A Short Biography of S Robson Walton

21 February 2011

This short biography of S Robson Walton, chairman of the world’s largest retail chain, has been written to give you an insight into the USA’s 4th wealthiest citizen. He is also the world’s 18th richest man as of October 2010.

S Robson Walton was born in 1945, and was the first son of Sam Walton, who was the founder of Walmart. As a young man Walton attended the College of Wooster in Ohio. He then went on to the University of Arkansas.

At university he studied business administration and subsequently graduated with a bachelor of science in the subject in 1966, and later in 1969 he received a jurisprudence doctorate from New York’s Colombia University School of Law.

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Eike Batista The 8th Richest Person in the World

25 December 2010

Eike Batista is an entrepreneur, who established his business single handedly in Brazil and his total worth is now valued at US$ 27 billion. He can thus be named as the wealthiest man in Brazil.

Recently, the Forbes magazine listed him as the eighth richest person in the world. He is known for taking business risks that history shows eventually do pay off.

He was born on November 3, 1957; to Eliezer Batista da Silva who was a highly respected government worker in Brazil and also was heading one of the world’s largest mining companies Companhia Vale do Rio Doce at that time.

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A Short Biography of Shashi & Ravi Ruia

17 December 2010

This short biography of Shashi and Ravi Ruia, among India’s richest men, gives you an insight into who they are and how they got where they are today.

In a small town in India, Shashi and Ravi Ruia were born in 1944 and 1949 respectively to Nand Kishore Ruia. The family had been in business since the 1800s, and when their father passed away in 1969, the two sons took over the small family run business, Essar Group.

The family origins lay in Rajasthan, but the Ruia brothers’ ancestors relocated to Mumbai during the 19th century and began with their business ventures.

The Essar company growth had already begun when the Ruias inherited the business, with contracts previously negotiated for the construction of various ports and jetties.

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A Short Biography of Robert Kuok

10 December 2010

This short biography of Robert Kuok follows his life story and describes how he rose from rags to riches.

Deep in the heart of Johor Bahru, Malaysia’s capital city, on 6th December 1923 a woman gave birth to her third son. Little did she and her husband know at this time that their youngest son was to become the richest man in their part of the world.

The family, originally from Fujian in China, journeyed across Asia at the beginning of the 20th century and settled in Malaya.

Robert Kuok began his working life as an office junior, and after he graduated he worked at Mitsubishi for three years in their rice trading division. After his father died in 1948, the three siblings founded their first company, Kuok Bros Sdn Bhd.

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A Short Biography of Azim Premji

09 December 2010

It’s not easy to fit everything into a short biography of Azim Premji, as he has achieved so much, and is a real role model for many.

Azim Hashim Premji was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India on 24th July 1945 to businessman M.H.Premji. He came from a Shia-Muslim family. His father was the owner of Wipro Ltd, at that time Western India Products, a vegetable fat manufacturer.

As a child, Premji went to St Mary’s School in Mumbai, and went on to start an engineering degree at the world renowned Stanford University in California, USA. At age 21, his father sadly passed away and he returned from the States to take over his father’s business.

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