$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is William Fisher Known as “Bill,” he was founder and president of the International Division for Gap Inc. and expanded the company into Canada, Japan and Europe. He is CEO of Manzanita Capital, a London-based private equity firm he founded in 2001. Bill’s …
$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Kishore Mariwala The publicly listed company is chaired by his billionaire nephew Harsh Mariwala. Mariwala sits on the board of Marico’s non-profit arm, Marico Innovation Foundation. Kishore Mariwala is from those few lucky persons who were born rich. He has inherited most …
$5 Billion | Rank #490 Who is Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family Alberto built Menarini into one of Italy’s leading drug companies, with 16 manufacturing sites around the world and more than 17,000 employees. Alberto Aleotti began working at Menarini in 1964, and bought the company from its owners …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Wang Jian Wang worked as a senior research fellow at the University of Washington between 1990 and 1994. Wang Jian graduated from Central South University and holds a master’s degree from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. After graduation, he performed postdoctoral research …
$2 Billion | Rank #1645 Who is Surjit Kumar Gupta Havells sells a range of electrical products such as fans and lights as well as consumer durables, such as air conditioners and water heaters. Gupta used to work at the company but now has a board seat as a …
$3 Billion | Rank #913 Who is John Gandel He also has a big stake in listed property trust Vicinity Centres, which owns the other half of Chadstone, plus other malls and outlets. He first got rich by expanding his Polish immigrant parents’ clothing chain for women, Sussan, now …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Kwek Leng Beng Kwek is also executive chairman of City Developments, the island state’s second-largest property developer. Kwek’s son, Sherman, took charge as group CEO of City Developments in 2018 following a decade in various roles. In December 2021, City Developments agreed …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Zheng Jianjiang & family Zheng began working from a bankrupt watch parts factory in 1986 with seven other people. Sanxing’s parent company, AUX Group, also has interests in air conditioning manufacturing and real estate development. Coming from an average or middle class …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Duke Reyes His older brothers Chris and Jude Reyes are co-chairmen, while younger brothers James and Tom are executives at a beer distribution subsidiary. His older brothers and their father started the group in 1974 with a small Schlitz beer distributor in …
