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Today I want to tell you the stories of some of the richest people our planet, who were able to earn more than a billion dollars thanks to their brilliant ideas, hard work and desire to get rich. What’s most interesting is that all these people did not inherit a huge fortune or win the lottery; they all started their business practically from scratch. Very interesting, read on.

Li Ka-shing – $26.5 billion

Li Ka-shing was born and lived in China until he left the country in 1940 and moved to Hong Kong. Due to the death of his father, he had to leave school at the age of 14 and go to earn money. His first job was in a company selling plastic products and he had to spend 16 hours there.
The first ten years, plus frugality, led to the opportunity to open my own business, Cheung Kong Industries. Like Ka-shing's previous place of work, it was engaged in plastics, but over time, it turned into the largest investment corporation in Hong Kong. Li Ka-shing himself is considered one of the richest Chinese.

Sheldon Adelson – $26 billion

Sheldon Adelson, the son of a taxi driver from Boston, began his entrepreneurial journey at age 12 by selling newspapers. After that, he was a court reporter, mortgage broker, investment advisor and financial consultant. There was a period when he tried to sell toiletries and charter tours.
But the organization of the computer exhibition COMDEX in 1979 was a serious success. In the next 2 decades, it was the leading exhibition in the computer field in the United States.
And in 1988, he and his partners acquired a casino and hotel in Las Vegas (Sands Hotel & Casino), after which he quickly began to get rich.

Sergey Brin – $24.9 billion

This is a new wave of billionaires who began to earn money in the age of computerization and the Internet. Sergey Brin, the 40-year-old owner of Google and a former Russian, was born in Moscow, and then moved to the USA with a family of mathematicians. He started working on search engines (that's the correct name for Google.com itself) at Stanford together with his classmate Larry Page. The system was tested at the university, and then they began to look for investors. The name Google is a mispronunciation of gugol, a word said during one of the project's presentations.
Brin and Page entered the list of billionaires in 2004, when they were 30 years old. Today, Brin is mainly involved in the development of new projects and areas, such as augmented reality glasses and an unmanned vehicle.

Larry Page – $24.9 billion

Co-founder and co-owner Google has been managing the company itself since 2011 and is actually responsible for it strategic development. In addition to Google, he is actively involved in the development of the clean energy sector, in particular, together with Brin, he invested in Tesla Motors, which produces electric cars. high level(this is a normal machine that is powered by batteries).

Roman Abramovich – $23.5 billion

A widely known personality in narrow circles, Roman Abramovich, a billionaire, is an orphan who was raised by his grandparents. I went into business while still a student, creating a cooperative for the production of toys and various polymers. After this there were many other companies and cooperatives, both in production and trade.
But, as some sharp tongues say, Abramovich’s main talent is that he knows how to be in the right place at the right time - thus, he was able to gain control of Sibneft, which allowed him to become a billionaire.

Amancio Ortega – $20.2 billion

Until I read who it was, the name meant absolutely nothing to me - Amancio Ortega. If we say that this is the founder and owner of Zara, then a lot will fall into place.
He started sewing his first suits in his living room with the help of 25 dollars and his wife. He opened his first clothing store in 1975, and after a while became the owner of the popular clothing chain Zara. In addition to the Zara chain, he has chains of clothing stores for children, for young girls, lingerie stores, etc. In total, Ortega has more than 3 thousand stores in 64 countries.

Mark Zuckerberg – $19 billion

29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg is an icon of the modern world. Young, lazy, creative and rich. The creator of the largest social network Facebook, which created a system for its university - Harvard - but in the end could not graduate because... there was no time left. Helped in the creation of Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskowitz, plus Eduardo Saverin. The first major investment came from Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal.
Now Facebook is a public company, which at first lost a lot in value, and then (in 2013) began to rise in price. Zuckerberg now has a 17% stake, making him the youngest billionaire in history.

