Ananda
Krishnan
Ananda Krishnan was born in 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur's to Tamil parents, who were Sri Lankan origin. He studied at Vivekananda Tamil School in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur and furthered his studies at Victoria
Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Later, as
a Colombo Plan scholar, he attended the University
of Melbourne, Australia for his B.A.
(Honours) degree majoring in political science. During that time he boarded in
the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Following that, Krishnan obtained Masters in
Business Administration from Harvard Business School,graduating in 1964. On the
personal front, the billionaire business magnate is married and has three
children.
Krishnan's
first entrepreneurial venture was a Malaysian consultancy MAI Holdings Sdn Bhd.
He set up Exoil Trading, which went on to purchase oil drilling concessions in
various countries. Later, he moved into gambling (in Malaysia). In the early part of the 1990s,
he started diversifying into the multimedia arena. Currently, he has business
interests in media (Astro,
Johnston Press Plc), satellite (MEASAT, SES), oil and gas (Bumi Armada, Pexco),
telecommunications (Maxis,Aircel, Axis, Sri Lanka Telecom). He owns stakes in Tanjong Public Limited Company, an
investment holding company with subsidiaries involved in power generation (Powertek), gaming (Pan Malaysian Pools),
leisure (Tropical Islands, TGV Cinemas) and property (67% Maxis Tower
etc.).
Born Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan has an estimated net
worth of $11.9 billion as of April 2014 according to Forbes. He also is the
sixth richest man of Asia and a successful business tycoon.
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Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan
YBhg Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan born 1941,Singapore) is a Malaysian tycoon who
co-founded Hong Leong Group Malaysia. He is one of the
richest men in Malaysia with an estimated net worth of US$2.9
billion according to Forbes in 2007.He studied in Victoria School in Singapore and
is qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom. He
has extensive business experience in various sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and real estate. He is the Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad (“HLCM”), Executive
Chairman of Hong Leong Industries Berhad (“HLI”), Hume Industries (Malaysia)
Berhad (“HIMB”), Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, GuocoLand (Malaysia)
Berhad, Camerlin Group Berhad and Chairman of Hong Leong Bank Berhad, HLG
Capital Berhad (“HLG”), Hong Leong Assurance Berhad, Hong Leong Islamic Bank
Berhad and Hong Leong Foundation (“HLF”).
Quek
Leng Chan chairs privately held conglomerate Hong Leong Co. (Malaysia), which
holds stakes in the finance, property and food sectors. Now investing in oil
& gas, he forked out at least $180 million in 2014 to acquire sizable
stakes in Indonesia oil & gas producer Samudra Energy, Malaysian outfits
Scomi Energy Services and Alam Maritim Resources, and Singapore-listed Ezion, a
supplier of support vessels for oilfields. His
cousin, Singapore billionaire Kwek Leng Beng, chairs a part of the family
business, Hong Leong Group. Quek inherited his fortune from his father, one of
3 brothers who started a small banking group in the 1920s. On the Forbes lists,
he is rank as 265th Billionaire, net worth 5.4 Billion.
Tan Sri Dato’ Lee Shin Cheng
Tan Sri Dato' Lee Shin Cheng (born 3 June 1939) is a Malaysian Chinese business magnate who is heavily involved in the plantation industry. Tan Sri Dato' Lee Shin Cheng
heads IOI Corporation Berhad (or better known as IOI Group) as its executive chairman. IOI Group was
by Forbes in
2012 a palm oil and real estate
development giant. It
owned refineries in the US and the Netherlands and won a $322 million bid for a
6-acre plot in downtown Singapore for the residential buildings.
IOI,
which is listed in Bursa Malaysia, is one of the world's
leading conglomerate managing oil palm plantations,
speciality fats, oleo chemicals and property development activities in
Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, and Europe. IOI refinery in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands is the largest palm oil refinery in Europe. IOI's oil palm
plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia produce palm oil and
palm kernel oil. These oils are made into speciality oils, metallic stearates
and fats that are used in soaps, detergents, cosmetics and food additives. IOI
Group is also a leading real estate developer in Malaysia: projects include
townships, shopping malls, condominiums, office towers and resorts.
Lee
grew up northeast of Kuala Lumpur on a rubber plantation, where his
father ran a small Chinese food shop. He left school at the age of 11 to help
support his family, selling ice cream on a bicycle for four years before
returning to finish high school. He sought work with one oil palm plantation
company for a supervisory job, but was turned down. The reason given—he didn't
speak fluent English—important then because Europeans still own most of the
plantations.
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Yeoh Tiong Lay
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Yeoh Tiong Lay (is a Malaysian business tycoon and a prominent philanthropist. He founded YTL Corporation, Malaysia's
biggest and most successful conglomerate with interests in construction,
utilities, hotels, property development and technology. YTL is based primarily
in Malaysia but has extensive operations in Asia, Australia and the United
Kingdom, where it owns the utility Wessex Water. YTL Corp has over $3 billion
in cash.
Yeoh
Tiong Lay completed his secondary school education at Hin Hua High School in Klang, Malaysia. He is the father of Francis Yeoh, who is the eldest of his 7
children, all of whom are involved in the family business. He is one of the
richest individuals in Malaysia; his family is estimated to have a net worth of US$ 2.8 billion, and he is ranked as the
421st richest person in the world according to Forbes in
2011.
He
was conferred the prestigious Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan for his efforts in promoting bilateral
relations between Malaysia and Japan on 19 January 2008.He is currently one of
the Pro-Chancellors of Universiti
Malaysia Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj.
Aman, the Chief Minister of Sabah.
Dato'
Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun
Tan
Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (born 1952); known simply as Vincent Tan, is a Malaysian businessman
and investor. He is the chairman and chief executive of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, which is in a
wide array of businesses which includes golfing, property, resorts, and
gambling in a group known as the Berjaya Group. In 2010, he entered the Forbes billionaire
list with an estimated worth of US$1.3 billion (RM4.2 billion). Tan's success in the Malaysian
business sector has been attributed in part to his close association with
prominent Malay political figures.
In December 1980, Tan
purchased Malaysia's McDonald's franchise and in 1985 he bought Sports Toto when the lottery agency was privatised by the
government. Tan obtained the license for his lottery business from a
non-tendered privatisation in 1985. In
May 2010, Tan became the owner of Cardiff City Football Club after a consortium of Malaysian investors (led by Dato Chan Tien Ghee)
bought 30% of the club's shares. In December 2013 Tan bought Bosnian club FK Sarajevo.[29] Under the deal, Cardiff will cooperate with FK
Sarajevo, exchanging players and taking part in a footballacademy, yet to be established, which Tan has said will lure
new talents.In April 2014, Tan (through one of his representatives) bought a
two-year-old colt from Doncaster Bloodstock Breeze-Up Sales for
£190,000. It will be trained by Australian Jeremy Gask in Wiltshire. Eamonn Wilmott, Gask's business partner, said: "We are very
excited, and pleased to have Mr Tan involved. The horse looks exceptional and
dominated the parade rings outside the sales.
Tan
Sri Lim Kok Thay
Tan
Sri Dato Lim Kok Thay is the second son of Tan sri Dato Seri Lim Goh Tong
(founder of Genting Highland) and Puan Sri Lee Kim Fa. He born in year of 1951
and has 3 son with Puan Sri Cecilia Lim.
Tan
Sri Lim Kok Thay had started expand his Genting Highland Business toward the
international level which is United Kingdom, Egypt, Vietnam, Philippine and
United States. He also pointed out the potential country to be develop is
Taiwan, Japan and Indonesia. With the achievements of him, he is no doubt as a
successful entrepreneur and make his father Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong proud.
