No.1 Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 25
Net worth: $4 billion
Regains his status as world’s youngest self-made billionaire after falling off the list last year during the economic crisis. His social-networking site Facebook became "cash-flow positive" in 2009; recent transactions of its shares on private equity exchange SecondMarket put the site’s value at upward of $15 billion. Zuckerberg [...]
No.1 Bill Gates
$53 billion
Microsoft, U.S.
Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from [...]
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No.1 Carlos Slim Helu
$53.5 billion
Telecom, Mexico.
Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his fixed-line assets into American Movil, Latin [...]
Somalia
In a continuous state of civil war since 1991, this country has become synonymous with piracy, probably its most lucrative industry. The millions of dollars in ransom money Somalia’s pirates extract from nervous shipowners each year–Reuters reports 47 ships captured in 2009–fuels on-shore corruption and vicious gang warfare. There are signs of hope for this [...]
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Universal Studios
Singapore
The just-completed destination will be Singapore’s first bona fide theme park. Developers are hoping to tap into Singapore’s 4.6 million residents, 9.7 million tourists annually and its proximity to the populous areas of southern Malaysia and Indonesia. The brand-new park includes rides and shows based on television programs and movies like Battlestar Galactica, [...]
America’s Top 10 Most Powerful Young CEOs 40 And Under
No.1R. Adam Norwitt
Amphenol,Market cap: $6.7 billion,Age: 40,Industry: Technology
No.2Dara Khosrowshahi
Expedia,Market cap: $6.2 billion ,Age: 39,Industry: Travel
No.3 Keith Meister
Icahn Enterprises, Market cap: $3.4 billion,Age: 36,Industry: Diversified holding company that includes investment management, automotive, metals, real estate and home fashion.
No.4 Jon S. Brumley
Encore Acquisition,Market cap: [...]
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No. 1 : Shaun White
2009 Earnings: $8 million,Country: United States,Sport: Snowboard
The Flying Tomato is hoping to land his second Olympic gold medal as well as a new nickname: The Animal.
No. 2 : Kim Yu-Na
2009 Earnings: $8 million,Country: South Korea,Sport: Ice Skating
Known as the Ice Queen, Yu-Na is South Korea’s first hope for an [...]
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No. 1: Allison Stokke
No. 2: Lindsey Vonn
No. 3: Jessica Gysin
No. 4: Caroline Wozniacki
No. 5: Tanith Belbin
No. 6: Danica Patrick
No. 7: Gretchen Bleiler
No. 8: Elena Vesnina
No. 9: Michelle Wie
No. 10: Natalie Gulbis
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No. 1 Nike
Brand Value: $10.7 billion Nike is the only sports apparel company with a worldwide market share that has increased over the last two years.
No. 2 ESPN
Brand Value: $10.5 billion Disney’s ESPN charges cable operators a monthly fee of almost $4 per subscriber, the highest rate of any U.S. basic cable channel.
No. 3 Adidas
Brand [...]
1.Li Ka-shing
$21.3 billion, Age: 81, His Cheung Kong paid $100 million for shares in Russian aluminum maker Rusal ahead of its January Hong Kong listing; his Hutchison Whampoa offered $545 million to take its telecom subsidiary private. Li’s been buying up shares in both firms. Oil firm Husky Energy, in which he has big stake, [...]
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