Kirk Kerkorian – $16 billion

Now an elderly man aged 96 years old, he dropped out of school in the 8th grade for the sake of boxing. At that time, he achieved great success and even became the welterweight champion in the Pacific Non-Professional Boxing Championship. After World War II, he retired from the ring to the airfield and began flying planes, but in 1944 he ended up in Las Vegas, where he was stuck for 3 years. Having squandered a lot of money, he finally said goodbye to gambling and bought the air transportation company Trans International Airlines for 60 thousand dollars. After some time, he was able to sell it for $104 million to Transamerica.
And since 1968, he went into Hollywood - he made money at MGM, United Artists, Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox.

Elon Musk – $6.7 billion

Elon Musk is one of those new rich people who are capturing the market with their brains, hands and business acumen. My first big deal was at the age of 12 - I wrote a program that I sold for $500 (at that age I only spent my pocket money on ice cream and buns). At the age of 25, together with his brother, he created a company dealing software for news companies, and after 4 years he was able to sell it at a price of 307 million. He invested this money in the creation of PayPal, which, in turn, sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.
Today he is involved in the Space X space program and has contracts from NASA. The aforementioned Tesla Motors is also involved.

Dustin Moskowitz – $5.2 billion

One can also say about this young man that he was in the right place at the right time. Dustin Moskowitz is Mark Zuckerberg's roommate and helped him create Facebook. On this moment he owns 5% of the shares and this is the basis of his fortune. Facebook is not his main project now - he is currently working on the Asana project. This is a web application for effective collaboration on projects. Among the interesting things - he rides a bicycle to work and participates in the Giving Pledge project (a philanthropic project from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett). The essence of the project is that half of the members’ wealth goes to charity.

Ken Griffin – $4.4 billion

It's not just computers that make billions. Ken Griffin is the owner of Citadel hedge funds. He had his first positive experience of playing on the stock exchange at the age of 18 and has not stopped working since then. He became one of the most famous specialists in his field. After 2008, the funds lost half their value, but are now gradually recovering.

John Arnold – $2.8 billion

Another successful stock market player, John Arnold, got his start at the now-deceased Enron. At age 27, he earned $1 billion for the company and received his $8 million bonus. It was this money that I used to invest for myself and leave the boring company.
In 2012, he surprised the whole world by announcing that he was leaving trading after 17 years of successful experience. Now he and his wife charitable foundation with a budget of $1.4 billion, and is also part of the Giving Pledge project, which we mentioned above.

Oprah Winfrey – $2.5 billion

Oprah Winfrey is a whole layer of American culture. This is the Cinderella of our days, who did not drop her shoe on the stairs, but plowed like a horse and used every opportunity. The beginning of life is harsh, you can’t say anything: a strict mother, she was first abused at the age of 9, at 14 she gave birth to a child who died in infancy. But when I was in school, I first got to work at a radio station. At the age of 19, she already hosted local news, then daytime talk shows. The next serious achievement is to promote a completely unpopular show so as to become a celebrity, and then, with experience and a name, create your own production company.
At 32, Oprah became a millionaire, and her show is a national treasure. Since 1994, it has become so popular that the check for the year exceeded 9-figure amounts. Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to appear on the Forbes list.
Today, if you get on air with Oprah, you can become a celebrity in 1 day. For example, they did this to Robert Kiyosaki in 1997 (of course, we will not belittle the achievements of Robert himself).

Mikey Jagtiani – $2.5 billion

Mikey Jagtiani, a representative of the Middle East on our list of billionaires, was going to become an accountant, but his studies didn’t work out because... living in London turned out to be too expensive, plus exams were also not going smoothly. To survive, I had to work as a taxi driver and cleaner.
At the age of 21, Mikey Jagtiane ends up in Bahrain alone with 6 thousand dollars (that’s all the family had) and opens a children’s goods store with this money. And today it is a retail chain on the list of the most profitable in the Middle East.
A corporation called Landmark includes 280 stores throughout the Middle East and brings Mike Jagtiani up to 650 million in profit per year.