Robert
Kuok
Robert Kuok, a native of Fuzhou, Fujian province,
Gai Shan Guo village, 1923 Born in Malaysia in Johor
Bahru city. He first serves in his father's company and then started their own
business, in 1949 years with his cousins and uncles and become
founder of Kuok brothers Sdn Bhd in Johor Bahru, engaged in trade in rice,
sugar, wheat flour At the period of 1952 to
1955, Robert Kuok visits the London commodity exchange and approach to local
firms, thereafter in Northern Malaysia to set up sugar mills, flour mills and plantation
of sugarcane. In year of 1970, he making a lot of money with the speculation of
sugar .He took control of the Malaysian sugar market
which is 80%, and 10% of the world sugar market and having the name of "Sugar King
of Asia ". At 70 eras, Robert Kuok began to enter the hotel
industry, and then Shangri was established. The first Shangri-La Hotel in
Singapore operate at the year of 1971, and after that operate in Thailand,
Seoul, Hong Kong, Fiji, the Philippines, India and nixilai County. At present,
Mr Kuok worldwide 1 million rooms in the business,
there are 9 hotels,4000 square rooms are. Shangri-La's
group has become the largest hotel group in the Asia-Pacific region and the
name of "the hotel magnate” given to Robert Kuok.
Principles
of Robert Kuok in business
Build
trust and relationship in business.
He
believe that making an cooperate relationship with others is better than having
competition business opponent. His business partner include Hong Kong Li Ka
Shing, Sudono Salim of Indonesia, Australia, France and etc.
Not
to be greedy
He
believe that study and learn about your business instead of having others
shortcut that may lead you to fail.
Having
good attitude
Although
Robert Kuok is rich, he still insists low profile and not mind flushed by the
money. He used the money wisely and thinking deeply for the development country
Name : Tan
Sri Chen Lip Keong
Age
: 67
Residence : Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Status : Married
Children : 3
Tan
Sri Chen Lip Keong is known as the founder of Naga Corp. He became billionaire
after obtain the 70years gaming license in Cambodia and started to develop the
entertainment and business which include new hotels, restaurants and shopping
center. The project is known as ‘Naga City Walk’.
Tan
Sri Chen Lip Keong Archievement
He
having the position of president and chief executive in the company such as
Karambunai, Composite Technology Research Malaysia and Facb industry. He also
became economic advisor of prime minister of Cambodian government since 2001.
He having the various title of Darjah Indera
Mahkota Pahang (which carries the title “Dato“), Darjah Sultan Salahuddin Aziz
(which carries the title “Datuk“) and Panglima Setia Mahkota (which carries the
title “Tan Sri“.).
Name : Tan
Heng Chew
Age : 68
Residence : Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Status : Married
Children : 4
Education : Bachelor
of Engineering, University of New South Wales Master;
Master,
University of New Castle.
Mr
Tan Heng Chew is the top 16 of Malaysia richest man and currently as chairman
of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad. Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad had the
great history from 1950s till now. It is the Malaysian Car Company before
appearance of Proton which selling the car brand of Datsun and Nissan. Nowadays,
Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad had develop to Car manufacturing and assembly
plant instead of only selling car. Nissan
product line-up has been refreshed and growing volumes indicate very good
acceptance by Malaysians. Furthermore, the company, in collaboration with
Auto Dunia, is also involved in the marketing of Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury
brand. An affiliated company, TC Euro Cars, handles Renault as well. In the
future, the market of Malaysia borders like Vietnam is going to be developed.
He
now holds 42.93% in TCM, 39.88% in APM, 38.4% in Warisan TC and 35.06% in TCIL.
Based on the market capitalizations’ of these companies at RM3.57bil,
RM1.21bil, RM220mil and HK$6.44bil (RM2.72bil), TCC is valued at RM3.05bil.
TAN
SRI DATO’ SRI DR TEH HONG PIOW
Tan Sri
Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow, 84, is known to be one of the most successful
banks in Malaysia and presence in other countries in the region. He was born in Singapore on 14 March 1930 and
attended his formal primary and secondary education at the Anglo-Chinese school
in Singapore. He is a Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Lonpac Insurance Bhd (Lonpac), a public
company. Besides that, he is also a
Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Lonpac's holding company,
LPI Capital Bhd, a public company listed on the Main Market of Bursa
Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is a banker by profession and began his
banking career in 1950. Tan Sri Dato’
Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow has 64 years of experiences in the banking and finance
industry as it is his profession. He
founded Public Bank Bhd in 1965 at the early age of 35. He had won domestic and international acclaim
for his outstanding achievements as a banker and also the Chief Executive
Officer of a leading financial services group.
