$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Eduard Kucera In 1988, he and Pavel Baudis, with whom he’d worked at Research Institute of Mathematical Machines, cofounded ALWIL to sell an antivirus software. Following the fall of Communism in 1989, the pair broke off to establish what would become Avast. …
$13 Billion | Rank #144 Who is Harry Triguboff Triguboff found success in business by providing higher-density living options in Sydney, Australia’s largest city, which has traditionally been dominated by free-standing homes. His apartment-tower development company, Meriton, has a strong presence in Sydney, while it also has an imprint …
$11 Billion | Rank #183 Who is Diane Hendricks Hendricks cofounded the business with her late husband, Ken, in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1982. She has run it since his death in 2007. She led ABC to make the two biggest acquisitions in its history, buying rival Bradco in 2010 …
$10 Billion | Rank #192 Who is Chase Coleman, III. Tiger Global Management oversees some $65 billion in assets. Its venture capital arm is now its biggest unit. Prior to starting Tiger Global in 2001, Coleman worked for hedge fund legend Julian Robertson. Scott Shleifer joined Tiger Global in …
$2 Billion | Rank #1292 Who is Chao Teng-hsiung Farglory Land is the flagship unit of Farglory Group, whose interests include financial and retail services, air-cargo logistics and hospitality. Chao also controls Farglory FTZ Investment Holding, Farglory Life Insurance and Farglory Hotel. Eldest son Wen-Chia, also known as Frank, …
$1 Billion | Rank #2076 Who is Zhongwu Mao Mao is one of three billionaires from Sany Group including Liang Wengen and Xiang Wenbo. Mao resigned as a director at Sany International in October 2019. Coming from an average or middle class family, Zhongwu Mao is one those great …
$6 Billion | Rank #386 Who is Melanie Perkins Canva was launched in 2013 by Perkins, now-husband Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams in Sydney, Australia, but was met by investor skepticism due to its location. Like Obrecht, she owns an estimated 18% stake. The couple has pledged to transfer …
$2 Billion | Rank #1341 Who is Stephan Schmidheiny Schmidheiny became board president of his father’s construction materials company Swiss Eternit Group in 1976 at age 29. When his father Max divided the estate in 1984, Stephan inherited Eternit while brother Thomas got cement and concrete supplier Holcim. In …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Hemendra Kothari He founded the firm in 2008 in partnership with BlackRock but bought out BlackRock’s stake ten years later. Kothari started his career with family firm D.S. Purbhoodas & Co before founding financial services firm DSP Financial Consultants in 1975. He …
