Business People

When ordinary folks like you and I get a divorce, the impact majorly revolves around the personal effect on the individuals. However, it is a different ballgame when billionaires split as there are billions of dollars on the line and the potentiality of creating new billionaires or decreasing the holdings of some others. For instance, when Amazon CEO Jeff...

Back in 2016, South African bank Capitec beat out about 99 other banks from around the globe to emerge as the best bank in the world. That feat raised the profile of the South African financial system. It also catapulted the owner of the bank, Michiel le Roux, to the limelight as well. Le Roux has remained firmly entrenched...

Being a religious person in today’s increasingly circular world can be fraught with several challenges and one person that can testify to this fact is American business executive, David Green. A native of Emporia, Kansas, Green overcame a poor background to become a billionaire; turning his makeshift arts and crafts manufacturing operation into a global empire known as Hobby...

If you are not acquainted with the yearly roster of billionaires as published by Forbes magazine, you are less likely to be familiar with Mark Cuban’s net worth and your only knowledge of him limited to his charming appearances on the popular ABC show, Shark Tank, but do not be fooled – he is one of the richest people...

Stan Lee was a prolific comic book writer, producer, editor, and entrepreneur who had a net worth of $50 million at the time of his death. He once served as the president and chairman of Marvel Comics having worked his way up from the position of an office assistant. Lee was renowned for the numerous comic characters he created, some...

What is Kevin O’Leary's net worth? We may know Kevin O’Leary as being quite ruthless on "Shark Tank", but his wealth is quite impressive. He is Donald Trump’s equivalent in Canada. Kevin Kevin O’Leary is an investor, writer, TV personality, journalist, financial commentator and an astute businessman. His net worth is estimated at $400 million as of 2021. Kevin O'Leary's Early Life...

Rupert Murdoch and his family are reported to have a net worth of $22.2 billion. Thus, he is ranked among the most influential people in the media industry. Following his inheritance of an Australian publishing firm from his father Keith Murdoch when he was in his early 20s, Rupert expanded the business to multiple countries and it now spans...

Reed Hastings has on multiple occasions been described as the man who revolutionized entertainment and the reason is not hard to spot. Thanks to his foresight with regard to the future of movie rental, he founded Netflix and grew it into one of the largest movie rental companies in the U.S. From renting DVDs by mail, Netflix has now...

Bill Gates first became a billionaire in 1987. 34 years down the line, his net worth has grown to $126 billion meaning that he has made about $125 billion over the past 34 years. A simple division will reveal that the Microsoft founder has consistently earned approximately $3.7 billion for each year over the last 34 years. Further calculations...

One reliable way of calculating what Mark Zuckerberg earns in a year is to divide his present net worth by his age. If we do that, you will discover that the Facebook CEO has earned $3.2 billion for each year of his life thus far. Further calculations mean that Zuckerberg has consistently made $8.8 million for each day of...

As the CEO of Amazon Inc., Jeff Bezos earns a little above $1.6 million per annum. The remainder of his massive $186 billion net worth, which makes him the richest man in the world, comes from his stockholding in the company that he founded. The renowned techpreneur previously owned a significant stake in the company that he grew from...

While the rest of us were busy devising creative ways of stretching our paychecks amidst the covid-19 pandemic, prominent personalities in the tech industry were smiling to the bank. The shutdown necessitated by the pandemic meant that several aspects of human life had to migrate online and this led to a boom for the techpreneurs. One of the biggest...

Industries such as tech, real estate, energy, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and entertainment constitute some of the major money-spinners in the world. But another sector that is booming and has made billionaires out of several personalities is the beauty business. The global makeup industry, which is estimated at $523 billion, is the reason why reality TV star Kylie Jenner is the...

In 2021, Elon Musk overtook Amazon's Jeff Bezos to become the richest person on the face of planet earth. It is not news that the eccentric South African billionaire is set for a long reign at the top given the ambitious and futuristic plans that he has for his billion-dollar enterprises. What, however, makes all these new development quite...

An ambitious man of insight, Tim Cook is famed for heading one of the most innovative technology companies in this modern era. Though he took over from Steve Jobs in 2011, not many are aware that the gentleman has actually been running Apple for a very long time and is one of the company's most important figures in history. Unlike...

Having gained a net worth of $4 billion, dexterous businessman Garrett Camp ranks among the top wealthiest people in Canada. He first attained international recognition as the founder of one of the world's best-known search and advertisement websites, StumbleUpon. The Canadian entrepreneur then moved on to increase his wealth and celebrity status by establishing Uber, a popularly known transportation tech company....

Think what you may of cryptocurrencies, but the fact remains that they have come to stay, and many people are cashing out big time on it. It may be through buying some of the blockchain money or developing ancillary software that helps others do so. One of the biggest winners in the latter regard is none other than Brian...

With great shock and a collective gasp, the world received news that Billionaire philanthropist couple; Bill and Melinda Gates, would be getting a divorce. The Gates, who had been together for an astonishing 27 years, had done a fine job of raising three kids while living a scandal-free life. Also quite impressive was the humanitarian work they had done through...

With a net worth of $69 billion, Carlos Slim is one of the wealthiest individuals in the world. The Mexican business magnate is also the richest person out of Latin America, and such a feat is due to his ability to turn around the fortunes of ailing companies. Another factor that accounts for his success is the diversity of...

Despite losing more money than any other of the top billionaires in the world in 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown, Bernard Arnault has beaten all odds to emerge as the richest person in the world. The French billionaire businessman serves as the chairman and chief executive of the world's largest luxury goods company, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH)....

Founded in the year 2005, Etsy is an e-commerce website that grew popular with artisans and crafters in its early days. The retail company became quite known for its sales of handmade items, including bags, home décor, jewelry, arts, and furniture. It also focused on the sales of vintage items that are not less than 20 years in existence....

It is often said that tech is the new oil and the facts are there for all to see. Take, for instance, the covid-19 pandemic shutdown of 2020. While several companies went out of business, tech companies made impressive profits, as many people switched to online mediums with their owners smiling to the banks. Amongst the biggest beneficiaries of...

Binod Chaudhary is a Nepalese billionaire businessman, politician and philanthropist, as well as the chairman and president of the Chaudhary Group (CG), he has an estimated net worth of $1.38 billion The Nepali business tycoon, industrialist and philanthropist, Binod Chaudhary is the first Nepali billionaire. He is a man of great audacity and tact who married his love despite hesitation...

Are you currently stuck in a rut and looking for a bit of motivation to get you going? Well, look no farther than the story of David Steward, a man who came from nothing to now be worth around $3.9 billion. One of only seven black billionaires in the United States, Steward grew up in the American south back...

Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican self-made business mogul and a diversified investor who was once the richest man in the world from 2010 to 2013. With a current estimated net worth of over $50 billion, Carlos Slim is still one of the world's richest men and the richest man in Mexico. His earnings, however, dipped by over $27...