Property giant, power, fame and also the power of oil, the media magnate following 10 variables into billionaires in the world by the power Forbes synthesis.
1. Michael Bloomberg, New York City mayor, Bloomberg LP President
Feedback in the past month, Michael Bloomberg entered the third term on the position of mayor of New York City, where 8.4 million people. Not only attention to the rare achievement was re-elected twice, he region to $ 100 million for the program campaign. He heads up to 88% and property company shares information and financial services reputation Bloomberg.
Each graduate business schools of Harvard University, Michael Bloomberg has proven to keep the domains if New York City almost stood still firmly in the past financial crisis. As mayor, he controls the school system in the city, launched initiatives to help use energy efficiently. New York is in the list of safest cities of America. In addition, the policy prohibits smoking in his house as a source of inspiration for a series of similar bans around the world.
2. Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, great communication industry, banking
Prime Minister of Italy owns shares in the overwhelming three major television channels in the country, owns three other channels broadcast across the country. In addition, he also have many magazines, newspapers and advertising companies large. With love of sport, he did not regret buying money off football club AC Milan. Silvio Berlusconi is a popular character with no less scandalous.
3. Vagit Alekperov, Lukoil oil company
As head of the private oil company’s second-largest in the world, providing more than 2% of global crude oil production, Vagit Alekperov was important voice in the fuel market. In Russia, Alekperov also a powerful character by the company Lukoil is taxed the most. Alekperov was born in 1950 in the oil city of Baku, in 1972, he was to make workers in Caspian Sea oil companies. To 1990, he became a senior oil industry in the former Soviet Union. In 1991, he set three oil wells owned by the state is Langepas, Urai and Kogalym (LUK) to establish a company Lukoil. Not long after, the Lukoil investment return and the chemical control of Alekperov. He held more than 20% stake in the company.
4. Carlos Slim Helu, telecommunications industry
Magazine Forbes ranked the 3rd richest billionaire Carlos Slim Helu world ranked fourth in the list of powers he is capable of manipulating the telecommunications industry and the economy of Mexico. Own personal property of Slim Helu was the equivalent of 2% of GDP this country. Feedback early last year, he plans to step up attacks on U.S. media market by increasing stake in the New York Times newspaper. Recently, telecommunications company America Movil announced his plans to buy three more companies, forming ambitious giants in the industry. Not only famous for its money, Carlos Slim Helu also contributed greatly to society through Mexico charity, money with a group of other university building roads, infrastructure, water supply systems for people.
5. Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, of great telecommunications and construction
Lebanese billionaire was elected Prime Minister of this feedback in June last year, connected heel career of his father, who held it in two terms, and feedback was assassinated in 2005. Saad Hariri is the operating corporation construction, telecommunications and property Saudi Oger, inherited from family. Since taking office, always confirm billionaires is determined to rebuild the country, which destroyed more heavily after the civil war and intervention by foreign forces. Lebanon is a small country with 4 million people and GDP 44 billion per year.
6. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Company
Is called as the gentle philosopher Omaha area, billionaire Warren Buffet has not proved to have exhausted even 78 years old. Feedback both in November and he ended the largest contract in the industry, bought the company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for $ 40 billion. In addition, the degradation he bought to resell enlist many other assets, make a lot of great dishes benefit the needs he would say, “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others go fear.
7. Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Company
Home tycoon Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries executive in power, the company India’s largest private worth 73 billion dollars. Influence of Mukesh Ambani is the world recognized him as the richest countries with 33 billion dollars in hand and to market manipulation of oil and gas. Within a year, Reliance Industries stock price increased 90%. With his brother Anil, both your company inherited from their fathers hand. However, since the loss of his father, two brothers remained in first in the world for many years has the chemical solution.
8. Li Ka-shing, real estate, transportation
Richest people in Asia Li Ka-shing to create a career by the electricity industry and real estate. One hand he was not build an empire even larger, including the operator the world’s largest container port, power suppliers, real estate companies, retail companies selling health care products and beauty. Stock of two corporations Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa owned by him in turn increased 45% and 54% within a year. Both of his sons Victor, also a billionaire, is đắc right arm to help his father in business.
9. Edward and Abigail Johnson, Fidelity Investments funds
Johnson is the two father-son business operated by Fidelity Investments, the largest reciprocal fund management 1300 U.S. billion dollars and the amount of investors reached 3200 billion, equivalent to 22% of the GDP of all countries America in 2008. Johnson family, with total assets May 19 billion, owns 49% of this company.
10. Bill Gates, Former chairman of Microsoft, the charity
Despite losing $ 18 billion in the last year of recession, Bill Gates is more fortunate than other billionaires as he continue to maintain the title of richest people in the planet. Within the last year, Microsoft’s stock has risen 60% in value. As of August 2009, total assets of Bill Gates was 50 billion dollars. After retirement, he remains an influential characters and prestige in the world, especially when his wife set out the charity Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. So far, this fund has spent billions of dollars into public education in America, health care and fight hunger in developing countries.
