Unique World’s Billionaires

Robin Li or Li Yanhong (Chinese: 李彦宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born 17 November 1968) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded the Chinese search engine Baidu and is ranked as the seventh richest man in mainland China with a net worth of US$9.6 billion as of September 2015. He is ranked as 119th richest man in the world, according to

Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko (Russian: Андрей Игоревич Мельниченко, Belarusian: Андрэй Мельнічэнка, born 8 March 1972 in Gomel, Belarus) is a Russian industrialist and billionaire. With an estimated personal wealth of $13.2 billion, in 2017 he ranked 89th in the Forbes World’s billionaires list (9th in Russia). Early life and education Andrey Melnichenko finished the Boarding School of the Specialized Education and

Georgina Hope “Gina” Rinehart (born 9 February 1954) is chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral and exploration company founded by her father Lang Hancock. Rinehart inherited 76.6% of the company with the remaining 23.4% constituting the Hope Margaret Hancock Trust. Early life and family Rinehart was born in Perth, Western Australia. She is the only child of Hope

Joseph Lau Luen Hung (Chinese: 劉鑾雄) (born 21 July 1951 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong businessman, investor, and convicted felon. He owns a 61% stake in Chinese Estates Holdings. His fortune is estimated by Forbes at $15.1 billion as of April 2017. Early life Joseph Lau was born on 21 July 1951 in Hong Kong. He has a

Lee Kun-hee (Hangul: 이건희; Hanja: 李健熙; Korean pronunciation: [iːɡʌnhi]; born January 9, 1942) is a South Korean business magnate and the chairman of Samsung Group. He resigned in April 2008, owing to a Samsung slush funds scandal, but returned on March 24, 2010. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. With an estimated net worth of

François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French businessman and art collector. He is the major shareholder and honorary chairman of the retail company Kering. Biography Early life François Pinault was born on 21 August 1936 in Les Champs-Géraux, a commune in the north of Brittany in the West of France. Career His holding company Artemis S.A., owns (or

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (Thai: เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี; rtgs: Charoen Siriwatthanaphakdi; born 2 May 1944) is a Thai billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Thai Beverage, the chairman of conglomerate TCC Group and Fraser and Neave, Ltd(F&N). Sirivadhanabhakdi family is now Thailand’s largest property developer and landlord of 630,000 rai, plus commercial and retail buildings in Singapore. He also owns 50 hotels

Elon Reeve Musk (/ˈiːlɒn ˈmʌsk/; born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, investor, engineer, and inventor. He is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Inc.; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com, which merged with Confinity and took the name

Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Russian: Алише́р Бурха́нович Усма́нов; Russian: ‘Alisher Usmonov’; born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. As reported by Forbes, in 2017, Alisher Usmanov has an estimated net worth of $15.1 Billion. The December 2013 Bloomberg Billionaires Index reported an estimated net worth of $19.6 billion, making him the 37th richest person in the world. In

Stefano Pessina (born June 4, 1941) is an Italian-born Monegasque billionaire businessman and the vice chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and the single largest shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance. Early life Pessina was born in Pescara and grew up between Milan, Como and Naples. He graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan in nuclear engineering. Career In 1977, he took