List of Richest Billionaires
German Khan
German Borisovich Khan is a Ukrainian-Russian billionaire businessman. After graduating from university in 1988 he worked in a wholesale business selling consumer items, before setting up his own cooperative. He was then appointed the head of the wholesale trade business Alfa Eco as part of the Alfa Group Consortium, by Mikhail Fridman. He became president of Alfa Eco in 1996 and was instrumental in directing the company to focus on export and the oil trade. When Alfa bought Tyumen Oil (TNK) in 1997, he joined the board of directors. He was deputy chairman of TNK Oil Company from 1997 until 2003. In 2003, Khan worked with the other TNK owners to form a 50–50 joint venture with British Petroleum (BP), in what was the largest foreign investment in Russia to date, at US$8 billion.
Jay Chaudhry
Jay Chaudhry is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and the CEO and founder of Zscaler, a cybersecurity company. Prior to this, he founded AirDefense, CipherTrust, CoreHarbor and SecureIT.
Carl Cook
Carl Cook is an American billionaire businessman. He is CEO of the Cook Group, a medical device company that was co-founded by his parents. As of August 2020, his net worth is estimated to be $10.5 billion.
Jan Koum
Jan Koum is a Ukrainian American billionaire entrepreneur and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and was the CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook Inc. in February 2014 for US$19.3 billion.
Tobias Lütke
Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is a German-Canadian billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Shopify, a company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has been part of the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created open source libraries such as Active Merchant.
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson is a British inventor, industrial designer, landowner and entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd. Traditionally, he is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2020, he is Britain's richest person with an estimated net worth of £16.2 billion. He served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017, and opened a new University, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire Campus in September 2017.
Stefano Pessina
Stefano Pessina is an Italian-Monegasque billionaire businessman and the vice chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and the largest single shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Friedhelm Loh
Friedhelm Loh is a German billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the Friedhelm Loh Group, a manufacturing company that grew out of a business he inherited from his father.
Quek Leng Chan
Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan is a Malaysian tycoon who co-founded Hong Leong Group Malaysia. He is one of the richest men in Malaysia. In 2018, Quek Leng Chan ranked #217 on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, with wealth listed at US$7.2 billion. As for 16 February 2021, Tan Sri Quek's net worth is listed at US$ 9.9 Billion & ranked 147th on Forbes.
Iskander Makhmudov
Iskander Kakhramonovich Makhmudov is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman.