Business People

Wendy Thomas is an American restaurateur who is best known as the daughter of Dave Thomas, a very popular American businessman. Dave Thomas was a fast-food tycoon who was also a philanthropist, and the founder of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain. He rose through the ranks to become one of the most famous names in the fast-food industry and...

Tim Cook is an American business executive and industrial engineer who in 2011 replaced Steve Jobs as the CEO of Apple Inc. - the world's most valuable company and the most profitable business in America. A new analysis by Bloomberg finds that the net worth of Apple CEO Tim Cook is $1 billion, officially making him a billionaire. Timothy Donald Cook...

Paul Allen was an American business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist. He owes a substantial part of his $20 billion wealth to Microsoft of which he is the co-founder alongside his high school pal, Bill Gates. Allen bolsters his Microsoft wealth with diversified investments made via his Vulcan Capital Inc. His fields of interest include sports, media, real estate, and technology....

Ever since the invention of the internet and smartphones, both technologies have been at the forefront of changing the operation of things in the world. A major part of that sweeping change is the fact that these 'new world' sectors have thrown up countless startups that could have otherwise not been possible. Thus, in March 2009, it was the...

Jordan Belfort is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker whose life story is a paragon of falling from grace. As of 2021, Jordan Belfort has a net worth of $-100 Million Jordan 'Ross' Belfort, became the founder of Stratton Oakmont, an investment company that specializes in penny stocks and defrauding investors with "pump and dump" stock sales. He made...

Josh Flagg is a renowned American real estate agent and television big name who rose to stardom in 2006 after appearing in the debut season of the American television series, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (MDLLA). Being a successful real estate agent, Josh has done several businesses with some American celebrities including popular songwriter and singer, Adam Levine and Steve Aoki the...

What is Dame Dash's net worth? Damon Dash is an American record producer, entrepreneur and music executive who has a net worth of $10 thousand as of 2021 Dame Dash, also known as Damon Dash is a record producer, entrepreneur, and actor. He is well-known as the co-founder of the now-defunct Roc-a-fella records. Dame Dash's accounts were found delinquent by the...

Key Facts Yasseen Mansour was ranked the 17th richest African billionaire in 2019 with a net worth of $1.5 billion. In 2020, the famous entrepreneur was named the 12th richest man in Africa, having had an estimated fortune of $2.3 billion. Mansour made Forbes Africa's Billionaire list in 2021, taking the 18th spot and his estimated net worth is...

From the banking to the insurance and telecom sectors, Othman Benjelloun has left indelible footprints wherever he goes and has built up an impressive fortune in the process. With a net worth of $1.3 billion, he is not only one of the richest individuals out of Morocco but is also one of the wealthiest from the African continent. No stranger...

Patrice Motsepe grew up in the apartheid era but that never stopped him from pursuing his dream of becoming very successful in life. As such, he fared better than several other South African blacks of his generation. With a net worth of $3.1 billion, he is the richest black man in South Africa. Patrice Motsepe became the first black...

While working at diverse financial institutions over the years, serial entrepreneur Olugbenga Agboola has demonstrated his passion for developing financial technology solutions by making worthwhile contributions to numerous fintech projects. Before coming to the limelight as the co-founder of the famous fintech company, Flutterwave, the software engineer had coordinated multiple projects, delivering them on time. Thus, he has two...

Despite the pandemic, there have been rapid-fire public offerings, as well as a surge in the prices of stocks and cryptocurrencies which mostly account for an unprecedented number of new billionaires and equally, centibillionaires in the world. In mid-April, 2021, Oracle co-founder, Larry Ellison and Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin became new members of the $100 billion net worth...

What is Robert Herjavec's Net Worth? Robert Herjavec is a Canadian businessman, investor and TV personality known for his work on "Dragon's Den", "Shark Tank" and "Dancing with the Stars". As of 2021, Robert Herjavec is worth $200 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5uD62Plakg How He Began Robert Herjavec was born on September 14, 1962, in Croatia but migrated with his parents to Canada at the age...

For most parts of his life, Robert F. Smith has largely avoided the spotlight as he quietly but determinedly worked his way up to becoming one of the richest African Americans in the world with a net worth estimated at around $6 Billion. Now that he has attained his coveted status, there has been no escaping public attention. The...

Lisa Vanderpump is a British restaurateur, television personality, author and actress who has a net worth of $88 million The term multi-talented is often thrown about casually but if there is one person that is truly deserving of that appellation, it is Lisa Vanderpump. The British personality first rose to fame as an actress in the 80s and 90s. She...

Warren Buffet is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist who has a net worth of $100 billion as of the time of this writing. He is a regular on the top 5 list of the richest people in the world which commonly includes the likes of Bill Gates and Amancio Ortega. Nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha", Warren is the CEO...

What was Steve Jobs' Net Worth? Steve Jobs was an American inventor, business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor who had a net worth of $10.2 billion at the time of his death Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple, one of the leading platforms for mobile devices and computers. Though he died in 2011, his legacy is still flying...

For several years, the likes of Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani have held sway as the richest personalities on the Asian continent. There is however now a new king on the horizon and he is none other than Chinese business magnate, Zhong Shanshan. Described as the man who turned water into gold, Shanshan seats atop...

Not many people can say they got to live their dream and even fewer people can say that they did so even when their vision is on a global scale. Bill Gates lived his dream of putting a computer in every home, becoming the world’s richest man, and the man who held that coveted number one title for the...

The Rothschilds or the Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family of German descent whose fortune stems from the banking business and dates back to the 18th century. The pioneers of international finance, the Rothschilds held the largest private fortune in the world during the 19th century. However, claims that the family now controls about $2 trillion of the...

Robert Kraft is an American business tycoon. He is the chairman and CEO of Kraft Group, a diversified private holding company with businesses in paper, packaging, sports, entertainment, real estate, and private equity. Kraft is best known as the owner of a successful NFL franchise the New England Patriots which he bought for a record $172 million in 1994. The...

Russell Simmons is an American music/film producer, entrepreneur, and author, popular for being the co-founder of hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings. His net worth is estimated at $340 million as of 2020 Russell Simmons Early Life Russell Wendell Simmons was born on October 4, 1957, in Queens, New York. He grew up rough on the streets of Hollis, a middle-class neighbourhood...

Steven Spielberg is an American movie director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. The award-winning filmmaker admired by his peers for being the highest-grossing director of all time has his personal net worth estimated at $3.7 billion according to Forbes, Bloomberg's Billionaires Index puts it at a much higher $6.18 billion. It is estimated that he earns between $100 million and...

Lori Greiner is an American entrepreneur, inventor, television personality, and author who is also well known as one of the judges on ABC’s Shark Tank. AKA "The Queen of QVC", Lori has about 120 US and international patents under her belt. She was born on December 9, 1969, in Chicago Illinois where she was raised in the Near North Side....

Wealthy women have broken another set of records on the new FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires that just got released. It's really a nice gain that the women are killing it big time when it comes to finances. Even though as of yet women still take a tiny percentage of the list - just 11% of the total,...