Business Tycoons

Russian oligarch Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich, who was born on October 24, 1966, is also a businessman, politician, and philanthropist. In addition to being the main owner of the private investment firm Millhouse LLC, he is best recognised outside of Russia as the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football team in London, England. From … Read more

William Ding, better known as Ding Lei, was born in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on October 1, 1971. He received his Electronic Science and Technology graduate certificate from Chengdu College in China. The university’s current name in China is the University of Electronic Science and Technology. He began working as an engineer for the local … Read more

Micky Arison, a multibillionaire businessman who is Israeli-American and the chairman of Carnival Corporation, the most extensive cruise line in the world, was born on June 29, 1949. He additionally served as the business’s CEO from 1979 until 2013. Arison also owns the Miami Heat of the NBA, which has won three NBA Championships under … Read more

Carl Stefan Persson, a Swedish business magnate who is worth $12.7 billion was born on October 4th, 1947. The richest of Sweden’s 12 billionaires and the 17th richest person in the world according to Forbes in March 2013, Persson had a net worth of $28 billion; he has since slipped to number 50. Persson led … Read more

Chinese Indonesian tobacco millionaire Robert Budi Hartono, who was born on April 28, 1941, has a net worth of $12.61 billion in 2018. The privately held Djarum, the third-largest producer of clove cigarettes in the world, is owned and operated by him. The number two cigarette company, Sampoerna, reportedly just lost some of its stock … Read more

Business tycoon, philanthropist, and investor Wang Jianlin were born in China on October 24, 1954. He founded the Dalian Wanda Group, the biggest operator of movie theatres in the world and a major player in the real estate sector in China. Atlético Madrid, a Spanish football team, was once 17 per cent in his possession. … Read more

Philip Anschutz, a multimillionaire American businessman, was born on December 28, 1939. He owns or has control over businesses in a number of sectors, including energy, railways, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theatres, arenas, and music. He bought the parent firm of the Journal Newspapers in 2004, and under his leadership, Washington Examiner, an American … Read more

A billionaire from Hong Kong, Cheng Yu-tung GBM (26 August 1925 – 29 September 2016). He had vast holdings in real estate, development, and service companies, as well as hotels, infrastructure, retail jewellery, and transportation in Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Australia, and other places. At the time of his passing, he was ranked … Read more

Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian steel tycoon with a foundation in the UK, was born on June 15, 1950. He serves as the Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the largest producer of steel in the world, as well as the Chairman of Aperam, a producer of stainless steel. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and a 20% interest … Read more

Harold Hamm, an American businessman in the oil and gas industry, was born on December 11, 1945. His expertise in shale oil extraction is well renowned. Hamm will rank 121 globally and 63 in the United States in terms of wealth as of February 4, 2022, according to estimates of his net worth of US$16.2 … Read more