Dan Loeb
Age 56 Net Worth $3.1 Billion
Born Santa Monica, California Citizen US
Selfmade in Hedge Fund, founded Three Point in 1995 with $3.4 Billion
Education
BA in Economics Columbia University
Here is picture of Dan Loeb
Here is youtube link to Dan Loeb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIHHMxZ8Is
He is a brave Surfer
He practices Bottom-up Value Approach
In 1995, at the age of 34, he founded Third Point
Here is logo of Third Point
Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Age 69 Net Worth $1.5 Billion (2018 September)
Born Solmensk, Russia Citizen Russia
Selfmade in Oil, Telecom, Healthcare founded Sistema Holdings in 1995
Education BS Chemistry 1973
MS Moscow State University
This is a picture of Vladimir Yevtushenkov
This is my youtube link to Vladimir Yevtushenkov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltf4QwOUvbA
At the age of 35, in 1995, he quit his government post to found Sistema Holdings
Later Sistema Holdings went IPO in London Stock Exchange in 2004 and raised $2 Billion
Yevtushenkov would use the $2 Billion to purchase Bashneft Oil from Ural Rakhimov
In 2005, he was placed under house arrest for money laundering
In December, 2017, he was released from house arrest after agreeing to pay $1.8 Billion of Bashneft Oil to Rosneft Oil
Jim Chanos
Age 61 Net Worth $600 Million (Estimated September 2018, he dropped out of Forbes list)
Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin Citizen US
Selfmade in Hedge Fund, founded Kynikos Associates in 1985
Education BA in Economics and Political Science Yale University 1980
This is a picture of Jim Chanos
This is my youtube link to Jim Chanos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPaITP7dh9k
In 1985, he founded his hedge fund Kynikos with $16 Million from his clients after he was fired as an analyst
Kynikos meaning "Cynics" in Greek. Jim Chanos is Greek.
His most famous shorts are ENRON
in 2001, which also caused the demise of Arthur Anderson (the Big 8 accounting firm)
He is famous for being the Big China Bear in 2013, of which he lost quite a bit of money
Vinnie Viola
Age 61 Net Worth $2.4 Billion
Born Williamsburg, Brooklyn New York City
Citizen US
Selfmade in High Speed Trading, co-founded Virtu Financing with Doug Cifu in 2008
Education
BS West Point , US Military Academy 1977
JD New York Law School, 1983
Here is a picture of Vinnie Viola
His West Point Picture
Here is my youtube link to Vinnie Viola
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ48YXh75Y0
His company Virtu Financing, employs only 140 people and reportedly was extremely profitable on a consistent basis. He only had one losing trading days in 6 years before IPO in 2015
Besides High Speed Trading, he also owns the Florida Panthers
and the 2017 Kentucky Derby Winning Horse
Always Dreaming
John Paulson
Age 62 Net Worth $6.5 Billions
Born New York City, US Citizen US
Selfmade in Hedge Fund, founded Paulson & Co in 1988
Education BS New York University 1978
MBA Harvard Business School 1980
This is picture of John Paulson
This is youtube link to John Paulson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtYA4vg3z_I
He is most famous for having made the Greatest Trade Ever in 2007 shorting the subprime mortgage
He made $20 Billion Profit for the firm, $4 Billion for himself
Prior to that, he was quite obscure
Gregory Zuckerman wrote the book "The Greatest Trade"
Actually, he also suffered the Greatest Collapse, cause after his phenomenal trading sucess from 2007 to 2011, he started to lose money at an alarming rate.