Michael Rubin – $2.3 billion

Another representative of modern billionaires, Michael Rubin, CEO of Kynetic. He began his entrepreneurial journey as a child and sold seeds to neighbors. At the age of 10, he already hired 5 guys to remove snow from neighbors’ lawns for money. At the age of 14, this future billionaire had already opened his first store, persuading his father to sign a lease agreement. At 23, he was already a director in a company with sales of $50 million.
But he saw his destiny in ecommerce, which was just beginning to develop. He invested about 80 million in his online store, but, despite increasing sales, he could not make this business sustainable. However, eBay came to the rescue and bought the company from Rubin for 2.4 billion. The price is much higher than the actual cost of this project, but eBay was behind in the race with Amazon, so they shelled out the money.
Today Rubin is involved in Fanatics clothing stores and websites of various types, in which he has already invested 500 million.

Eduardo Saverin – $2.2 billion

Another person who made a fortune on Facebook. Saverin was Zuckerberg's first investor and was commercial director young project. But while Saverin was in New York practicing, Zuckerberg attracted new investors and artificially lowered his stake from 34% to 0.03%. Eduardo sued and regained his share to 5%.
This 5% allowed him to get on the list of billionaires. In addition, the man turned out to be reasonable and, before Facebook filed for an IPO, renounced his US citizenship and became a citizen of Brazil, which allowed him not to pay American taxes. And although his passport is Brazilian, he lives in Singapore and invests in online projects: an application that scans the barcode of a product and offers it at the lowest price on the Internet or online payments with a credit card using a webcam.

Sean Parker – $2 billion

Another co-owner of Facebook, Sean Parker, started out as a talented programmer and hacker. Already at the age of 16, he was arrested for hacking the websites of companies that were on the Forbes list. He also had a hand in creating the Internet resource Napster, through which one could exchange music. It was a breakthrough of sorts, although closed due to “some” friction with the law. At 24, he meets Zuckerberg and is the president of Facebook. True, then he is removed, which, however, does not prevent him from retaining 3% of the shares and becoming a billionaire.
Today he is engaged in his own startups.

Richard Desmond – $2 billion

Richard Desmond's life was also not pampering at first: his parents divorced, they lived together in a small apartment, he left school at the age of 14 to play the drums and help his mother earn money.
His first real job was at Thomson Newspaper, but by the age of 21 he was the owner of two record stores. But the media experience also continued - in 1974, Desmond became the publisher of the International Musician and Recording World magazine.

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It has always been difficult to do business in Russia, but success stories still happen. Sometimes former serfs turned into tycoons thanks to their tenacity and entrepreneurial spirit. "The Secret" tells the story of five entrepreneurs from time to time Russian Empire who managed to build a large business.

Alexander Chichkin

The merchant of the first guild, Alexander Chichkin, changed the dairy market of his time. Before he opened the “Milk” store on Bolshaya Dmitrovka, the product was sold exclusively on the streets and markets. Over the course of several years, he managed to build a network. In 1914, he had 91 stores, two dairies and a curd and sour cream branch, and 40 butter stations. The plant processed 100–150 tons of milk per day. At the company "A.V. Chichkin" employed 3,000 people.

The entrepreneur paid a lot of attention to marketing: all the stores were lined with snow-white tiles, the clerks were dressed in snow-white uniforms, and there were people in the hall that had never been seen before. cash registers who guaranteed fair treatment of customers. Every evening, fresh milk in cans was ceremoniously brought into the stores, and yesterday’s product was publicly poured into the sewer on the street in the morning.

By 1917, the enterprise's fixed capital amounted to more than 10 million rubles. After the revolution, Chichikov's entire business was nationalized. He was unable to avoid exile: he had to spend two years in Northern Kazakhstan until Molotov and Mikoyan rescued him from there. Then Chichkin became an ordinary Soviet pensioner, but still participated in the development of plans and projects for the development of the dairy industry in the USSR.