There were so many awards and accolades that he had received such as
Asia’s Commercial Banker of the Year 1991, The ASEAN Businessman of the Year
1994, Malaysia’s Business Achiever of the Year 1997, and others.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Teh Hong Piow believes that
success in life does not hinge upon getting the top grades while in school but
power of knowledge is important too. Like he said, “To succeed, you must
believe in being excellent in all that you do. You need to go above and beyond
– do more than what is expected of you.” The 8 principles to be lesson of
success are know your purpose, be passionate about your chosen field, be people
oriented, persevere against the odds, be proactive in thought and action,
practice professionalism, maintain prudence and be positive towards work and
life. He is the one of
the richest men in Malaysia where his story of rags-to-riches remains as one of
the most popular stories told and he remains as one of the most prominent
Malaysian men today.
TAN SRI
SYED MOKHTAR AL BUKHARY
Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary is a
prominent Malaysian entrepreneur who is very famous and successful in business.
He has a personality that should be emulated by others. He began to do business
at the age of 19 years of buying and selling cattle and buffalo. He is an SPM
but he now must be an example of his achievement and is something to be proud
of. He is the business entrepreneur MMC, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Bernas,
Gardenia, DRB-Hicom, and Bank Muamalat.
Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary was born in Alor Setar, Kedah in 1951 at middle
class family. His family hailed from
Hadhramaut, Yemen. Before deciding to live in Kedah, his father traveled as
far as Central Asia to trade. Then, his
father went to Thailand, before finally deciding to live in Alor Setar, Kedah
in the mid 1940’s.
To be story about the beginning of his business, in
the mid of 1970s, his father’s cattle business ran into trouble following the
outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The outbreak spread throughout southern
Thailand, Kedah and Perlis. As a result, nearly all their livestock perished.
However, this downturn in event actually had a silver lining. Since then, Syed
Mokhtar took over his father’s business and decided never again to become
involved in the cattle business. Instead, he decided to go into the business
of selling meat. As a start, at the age of 19, Syed Mokhtar scoured markets
around Alor Setar to buy unsold meat from the vendors there. The meat would
then be re-sold to bumiputera traders in the surrounding area.
Although these were unsold meat, they were packaged
carefully and nicely, and kept on ice to maintain freshness. Thus, using his
experience in handling good quality products, Syed Mokhtar business received
encouraging response from the public. This success made him even more driven
to expand the business.
Soon after, Syed Mokhtar moved on to the
transportation business. After successfully acquiring a license for four Class
A lorry in 1972, Syed Mokhtar secured a loan in the amount of RM110, 000 from
the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) to buy two Mercedes Benz lorries. At first, he
wanted to buy four lorries, but the plan did not come to light because of
technical problems, leaving him with two remaining permits. A Chinese trader
approached him to buy those permits, but Syed Mokhtar refused the offer and
decided to return the permits to MARA. He then established a transportation
company named Syarikat Pengangkutan Sentosa, and appointed a Chinese clerk to
be the manager. Interestingly, the company still exists until today. From a
small business that offered transport service to haul rice, it now owns more
than 40 lorries for various transport purposes. He is the one of the richest
men in Malaysia. The richest Bumiputra corporate figure
in Malaysia, Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary has an estimated net worth of $2.75
billion as of March 2013. He is also the eighth richest person in Malaysia’s 50
Richest List and 526th in the World Billionaires List.
TAN SRI DATO’ TIONG HIEW KING
Tan
Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King was born to a poor family in Sarawak, Malaysia in
1935. Although he had to tap rubber when he was young, he had a strong thirst
for knowledge. He graduated from Chung Cheng Primary School in Sibu, and later
Methodist High School and Sacred Heart High School. Subsequently, he took up a
correspondence course with a Chinese university as he knew there was no limit
to what a person could learn. He began his working life at his uncle’s timber
company, which laid a solid foundation for his future development.
