$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is David Feffer His grandfather Leon Feffer founded Brazilian pulp and paper firm Suzano Papel e Celulose in 1924. David and his three brothers – Daniel, Jorge and Ruben- each inherited shares in Suzano; David, Daniel and Jorge are also board members. Suzano …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann She took over in 1996, following the death of her husband (also Georg) who had founded the company with his brother Wilhelm in 1946. In 2008, the company took over tire and auto parts giant Continental AG in a $15-billion, …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Vera Rechulski Santo Domingo She controls about 11% of the Santo Domingo family’s Luxembourg-based holding company, through which she owns shares in Anheuser-Busch InBev. Her two children, Tatiana Casiraghi and Julio Mario Santo Domingo III, own smaller stakes of about 5% each. …
$4 Billion | Rank #764 Who is Hubert Burda He has transferred Burda Media shares to his two children, Elisabeth and Jacob (each now hold 37.4% of the company). However, because “rights of usufruct” entitle Hubert to receive economic benefits from those shares, Forbes attributes the ownership to him. …
$10 Billion | Rank #206 Who is Azim Premji Premji gave up studies at Stanford in 1966 to look after the family’s cooking oil business when his father died, expanding it into software. Wipro has an innovation center in Silicon Valley, which is focused on developing new technologies and …
$7 Billion | Rank #350 Who is Ralph Lauren Lauren started the business in 1967 in a tiny office at the Empire State building. His first breakthrough came when Neiman Marcus ordered 1,200 ties. He stepped down from his position as CEO in 2015. Born in the Bronx to …
$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is Kevin David Lehmann The company got its start in 1973 when Goetz Werner opened his first shop in Karlsruhe, Germany. Today, dm has some 3,700 locations. In 1974, Kevin David Lehmann’s father, Guenther, then running his family’s Pfannkuch grocery chain, invested in …
$2 Billion | Rank #1397 Who is Yadu Hari Dalmia & family He and his brother inherited stakes in the group from his father Jaidayal Dalmia, who set it up in 1939. His brother Jai Hari passed away in July 2021. Listed Dalmia Bharat is the fourth-largest cement producer …
$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Billy Joe (Red) McCombs In 1972 he was a cofounder of radio giant Clear Channel, which he tapped to run car ads. He owned a stake in Constellis, formerly known as Blackwater, which he sold in 2016. The McCombs Institute for the …