By 2018, 90% of his customers had fleed him, and his asset undermanagement went down from a peak of $38 Billion to $8 Billion
John Paulson also holds the world record for oweing $1.6 Billion Tax
He Xiangjian
Age 76 Net Worth $15.6 Billion
Born Shunde China Citizen China
Selfmade in Appliances, co-founded Midea with 23 other unemployed villagers in 1968
Education Never went to High School
This is picture of He Xiangjian
This is youtube link to He Xiangjian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtSakC3uVLs
His company Midea , now employs 160,000 all over the world
20% of air-conditioning unit in the world is made by Midea
In 2017, Midea bought Kuka, the German Robotic company
In 2017, he also donated 6 Billion Chinese dollar to Charity, about US $875.00, enough to make him Charity King of China
Mateshitz , Dietrich
Age 74 Net Worth $25.2 Billion
Born Sanklt Marein, Austria Citizen Austria
Selfmade in Energy Drink co-founded Red Bull with Chaleo Yoovidhya in 1987
This is a picture of Dietrich Mateshitz
This is my youtube linke to Dietrich Mateshitz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLVE7eOPOM&t=117s
This is his famous & ubiquitous energy drink Red Bull,
Red Bull became famous from sponsoring Extreme Sports Events
This is picture of Chaleo and Dietrich Mateshitz together
Chaleo is inventor of the Red Bull Drink, He was born in duck herding family and had no education. When he died in 2012, he was the second richest man in Thailand
Dietrich Mateshitz learned how to compete with the Big Boys Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola
Art Williams
Age 76 Net Worth $1.4 Billion in 2008
Born Cairo Georgia Citizen US
Selfmade in Insurance, founded AL Williams in 1977 with 85 associates
Education
BA Mississippi State University
MA Auburn University
This is a picture of Art Williams
This is my youtube link to Art Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ-aeglXHNE
This is his most famous speech "Do it"
Probably it was copied and re-use as "Just Do It"
He is a dropout selfmade billionaires, I believe in 2018, he is no longer billionaire according tot he Forbes List
He founded his company AL Williams Insurance
Paul Singer
Age 74 Net Worth $3.4 Billion
Born New York City, US Citizen US
Selfmade in Hedge Fund, founded Elliott Management in 1973
Education BS Psychology University of Rochester 1966
JD Harvard Law School 1969
This is a picture of Paul Singer (nicknamed The Vulture)
This is my youtube linke to Paul Singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=512_P_XKEJU
He is also known as the Man who Killed Argentina
He also made $1.5 Billion from debt of Delphi, the autoparts supplier to GM during the 2009 bailout
Nguyen, Thi Phuong Thao
Age 48 Net Worth $3.5 Billion
Born Hanoi Vietnam Citizen Vietnam
Selfmade in budget airline, founded Vietjet in 2007
Education BA Finance Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Moscow
This is a picture of Thi Nguyen
This is link to Thi Nguyen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV7zVAO2dMc
This is her famous budget airline Vietjet
This is her company Sovico Holdings, she also owns real estate, banks, resorts with her husband
In 2018, Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen is the first woman selfmade billionaire in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia. She is often seen with other heads of state such as Donald Trump
Olenicoff, Igor
Age 75 Net Worth $4.1 Billion
Born Iran Citizen US
Selfmade in Real Estate, founded Olen Properties in 1973
Education
Bachelor in Corporate Finance and Mathematics University of Southern California
MBA University of Southern California
This is picture of Igor Olenicoff
This my youtube link to Igor Olenicoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahBDTDWnR5k
He is a descendant of the Tsar
He immigrated to the Unites States with his parents when he was 15 year old.
This is picture of the young Olenicoff, when he was a student at the University of Southern California
This is the logo of Olen Properties, which he founded in 1873
Olen Properties is headquartered in Newport Beach, California and mostly owns commercial properties in Orange County and in Nevada. It also owns thousands of units of residential property.
In December 2007 , he pleaded guilty to tax evasion in offshore haven in the amount of $200 Million and paid a fine of $52 Million
He was never sent to jail, but has remained secretive since.
Perlmutter, Issac
Age 75 Net Worth $4.4 Billion
Born: British Mandate of Palestine Citizen US
Selfmade in Toys and Comics, sold Marvel Entertainment to Disney for $4 Billion in 2009
Education High School
This is a picture of Issac Perlmutter
This is my youtube link to Issac Perlmutter
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=tdlbkRoX1S0
These are the Super Heroes of Marvel Entertainment
He immigrated to US in 1967 at the age of 25.
His first job was standing in Jewish Cemeteries and using his Hebrew skills to gain some tips.
His second job was selling toys and beauty products on the street of New York
He made his first fortune as owner of Toy Biz
He became a billionaire when he sold Marvel Entertainment to Disney for $4 Billion in 2009
