Wednesday, 18 March 2015


      Sheldon Gary Adelson was born August 4, 1933) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and is the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He also has a daily newspaper Israel Hayom Israel. Adelson, a lifelong donors and philanthropists for various reasons, founded with his wife initiatives Adelson Foundation. Until July 2014, Adelson was listed by Forbes as having a fortune of $ 36.4 billion, and as the 8th richest person in the world. Adelson is also a major contributor to the Republican Party candidate, which has led to ever greater influence in his party.





 Jim Walton (sometimes James Carr,[1] born June 7, 1948)[5] is the youngest son of Sam Walton, the founder of world's largest retailer Wal-Mart. On the 2015 Forbes list of world billionaires, Jim Walton is ranked at #9 with a net worth of $40.6 billion. On September 28, 2005, Walton replaced his deceased brother, John, on the Wal-Mart Board of Directors. He is currently on the Strategic Planning and Finance committees. He is also CEO of his family owned Arvest Bank and chairman of newspaper firm Community Publishers Inc. (CPI) owned by Jim Walton himself but founded by his father Sam Walton after acquiring the local newspaper the Benton County Daily Record, both operating in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. He has pledged about $2 billion to the Walton Family Foundation along with his siblings from 2008 to 2013. He is currently ranked at #10 on the 2014 Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $34.7 billion that has increased by $3 billion. On the 2013 Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America he is ranked at #7.








          Carlos Slim Helu was born January 2, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest man in the world. Known as the "Warren Buffett Mexico", .Slim has extensive holdings in a large number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso, SA de CV, has garnered interest in the field of communications, real estate, airlines, media, technology, retail, and financial. At this time, Slim is chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies Telmex and America Movil. America Movil, which is the largest mobile phone carrier in Latin America in 2010. The Wealth Slim in March 2015 is estimated at US $ 71.2 billion






Warren Edward Buffett was born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and is consistently ranked among the world's richest man. He was ranked as the richest man in the world in 2008] and as the third richest in 2011. In 2012 Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.

Buffett called "Wizard of Omaha" or the "Oracle of Omaha",] or the "Sage of Omaha" and is famous for its adherence to the value investing and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.] Buffett is famous philanthropist, has pledged to give 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation. On 11 April, 2012, he was diagnosed with cancer which he successfully completed treatment in September 2012.






           Amancio Ortega Gaona was born March 28, 1936) is a Spanish fashion executive and founding chairman of the fashion group Inditex, best known for clothing and accessories chain grocery store Zara. In March 2015, he was listed as the fourth richest person in the world by Forbes, with a net worth of USD $ 62600000000. Bloomberg Billionaire Index in March 2014 Amancio Ortega Gaona listed as the fourth richest person in the world with reported assets of USD $ 57000000000.] He was listed as the third richest person in the world by Hurun Report in February 2014, with a net worth of USD $ 62000000000. He lives with his second wife in an apartment building in Galicia, Spain








                     Charles de Ganahl Koch (/ koʊk /; born November 1, 1935) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-owner, board chairman and chief executive officer of Koch Industries, while his brother David H. Koch served as Executive Vice President. Charles and David each own 42% of the conglomerate. . Brothers inherited the business from their father, Fred C. Koch, then grow the business [4] Originally engaged exclusively in oil refining and chemicals, Koch Industries now includes process and pollution control equipment and technologies; polymers and fibers; mineral; steel; commodity trading and services; forest and consumer products; and livestock. Business that produces a variety of well-known brands, such as Stainmaster carpet, Lycra brand spandex fiber, Quilted Northern tissue and Dixie Cup.







Christy Ruth Walton (born 1955) is an American philanthropist. She is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. After John's death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of US$18.2 billion. Profiled by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine in The Giving Index, she is ranked as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth. At a then estimated $16.3 billion net worth, she contributed a total of $3.5 million cumulatively between 2002 and 2006. Non-profit organizations in which Walton is actively serving include the national association of trustees and staff, corporate giving officers, and individual donors of The Philanthropy Roundtable. The San Diego Natural History Museum, where she is a board member, as well as the San Diego Zoological Society and the Mingei International Museum are also institutions to which she makes donations.







Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American programmer, internet entrepreneur, traveler, businessman and philanthropist. He was the CEO of software company Oracle Corporation between base in 1977 and 2014. In 2014, he was listed by Forbes as the third richest person in America, and as the fifth richest person in the world, with a fortune of $ 56.2 billion.
       Ellison was born in New York City but grew up in Chicago. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Chicago without graduating before moving to California in 1966. While working at Ampex Corporation in the early 1970s, he was influenced by Edgar F. Codd research on the design of a relational database, which in 1977 led to the formation of what became Oracle. Oracle database vendors and managed to mid-low range system, competing with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server, which led to Ellison listed by Forbes as the richest California in 2006.
       Ellison has donated up to 1% of their wealth to charity and has signed the Giving Pledge. In addition to his work at Oracle, Ellison had success in yachting, with BMW Oracle Racing, and is a licensed pilot who has two military jets.









David Hamilton Koch was born May 3, 1940) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and political activist, and chemical engineers. He joined the family business Koch Industries, a conglomerate which is the second largest privately owned company in the United States, in 1970. He became president of a subsidiary of Koch Engineering in 1979, and became co-owners of Koch Industries, the older brother of Charles, on 1983. He is currently the Executive Vice President.



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