BimanYale Strom is a violinist and composer who was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He is known for his work with klezmer music a genre of Jewish folk music. Strom has released numerous albums as a solo artist and with his band Klezmer Conservatory Band. He has also composed music for film and theater. You might … Read more
Willem Mengelberg was a Dutch conductor. He was born in Utrecht Netherlands on March 20 1871. He was the son of conductor and composer Willem Mengelberg Sr. and the nephew of composer and pianist Julius Röntgen. Mengelberg studied violin and conducting at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Brussels. In 1895 he became the conductor of … Read more
Viktor Kharitonin created Pharmstandard together with Roman Abramovich and others by combining five factories bought from ICN Pharmaceuticals in 2003. Kharitonin and his partner Egor Kulkov bought out their partners in 2008 a year after Pharmstandard went public in London. In 2016 Kharitonin and Kulkov took Pharmstandard private buying out the shares and delisting from … Read more
Winarko Sulistyo gets his wealth from his stake in listed packaging paper producer Fajar Surya Wisesa. The company went public in 1994. It produces industrial paper such as coated duplex boxboard and corrugated cardboard. The company’s packaging paper is used by leading consumer good companies such as Nestle Unilever and Samsung. In May 2019 he … Read more
Valery Nikolaev is a Russian theater actor and director. He was born in Moscow Russian SFSR Soviet Union in 1951. In 1971 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School. He has been a member of the Moscow Art Theatre company since 1974. He has also worked as a theater director most notably at the … Read more
Ville Valo is the lead singer of the Finnish band HIM. Valo was born in Helsinki Finland on November 1 1976. He first started singing in a punk rock band called Rotten Sound. In 1993 he met guitarist Mikko “Linde” Lindström and formed HIM. The band released their first album Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 … Read more
Solomon Lew chairs Melbourne-based Premier Investments an apparel retailer. The company is the largest shareholder in Australian department store Myer and home appliance maker Breville. Premier’s brands also include the Smiggle stationery store franchise aimed at children and sleepwear label Peter Alexander. You might be interested to know more about Solomon Lew. So in this … Read more
Takahisa Takahara is CEO of Tokyo-listed diaper maker Unicharm which his late father Keiichiro founded in 1961. Unicharm makes Moony and MamyPoko brand diapers sanitary napkins face masks alcohol-based wipes and other personal care goods. About 60% of Unicharm’s $6.6 billion annual revenue comes from outside of Japan mainly from other Asian countries. Takahisa’s father … Read more
Thomas Lee is best known for orchestrating the sale of Snapple for $1.7 billion in 1994 two years after he bought it at a return of 32 times equity. Today Lee is president of private equity firm Lee Equity Partners which typically invests $50 million to $150 million. Among his current investments are Summit Behavioral … Read more
Vincente Minnelli was an American stage director actor and film director. He is best known for his work in the musical film genre directing such classics as The Band Wagon Gigi and An American in Paris. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for An American in Paris and was nominated for the same … Read more