Wealthy Misfortunes
27 entries in the Wealthy Misfortunes compendium.
Hetty GreenAmerican financier known as the richest woman of the Gilded Age.Hugh Despenser the YoungerRoyal favourite and chamberlain to Edward II, executed for treason.Hiroshi YamauchiThird president of Nintendo who led its rise in video games.Howard MarksWelsh cannabis smuggler and author of 'Mr Nice'.Howard SchultzBusinessman who built Starbucks into a global coffee empire.Ingvar KampradSwedish founder of IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer.Ivar KreugerSwedish 'Match King' who built a global empire that collapsed.Jack WelchCEO who transformed GE into the world's most valuable company.Jacob SchiffGerman-born American banker and Jewish leader.Jakob FuggerGerman merchant and banker who financed Habsburg emperors.James B. DukeTobacco and power industrialist who founded American Tobacco Company.James L. KraftCanadian-American inventor who patented pasteurized cheese and founded Kraft Foods.John C. BogleFounder of Vanguard and pioneer of index investing.John CadburyQuaker businessman who founded Cadbury and championed social reform.John D. RockefellerFounder of Standard Oil and pioneer of modern philanthropy.John GottiGambino crime family boss who ordered Castellano's murder.John SutterSwiss immigrant who founded Sutter's Fort in California.Jon B. MinnochHeaviest recorded human, weighing about 1,400 pounds at his peak.Jorge Paulo LemannBrazilian billionaire co-founder of 3G Capital and former tennis champion.Joseph SeligmanAmerican banker and founder of J. & W. Seligman & Co.Kirk KerkorianAmerican businessman who shaped Las Vegas and owned MGM.Koch familyAmerican family controlling Koch Inc and a major political donor network.Lakshmi MittalIndian steel magnate and executive chairman of ArcelorMittal.Larry EllisonCo-founder of Oracle Corporation and former CEO.Lee Byung-chulFounder of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate.Lee IacoccaExecutive who led Ford and Chrysler through pivotal eras.Lee Kun-heeSamsung chairman who drove its rise to global dominance.
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