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SPOTLIGHT
1) Elon Musk • He owns 23% of Tesla but has
pledged more than half his stake
as collateral for loans; Forbes has
discounted his stake to take the
loans into account.
• The Tesla CEO stepped down as
chairman in 2018, after making alleged
“false statements” about a plan to take
Tesla private, triggering an SEC probe.
• SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, is
valued at $74 billion after its latest
funding round in February 2021.
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a South African
entrepreneur and business magnate. He 2) Jeff Bezos
is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer
at SpaceX ,early-stage investor, CEO,
and Product Architect of Tesla . He is
also the founder of The Boring Company;
and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
With an estimated net worth of around
US$304 billion as of December 2021,
Musk is the wealthiest person in the world.
• Elon Musk is working to revolutionize Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur,
transportation both on Earth, through media proprietor, investor, computer
electric car maker Tesla and in space, engineer, and commercial astronaut. He
through rocket producer SpaceX. is the founder and executive chairman of
Amazon, where he previously served as
the president and CEO. With a net worth of
around US$196 billion as of January 2022,
Bezos is the second-wealthiest person
in the world according to Bloomberg’s
Billionaires Index and third-wealth-
. iest person according to Forbes
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• Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce • His father made a small fortune in
giant Amazon in 1994 out of his construction; Arnault got his start by
garage in Seattle. He stepped putting up $15 million from that busi-
down as CEO to become exec- ness to buy Christian Dior in 1985.
utive chairman on July 5, 2021.
• Amazon thrived during the • Four of Arnault’s five children work in
pandemic; revenues in 2020 grew corners of the LVMH empire: Frédéric,
38% to $386 billion as people stayed Delphine, Antoine and Alexandre.
home and made online purchases.
• In April 2020, Bezos said he would 4) Bill Gates
give $100 million to Feed America, a
nonprofit that operates food banks
and food pantries across the country.
• Amazon has faced criticism from U.S.
senators and the general public for
its treatment of warehouse workers
during the coronavirus pandemic.
3) Bernaurd Arnault
Bernard Arnault is a French businessman,
investor, and art collector.He is the
chairman and chief executive of Louis
Vuitton SE, the world’s largest luxury William Henry Gates III is an Amer-
goods company.[4] Arnault is, as of 3 ican business magnate, software devel-
January 2022, the second-richest person
in the world and the richest person from oper, investor, author, and philanthro-
Europe, with an estimated net worth of pist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft,
US $202.1 billion according to Forbes along with his late childhood friend Paul
• One of the world’s ultimate taste- Allen. During his career at Microsoft,
makers, Bernard Arnault over- Gates held the positions of chairman,
sees an empire of 70 brands chief executive officer (CEO), presi-
including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.
• In January 2021, LVMH completed a dent and chief software architect, while
deal for American jeweler Tiffany & also being the largest individual share-
Co for $15.8 billion, believed to be the holder until May 2014. He was a major
biggest luxury brand acquisition ever.
• LVMH spent $3.2 billion in 2019 entrepreneur of the microcomputer
for luxury hospitality group, revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
Belmond, which owns or manages
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