Top 10 Entrepreneurs in the world

The world is not full of billionaires but the one who is a billionaire is the one who is living their life at the fullest.In India 1 billion indicates 100 crores rupees,but when we are talking about billionaire then the figure will be counted on the basis of US dollars i.e 1 billion US dollars(in Indian rupees it will be around 6000 crores rupees).Therefore if a person is having a total asset of 6000 crores or more rupees,then he will be called as a billionaire.

Now I am gonna write about the top 10 Entrepreneurs:

1) Jeff Bezos,Amazon

Jeff Bezos is a pioneer in the world of internet commerce.He is the person behind Amazon.It is he who innovated the concept of predictive analysis recommending products to customers based on their search history and buying habits.Whether you like the concept or you hate it,the idea has made online commerce more profitable and efficient,and in making online shopping a better experience for consumers throughout the world.

2) Anne Mulcahy,Xerox

She is the woman behind the company Xerox.Anne turned things around when her company was going through financial crisis.Anne never aspired to the role of CEO,but neither did she shy away from the opportunity to lead when elected by the board of members of Xerox.During her tenure she was required to reduce the company's workforce by 30% and later eliminated the entire desktop portion of Xerox.Forbes acknowledged Anne as the most influential woman in the year 2005 and 2009 respectively.

3) Brad Smith,Intuit

Intuit is one of the world's largest and most successful financial software companies.The company earns a total of $4 billion per year,and the market capitalization of it is almost $16.5 billion.Intuit continues to operate like a collection of start ups.Brad has fostered a culture where nearly 8000 employees are allowed to take risks and to grow by learning from success and failure both.

4) Howard Schultz,Starbucks 

Howard took birth in a poor family in Bronx.He is also an athletic scholarship and eventually the head of Starbucks.He is great example of courage,hard working,and the ability to achieve the American dream.Besides fro his own business Howard is interested in investing in other business as well like ebay.

5) Larry Page,Google 

Larry Page is another example of a business person who can persevere any challenges.He is the person behind Google,the world's most popular search engine.Larry and his company have faced many criticism and received ample praise over the years for his company's action.Even going through criticism he  never focused on what others are saying and keep on focusing on his company's development that is reason why Google is one of the best company on the planet.

6) Tim Cook,Apple  

Though Steve jobs was the founder of Apple,but after his death Tim Cook is the person who is handling the entire Apple company.Earlier when Steve Jobs was alive Tim Cook was the CEO of the company,and from then to now he is doing his job with great enthusiasm.Now Tim Cook and the entire Apple team is working on new projects,about which we will come to know soon.

7) Indra Nooyi,PepsiCo 

Indra Nooyi is the women behind PepsiCo.She is on the forbes list of 100 most powerful women,has not only led her company to record financial results but is making strides to move PepsiCo in a healthier direction,leading the courageous charge to shed traditional fast food properties and to replace them with initiatives to supply healthier foods.She is deeply committed as a senior executive.

8) Warren Buffett,Berkshire Hathaway 

Warren Buffett is world's renowned trader.He started trading at the age of only 16 years.Everyone around him is moving from one extreme to the other to the tune of huge losses and gains.Warren Buffett is a great example of patience,proving that slow and steady generally wins the business race.

9) Sir Richard Branson,Virgin Group 

Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin group.He is having more than 400 hundreds companies and worth billions of dollars.At the age of sixteen his first company was a magazine company named "student".In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business.In 1972,he opened a chain of record stores,Virgin records,later known as Virgin mega store.

10) Rupert Murdoch,News Corporation

Rupert Murdoch is a self made and hard driven Australian-born head of an American publishing company,as the founder,chairman and CEO of News Corporation.He continues to work hard at an age when most would have retired long ago,and his hard working is a praise-able one and the result is in front of you all.  

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Top 10 richest persons in the world,2015

According to the American based magazine company Forbes,which comes up with the list of most richest persons in the world.And the list for the year,2015 are-

10) Liliane Bettencourt:(40.1billionUSD) -

She is the owner of the famous brand L'Oreal.It was founded in the year 1907 by her father. Bettencourt has not been involved in running the business for several years,just because of some bad relationship with her daughter,which put her into a bad health condition,where she was proved to be suffering from a disease called dementia.After her bad health condition she was replaced on the company's board by his 25 years old grandson Jean Victor Meyers in 2012.She is still the richest woman in Europe.


9) Jim Walton:(40.6billionUSD) -

Jim Walton is the youngest Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's four children.He becomes the chairman of the company in june,2015 after 23 years on the job.Outside of wal-mart,Jim Walton is also the chairman and CEO(chief executive officer) of the family founded Arvest Bank,which has various branches accross the world.


8) Christy Walton:(41.7billionUSD) -

Christy Walton got married into the world's largest retailer,wal-mart family.Her husband John Walton,a former green beret and vietnam war medic,died in an airplane crash in 2005.She also owns stake in solar panel maker first solar.The net worth of this company is around 1.3 billion USD.She owns 11% of the stacks in wall mart.

7) David Koch: (42.9billion USD) -

David Koch is one of the richest resident of USA.He has a share control of USD115 billion sales in Koch industries.Koch industries is the second largest private company in the US including his older brother Charles Koch.Koch industries has also their interests in oil pipelines,refineries,building materials,paper towels and dixie cups.Charles Koch is the chairman,while David Koch run its chemical technology business.

6) Charles Koch:(42.9billion USD) -

Charles Koch is the elder brother of David Koch.Funding for the koch influence comes from $115 billion sales,Koch industries,where charles is the chairman.He is being their since 1967 when the company was worth only $50 million.But now it is the second largest company in US.It is now valued at $100 billion.

5) Larry Ellison:(54.3billion USD) -

He is the person behind the company Oracle.But now he has stepped down as oracle CEO in September 2014.Larry announced that Oracle is going to start its cloud computing business,putting it into direct competition with Amazon's web services unit.Through this oracle could see a new source of growth into their company.

4) Amancio Ortega:(64.5billion USD) -

Ortega is the son of a railway worker,but now he is world's richest retailer.He is the founder of Zara,founded in 1975 with lingerie and bathrobes he and his former wife Rosalia Mera made in their living room.By the mid of 1980s,he had taken zara all over the Spain and was ready to expand overseas.In the last decade,he has taken billions in inditex dividends and reinvested the money into real estate in marquee cities,including
 Madrid,Barcelona,London,Chicago,Miami and New York. 

3) Warren Buffett:(72.7billion USD) -

Who don't know Warren Buffett,he is world's best investor.He is the co-founder of the company Berkshire Hathaway.Hathaway. Buffett gave away Berkshire stock worth more than $2.8 billion,bringing his life time giving to nearly $25.6 billion.According to Buffett his best ever investment was in buying Benjamin Graham's legendary book "The Intelligent Investor,"in 1949.He still resides in the house which he owns in the year 1958 for a price of $31,500. 

2) Carlos Slim Helu:(77.1billion USD) -

Carlos Slim Helu is one of the three richest men in the world,despite changes in the Mexican telecom landscape,where he has prospered greatly over the past two decades.A new anti-monopoly law is driving some of the shifts.In june 2014,he spent $5.6 billion to buy out AT&T's 8.3% stake in pan-latin American wireless carrier America Movil-by far Slim's most valuable asset.

1) Bill Gates:(79.2billion USD) -

He is the man behind Microsoft.84% of US households own a computer.He stepped down as the chairman of microsoft last year.And now he is totally focusing on using his billions to improve humanity through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.Each year Gates sells his Microsoft shares.His stake in the company,is just under 3%,constitutes roughly 13% of his estimated fortune. 

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Top 10 criminals of the world

There are thousand of criminals around the globe including terrorists, killers, drug smugglers, and war criminals. Tech positively brings you a list of top 10 criminals in the world. 