Stepan Abrikosov

The founder of the family, Stepan Abrikosov, was a serf; his family supplied sweets to the master’s table - marshmallows and apricot jam (hence the family name). In 1804, 64-year-old Stepan received his freedom and soon opened an artel family production in Moscow. They bought sweets here for parties and weddings, and soon they managed to open a fruit and confectionery shop. The Apricots' fame grew.

In 1820, after Stepan’s death, production passed to his sons Ivan and Vasily. But they were unable to maintain the pace set by their father. After 20 years, they lost production due to debt. It seemed that he was famous family business ceased to exist, but by that time Stepan’s grandson, Alexey, had grown up. He was a capable young man, with a particular interest in accounting. He decided to revive the family business and organized home production: the Abrikosovs again made jam, made sweets and baked gingerbread. To reduce the cost of production, he began purchasing fruit in Crimea, and later he was the first to establish year-round supplies of fruit to Moscow. His goal was to make production truly large-scale. As a result, after 30 years, by 1872? Alexey had 40 confectionery workshops, employing 120 workers. A total of 512 tons of sweets were produced per year.

Alexei's sons continued the business. They formed a partnership and built a factory. By the beginning of the 20th century, the Abrikosovs’ business became one of the leaders in the country’s confectionery market. Its annual turnover was 2.5 million rubles.

After the revolution, the family's enterprises were nationalized. In 1922, the factory was named after the Bolshevik Pyotr Babaev, but for several more years the name of the Abrikosovs remained on the labels to attract attention. Some family members managed to flee abroad, but others were unable to avoid arrest.

Peter Smirnov

Pyotr Smirnov came from a family of serfs who brewed and sold wine on holidays. Having received their freedom, Peter’s father and uncle decided to make the wine business their main business. Peter worked in this field since childhood: first he became a clerk for his father, and then founded a small winery.

The business of Peter Smirnov developed quickly: the number of cellars, factories, warehouses, stores increased, and brand recognition grew. The secret of success was the impeccable reputation of the entrepreneur and his good connections in trade sphere. He worked with relatives who did not dare to let him down or deceive him, and used only high-quality raw materials: spring water, alcohol from grain grains (not from beets), good fruit and berries.

Peter looked for the latter himself: he traveled to regional farms, obtaining unknown varieties. Smirnov's company produced wine, liqueurs, liqueurs, vodka and liqueurs - more than 400 items in total. The technical equipment of its factories was constantly updated, the enterprise quickly became the largest in the world and received international recognition. Smirnov became a supplier to the imperial court and received the right to place the coat of arms of the Russian Empire on labels (now the quality of his products was guaranteed by the state). He also supplied alcohol to the court of the King of Sweden and opened branches in London, Paris and New York.

At the end of the 19th century, Smirnov’s income fell sharply: the state decided to take control of the alcohol market and introduced a “wine monopoly”. He was still a very rich man, his fortune was estimated at almost 9 million rubles, but difficulties in business undermined his health, and he died in 1898. Peter's son, Vladimir, fled the country after the revolution and created the Smirnoff brand. In Russia, the brand was revived only after the collapse of the USSR.

Grigory Eliseev

Grigory Eliseev was born into a wealthy family. His great-grandfather also sold expensive foreign goods in Russia: wines, tropical fruits, oysters and truffles. To deliver them, the company had its own merchant fleet at its disposal: four sailing ships and a steamer. At the age of 32, he inherited a trading empire with a fixed capital of 3 million rubles. He established the Eliseev Brothers Trading Partnership and began managing the business at his own discretion. In the first year of operation, the enterprise's turnover amounted to 64 million rubles.

