A Wealth Of Billionaires

The stories of the 89 men, 3 women, and 52 family groups that are considered the world's billionaires teach others about global business trends. For example, the early experiences testing the investment waters in the communist world on the part of Sweden's Ingvar Kamprad, Italy's Silv...

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Published in:Forbes 1989-07, Vol.144 (2), p.117
Main Authors: Seneker, Harold, Poole, Claire, Duggan, Patrice, Weisman, Katherine, Wandycz, Katarzyna, Glouchevitch, Philip, Barrett, William P, Eisenstodt, Gale, Hashimoto, Nobuko, Asami, Hiroko
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Equity
Manycountries
Manypeople
Personal
Personal profiles
Profiles
Ratings & rankings
Statistical data
Trends
Wealth
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Summary:The stories of the 89 men, 3 women, and 52 family groups that are considered the world's billionaires teach others about global business trends. For example, the early experiences testing the investment waters in the communist world on the part of Sweden's Ingvar Kamprad, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, the Republic of Korea's Chung Ju-yung, Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing, and the UK's Robert Maxwell will be watched closely by anyone considering following them. It is important not merely to chronicle how these people obtained their wealth, but also what they are doing with it now. The best known of the Saudi Arabian billionaires, Suliman S. Olayan is worth more than $1 billion. He maintains a broad portfolio of stock investments in US companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The influence of the family of Colombia's billionaire Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, a drug warlord, reaches throughout the Americas.
ISSN:0015-6914
2609-1445