BimanHerb Chambers dominates the New England auto sales market with 59 dealerships selling brands such as BMW Mercedes Benz Audi Lexus and Porsche. Chambers grew up in Boston’s working-class Dorchester neighborhood where he got his first job as a cart collector at the local supermarket. He dropped out of high school during his senior year … Read more
Vaclav Lohnisky is a Czech sculptor. He was born in Holice Czechoslovakia in 1932. After attending the Academy of Arts Architecture and Design in Prague he moved to the United States in 1962. He has exhibited his work internationally and is the recipient of several awards including the Czechoslovakian State Prize for Sculpture in 1974. … Read more
Jean-Paul Clozel and his wife Martine Clozel cofounded Swiss biotech firm Actelion in 1997 with three other colleagues. The husband-and team sold the company to Johnson & Johnson for $30 billion in 2017. Actelion makes drugs for orphan diseases which affect fewer than 200000 people and typically receive little research funding. Following the Johnson & … Read more
Soichiro Fukutake inherited and expanded Benesse Holdings which provides education and other services including senior care and language classes. He now serves as an honorary advisor to the company. His son Hideaki Fukutake is a board member. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; Fukutake’s family owns a minority stake. In 2014 Benesse … Read more
William Marshall was an American actor. He was born in Illinois in 1912. He was best known for his role as Blacula in the 1972 film of the same name. Want to more about Him? In this article we covered William Marshall’s net worth wiki bio career height weight pics family affairs car salary age … Read more
B. Francis Saul II inherited his grandfather’s property management firm B.F. Saul Company and turned it into a real estate empire. B.F. Saul Company owns 9.8 million square feet of retail and office space across the country along with 19 hotels. He also owns The Hay-Adams a 5-star hotel across the road from the White … Read more
Fiona Geminder owns a substantial stake in listed plastics-packaging business Pact Group with her husband Raphael Geminder. She also holds a large stake in her family’s paper packaging and recycling business Visy Asia-Pacific. She holds the stake with her brother Anthony Pratt and sister Heloise Pratt who are both also billionaires. You might be interested … Read more
Kim Sang-yeol is founder and chairman of Hoban Construction one of South Korea’s top builders. Kim rose to billionaire status in 2019 after an internal merger more than doubled the net assets of his developer. Kim expanded Hoban during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis by snapping up properties when prices were at an all-time low. … Read more
John Coates is the co-CEO of U.K. company Bet365 one of the world’s largest online gambling businesses. He joined his billionaire sister and co-CEO Denise in 2001 to launch Bet365 after she sold some of their father’s betting shops. Bet365 has since become a global player with over 53 million customers across 200 countries; John … Read more
Real estate icon Mortimer Zuckerman stepped down as Boston Properties chairman in 2016 after nearly five decades running the REIT. The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who settled in Montreal and sold tobacco and candy Zuckerman founded Boston Properties in 1970. Zuckerman became a U.S. citizen in 1977 and took Boston Properties public two decades … Read more