One day, Eliseev came up with a daring idea: to organize an exhibition of vintage wines in Paris. It is difficult to surprise the French with wine, but the young entrepreneur succeeded. He was even awarded the Legion of Honor. The furor strengthened Eliseev’s position in the market.

Two years later, the entrepreneur bought a house on Tverskaya and commissioned the best specialists to turn it into an architectural miracle. The work was completed by 1901, when the Eliseev Store and Cellars of Russian and Foreign Wines were inaugurated. Gastronomic luxury was sold here: wines, fruits, sweets, colonial groceries, crystal. Everything was fresh, clean, high quality. It was the country's first general grocery store.

The most famous product of Bure was the gift watches that the emperor gave to diplomats, officials and cultural figures. It is known that during the reign of Alexander III, 3,477 gift watches were awarded in the amount of 277,472 rubles, the vast majority of them were from the Bure company.

In addition, the company produced prize products for officers of the Russian army, as well as simple watches: they could be bought in the store at an affordable price. The brand has become very recognizable. In the works of Chekhov alone, the expression “the clock of the storm” appears more than 20 times. To maintain recognition at the same level, Pavel Bure and his descendants invested a lot of effort in participating in exhibitions, where their products won medals many times. By the beginning of the 20th century, the company occupied 20% Russian market watch products.

Business did not cease to exist with the revolution. He was saved by the fact that the production was located in Switzerland. The Bure company still exists today.

Cover photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Public domain, Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress

Famous financial sharks who managed to build a business from scratch A whole book would not be enough to name and describe all the happy owners of billions of dollars in capital.

Most of the participants in the Forbes rating lists are businessmen who have amassed capital through the privatization of assets large enterprises and companies. But we will talk about those who created their financial empires starting from the very bottom.

So, who is among the top ten businessmen who own multi-billion dollar companies built from absolute scratch?

The first place is occupied by Russian businessman Sergei Galitsky, who is the director of the Magnit retail chain. Galitsky began his career as a student, helping the deputy manager of a Krasnodar bank. Such a dusty position allowed him to acquire useful connections and influential acquaintances.

Having managed to obtain an initial capital of $30,000, Galitsky chose to invest it in the purchase of a popular product at that time, namely cosmetics and perfumes. This first investment was fully justified and paid off in full, after which Galitsky registered the first distribution company Trans-Asia, which became the prototype of the future Magnit.

At the moment, the businessman’s general condition is estimated at $3 billion.

Billionaire Aras Agalarov took second place. In a short period of time, the businessman turned from a graduate of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions school into an influential general director Crocus company.

Agalarov took his first steps in business by exporting souvenirs from Russia, importing in return computer equipment and components. Despite the successes in trade, it was decided to stop this type of activity and establish a new, exhibition format of business.

Aras Agalarov is the creator of the first Moscow boutique, located on Stoleshnikov Lane. At the moment, Agalarov’s main business brings him income in the amount of $1.5 billion is his company for the construction of large shopping centers.

Third place went to the alcohol magnate with Georgian roots, Rustam Tariko, whose determination one can only envy (naturally, white envy). Occupying the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Standard Bank, he successfully assisted Italian tourism operators, placing tourists in the Rossiya Hotel, which was inaccessible at that time.

The emergence of new influential acquaintances from among Italian businessmen helped Tariko conclude a contract for the supply of elite Martini alcohol. It was an unheard of success that gave a financial boost to further development Empire of Tariko.

The businessman's fortune is estimated at $1.5 billion.

Fourth place rightfully belongs to Alexander Japaridze (net worth about $1.1 billion). Success came to him after Japaridze, being an ordinary geologist as part of a geophysical expedition, headed a joint project with the Americans, the purpose of which was seismological exploration of the area.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Alexander Japaridze managed to buy the necessary equipment and provide seismic exploration services on a private basis.

Fifth place was headed by the owner of Fashion Continent, and concurrently the governor of the Tula region, Vladimir Gruzdev. Got mine start-up capital by issuing a loan from Sberbank in the amount of $500,000. This became possible after successful management activities under the leadership of famous entrepreneur Oleg Boyko.

