Thursday, December 28, 2017

Eck  Widjaja
Age 94    Net Worth $9.1 Billion
Born Fujian Province, China   Citizen:  Indonesia
Selfmade in Palm Oil , founded Sinar Mas in 1962

Education:  High School Dropout at age 18 to sell biscuits




With no education, he became the richest selfmade billionaire in Indonesia. 


This is picture of Widjaja


This is my youtube link to Eck  Widjaja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv10JK1Fvv4
This is a Palm Oil Plantation in Indonesia
 Palm Oil is Indonesia's most valuable export. 



He made the bulk of his fortune through palm oil.



   His critics said he is destroying the environment for Orangutans and destroying the rain forrest
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He is famous for many wives (rumor 5, legal 2) and have 30 children


Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Wang Wei
Age 46   Net Worth $19.8 Billion
Born  Shanghai, China   Citizen:  China & Hong Kong
Selfmade in Delivery, founded SF Express China in 1993 

Education:  High School

Here is a picture of Wang Wei



Here is my youtube link to Wang Wei
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=_C2WHNZWxPI
Here is one of his SF Express store in Hong Kong
 


Despite the fact he is now the Fourth Richest Man in China at only age 46, he is highly secretive and do not grant interviews or allowed his picture be taken 




How big is his company SF Express?

It is the largest delivery company in China.  He built his company in 24 years.   In 2017, SF Express owns its own airline SF Airlines, with a fleet of 61. 





Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Frank Lowry  
Age 87  Net Worth $6.0 Billion
Born Filapovo, Czechoslovakia   Citizen  Australia 
Self-made in Shopping Mall, co-founded Westfiels Development with John Saunders in 1959


Education:  High School or Less

This is picture of Frank Lowy



This is my youtube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LdnBi9WMT0
This is the first shopping mall he built in Blacktown, Australia in 1959 


This is the first Deli 



These are the 2 partners Frank Lowy and John Saunders


Some of Westfield's most famous malls:  Bondi Junction Westfield, Sydney




 Westfield London



World Trade Center Westfield Occulus Mall  , New York City



Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Thomas Fritz Jr
Age 79   Net Worth $7.2 Billion
Born, Dayton, Ohio, US      Citizen  US
Selfmade in Hospital Chains, co-founded HCA in 1968
with his father Thomas Fritz Sr and Jack C Massey

Education:  BS  VanderBilt University
MD  Washington University at St Louis 1965

Here is a picture of Thomas Fritz Jr




Here is my youtube link to Thomas Fritz Jr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1To4PhJ2Nc

This is the first hospital of HCA  (Picture Below)
HCA stands for Hospital Corporation of America



These are the 3 co-founders in 1968.
#1  Thomas Fritz Jr  (right in photo below)
#2  Thomas Fritz Sr  (middle in photo below)
#3  Jack C Massey (left in photo below)




Today, HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) is the world
's largest for-profit hospital chains with more than 350 hospitals and surgical centers in the US and in UK

This is HCA's logo








Here is a map of Nashville , Tennessee, where HCA is headquartered


 Despite his success (now he the world's second richest doctor and the richest man in Tennessee),
Thomas Fritz Jr, holds the record for the highest amount of setttlement with the US government over medical fraud and over billing the government.  Thoms Fritz Jr has paid more than $2.5 Billion settlement



Monday, December 11, 2017


Leslie Wexner 
Age 80   Net Worth $7.2 Billion
Born, Dayton, Ohio, US      Citizen  US
Selfmade in Specialty Retail, founded The Limited in 1963 

Education:  BA  Ohio State University  in Business Administration
Law School Ohio State University Dropout

Here is a picture of Leslie Wexner and wife



Here is my youtube link to Leslie Wexner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QlOZv1LfU
This is the first store The Limited in Columbus, Ohio in 1963



This is the picture of Young Leslie Wexner
He became a millionaire in his 30s



These are the brands he owned , the most famous is Victoria's Secret


But also the Beauty and Fragrance giant, Bath and Body Works




Thursday, December 7, 2017

Masayoshi Son 
Age 60   Net Worth $23.5  Billion
Born  Japan   Citizen  Japan 
Selfmade in Investment and Telecom  , founded SoftBank in 1981

Education:
BA  Economics  University of California Berkeley

This is a picture 




This is my youtube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5hU9drq9sc

This is his hero   Sakamoto Ryoma





This is his company SoftBank



His most famous investment  Alibaba with Jack Ma in 2000



In 2016, he made his largest purchase ARM which is a computer chip designer based in UK.   Son paid $32 Billion for ARM, and this is the biggest purchase SoftBank ever made.




Masayoshi Son said he bought ARM because it has 99% of the chip design of mobile internet. 


Monday, December 4, 2017

John Malone 
Age 76  Net Worth $8 Billion
Born  Milford Connecticut    Citizen  US

Selfmade in Cable TV, co-founded TCI with Bob Magness in 1973 

Education:  BS in Electrical Engineering & Economics Yale University
MS & PhD in Operation Research and Computer Science  Johns Hopkins University (age 26) 

Here is picture of John Malone 



Here is my youtube link 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0PNmncNSQQ

John Malone is nicked Cable Cowboy 


He was responsible for investing in some of the most popular Television Channels, CNN, Discovery Channel, Black Entertainment TV,  Telemundo etc

His company Liberty Media , has over 30 million subscribers 

In 1999, he sold TCI to AT&T for $60 Billion 


That was a disaster, as he lost $3.5 Billion after the sale.

in 2017, John Malone is the largest land owner in US