$4 Billion | Rank #654 Who is Barry Diller IAC runs websites like Care.com and owns a majority stake in Angi Inc., which controls websites like HomeAdvisor and Angi. Diller is also chairman of online travel giant Expedia, which acquired its holding company, Liberty Expedia, in a $2.6 billion …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Marek Dospiva Penta has controlling stakes in Privatbanka, pharmacy chain Dr. Max and sports betting operator Fortuna. Dospiva and Slovak Jaroslav Hascak, who were both studying in Beijing, got started importing Chinese textiles to chain stores in Czechoslovakia. During Slovakia’s 1996 privatization, …
$2 Billion | Rank #1238 Who is Willy Michel Ypsomed was started in 2003 out of Disetronic Holding, which Michel founded in 1984 with his brother and sold to Roche for $1.2 billion. As part of the sale agreement, Michel got the injection business back from Roche for $310 …
$1 Billion | Rank #2324 Who is Ipek Kirac Koc Holding operates in four main sectors: energy, autos, durable consumer goods and finance. Ipek Kirac joined its board of directors in 2016. Other activities include technology, food, retail, tourism, agriculture and shipbuilding. Koc Group has 14 companies traded on …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Yoshiaki Yoshida In 1980, he started the cosmetics business using organic olives. In 1983 he got into the mail order segment. The privately held company, which sells both through retail stores and online, posted nearly $820 million in revenue in the fiscal …
$5 Billion | Rank #490 Who is Wang Wenjing Wang began his undergraduate studies at age 15 and founded Yonyou at age 24. Coming from an average or middle class family, Wang Wenjing is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their …
$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Peter Kamprad Peter and his brothers own Ikano Group, which was created to manage Ikea’s real estate and financial service businesses, but was spun out in 1988. Today Ikano Group is a $9.1 billion (sales) company with interests in banking, real estate …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Anna Katharina Viessmann Her brother, Maximilian, is co-CEO of Viessmann Group, founded by their great-grandfather Johann Viessmann in 1917. The private company has 12,300 employees, 22 production divisions in 12 countries, and over $3 billion in annual revenue. Anna Katharina is a …
$1 Billion | Rank #2190 Who is Thomas Sandell Hit hard by the great recession, the Swedish credit market specialist has built up his fortune twice. Sandell earned an MBA from Columbia University and landed a spot at Bear Stearns in 1988 before founding Sandell Asset Management a decade …
