$65 Billion | Rank #19 Who is Rob Walton Walton took over as chairman upon his father’s death in 1992. He retired as chairman in June 2015 and was replaced by his son-in-law, Greg Penner. Penner still sits on Walmart’s board. He and other heirs of Sam Walton collectively …
$4 Billion | Rank #764 Who is Donald Sterling Sterling owned the Los Angeles Clippers for 33 years; his wife Shelly sold in 2014 after a tape of his racist remarks to his then-mistress surfaced. The Chicago-born billionaire bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million when the team …
$3 Billion | Rank #1053 Who is Cao Longxiang & family Cao was a manager at a cement factory before taking a job with the predecessor to Jumpcan. Cao’s son, Cao Fei, is a member of the board at Jumpcan and serves as vice chairman. Coming from an average …
$2 Billion | Rank #1818 Who is Tung Ching Bor Tung Ching Bor is the brother of Tung Ching Sai, who is also a member of the 2021 Forbes Billionaires List. Coming from an average or middle class family, Tung Ching Bor is one those great persons who have …
$3 Billion | Rank #1196 Who is Matthias Reinhart After getting his MBA at University of St. Gallen, he worked at McKinsey & Co. in Zurich and Chicago before co-founding VZ in 1993. VZ’s key proposition: bringing transparency to a market that made it hard for customers to compare …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Michael Polsky Invenergy is seeking to build 1,000 wind turbines in western Kansas and an 800 mile power line to carry their power east. For $7 billion. Sold natural gas generator SkyGen to Calpine for $450 million in 2001. Invenergy now owns …
$3 Billion | Rank #1012 Who is William Ackman Ackman married Nexi Oxman, a professor in MIT’s Media Lab in January 2019, after finalizing his divorce from his longtime wife Karen. Ackman created Pershing Square in 2004 and rose to fame for his short of bond insurer MBIA and …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Sunny Varkey The private education firm secured CVC Capital Partners as its key investor in 2019. Sons Dino and Jay run GEMS as CEO and group executive director, respectively. Sunil Munjal, who belongs to the Indian two-wheeler Munjal clan, has acquired a …
$2 Billion | Rank #1397 Who is Pieter van der Does He owns a 3 percent stake in the company, which went public in June 2018. He started Ayden in 2006 with fellow billionaire Arnout Schuijff, who retired from his role as chief technology officer in 2020. Schuijff and …
