Last updated on March 26th, 2024 at 09:16 am
Here we are again with a list of wealthiest personalities in the world. Here we will discuss on early life, personal life and business life of each person in the list.
Let’s have a look over the list:
1. Carlos Slim
Carlos slim is the world’s wealthiest personality in the year 2012. He was also world’s richest person in the year 2007, 2010 and 2011. Carlos Slim is the chairman and CEO of telmex, American Movil and Grupo Carso. The net worth income in the year 2012 is around $69 billion which is quite less than the last year but still he is wealthiest person.
Slim taught business tricks from his father. At the age of 12, he bought shares in Mexico bank. At the age of 17, He started earning 200 pesos in a week. He studied civil engineering in National Autonomous University of Mexico.
If we talk about his early and personal life, then, Carlos slim was born on 28 January 1940 at Mexico City. His father, in 1902, migrated to Mexico and changed his name as Julian Slim Haddad (real name was ‘Khalil Slim Haddad’).
He married Soumaya Domit in the year 1967.
2. Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III is the former founder of Microsoft and worlds second wealthiest person. He is also chairman of Microsoft, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO of Cascade Investment and chairman of Corbis. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $66 billion which is quite more than the last year.
In 1973, he graduated from his lakeside school with 99.37% (Got 1590 out of 1600). He then enrolled for Harvard College. From the beginning he has a keen interest in computers and programming.
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 at Washington, US. His father (William Henry Gates, Sr.) was a lawyer and his mother (Mary Maxwell Gates) was in the board of directors for first interstate BancSystem and United Way. He is known as William Henry Gates III, because his father has the suffix II. He married Melinda Gates in 1994 and they have 3 children.
3. Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $46 billion which is quite less than the last year.
Warren Buffett was born on august 30, 1930 at Nebraska, US. He started his education life from the Rose Hill Elementary School in Omaha. From the beginning, he shows his interest in making money and saving as. He sold chewing gum, Coca-Cola, or weekly magazines door to door. In 1947, he enrolled for college at Wharton Business School. He also attended New York Institute of Finance.
He married to Susan Thompson Buffett in the year 1952. They have three children.
4. Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault is the Chairman and CEO of LVMH and Chairman of Christian Dior S.A. his net worth income in the year 2012 is around $41 billion which is quite more than the last year.
Bernard Arnault was born on March 5, 1949 in France. He completed his high school from Maxence Van Der Meersch High School in Roubaix. He then graduated as engineer from the Ecole Polytechnique in year 1971.
He married twice, his first wife was Anne Dewavrin (1973-1990) and the second wife was Hélène Mercier. He has two children.
5. Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega is widely known as a business man. He is also a Co-founder of inditex. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $37.5 billion which is quite more than the last year.
Amancio Ortega was born on March 28, 1936 in Leon, Spain. He always keeps a very low profile. He married twice, his first wife was Rosalia Mera and second wife was Flora Pérez Marcote. He has three children.
6. Lawrence Ellison
Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Ellison is widely known as a businessman. He is CEO and Co-Founder of Oracle Corporation. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $36 billion which is quite more than the last year.
Lawrence Ellison was born on August 17, 1944 in New York, US. He founded Software Development Laboratories in 1977, later known as Oracle Corporation. Lawrence has been married four times, first wide was Adda Quinn, second wide was Nancy Wheelers Jenkins, the third one was Barbara Boothe and the last one was Melanie Craft. He has two children.
7. Eike Batista
Eike Batista is a businessman and CEO of EBX group. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $30 billion which is quite more than the last year.
Eike Batista was born on November 3, 1956 in Brazil. He started focusing on trading of Gold and Diamond in early 1980s. At the age of 29, he became the CEO of TVX Gold.
He married Luma de Oliveira in the year 1991 and get divorce in the year 2004. He has two children.
8. Stefan Persson
Stefan Persson is a business tycoon and a significant shareholder of H&M. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $26 billion which is quite more than the last year.
He was born on October 4, 1947 in Sweden. He was graduated from University of Stockholm. He joined his father’s fashion company (H&M) in 1982 as Chief Executive Officer and currently he is the chairman of this company.
He married to Carolyn Denise Persson and they have 3 children.
9. Li Ka-shing
Li Ka-shing is the chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka Shing Foundation. He became the ninth wealthiest person of the world in the year 2012. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $25.5 billion which is quite more than the last year.
Li ka-shing was born on June 13, 1928 in Guangdong, China. He was forced to drop his study because of his father’s death at the age of 15 and started a job in a plastics trading company. Later, in 1950, he started his own plastic company, Cheung Kong Industries.
He married to Chong Yuet Ming and they have two children.
10. Karl Hans Albrecht
Karl Hans Albrecht is the tenth wealthiest person in 2012. He is a German entrepreneur and Co-founder of Aldi. His net worth income in the year 2012 is around $25.4 billion which is quite more than the last year.
He was born on February 20, 1920. He loves to play golf, that’s why he has his personal golf course.
