Shlomo Eliahu owns about 64% of Migdal a leading insurance and finance group in Israel. Eliahu grew up poor and in 1950 emigrated with his family from Iraq to Israel where he went from living in a transit camp to founding an underwriting agency. His Eliahu Insurance Company was the country’s first insurance company. Politically […]
Roberto Irineu Marinho and his two billionaire brothers Joao Roberto and Jose Roberto inherited control of Globo Brazil’s largest media group. Grandfather Irineu Marinho started Globo in 1925 with a newspaper. He died 25 days after the first issue was published and his son Roberto took over. Globo Group includes Brazil’s largest broadcaster Rede Globo
Jacques D’Amours co-founded Canadian convenience store conglomerate Alimentation Couche-Tard in 1980. He retired as VP of administration in 2014 but remains on the company’s board and is its second-largest shareholder. Couche-Tard has ballooned by snatching up competitors including Minnesota-based Holiday Stationstores for $1.6 billion in December 2017. The company now boasts annual sales of $59
Zoot Money (born Ronald Charles Winsto; 17 July 1942) is an English vocalist keyboardist and bandleader. He was a member of the early British R&B bands The Graham Bond Organisation and The Bluesbreakers. Money was born in Bournemouth Hampshire England. He first played in a skiffle group and then in a trad jazz band before
Yuji Oda is a Japanese voice actor and singer who was born in Kawasaki Kanagawa Japan. He is affiliated with 81 Produce. He is most known for his roles as Koujirou Shindou in “Kaleido Star” “Touma Kamijou” in the “A Certain Magical Index” series and “Ban Yamamoto” in the “Toriko” anime series. Want to more
William Kunstler was an American radical lawyer who throughout his career defended controversial and unpopular clients and causes. He was born in New York City New York in 1919 and died in 1995. Kunstler’s work focused on civil rights the anti-war movement and the feminist movement. He is most well-known for his representation of the
Oliver Samwer and his brothers Alexander and Marc founded Berlin-based tech incubator Rocket Internet in 2007 and took it public in October 2014. Oliver is the middle brother and the CEO of Rocket Internet which delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2020. Together the Samwers own around 45% of Rocket. The company was
He Yamin chairs Chengdu Leejun Industrial a supplier of equipment to the cement and mining industries. He Yamin’s daughter He Jia is being groomed as his successor; she and her father each hold about 1/3 of the company’s shares. Leejun was founded in 1999 in the central Chinese city of Chengdu. Want to more about
arsula Corbero is a Spanish artist who specializes in painting and sculpture. She was born in Zaragoza Aragon in 1965. Corbero is best known for her large-scale outdoor sculptures which often incorporate organic and industrial materials. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. You might be interested to know more
Kent is a self-taught artist who was born in Chicago Illinois in 1978. He began painting graffiti in the early 1990s and soon developed a unique visual style that has been widely acclaimed. His paintings are often large in scale and combine abstract and representational elements in a highly expressive manner. Kent’s work has been
