Xavier Niel

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Xavier Niel Xavier Niel (born 25 August 1967) is a French entrepreneur and businessman, active in the telecommunications and technology industry and best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider andMobile operator Iliad trading under the Free brand (France’s second-largest ISP, and third mobile operator). He is also co-owner of the newspaper Le Monde, and co-owner of the rights of the song "My Way" and owner of Monaco Telecom. He currently acts as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors...

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Ingvar Kamprad

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Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar Feodor Kamprad ( pronunciation (help·info); born 30 March 1926) is a Swedish business magnate. He is the founder of IKEA, a Swedish retail company specialising in furniture, and is one of the richest people in the world. Early life Kamprad was born in Pjätteryd (now part of Älmhult Municipality), Sweden. He was raised on a farm called Elmtaryd (presently standardized Älmtaryd) near the small village of Agunnaryd in Ljungby Municipality in the province ofSmåland. His paternal grandfather was from Germany,...

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Amancio Ortega Gaona

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Amancio Ortega Gaona Amancio Ortega Gaona (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈmanθjo orˈteɣa ɣaˈona]; born 28 March 1936) is a Spanish fashion executive and founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories retail shops. In June 2015, he was ranked as the second richest person in the world by Forbes with a net worth of USD $72.3 billion. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index on June 2015 listed Amancio Ortega Gaona as the world's second richest person with reported combined assets of USD $72 billion. He...

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Richard Branson

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Richard Branson Richard Branson was born in Blackheath, London 18 July 1950. His father was a barrister. Branson attended Scaitcliffe School and later Stowe school. Suffering from dyslexia, Branson did not excel at studies; he was more interested in extra curricular activities, such as football and cricket. At the age of 15, he had started to try his first business ventures, which included trying to grow trees and another raising budgerigars. On one occasion, he was caught leaving the bedroom of the headmaster’s daughter, and Branson was expelled from school. This left him devastated and...

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Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs – (Feb 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) Steve Jobs was an American businessman and inventor who played a key role in the success of Apple computers and the development of revolutionary new technology such as the iPod, iPad and MacBook. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” – Steve Jobs as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (Summer 1993). Early Life Steven Jobs was born in San Francisco, 1955, to two university students Joanne Schieble and Syrian born John...

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Bill Gates

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Bill Gates (William Henry Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) As founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet. Recent estimates of his wealth put it at $56 billion, this is the equivalent of the combined GDP of several African economies. In recent years he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, instead he has concentrated on working with his charitable foundation “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” Bill Gates foundation of Microsoft Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1976 when he formed a contract with...

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Jonathan Goldsmith[The Most Interesting Man in the World]

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Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, beginning in 2006, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World, in which he speaks with a distinctive deep voice inspired by his deceased sailing partner and friend Fernando Lamas. Early years Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in New York....

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