The governor's net worth is estimated at $950 million.

This is how the first LEK cooperative was created. Having received a long-awaited loan, Rogachev was engaged in the supply of similar equipment for three years. The subsequent source of income was the business of relocating communal apartments. After Andrey Rogachev left for the banking business, everyone’s favorite commercial network"Pyaterochka".

Seventh place went to insurance magnate Sergei Sarkisov (capital $950 million). Favorable ground for creating an insurance company was provided by connections in Ingosstrakh.

Fluent in Spanish, Sarkisov was able to attract Spanish insurance company Iberia Seguros, which made a significant contribution to the development of a unified “Russian-European Insurance Company”.

Eighth place was taken by the founder of the Maxi-Invest company, Nikolai Maksimov. Together with his wife, he was engaged in the wood and paper trade, after previously receiving a loan in the amount of 75,000 rubles. Over the years of its existence, the Niktan company could boast of millions in turnover. Guided by the desire to expand the business, Maksimov began buying up shares of large metallurgical plants. This was the beginning of the creation of the now famous Maxi-Group. The capital is almost $950 million.

Ninth place belongs to Viktor Kharitonin, owner of the Ufa pharmaceutical company Pharmstandard. Total capital is estimated at $900 million.

Mine career path, Kharitonin, began while still studying at the institute, opening the intermediary organization Kreditinform LLP. Later, having moved to Moscow, he became the founder brokerage company, specializing in stock trading vouchers. A big breakthrough in creating a large business was the purchase of shares in the Ufa-Vita company.

Tenth place is proudly taken by Samvel Karapetyan, President construction company"Tashir". Karapetyan is a graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. He achieved his first financial success by creating the Zenit sewing cooperative, specializing in sewing work uniforms and T-shirts that were fashionable at that time with images of pop stars.

After moving to Kaluga from his native Kalinino, Karapetyan became the head of the Kalugaglavsnab company, and it was on its basis that the Tashir corporation was created. The company's core business is the construction and operation of shopping centers and exhibition halls.

And finally, Reading a short history careers of each of the 10 people mentioned, one might get the impression that the process of creating a business from scratch is an elementary procedure that does not require ordinary mental and financial capabilities. Only if financial issue can be solved by applying for loans, but with ingenuity it’s not so simple. These people are definitely special in their own way if they were able to achieve such heights. All that remains is to wish them good luck and professional success.

On the occasion of Bill Gates's birthday, we decided to remind you who you should look up to in business today. Here are the “magnificent eight” billionaires of 2014. Condition size and inspirational quotes included.

State:$76 billion

Occupation: IT, investment activities

A country: USA

Quote: “My children, of course, will have a computer. But first of all they will get books."

The richest man on the planet, multi-billionaire William Henry Gates III, popularly known as Bill Gates, celebrated his 59th birthday yesterday, October 28. For almost two decades now, he has been leading the international race for the American dream, not counting a short respite at the end of the last decade, when Gates was briefly surpassed by the Mexican Carlos Slim.

The man who created modern world, at the end of 2013 he was again on top. Over the past year, Gates earned another $9 billion without doing anything special - since February, he has been listed as a “technical advisor” to the new head of Microsoft, Satya Nadella.

Main financial activities Billa today is about distributing money to those in need. His fund to fight polio in third world countries has collectively allocated about $28 billion to these needs. In his free time, the multi-billionaire, without further ado, plays bridge and enjoys a successful life.

State:$72 billion

Occupation: telecommunications

A country: Mexico

Quote: “Many people want to change the world for the better for their children. I’m trying to change my children for the better so that they can serve the world.”

