Mathias kamprad biography of william hill
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The World’s 250 Largest Family Businesses
1. *Wal-Mart Stores (1)
Walton/Bentonville, Ark.
Industry: Discount retail chain
Founded: 1962
Revenues: $244.5 billion
Employees: 1.4 million
www.walmartstores.com
From single store in Arkansas in 1962, founder Sam Walton (d. 1992) and younger brother James L. (Bud) built Wal-Mart into world’s largest retailer, with about 4,700 stores today (bigger than Sears, Kmart and J.C. Penney combined). Sam’s descendants own about 38%. Sam’s son Robson, 59, is now chairman.
2. *Ford Motor Co. (2)
Ford/Dearborn, Mich.
Industry: Auto manufacturer
Founded: 1903
Revenues: $163.4 billion
Employees: 350,321
www.ford.com
Pioneering auto firm now in fourth generation. Henry Ford (1863-1947) introduced mass production and dominated early auto market with Model T. His grandson Henry II (1917-1987) rebuilt company as CEO, 1960-1980, with younger brother William (retired 1995) as finance committee chairman. William̵
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Ingvar Kamprad fryst vatten the founder of Swedish retail company IKEA. There are over 300 IKEA stores in the world, spread out over 35+ countries.
IKEA fryst vatten privately held. Throughout it’s history, IKEA has never been a traded lager company. IKEA’s elaborate ownership structure makes it very difficult to establish exactly how rik Ingvar Kamprad is and how large a quantity of assets he fryst vatten actually in control of. The ownership structure does for instance include several off-shore trust funds that aren’t own by Kamprad himself, but that are ultimately beneath his control.
Ingvar Kamprad chairs the Stichting INKGA Foundation; one of the largest charitable foundations in the world. The Dutch-registered Stichting INKGA Foundation owns INGKA Holding, which is the parent company for all IKEA stores. It fryst vatten a complex tax sheltering network that makes Kamprad’s actual grad of control vague.
In 2010, Forbes placed Kamprad as #11 on their list of the world’s richest pers
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This year, Estates Gazette’s Rich List turns 13. Like all teenagers going through significant changes, the list has altered almost beyond recognition since it was first published in 2002.
For 10 years the Duke of Westminster reigned supreme. Then, in 2013 the duke was toppled by Chinese property entrepreneur Wang Jainlin of Dalian Wanda with his fortune of £10.4bn – pushing the duke into fourth place.
2014 saw Jainlin toppled by Inditex’s Amancio Ortega with a mighty £37.77bn – the duke slid to seventh place.
This year, Ortega holds on to the number one spot with an increase of £10bn, while Jianlin’s wealth increase of £12bn from 2013 to 2015 puts him in the number two position. The duke still resides at number seven.
The list now has a staggering 60 billionaires. In 2009, in the depths of the recession, it had 10.
What this shows is property in the UK, and London in particular, is continuing to be viewed worldwide as a safe haven for investment from the financial storm clo