Coming from an average or middle class family, Wenbiao Wang is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. …
$4 Billion | Rank #801 Who is Steven Spielberg Spielberg became a household name directing movies like ‘Jaws’ and ‘Jurassic Park.’ In 1994, he cofounded DreamWorks studios with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Today, a slice of the cash from every ticket at Universal theme parks goes directly into …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Zhaojiang Zhu Transsion isheadquartered in Shenzhen. Zhu founded Transsion Technology–the predecessor of the listed company — in 2006. Coming from an average or middle class family, Zhaojiang Zhu is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list …
$4 Billion | Rank #728 Who is Paul Gauselmann & family He began his career in 1957 working as an apprentice telecommunications inspector and mounted jukeboxes in his spare time. In 1964, he founded the company that turned into Gauselmann Group. He opened the first Merkur amusement arcade in …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Wichai Thongtang Wichai’s portfolio includes TWZ, a distributor of mobile phones and peripheral devices and E For L Aim, a dealer of medical equipment and suppliers. He is chairman of listed Royal Orchid Hotel (Thailand), Grande Asset Hotels and Wind Energy Holdings, …
$8 Billion | Rank #304 Who is Frederik Paulsen When he took over running the business in 1983, it generated $15 million in annual revenue. Today the biotech outfit, which makes infertility, obstetrics, urology, gastroenterology and endocrinology drugs, has estimated sales of $2.2 billion. Ferring employs more than 6,500 …
$7 Billion | Rank #336 Who is Silvio Berlusconi & family He entered politics in the 1990s and was first elected prime minister of Italy in 1994. He was convicted of bribing a former senator in 2015. The three-time prime minister was convicted of tax fraud in 2014 and …
$2 Billion | Rank #1341 Who is Kommer Damen Five years later, they founded Damen Shipyards in 1927. He bought the shipyard from his father in 1969 and brought the modular shipbuilding concept to the construction of small boats and launches. Damen Group is now one of Europe’s largest …
$91 Billion | Rank #9 Who is Steve Ballmer He joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee No. 30 after dropping out of Stanford’s MBA program. Ballmer oversaw Microsoft after the first dot-com crash and through efforts to catch up to Google in search capabilities and Apple in mobile phones. …
