$3 Billion | Rank #1012 Who is Bernard Ecclestone & family The man dubbed “F1 Supremo” by the British tabloids finally gave up the helm in January 2017, when Liberty Media bought F1 for $4.4 billion. Son of a trawler captain, he built one of the U.K.’s largest used …
$4 Billion | Rank #851 Who is Jeffrey Lurie In 1994, Lurie took out a loan to buy the Philadelphia Eagles for $185 million. The team is now worth $3.1 billion. Lurie took an executive role at General Cinema Corporation, the film company founded by his grandfather, in 1983. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Zach Perret Perret and his cofounder William Hockey met as junior Bain consultants before founding Plaid in 2012. Plaid’s customers include Robinhood, Coinbase and Venmo. Visa called off a $5.3 billion deal to buy Plaid in early 2021 after the Department of …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Lawrence Golub Lawrence recruited his younger brother David to join Golub Capital in 2003. David is now CEO of Golub’s publicly traded finance vehicle. Golub Capital started as a buyout firm, but after a failed deal in 2000, Lawrence pivoted to lending. …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Xiong Wu Sangfor listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2018. Coming from an average or middle class family, Xiong Wu is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Fan Minhua Poly Pharm went public at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2017. Coming from an average or middle class family, Fan Minhua is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently …
$5 Billion | Rank #552 Who is Ronald Lauder He became the chairman of Clinique Laboratories in 1994 and still occupies that position today. Lauder spent a total of 40 years as a board member. He stepped off in 2009, but was reelected to the board in 2016. The …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Naomi Azrieli She and her two sisters, Danna and Sharon Azrieli, own about 46% of the publicly traded company. She sits on the board and inherited her stake after her father, David Azrieli, died in 2014. Noami also chairs the family’s Azrieli …
$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is William Franke Raised in Latin America, Franke attended law school at Stanford and then worked as an executive at firms including Valley National Bank and Circle K. He first got into the airline business as the CEO of America West Airlines from …
