Newspaper Magnate - Joseph Pulitzer Pulitzer
When he died in 1911, his will stipulated that the World could never be sold. In 1912, his descendants donated $2.5 million to Columbia University to create the second journalism school in the United States, and in 1917 established the Pulitzer Prize, which is awarded annually to a person in American journalism and literature who has made an outstanding contribution to fiction, poetry, biography, history, drama, music, and news reporting.
Françoise Betancourt-Meyers - The World's Richest Woman
Françoise Betancourt Meyers, French, source of wealth: L’Oréal In April 2022, Françoise Betancourt Meyers and her family were ranked 14th on the 2022 Forbes global billionaires list with us$74.8 billion.
Charles Koch, CEO, Koch Industries USA
Koch Industries is the world's second largest privately held company after Cargill in the United States and the largest unlisted company in the world, with businesses in oil, energy, chemicals and timber. The Koch brothers own refineries in Alaska, Texas, Minnesota and elsewhere, which have brought them a steady stream of wealth.
Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft
Bill Gates, the full name of William Henry Gates III, is Bill or Gates for short. Born in Seattle, Washington, USA on October 28, 1955, entrepreneur, software engineer, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Corporation). He was chairman, CEO and chief software designer of Microsoft.
Larry Page, one of the founders of Google
Larry Page (March 26, 1973), one of the founders of the search engine Google, is now the product CEO of Google. On Forbes' 2007 list of the richest Americans, Page and Sergey Brin ranked fifth, with total assets of US $18.5 billion.
Vint Cerf Global Vice President of Google
Vint Cerf, one of the co designers of Internet basic protocol - TCP/IP protocol and Internet architecture, Google's global vice president and one of the founders of Internet. In the 1970s, Vint Cerf once participated in the early development and construction of the Internet and won the reputation of "the father of the Internet".
Aeroplane King - Howard Hughes
In his later years, Hughes had all sorts of incredible eccentricities: he only cut his hair and nails once a year, liked to pee in milk bottles, didn't have physical contact with anyone, injected cocaine for long periods of time, and forced himself to take notes.
Jimmy Donnell, founder of Wikipedia
Jimmy Donald Wales is one of the founders of Wikipedia. He is now the honorary chairman of the council of the Wikimedia Foundation and owns a for-profit company called Wikia (which has no direct relationship with Wikipedia). In May 2006, Wales was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people.
James Simmons - Wall Street Alternative Stock God
James Simons is a world-class mathematician and one of the greatest hedge fund managers of all time. The highest paid hedge fund manager in the world with an annual net income of US$1.5 billion.
Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google
Sergei Mikhail Lovich Brin (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Брин, August 21, 1973 -) is one of the founders of Google. Ranked at the top of the rich list with Larry Page, another Google founder.