Gates's main "offender", the Mexican oligarch with Arab roots Carlos Slim, ended last year by $4 billion behind the leader of the rating. The collapse of his companies' shares led to the loss of a whole billion; However, in the summer of 2014, Slim more than made up for the fall, bringing his fortune to $79.6 billion - and, as Forbes reports, he again overtook Bill Gates. But while the results of 2014 are not summed up, we still left the palm to Bill - especially his birthday.

The 74-year-old oligarch owns assets of many companies, including in the United States. In particular, Slim is one of the minority shareholders of the publishing house The New York Times Co. and retailer Saks Fifth Avenue.

A monopolist in the Mexican communications market, Carlos Slim willingly invests in non-core assets. So, in 2012 he acquired the famous football club from Spain, Real Oviedo, which was on the verge of bankruptcy; this was preceded by a powerful flash mob to raise funds, launched by former club players.

State:$64 billion

Occupation: fashion retail

A country: Spain

Quote: does not give interviews

The king of fashion retail, founder of the legendary Inditex chain, Amancio amassed a fortune so successful that even three years after leaving the company, it keeps him among the three richest people on the planet.

Over the previous two years, Ortega received $26.5 billion from the powerfully growing shares of his own company and various real estate properties in Spain, the United States and the UK.

The billionaire has a particular weakness for buying skyscrapers: today his collection already includes 26 buildings, including the 43-story Torre Picasso in Madrid. After the death of his wife Rosalia Mera in 2013, he was the only one left at the helm of Zara, the future giant Inditex, back in 1975. Ortega himself has three heirs: daughters Sandra and Marta and son Marcos.

State:$58.2 billion

Occupation: investments

A country: USA

Quote: “I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and I am a better businessman because I am an investor.”

The restless old man, the same impenetrable Oracle of Omaha, increased his fortune by another $4.7 billion over the past year. Investment genius Warren Buffett has spent his entire life managing such sums that his own bank account hardly evokes any special feelings in him.

State:$48 billion

Occupation: IT

A country: USA

Quote: “It’s not enough for me to just win. Everyone around should go broke"

The founder and owner of Oracle Corporation became richer by $5 billion in a year, but still could not repeat his own record of 2012 - third place in the ranking of the world's richest people. In September 2014, Ellison, following a certain global trend, left the post of CEO of Oracle after 38 years in this position.

Larry first appeared on the Forbes list of rich people in 1986, when he had $185 million in his accounts. Today, the businessman collects villas on the coast of Malibu and is listed as the owner of almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai, where he is trying to create “paradise on Earth.” Why? Because he can afford it.

State:$40 billion each

Occupation: industry

A country: USA

Quote: "Power is coercion"

According to recent research by news agencies, the youngest and most successful entrepreneurs in Russia are mainly those involved in the digital environment and the Internet. Several criteria were taken to determine popularity:

1. all participants are citizens of the Russian Federation;
2. age limit not exceeding 33 years;
3. the status of the owner of the business or participate in it, the share they own;
4. annual revenue from $10 million.

The list of promising establishment includes 10 young leaders. The beginning of their activities dates back to the first half of the 2000s and does not affect the production sector. An interesting observation concerns the fact that young businessmen do not look away political activity or government controlled as a way of further advancement and growth, and remain true to the course within the chosen market.

The top 10 starts with the youngest participant – Fear, Vsevolod. 28 years. Capitalization – $88 million. Moscow

Founder of the Russian retail network Sotmarket earned its first ruble billion at the age of 24. The online store he created united only 15 employees, but within a couple of years the business retail climbed to 3rd place in terms of attendance, and revenue exceeded a billion.

At school, Strakh developed his own website, where he sold cables for phones through a Chinese intermediary. Having entered Higher School economy, rented an office in a residential building and hired the first employees. After studying literature on programming, I launched my own operating system accounting of goods, and mobile accessories, gadgets, auto products and even garden tools. At the same time, the geography of distribution of goods increased, right up to Kamchatka, and logistics improved. Today Sotmarket LLC is 4 stars on Yandex. Market", more than 200 call center employees and 40% regular customers. The company is in liquidation, and a 51% stake has been sold to IQOne.

