$7 Billion | Rank #350 Who is Roman Abramovich His trophy asset, London soccer club Chelsea FC, has been frozen and put up for sale; he will not likely get proceeds. He sold a 73% stake in Russian oil firm Sibneft to state-owned gas titan Gazprom for $13 billion …
$9 Billion | Rank #235 Who is Pauline MacMillan Keinath Her late brother Whitney MacMillan was the last member of the family to serve as CEO of the business. He retired in 1995. Her great-grandfather, W.W. Cargill, founded the business as a single grain warehouse on the end of …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler His core assets are a stake in Russian steelmaker Evraz and an investment in Norilsk Nickel. Shvidler is executive chairman of Highland Gold Mining, where he has a 12% stake. Shvidler was born in Moscow, Russia. He got an …
$5 Billion | Rank #552 Who is Peter Thiel Among its investments are Stripe and SpaceX, two of the most valuable unicorns in the world. He also cofounded CIA-backed big data startup Palantir, which went public via a direct listing in 2020. Thiel, the first big investor in Facebook, …
$9 Billion | Rank #227 Who is Li Ping Contemporary Amperex listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in June 2018. The company’s clients include BMW and Volkswagen. Li Ping holds degrees from Fudan University and the China Europe International Business School. Coming from an average or middle class family, …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Rongfu Lu Lu cofounded the predecessor of Yealink with Wu Zhongyi, Chen Zhisong and Zhou Jiwei in 2001. Wu Zhongyi and Chen Zhisong ranked No. 1,337 on 2020 billionaires list with wealth of $1.6 billion each through Yealink states. Chen Zhisong and …
$7 Billion | Rank #369 Who is Alejandro Bailleres Gual & siblings Alejandro, age 61, is the president of Grupo Bal, the vehicle through which the family owns stakes in an insurance firm, a pension fund company and more. Alejandro is also vice chairman of mining company Industrias Peñoles, …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Zhou Bajin Xingyu’s customers include BMW. Daughter Xiaoping is Xingyu’s chairman. Coming from an average or middle class family, Zhou Bajin is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And currently ranks at …
$4 Billion | Rank #728 Who is Dan Snyder After taking the company public in 1996, Snyder sold it to French firm Havas for $2.1 billion in stock in 2000. In 1999, he bought the NFL’s Washington Commanders for $750 million, borrowing $350 million to do so; it’s now …
