Billionaires who's who list

Tang Yiu – 1.0B – footwear

polymatheux — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:49:47 +0000

Chinese, 73, Hong Kong, self-made

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Born: 1925, jan 31 / Pontiac, MI

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Children: Tang Ming Wai (d. born 1971)

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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.

Taubman, Alfred – 1.0B – real estate

polymatheux — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:45:35 +0000

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.

Troutt, Kenny – 1.0B – food

polymatheux — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:35:34 +0000

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.

von Holtzbrinck, Stefan – 1.0B – media

polymatheux — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:49:52 +0000

German, 45, Stuttgart, inherited

He and his half sister and half brother inherited the Verlagsgruppe Holtzbrinck.

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Waitt, Theodore – 1.0B – Gateway

polymatheux — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:09:56 +0000

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.

Wilhelmsen, Arne – 1.0B – transport

polymatheux — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:54 +0000

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.

Yazici, Kamil – 1.0B – beverages

polymatheux — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:27:58 +0000

Turkish, 79, married, self-made

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Religion: Muslim

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.

Zhu, Yicai – 1.0B – food

polymatheux — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:00:36 +0000

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.

Zyuzin, Igor – 1.0B – Mining

polymatheux — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:52:57 +0000

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).

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polymatheux — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:36:04 +0000

The entries that you will find here are from the bottom up. Posted will be the poorer billionaires and information to all sorts of things that relate to them.