$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Archie Hwang He sold his semiconductor-equipment supplier to ASML of the Netherlands for $3.1 billion in 2016. Hermes-Epitek, the parent company of Hermes-Microvision, has offices in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Hwang, who also goes by the name Hwang Min Qi, chairs …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Mehmet Sinan Tara Turkey’s leading private electricity producer, ENKA also operates in real estate, tourism, transport and trade (construction equipment and machinery). In Moscow, ENKA owns a hotel, shopping malls and approximately 370,000 square meters of net rentable Class A office space. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Hou Juncheng Most sales are from its own “Proya” brand for women aged 18 to 24 in small and medium sized cities. Hou founded Proya in 2006 as a distributor of local brands such as “Yue Sai” before starting his own product …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Paul-Heinz Wesjohann & family PHW is the owner of Wiesenhof, which is the largest poultry processor in Germany. Overall the group employs 7,000 across Europe. The firm also manufactures plant-based products for brands including Beyond Meat and Livekindly in Europe. PHW Group …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Sebastian Piñera & family Pinera’s popularity among Chilean citizens has waned amid growing unrest over inequality that sparked violent protests in 2019. He made a fortune from credit card company Bancard, which he founded in 1976. He divested many assets over the …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Barbara Benetton In 2018, with the death of their father, Barbara and her sister Sabrina each inherited part of his fortune; Barbara is not involved in the business. The Benetton family started knitting and selling colorful sweaters from their home in Treviso, …
$30 Billion | Rank #46 Who is Gina Rinehart The daughter of high profile iron-ore explorer Lang Hancock, Rinehart rebuilt her late father’s financially distressed company, Hancock Prospecting. Hancock’s biggest asset is the Roy Hill mining project, which started shipments to Asia in 2015. The mining magnate is also …
$3 Billion | Rank #1163 Who is Li Li Aier Eye Hospital Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in the central Chinese city of Changsha. Coming from an average or middle class family, Li Li is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Sara Blakely Blackstone announced it would buy a majority stake in Spanx in October 2021, valuing the company at $1.2 billion. She initially shilled her new invention, which became shapewear brand Spanx, on the sales floor at various Neiman Marcus stores. While …
