Joseph Lau. Joseph Lau Luen Hung (Chinese: 劉鑾雄) (Born 1951 in Hong Kong with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a billionaire Hong Kong real estate investor who owns a 61% stake in Chinese Estates Holdings.
His fortune is estimated by Forbes at $11.5 billion as of June 2015.[3] Notable purchases[edit] In May 2007, Lau was revealed to be among the first seven purchasers of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet for private use.[4] According to the Sunday Times, Lau owns one of the world's finest red wine collections, with at least 10,000 bottles, and is an avid art collector.[1][5] On 7 November 2007, he made the top purchase of the evening at a Sotheby's auction by paying $39.2 million for Paul Gauguin's Te Poipoi, a painting of a Tahitian scene.[6] Cornelius Vanderbilt. Ancestry Early years Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island, New York, to Cornelius van Derbilt and Phebe Hand.
He began working on his father's ferry in New York Harbor as a boy, quitting school at the age of 11. At the age of 16 Vanderbilt decided to start his own ferry service. According to one version of events, he borrowed $100 from his mother to purchase a periauger (a shallow draft, two masted sailing vessel). Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923[2]), is a Singaporean politician.[3][4][5][6] Often referred to as the Father of Singapore or by the initials LKY, he was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.
He is also widely recognised as the founding father of modern Singapore. As the co-founder and first Secretary-General of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to eight victories from 1959 to 1990, and oversaw the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 and its subsequent transformation from a relatively underdeveloped colonial outpost with no natural resources into a "First World" Asian Tiger. Lo Hsing Han. Lo Hsing Han or Law Sit Han (Burmese: လော်စစ်ဟန်, IPA: [lɔ̀ sɪʔ hàɴ]; simplified Chinese: 罗星汉; traditional Chinese: 羅星漢; pinyin: Luó Xīnghàn; ca. 1930s – July 6, 2013) was a Burmese drug trafficker and became a major Burmese business tycoon, with financial ties to Singapore.
He was an ethnic Kokang.[6] His spouse, Zhang Xiaowen, is a Chinese citizen and native of Gengma County in Yunnan.[5] Rise and fall[edit] Lo was born poor in Kokang district.[7] Lo reportedly started his opium-trafficking career as chief of a local militia called Ka Kwe Ye (KKY)[8] set up with the encouragement of General Ne Win to fight the Communists.[9] By the early 1970s he was an important figure in the Asian drug trade, particularly in the trafficking of 'China White' heroin.[3] In August 1973, he was arrested in Thailand and handed over to the Burmese government.[10] He was sentenced to death for treason on the grounds of his brief association with the insurgent Shan State Army (SSA). Gianni Agnelli. Giovanni Agnelli (12 March 1921 – 24 January 2003), better known as Gianni Agnelli (Italian: [ˈdʒanni aɲˈɲɛlli]), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research. He was the richest man in modern Italian history.[1] As a public figure, Agnelli was also known worldwide for his impeccable, slightly eccentric fashion sense,[2] which has influenced both Italian and international men’s fashion. Agnelli was awarded the decoration Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1967 and the title Knight of Labour (Cavaliere del lavoro) in 1977.[3] Following his death in 2003, control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann.[1] Early life[edit] Agnelli was educated at Pinerolo Cavalry Academy, and studied law at the University of Turin, although he never practiced law.
Exor (company) In 1957 IFI acquired control of Istituto Commerciale Laniero Italiano, which conducted activities in the financial field, particularly in the textile and wool sector.
In 1963 it extended its operations to the banking system and changed its name to Istituto Bancario Italiano Laniero. Three years later, having spun off the banking business to Banca Subalpina, the company became Istituto Finanziario Italiano Laniero (IFIL), playing a parallel role to that of IFI and conducting similar investment management activities. IFI gained holdings in numerous firms over the decades, including Unicem and 3M, many of which have since been divested. IFI listed preference shares on the Borsa Italiana in 1968. A reorganisation of the Agnelli family's holdings in 2008 led to the merger of IFI and IFIL to create Exor, the new name being taken from the French company (then the majority owner of Perrier water and the Château Margaux estate) which it acquired in 1991.[1] Official website.