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Eric Smidt
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Eric Smidt

Entrepreneur · born January 26, 1960

$17.9Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

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Eric L. Smidt is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Harbor Freight Tools, a tool retailer with more than 1,600 stores across 48 states and annual revenue of $9 billion as of 2026.

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2025$17.9BForbes · current

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Also born on January 26

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Gayle Benson
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Gayle Benson

Entrepreneur

1947 · United States

$7.9Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Gayle Marie LaJaunie Bird Benson is an American businesswoman who is the owner of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) and the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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José Mourinho
athlete

José Mourinho

Politician

1963 · Portugal

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid. Nicknamed "The Special One", he is one of the most decorated managers of all time.

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Paul Newman
entrepreneur

Paul Newman

Entrepreneur

1925–2008 · United States

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars".

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Ellen DeGeneres
actor

Ellen DeGeneres

Actor

1958 · United States

Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American comedian, actress, television host, writer, and producer. She began her career in stand-up comedy in the early 1980s, gaining national attention with a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

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Nicolae Ceaușescu

Politician

1918–1989 · Kingdom of Romania

Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician who was the second and last leader of Communist Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 until his overthrow and execution in 1989.

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Eddie Van Halen
musician

Eddie Van Halen

Musician

1955–2020 · United States

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and one of the primary songwriters of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex Van Halen in 1972.

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