He
was enlisted to help in the early stages of his uncle’s business. With his
extraordinary wisdom and diligence, Tiong contributed much to his uncle’s
enterprise. In 1976, Tiong set up Rimbunan Hijau. He showed the kind of
perseverance that Fuzhou people are known for. Together with some of his
brothers, Rimbunan Hijau established a solid reputation and has emerged as a
revered multinational corporation. Global Vision Over the past twenty years,
Tiong has worked on a global scale to erect a diversifi ed business spanning
six continents, whose countries and regions include Japan, Hong Kong,
Australia,Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Singapore, Russia, Papua New
Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Brazil and British Guyana. He also has
investments in Shanghai, Dalian, Harbin,Datong and Guangzhou in China. Other
than timber exports and timber processing, his business has also expanded to
cover fi nance, media, IT, mining, aquaculture, agriculture (oil palm
plantation), reafforestation, trading and property development.Presently,
Rimbunan Hijau Group, under the leadership of Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King, has
evolved into one of Malaysia’s largest manufacturers and exporters of plywood.
In Malaysia, there are three public listed companies under the Group, namely
Subur Tiasa, Jaya Tiasa and Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad. In Hong Kong,
the Ming Pao Group has also listed successfully. The Capitalists magazine
recently named Tiong one of Malaysia’s ten richest businessmen.
DATUK SHAHRIL SHAMSUDIN DAN DATUK SHAHRIMAN
SHAMSUDIN
Brothers
Datuk Seri Shahril Shamsuddin and Datuk Shahriman Shamsuddin of Sapura Group
are now billionaires with a net worth of RM3.24bil (US$1.05bil). They are
among Malaysia's 14 billionaires, up from 11 last year in Forbes Malaysia's 50
Richest list. The brothers entered the billionaire ranks after a RM11.43bil
(US$3.7bil) merger of Sapura Crest Sdn Bhd with Kencana Petro-leum Bhd. Also
making his debut into the list of billionaires at No 11 is Tan Chong Motor
Holdings Bhd executive deputy chairman and group managing director Datuk Tan
Heng Chew with a net worth of RM3.7bil (US$1.2bil).
Datuk Shahril
graduated from the California Polytechnic and later pursued his Masters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT-Sloan).He
served for a year up to 1985 at Dynatel in
Sunnyvale, California, as an Assistant to the Manufacturing Engineer and then
returned to Malaysia where he began his career as Assistant Managing Director
with the Sapura Group.
Two years later, Datuk Shahril also took on responsibilities as the Group
General Manager at Uniphone Sendirian Berhad.Shahril continued with his two roles up to 1990, when he
became the Sapura Group Managing Director.He took on
his present post in 1997.
Datuk Shahril played
an instrumental role in setting up the Group's IT Division, Energy and Defence
Sectors.He also played key roles in various infrastructural projects, bringing
in leading edge technologies such as the first PCN mobile telephone network
into the country, the installation of the fibre-optics network for the Klang
Valley, and the implementation of the Total Airport Management System (TAMS)
for the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.Shahril's directorships include the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE),
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High
Technology (MIGHT) and Pacific Basin Economic Council
(PBEC).His other affiliations include memberships in Malaysian
Defence Industry Council (MIPM), Young President's
Organisation (YPO), Malaysia Institute of Management
(MIM) and MIT Alumni Club of Malaysia as President.
Datuk Shahril enjoys
fishing, boating, golfing and martial arts.
He also has a penchant for electronics and computers.
Tan Sri Dato’ Surin Upatkoon
Tan
Sri Dato’ Surin Upatkoon, a Thai national. He's lived in Malaysia since 1965,
when he arrived in Penang for school and stayed to work and then run his
father's textile company. He was appointed Executive Director of MPHB on 4
August 2000 and subsequently, on 28 August 2002, he was appointed Managing
Director of MPHB. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee of MPHB. He
plays a major role in formulating the business strategies and direction of the
MPHB Group and is actively involved in the policy making aspects of the
operations of MPHB Group.
