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Otto Beisheim

Entrepreneur · METRO Group · born January 3, 1924 · died 2013

$3.6Bolder estimate, as of 2010 · Forbes

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Otto Beisheim was a German businessman and co-founder of Metro AG. In 2010, his net worth was estimated at US$3.6 billion.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~40Founded METRO Group1964
  2. ~81Named honorary citizenship2005
  3. ~84Named honorary doctorate2008

Reported wealth

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2010$3.6BForbes · current

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Vladimir Potanin
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Vladimir Potanin

Entrepreneur

1961 · Russia

$18.1Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

Vladimir Olegovich Potanin is a Russian businessman, billionaire and statesman. He is the founder and president of Interros, which holds stakes in MMC Norilsk Nickel, Rosa Khutor, Rosbank, Yandex and TCS Group Holding.

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Gordon Moore
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Gordon Moore

Entrepreneur · Intel · manufacturing

1929–2023 · United States

$7Bolder estimate, as of February 2023 · Forbes

Gordon Earle Moore was an American businessman, scientist, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation. He proposed Moore's law, which makes the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years.

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Chang Pyung-soon

Entrepreneur

1951 · South Korea

$1Bolder estimate, as of April 2024 · Forbes

Chang Pyung-soon is a South Korean businessman. The founder and chairman of Kyowon Group, he is among the richest people in South Korea. In April 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1 billion and ranked him 41st richest in the country.

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J. R. R. Tolkien
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J. R. R. Tolkien

Author

1892–1973 · United Kingdom

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

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