Thursday, November 1, 2018

Barry Sherman

Age 76   Net Worth $3.0 Billion
Born Toronto, Canada  Citizen  Canadian
Selfmade in generic drugs ,   founded APOTEX in 1967


Education  BS Engineering University of Toronto 1965
      PhD  MIT Aerospace 1967  

Here is a picture of Barry Sherman and Honey Sherman,
both murdered on December 15, 2017 in Toronto





 





Here is my youtube link to Barry Sherman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFSbmOEuh4

Barry Sherman built his empire with generic drugs.  His company is called APOTEX and employs thousands of employees

 












 










Many people are angry at the Sherman, including his cousin Kerry Winters, who claimed Barry Sherman stole his father's generic drug business













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The Shermans had too many enemies, in the hundreds, including the Big Pharmas who he sued for decades 


George Lucas

Age 74   Net Worth $5.5 Billion
Born Modesto, California  Citizen  US
Selfmade in Movies,   founder of  LucasFilm in 1971


Education  Modesto Community College 1964
                    University of Southern California 1966

Here is a picture of George Lucas




 












Here is my youtube link to George Lucas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkxQ-k25Q0k

In 1973, he made the movie American Graffiti with a budget of
$780K,  grossed over $100M in US alone and became the highest profit for a domestic film in US History up to that point
















In 1977, he made Star Wars and it was said he spent 2 years writing the script for Star Wars.  Star Wars will become the biggest movie (in gross and viewership) of all time
















George Lucas is the most successful movie producer of all time both financially and also in the box office.  Besides Star Wars he also created the anthropology professor Indiana Jones.


Picture of Harrison Ford and George Lucas




Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Yitzhak Tshuva 


Age 74   Net Worth $3.7 Billion
Born Tripoli, Libya  Citizen  Israel
Selfmade in real estate, conglomerate and energy, bought Delek Group in 1998 




Education  High School Dropout at age 12 to help his family


Here is a picture of Yitzhak Tshuva 







 











Here is my youtube link to Yitzhak Tshuva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sNwzVuDWKc

He began building hundreds of low-income housing in the city of Netanya , Israel in the 1970s.
This is where he made his first fortune

In the 1990s, with the arrival of 900,000 Russian Jew, the demand for low-income housing skyrocketed













In 1994, he bought the Plaza Hotel in New York City

In 1998, he surprised everyone by taking ownership of Delek Group after a hostile takeover


Since 2004, he had invested in Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Exporation 

In 2013, the Tamar 1 Natural Gas went into production, saving 1% of the GDP of Israel 















Now energy is an important part of his portfolio






Macro Study of Selfmade Billionaires 













US, India and China  a Macro Study Perspective 













Here is my youtube link to 3 countries macro study 

https://youtu.be/oFcfl9v_QaQ

First Comparison, Percentage Billionaires that are selfmade

In China, it is 98%
In US, it is 70%
In India, it is 46%

Here is my eBook "49 Indian Selfmade Billionaires", published in Amazon Kindle in 2016


 


And a lot of that has to do with Infrastrure Investment