$4 Billion | Rank #728 Who is Alex Shevchenko He launched the company in 2009 alongside fellow Ukrainian entrepreneurs Max Lytvyn and Dmytro Lider. The trio had all worked together on Lytvyn and Shevchenko’s previous startup, My Dropbox, a plagiarism detector. Initially programmed as a service to help students …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Wenbo Xiang Xiang is one of three billionaires from Sany Group, along with Liang Wengen and Mao Zhongwu. Xiang is a graduate of Dalian University of Technology with a master’s degree in molding. Coming from an average or middle class family, Wenbo …
$5 Billion | Rank #523 Who is Margaretta Taylor Her grandfather, James M. Cox, founded what has become Cox Enterprises in 1898. Her siblings, James Chambers and Katherine Rayner, also inherited an estimated 17% stake each in Cox Enterprises. Margaretta’s son Alex Taylor is president and CEO of Cox …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Dirk Stroeer In 1990 Heinz joined forces with competitor Udo Mueller, now CEO of Stroeer SE, to create one of Germany’s biggest out-of-home media providers. Dirk inherited a 50% stake from his father, and the company went public in 2010. He currently …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Anatoly Lomakin In 1992 he persuaded three of the largest post-Soviet producers of fertilizer–Silvinit, Uralkali and Belaruskali–to unite. In 2010 Lomakin and his partners sold their stakes in Silvinit, Russia’s second-largest producer of potassium fertilizer, for roughly $3 billion. Today Lomakin owns …
$5 Billion | Rank #586 Who is Wang Junlin Sichuan Langjiu’s popular “Lang” brand is named after its place of origin, the town of Er Lang in western China’s Sichuan Province. Coming from an average or middle class family, Wang Junlin is one those great persons who have stormed …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Anand Mahindra The group’s operations span 22 industries from auto to information technology to real estate. Mahindra is best known for its tractors and its sports utility vehicles, such as the Scorpio and Bolero. In 2021, he launched the XUV 700 SUV. …
$3 Billion | Rank #984 Who is Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao She launched the airline in 2011 and made a big splash early on with ads featuring bikini-clad flight attendants. She also has investments in HD Bank and real estate, including three beach resorts. In October 2021, she pledged …
$2 Billion | Rank #1397 Who is Li Wa He got into the real estate business in 1992, and his Excellence Group has developed both commercial and residential buildings in 14 Chinese cities. Li’s brother Li Xiaoping is a vice president at Excellence Group. Li Wa owns 95% of …
