$2 Billion | Rank #1729 Who is Deepak Mehta The company was founded by his father Chimanlal Mehta in 1971. With a portfolio of 100 products, Deepak Nitrite is a leading producer of phenol and acetone in India. The $566 million (revenue) company has lately benefited from increasing demand …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Lin Jie & family Lin worked at the predecessor of Tianyu, a chemical factory founded in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou. Lin shares her fortune with busband Tu Yongjun, who has been the chairman of Zhejiang Tianyu Pharmaceutical since 2003. Tianyu …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Lai Jianfa ZTO was founded in 2002. ZTO’s business partners include Alibaba and JD.com. Coming from an average or middle class family, Lai Jianfa is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And …
$5 Billion | Rank #586 Who is Theo Mueller Founded by his grandfather in Bavaria, the village dairy had only four employees when Theo Mueller took the reins from his father in 1971. He improved processing techniques and distribution infrastructure, turning it into the first dairy in Germany to …
$3 Billion | Rank #1012 Who is Dawen Huang Huang is also the vice chairman of Ningbo Hoshine Apparel. Hoshine Silicon Industry makes silicon and silicon-related products in China. Coming from an average or middle class family, Dawen Huang is one those great persons who have stormed their way …
$13 Billion | Rank #149 Who is Kwong Siu-hing She served as the company’s chairman from 2008 to 2011 after her eldest son, Walter, was ousted in a feud with her two other sons Thomas and Raymond. She remains the biggest shareholder in Sun Hung Kai. Raymond has been …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Yu Rong Yu holds a doctor’s degree of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and an EMBA of China Europe International Business School. Coming from an average or middle class family, Yu Rong is one those great persons who have stormed their …
$2 Billion | Rank #1645 Who is Rajju Shroff After its $4.2 billion acquisition of Arysta LifeSciences in 2018, UPL became one of the top agrochemical companies in the world. UPL’s product range includes insecticides, fungicides and seeds. Shroff’s older son Jai is the company’s chief executive officer and …
$6 Billion | Rank #480 Who is Eric Smidt Smidt was a teenager when he started Harbor Freight Tools with his father Allan in 1977. He earned enough credits at his job to graduate high school. In the beginning, Harbor Freight was a mail-order business that sold tools out …
