Otto Happel who studied engineering inherited his father’s dust-removal business and turned it into thermal engineering firm GEA. In 1999 he sold his 50.1% GEA stake to Germany’s MG Technologies for around $775 million in cash and kept a 10% interest in the combined group. In 2005 the company renamed itself GEA Group. Happel cashed … Read more
Gerald Ford has been buying distressed banks and turning them around since 1975 when he bought his first bank. His first big success was in 2002 when he and his billionaire friend Ronald Perelman sold Golden State Bancorp to Citigroup for $6 billion in stock. Ford has a 17% stake in publicly traded banking firm … Read more
Thai property tycoon Anant Asavabhokin’s biggest asset is a stake in SET-listed Land And Houses. He founded the company with his mother Piangjai Harnpanij in 1983. The company is known for its focus on semi-detached houses. The Covid-19 pandemic hit the company’s rental income but saw an increase in the sale of semi-detached houses and … Read more
Huang Xiaofen is a major shareholder and a director of Shenzhen Kinwong Electronics. Her husband Liu Shaobo heads the company. He previously worked for a state-owned company in Shenzhen early in his career. Kinwong grew out of a joint venture backed by that government business. You might be interested to know more about Huang Xiaofen. … Read more
Junkie XL (born as Tom Holkenborg) is a Dutch composer producer and engineer. He is best known for his work in films and video games. Some of his most notable works include providing the soundtrack for Mad Max: Fury Road and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and composing the music for the games Doom … Read more
Rajeev Verma is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi films and television. He was born in Hoshangabad Central Provinces and Berar India. Want to more about Him? In this article we covered Rajeev Verma’s net worth wiki bio career height weight pics family affairs car salary age facts and other details in 2022. … Read more
Sushmita is an Indian film actress who appears in Hindi and Telugu movies. She was crowned the Miss Universe title in 1994. After a successful modeling career she made her acting debut in the 1995 film “Dastak”. She has since starred in over a dozen films including “Main Hoon Na” (2004) “Dil Bole Hadippa!” (2009) … Read more
Torin Thatcher was born in Bombay British India to English parents in 1933. He worked as an actor in British television and film productions from the 1950s until his death in 1998. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the series The Saint (1962-1969) and The Professionals (1977-1981). Want to more about Him? … Read more
Rufino Vigil Gonzalez is a Mexican steel baron and chairman of specialty steel firm Industrias CH. In 2001 Industrias CHi bought just under 83% of Grupo Simec a steel smelter with factories in Guadalajara and Mexicali. He owns about 67% of Industrias CH which has operations in Mexico Canada and the U.S. Want to more … Read more
Ronald Clarke is the CEO and chairman of Fleetcor Technologies a $2.4 billion (sales) digital payments company. The Atlanta-based company offers businesses credit cards geared to travel expenses like gas tolls and lodging. Clarke joined the company in 2000. Ten years later he took it public on the New York Stock Exchange. Fleetcor has 800000 … Read more