Mochtar Riady is founder of the diversified Lippo group now run by sons James and Stephen. Born in East Java Riady opened a bicycle shop at age 22 and went on to build a successful banking career until the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Today Lippo group’s interests include real estate retail healthcare media and education. […]
Andreas “Andy” von Bechtolsheim is cofounder chairman and chief development officer of network switching company Arista Networks. Much of his fortune stems from an early $100000 investment in Google. He has earmarked his nearly 17% stake in Arista for his heirs. In 1982 he cofounded tech hardware firm Sun Microsystems with Bill Joy Scott McNealy
Wilson Bethel (born October 3 1984) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Wade Kinsella on the CW series Hart of Dixie and as Benjamin “Ben” McKenzie’s brother Dylan on The O.C. Bethel was born in Hillsborough New Hampshire and raised in Virginia. He is the son of two lawyers.
Dan and his brother Farris got a combined $3.5 billion (pretax) in 2011 selling their fracking company to a group led by Singapore-based firm Temasek. The brothers have acquired more than 672000 acres of land in six different states across the West becoming America’s 12th-largest landowners. They first founded Wilks Masonry in 1995 following in
Marian Ilitch and her husband Mike who died in 2017 cofounded Little Caesars Pizza in 1959. Mrs. I as she’s known now owns the pizza chain which hauls in more than $4 billion in annual systemwide sales. She also owns the Detroit Red Wings and MotorCity Casino Hotel; Mike’s Detroit Tigers are now in a
Victoria Mars and her three sisters are heirs to the family’s giant candy and pet food company Mars Incorporated. She and her sisters all inherited their own estimated 8% stakes in the company when their father Forrest Mars Jr. died in 2016. Her great-grandfather Frank Mars founded the candy company in 1911. The $40 billion
Jim Thompson started his moving company Crown Worldwide in Japan in 1965 with $1000. Crown Worldwide is now one of the world’s largest privately held relocation companies with operations in 45 countries and more than 3000 employees. The company is also involved in document storage and fine-arts transportation. Thompson moved the company’s headquarters to Hong
Cristina Junqueira was 30 years old in 2013 when she cofounded Brazil-based Nubank now the world’s most valuable digital bank. She ran Brazilian bank Itaú’s largest credit card division before leaving the job to start Nubank alongside cofounders David Velez and Edward Wible. A trained engineer she also holds an MBA from Northwestern University. She
Ernesto Bertarelli inherited biotech giant Serono maker of the multiple sclerosis drug Rebif following his father’s death in 1998. With his sister Dona he expanded the company to $2.4 billion in revenues before selling it to Merck for over $13 billion in 2007. Ernesto and Dona co-chair the Bertarelli Foundation which focuses on marine conservation
Yi Dasheng chairs Hunan Fortune Group whose business interests include property development auto-related services and trade. Yi worked in a government office in the southern Chinese city of Yueyang before taking the plunge as an entrepreneur. He made his early fortune in auto repair. You might be interested to know more about Dasheng Yi. So