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Vishnevsky, Roman – 29 years old. Capitalization - $30 million. Moscow.

An ambitious trader made his first million dollars by selling American valuable papers, working in a representative office of a Canadian company. With his own money, he founded the financial corporation UnitedTraders (UT), trading in futures, stocks, and currencies. UT’s innovative product is considered to be algorithmic trading called Layering, which the company actively promotes as part of training programs for novice traders. Specializing in the American exchange, Vishnevsky and partners provide dealing rooms as a platform for the development of new strategies, taking into account market movements and professional assistance in Russia. Following the corporate mission, it has been operating since 2013 investment fund“KvadratBlack”, which provides money for management, risk control and sites with high interest returns. Today there are representative offices in Slovenia and Israel. UT plans to open an office in London and develop algorithmic robots.

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Sachkov, Ilya – 29 years old. Capitalization - $12 million. Moscow

Conceived at the University. N.E. Bauman’s idea of ​​fighting cybercrime was realized 12 years later in the organization of the detective agency Group-IB. The company, which investigates computer crimes and ensures the security of influential corporations, large banks, and oil companies, is currently the largest in Russia. Highly qualified employees from civilians and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs form the core of the company, but also pose a huge risk to the business. The company is dependent on its specialists, and even one expert is extremely difficult to replace if someone decides to leave Group-IB. Now the company is looking for investments, including foreign ones.

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Guzairov, Andrey – 30 years old. Capitalization - $20 million. Kazan

The first Internet project, CreditCardsOnline, appeared as a result of losing his position in an American company in 2010, where Andrey came across the idea of ​​affiliate programs for credit cards. The following year, he buys the FinamGlobal fund and launches the Platiza.ru business. The product of the activity is an online identification service, which is actively used by the PhilipMorris Corporation to monitor the age of site visitors. The FederalFinanceGroup holding emerged as a result of the previous business of electronic passports. All projects are interdependent on each other, are successfully implemented and stand out well among competitors. The holding's further work is related to attracting a larger number of partner banks, launching unique online services for Russia and expanding the range of financial services.

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Salikhov, Dmitry – 30 years old. Capitalization - $ 18.6 million. Novosibirsk

The business activity of the young entrepreneur resulted in the Iway company, which deals with transfer transportation. The main motivation for developing my own business turned out to be dismissal due to staff reduction and numerous contacts in the transport infrastructure. The company has its own form style, and the service covers the sphere of hospitable transportation from international airports to any locality and point of the city. Growing, Iway acquired offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Today more than 65 branches are open in different countries world, and more than 95% of orders provide corporate clients. The entrepreneur plans to create his own fleet of vehicles and move towards increasing capital.

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Pryakhin, Andrey – 30 years old. Capitalization - $ 19 million. Volgograd

The creator of the Kefir design studio brought to the market game project"Prison" who saved a businessman from bankruptcy. A game offering virtual reality according to the laws of the zone turned out to be in demand by the public, and the criminal theme brought profit from the sale of gaming accessories and advertising. Operating under the motto: “We make games!”, the studio released the hit “In the Trenches,” which attracted fans with a military theme of the 40s. The driver of modernity has become the new game format “OneLife” - not for life, but for death in the literal sense. The trick of the product is that the character has no other chance. The death of a hero in game content ends in deletion from the mobile device, where a second attempt no longer exists.

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Durov, Pavel – 31 years old. Capitalization $1 billion. St. Petersburg

The dollar millionaire and former general director of VKontakte owns the Telegram messenger product. As a student at St. Petersburg State University, he thought about more progressive methods of online communication. Against the backdrop of the success of Odnoklassniki and Facebook, the VKontakte project is being launched using money borrowed from relatives. In 2014, the free Telegram service appeared, which has more than 100 million active audience per month.