$1 Billion | Rank #2448 Who is Catherine Phillips They each own about 1.5% each of the wildly successful company. Phillips is a psychologist who specializes in helping cancer patients deal with stress. She leads support groups and in 2013 published a book titled, Calm Your Mind, Warm Your …
$17 Billion | Rank #96 Who is Steve Cohen For years Cohen ran SAC Capital, one of the most successful hedge funds ever. Cohen was forced to shut down SAC Capital after the firm pleaded guilty to insider trading charges that cost Cohen $1.8 billion in penalties. Point72 has …
$4 Billion | Rank #778 Who is Gayle Benson She is now the owner of both teams, despite a multi-year dispute with Tom’s daughter and grandchildren over control of family assets. Family members sued, claiming Tom was mentally incompetent; the parties ended the dispute in early 2017 with a …
$1 Billion | Rank #2578 Who is Ramesh Genomal Page is one of the biggest licensees in the world for underwear maker Jockey. He cofounded Page Industries with his younger brother Sunder with the aim of bringing Jockey to India. The Genomal family has been the sole licensee of …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Clement Fayat & family Now Fayat Group is one of the largest privately held construction and civil engineering firms in France, with $4.9 billion in 2020 revenues. The company has more than 21,000 employees in 170 countries. After 56 years at the …
$2 Billion | Rank #1929 Who is Egon Durban Durban joined Silver Lake in 1999 as a founding principal; prior to that he worked in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division. Durban, who owns an estimated 17% of Silver Lake, is known for orchestrating the firm’s wildly successful investments in …
$3 Billion | Rank #1096 Who is Lai Jianping Lai left the company before it went public in China in 2014. Coming from an average or middle class family, Lai Jianping is one those great persons who have stormed their way to the billionaires list on their own. And …
$2 Billion | Rank #1445 Who is Sukanto Tanoto His Bracell is one of the world’s largest producers of specialty cellulose, used in everything from baby wipes to ice cream. Roots of the business date back more than 50 years ago when Tanoto opened up a humble spare parts …
$2 Billion | Rank #1513 Who is Guilherme Benchimol XP Inc. has grown popular by focusing its products and services on clients with little investing experience. Benchimol founded XP in 2001, with initial capital of less than US$2,000 and after being fired from a brokerage firm in southern Brazil. …