Tan
Sri Dato’ Surin has vast working experience and has played a key role in the
expansion and development of the MWE Group of Companies. He was first appointed
the Managing Director of MWE Spinning Mills Sdn Bhd on 30 November 1974, taking
care of its daily operations. Subsequently, he was appointed the Managing
Director of MWE Weaving Mills Sdn Bhd and a Director of MWE Holdings Berhad.
Currently,
he also sits on the Board of MPHB Capital Berhad, Multi-Purpose Capital
Holdings Berhad, Mimaland Berhad, Magnum 4D Berhad and several private limited
companies in Malaysia. He is also a Trustee of Chang Ming Thien Foundation and
Magnum Foundation.
Dato’
Mokhzani Mahathir
Datuk
Mokhzani bin Tun Dr. Mahathir, 54 years old and was born January 1961 is the
second son of Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Dr. Siti
Hasmah. Like his younger brother Mukhriz,Mokhzani is a businessman and richest
man on top of Malaysia. Mokhzani has been listed as the 19th richest person in
Malaysia by Forbes Asia with an estimated net worth of US$290 million in 2008.
Dato’ Mokhzani Mahathir was appointed to the Board of Sapura Kencana Petroleum
Berhad on 9 December 2011 as our Non-Independent Executive Director and
Executive Vice-Chairman. He is also the member of the Remuneration Committee of
Sapura Kencana Petroleum.
Dato’
Mokhzani graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1987. Dato’ Mokhzani was appointed to the
Board of Kencana Petroleum Berhad (“Kencana Petroleum”) on 25 November 2004 and
was the Non-Independent Group Chief Executive Officer of Kencana Petroleum
prior to the merger of businesses between Sapura Crest Petroleum Berhad Group
and Kencana Petroleum Group. He also served as the Chairman of the Options
Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of Kencana Petroleum.
In
1987, Dato’ Mokhzani began his career as a Wellsite Operations Engineer with
Sarawak Shell Berhad. He later joined Tongkah Holdings Berhad in 1989 and was
appointed as the Group Managing Director, a post he held till 2001. Dato’
Mokhzani was also the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Pantai
Holdings Berhad till 2001.
Dato’
Mokhzani currently sits on the Boards of Opcom Holdings Berhad, Maxis Berhad,
Sime Darby Auto Performance Sdn Bhd, Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd and several
private limited companies. He is also the Chairman of Sepang International
Circuit Sdn Bhd, a post he has held since 2003.
Bill
Gates
Bill
Gates, in full William Henry Gates III. He was born on 28 October, 1955,
Seattle, Washington, U.S. growing up with two sisters in Seattle. Their father,
William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney, and their late mother, Mary Gates,
was a schoolteacher. He is american computer programmer and entrepreneur who
cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest personal-computer software
company.
Gates
has come to be known for his aggressive business tactics and confrontational
style of management. He, and his company, have attracted a vast army of critics
and enemies in recent years as their domination of the IT world has grown.
Gates began computing as a 13-year-old at the city's Lakeside school.
By
the age of 17, he had sold his first program - a timetabling system for the
school, earning him $4,200. It was at Lakeside that he met fellow student Paul Allen,
who shared his fascination with computers. During Gates' stint at Harvard, the
two teamed up to write the first computer language program written for a
personal computer. The PC's maker, MITS, liked their work and the two friends
established Microsoft in 1975, so-called because it provided microcomputer
software.
Now
a multi-millionaire, Allen had already stepped back from the frontline. But
Gates continued to play the key role in the company's growth, with his vision
for networked computers proving central to Microsoft's success.
Carlos
Slim
Carlos
Slim, 75 years old. He one of the wealthiest people in the world, was born on
January 28, 1940, in Mexico City to a family of Lebanese Christian immigrants.
He became a billionaire after the economic crash of 1982 when he purchased
investments at low prices that would later be extremely valuable. In 2000, he
founded the Foundation for the Historic Centre of Mexico City to restore and
save significant buildings. Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is now worth $53.5bn
(£35.8bn). That puts him above Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, but unlike his US
rivals, he remains relatively unknown outside of his native Latin America.
