Chinese, 73, Hong Kong, self-made
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Born: 1925, jan 31 / Pontiac, MI
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Founder: Belle International (1991)
Politics: none / friend of government
Big drop from 2008 list: -1.5B. He cofounded and is the CEO of Belle International, China’s largest women’s footwear.
American, 84, married, 3 children, Bloomfield Hills MI, self-made
University: University of Michigan, drop out
Born: 1925, jan 31 / Pontiac, MI
Parents: Philip & Fannie Taubman from Bialystok, Poland
Spouse 1: Reva Kolodney in 1949, divorced in 1977 (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Spouse 2: Judith Mazor in 1982. She was Miss Israel in 1962
Judith Mazor (1962)
Children: Robert Taubman
Religion: Jewish
Founder: Taubman Centers (1950)
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Lost $700M from the 2008 list ($1.7B). Was the owner of Sotheby’s when auction house acquired in 1983. Fortune made in real estate and developments. Was sentenced to 366 days in prison for price-fixing in 2002. Spent 9 month in jail. Owns 23 malls in 10 states.
Posted in 2009 list, American, Billionaire, construction, drop out, Jewish, Michigan, Poland, real estate | Tags: 2009 list, American, auction, bloomfield, construction, drop out, Jewish, mall, married, mazor, Michigan, Poland, polish, real estate, self-made, sotheby's
American, 61, married, 3 children, Dallas TX, self-made, 1stB$: 1998
University: Southern Illinois Univ., BA
Born: 1948 / Mount Vernon, IL
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Spouse: Lisa E. Copeland (b. 1964), married him in 1993. She was sales rep for an apparel company.
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Founder: Excel Communications (1988)
Politics: In 1998 both Lisa and Kenny Troutt gave $1000 to the McCain for Senate campaign.
His mother was a cook in a school and a waitress. They were very poor.
He founded Excel Communications in 1988, a telecommunications company that used multi level marketing. The company went public in 1996. He made his first billion when Excel was purchased for $3.5B by Teleglobe in 1998. Down 30% from last year’s list.
Posted in 2009 list, American, Billionaire, Dallas, Food, married, self-made, spouse name, where born, year born | Tags: 2009 list, American, communications, Dallas, excel, Food, illinois, married, mount, self-made, southern illinois univ, teleglobe, texas, vernon
German, 45, Stuttgart, inherited
He and his half sister and half brother inherited the Verlagsgruppe Holtzbrinck.
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Posted in 2009 list, Billionaire, German, inherited, media | Tags: 2009 list, bloomsbury, die zeit, German, Holtzbrinck, inherited, media, newspaper, stuttgart
American, 46, married, 4 children, San Diego CA, self-made
University: University of Iowa, drop out
Born: 1963, jan 18 / Sioux City, IA
Parents: from Iowa
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Founder: Gateway 2000 (1985)
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Co-founded the Gateway computer company with his brother in 1985. To do so, he secured a loan from his grandmother for $10,000. The company started on his father’s cattle ranch in Iowa.
Posted in 2009 list, American, Billionaire, drop out, married, San Diego, self-made | Tags: 2009 list, American, california, computer, electronics, gateway, married, pc, ranch, San Diego, self-made, technology
Norwegian, 78, married, 3 children, Oslo, inherited
University: Harvard
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Children: Arne Alezander Wilhelmsen, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, and Peter Preben Wilhelmsen
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Founder: Royal Caribbean
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Co-founder of Royal Caribbean. In September 2008 he sold for close to half a billion dollars when he sold his 40% share in Awilco Offshore (AWO on the Oslo exchange) to the Chinese company, China Oilfield Services.
Turkish, 79, married, self-made
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Founder: Anadolu Group
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Founded the Anadolu Group. Large shareholder of Yazicilar Holdings, which trades on the Istanbul exchange (YAZIC.IS). He lost about 50% of his worth of 2008.
Chinese, 45, married, 2 children, Nanjing (China), self made, 1stB: 2009
University: Hefei Industrial University, BS
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Founder: Yurun (1993)
Politics: none / friend of government
Zhu is the chairman of the largest meat supplier in China, Yurun. He and his wife, Ms. Wu Xueqing, founded the company in 1993. Presently as the chairman he receives a $2.4M salary/comp package.
The Yurun Group (Chinese) (English) is publicly traded. It is listed on the Hong Kong exchange as 1068.
Russian, 48, married, 2 children, Moscow, self made
Born: 1960, may 29th / Kimovsk, Tula region, Russia
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University: Tula Polytechnic Institute, graduate in 1982 BS, 1985 MS. PhD from Kuzbass Polytechnic Institute (Kemerovo) in 1992 as mining engineer & economist.
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Made fortune in mining and lumber. Not a good year at all for Igor, whose fortune has dropped by a staggering 90% ($9B). Major key player and majority owner of Mechel (MTL).
last 5 years
Posted in 2009 list, Billionaire, huge drop, Moscow, PhD, Russian | Tags: 2009 list, Billionaire, drop, huge, industrial, married, mechel, mineral, Mining, Moscow, russia, Russian, self-made, university grad
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