William Henry "Bill" Gates
Bill Gates is an American businessman and Computer Programmer. He is the inventor of Microsoft that became the world’s largest PC software company. Gates was firstly included in the (Forbes List of the World’s wealthiest people) in 1987 and became the richest person in the world in 1995 with the fortune of $12.9 billion .From 1995 till now he is considered number one wealthiest man in the world excluding the two years of financial crisis of 2007-08.Gates is currently the richest man in the world with the wealth of US$80 billion.
Warren Edward Buffett
Warren Buffett is an American businessman and investor. He is the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the Chairman, CEO and largest Shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, which is considered the most expansive of any public U.S. Company. Buffett became a billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares on May 29, 1990. In 2008, Buffett became the richest person in the world, with a total net worth estimated at $62 billion by Forbes. Now in 2015, he considers the second richest person of the world with the wealth of US$73.8 billion.
Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim, known as the "warren Buffett" of Mexico, is a Mexican business magnate and investor. He supervises a great business empire that is influential in every sector of the Mexican economy that has great impact on the Mexican Stock Exchange. He collected his wealth from his extensive holdings in a great number of Mexican Companies. From 2010 to 2013 Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world. Now he is considered the third wealthiest man in the world with the fortune of US$72.6 billion.
Amancio Ortega Gaona
Amancio Ortega is a Spanish fashion Businessman and a chairman of the Inditex fashion group although, he was retired from the chairmanship of Inditex in 2011 but he owns almost 60% of its shares. His major source of income is his Zara clothing and accessories self-made shops.Ortega opened his first Zara store in 1975, but now he is owner of almost 6,000 stores and has more than 92,000 employees. He also keeps a growing portfolio of real estate whose net worth is estimated at nearly five billion dollars. In 2015, he is ranked as the fourth richest person of the world with a net worth of USD $68.1 billion.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is a American programmer and businessman. He worked as Chief executive officer of Software Company Oracle Corporation from 1977 to 2014.Larry resigned from the CEO set in September 2014 but remains the company’s chairman and Chief technology officer. The creation of Oracle gave him great worldwide popularity. In 2013 his salary was 77 million dollars and he also donates up to 1% of his wealth to charity. In 2015 he is ranked as the third wealthiest man in America and fifth wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of US$50 billion.
Charles Koch
Charles Koch is an American businessman. He is well known for his philanthropy and political activities. Charles is the Chairman of the board, and Chief executive officer of Koch Industries. He inherited the business from his father, Fred C.Koch, and then he and his brother expanded the business. Koch Industries is a second biggest private company in America. His businesses produce a great variety of well-known brands. In 2015, he is considered the sixth richest person in the world with a net worth of US$42.9 billion.
David H. Koch
David Koch is an American businessman and chemical engineer. Like his brother Charles Koch, he is also a philanthropist and political activist. David also inherited the business from his father, just like his brother. He joined the family business Koch Industries and became the president of the Koch Engineering in 1979.David became a co-owner of Koch Industries, with his elder brother Charles in 1983.He is currently, the executive vice president of Koch Industries. He has a net worth of US$42.9 billion equal to his brother and considered the 6th richest person in the world.
Christy Walton
Christy Walton is an American philanthropist and she is known for his fortune and philanthropy. She is the widow of John T.Walton, whose father Sam Walton was the founder of Wal-Mart. In June 2005, she inherited her husband’s fortune of US$18.2 billion, who had died in airplane accident. Now she owns almost 50% of the Walmart’s and 96% shares ownership for Arvest Bank. She also holds 30% of the ownership for First Solar, a solar energy company. She is regarded a wealthiest woman of the world. In 2015, she is ranked as 8th richest person in the world with the fortune of $41.7 billion.
Jim Walton
Jim Walton is an American businessman and third child of Sam Walton, who is founder of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart, has sales of $405 billion and employs more than 2.1 million people across 28 countries. Jim received over $300 million in divided payouts. Jim also runs family’s Arvest Bank and he is the Chief executive Officer and Chairman of Arvest Bank. On the 2015 Forbes list of world billionaires, Jim Walton is ranked at number nine with a net worth of $40.6 billion.
Liliane Bettencourt
Liliane Bettencourt is a French heiress and businesswoman. She is well known because of her position as biggest shareholder in L’Oreal and one of biggest individual shareholder in Nestle. She grew richer in 2014 in which she purchased an additional 8% stake in the cosmetics empire from Nestle and became the second richest woman of the world. She is the 10th richest person in the world with a net worth of US$40.1 billion.
Post a Comment