There,
he controls more than 200 companies. These range from telecoms, where he first
made his fortune, to infrastructure, banking and retail. In order to maintain
his influence over his expanding empire, his sons and sons-in-law have been put
in charge of many businesses. One of the most significant in Mr Slim's empire
is America Movil, Latin America's largest mobile phone company, which operates
in 11 countries and serves more than 150 million customers.
AMANCIO
ORTEGA
Amacio
Ortega Gaona was born in Busdongo de Arbas, Leon on March 28, 1936. Since
childhood, Ortega stayed in Leon but when he was 14, he moved to A Coruna with
his family. Ortega’s father work as railway worker. He began working for a
shirtmaker and learned about the art of apparel making.
Amancio got a company called
Confecciones Goa and hire the local womans to form cooperative in 1972.This
company marketed quilted bathrobes that the cooperatives produced. When 1975,
Ortega opened his first apparel retail store with his wife- Rosalia. He wanted
to name the store Zorba, but the name was already taken by other company.. So,
he made decision to name the store as Zara. The store was a success and the
following decade. He opened Zara stores across Galicia, Spain. Zara is an
integral part of the Inditex Group and Ortega is a 59.29 percent shareholder of
the Group. The Inditex Group owns several renowned brands besides Zara. Some of
these include Massimo Dutti, Zara Home, Stradivarius, Bershka, Oyosho and Pull
and Bear.
Ortega has not forgotten his roots
beside this success. He is renowned for avoiding interviews and publicity. He
is said to be a workaholic and did not take a holiday for 25 years. Today, the
retailer has 1,500 stores in 70 countries around the world and is changing
retail forever. His net worth is estimated at $47.4 billion. Something is
unique about Ortega life, he wears the same thing to work every day and dines
in the company cafeteria with his staffs. He is also indulges in some luxuries
only available to the mega-rich.
WARREN
BUFFETT
Warren
Edward Buffett born on August 30,1930, in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett's father, Howard
worked as served as U.S. Congressman and stokebroker while his mother, Leila
Stahl Buffett, is a homemaker. Buffett involved in financial and business
matter since he was childhood stage. He was a mathematical prodigy, and was
able to add large columns of numbers in his head-a talent he still occasionally
shows off to friends and business associates.
Warren Buffett was a student from
the University of Nebraska and graduated on 1950 with a Bachelor of Science
degree. After reading "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham,
he wanted to study under Graham, and did so at ColumbiaUniversity, obtaining
his Master of Science degree in business in 1951. He then returned to Omaha and
formed the investment firm of Buffett-Falk & Company, and worked as an
investment salesman. From 1951 to 1954, Buffett developed a close relationship
with Graham, who was generous with his time and thoughts. Wanting to work
independently, Buffett, started a family investment partnership at age 25 with
a starting capital base of $100,000. In 1965, Buffett had acquired the
unprofitable Berkshire Hathaway textile company in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Buffett
effected a successful turnaround of the company, which focused on changing the
company's financial framework. Berkshire still with his textile business, even in the face of up and
down pressures, but also used the company as a holding company for other
investments.
Discipline, patience and value are
found in Buffett interpersonal skills. He consistently outperformed the market for
decades. Without hopeless today, Berkshire Hathaway is a massive holdings
company for a variety of businesses with assets and sales totaling,
approximately, $240 billion and $100 billion, respectively, for year-end 2006.
Larry Ellison
Lawrence
Joseph or Larry Ellison was born on August 17, 1944 in New York City. He is known
as an American programmer, internet entrepreneur, businessman and
philanthropist. He also was the Chief Executive Officer of the software company
Oracle Corporation between its foundation in 1977 and 2014. In 2014, he was
listed by Forbes as the third-wealthiest man in America and as the
fifth-wealthiest person in the world, with a fortune of $56.2 billion.
From an early age, he showed a good
result in math and science, and was named science student of the year at the
University of Illinois. He studied at the University of Chicago without
graduating before moving to California in 1966. While working at Ampex
Corporation in1970s, he became influenced by Edgar F. Codd's research on
relational database design, which led in 1977 to the formation of what became
Oracle. Oracle became a successful database vendor to mid- and low-range
systems, competing with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server.
The success continued and as Ellison
was Oracle’s largest shareholder, he became one of the wealthiest people today.
Ellison set his sights on growth through acquisitions, and over the next
several years gobbled up several companies, including PeopleSoft, Siebel
Systems and Sun Microsystems, all of which helped Oracle reach a market cap of
roughly $185 billion with more than 40,000 employees by 2014.
DAVID
KOCH
David Hamilton Koch was born
in Wichita, Kansas, on March 5 1940. His father, Frederick ‘Fred’ Chase Koch
and Mary Robinson Koch. He is a businessman and a chemical engineering. David
Koch was an Executive Vice President Koch Industry . He was graduated with a
degree in chemical engineering from Massacusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT
) in 1992. By the late 1920’s, Fred had cofounded an engineering company that
developed an improved method for converting crude oil into gasoline.
In
1970, Koch joined Koch Industries under his brother Charles, to work as a
technical-services manager. He founded the company’s New York office and in
1979 he became the president of his own division, Koch Engineering, renamed
Chemical Technology Group. As of 2010, David Koch owned 42 percent of Koch
Industries, as his brother Charles.
In the beginning, Koch Industries
are known in distillation and distribution of oil. However, his industries
expands in manufacturing, trading and innovation. In 2014, David Koch was listed
in Forbes that have an asset of US$40 million.
David Koch was diagnosed to have a prostat cancer in 1992. This diseases have
made him to become more generous. This can be seen when he support all research
about cancer and medicines since 1998 until 2012 that costly almost
$395000.000.
SHELDON ADELSON
Sheldon Gary Adelson was born on August 4, 1933. is an
American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman and chief
executive officer of
the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and is the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited
which operates The
Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and
the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
He was born into a poor family in
Dorchester, neighbourhood of Bouston. He started his business career at age 12
when he borrowed some money from his uncle and purchased license to sell
newspaper. When he was in 16 years old, he had started a candy-vending-machine
business. He want to be a court reporter, so he attended trade school. In
1960’s, he started a charter tour business. He had soon become a millionaire.
Over the course of his business career, Adelson has created over 50 of his owb
business.
In the late
1970s, Adelson and his partners developed the computer trade show COMDEX, for the computer industry; the
first show was in 1979. It was the premier computer trade show through much of
the 1980s and 1990s. These computer trade show is the original sources of
Adelson’s wealth. According to Forbes in April 2015, Sheldon Adelson has a net
worth $30.4 billion
CHRISTY
WALTON
Christy Ruth Walton was born in 1955
is an American philanthropist. She is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. After John's death in June 2005, she inherited his
fortune of US$18.2 billion.
Forbes reported that she was the richest woman in the world
for eight years running, and still held the title in March 2015. As of March
2014, she and her family (not including her two brothers-in-law and a
sister-in-law) had an estimated net worth of $36.7 billion, the bulk of which comes from her shares in Walmart,
but also from First Solar, in which her husband invested.
Walton plays an
active role in her family's charitable foundation - Walton Family Charitable
Support Foundation. The foundation is intimately associated with various
prestigious academic institutes and universities for the enhancement and upliftment
of the education and other requisites. Its collaborating institutes include
College of Business Administration, University of Arkansas and others. For her
charitable foundation, she is reportedly donated over $1.6 billion.
JIM WALTON
Jim
Walton is the youngest son of Sam Walton, the world’s of largest retailer,
Wal-Mart. On 2015, Forbes stated that he has net worth of $40.6 billion. After
graduating from Bentonville
High School in 1965, Walton
received a bachelor's
degree in Business
Administration (BA) Marketing from the University
of Arkansas in Fayetteville,
Arkansas in 1971, where he was
also a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
In 1972, he joined Wal-Martand was involved in its real estate dealings. After
serving for four years he moved to the family owned Walton Enterprises as president
in 1975. On September 2005, Jim Walton replaced his brother as Wal-Mart, Board
of Director as his brother had deceased in an accident.
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