10) Omid Tahvili:-

Omid Tahvili, (born on 31 October 1970, in Tehran,Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian gangster who is the kingpin of an organized crime family in Canada which is connected to various international crime organizations.In April 2008, Forbes.com, after consulting with law enforcement agencies around the world, listed him as one of the world's ten most wanted fugitives.According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Tahvili came to Canada from Iran in 1994.In November 2000, he was arrested with his brother-in-law for possession of 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of cocaine, in a joint operation between the Vancouver Police and the RCMP.

9) James Whitey Bulger:-

James Whitey Bulger, (born September 3, 1929) is an American convicted murderer and a former organized crime boss of the Boston Irish Mob crew known as the Winter Hill Gang.United States federal prosecutors indicted Bulger for 19 murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks's former associates. Bulger is the brother of William "Billy" Bulger, former President of the Massachusetts Senate.

8) Joseph Kony:-

Joseph Kony ( born August 1961) is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerilla group which used to operate in Uganda. Kony has been accused by government entities of ordering the abduction of children to become sex slaves and child soldiers.66,000 children became soldiers. 2 million people were displaced internally from 1986 to 2009.

7) Pedro Antonio Marin:-

Pedro Antonio Marin (born May 13, 1930),was the main leader of the FARC-EP ("Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo").In March 2006, Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United States, announced in conjunction with Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Department of Justice officials that the US State Department had placed a $5 million reward on Tirofijo's head, or for information leading to his capture.

6) Félicien Kabuga:-

Félicien Kabuga (born 1935) is a Rwandan businessman, accused of bankrolling and participating in the Rwandan Genocide.Kabuga was also allegedly heavily involved in the founding and bankrolling of RTLM(Radio Télévision Libre des Mille) as well as Kangura magazine. In 1993, at an RTLM fundraising meeting organised by the MRND, Felicien Kabuga allegedly publicly defined the purpose of RTLM as the defence of Hutu Power.

5) Matteo Messina Denaro:-

Matteo Messina Denaro (born 26 April 1962), also known as Diabolik, is a Sicilian Mafia boss.Denaro became known nationally on 12 April 2001 when the magazine L'Espresso put him on the cover with the headline: Ecco il nuovo capo della mafia ("Here is the new boss of the Mafia"). He has been a fugitive since 1993 and according to Forbes magazine he is among the ten most wanted criminals in the world.

4) Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar:-

Dawood Ibrahim (born, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar) is the leader of the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company founded in Mumbai . He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for cheating, criminal conspiracy and running an organised crime syndicate.According to the United States, Ibrahim maintained close links with al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. As a consequence, the United States declared Ibrahim a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the United Nations in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations.

3) Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov:-

Alimzhan Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov (born,1 January 1949) is a Russian businessman, suspected criminal, and former sportsman. He is accused in relations with organized crime and bribing of figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics. His nickname is thought to be "Taiwanchik," which refers to his distinctly Asiatic as opposed to European facial features.

2) Joaquín Guzmán Loera:-

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera;( born 25 December 1954) is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed.Each year from 2009 to 2011 Forbes magazine ranked Guzmán as one of the most powerful people in the world, ranking 41st, 60th and 55th respectively. He was thus the second most powerful man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim.

1) Osama bin Laden:-

Osama bin Laden (born, March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011) was the founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.

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Top 10 poorest countries in the world,2015

A country can be said as poorest in the world as they have low per capita income, face poverty and low technological development. These countries will not have enough surplus resources to feed their population. People are living in the situation of hungry for food. There is less growth, unemployment and scare resources which made these countries as poorest.

Majority of the population lives in poverty as they are facing difficulty to meet their basic needs and day to day requirements. 

List of top 10 poorest countries are as follows:-

10) Angola:-

Angola officially called as the Republic of Angola, which is the tenth poorest country in the world. The majority of people have low standard of living and life expectancy is worst among the world. This country faces the poverty of 70% even though it has abundance of natural resources. The standard of living remains low for most of the population and the infant mortality rate is also worst. This country has three divisions of military like Army, National Air Force and Navy with the total manpower of 110,000.

9) Suriname:-

This country is having the dual production structure, involved in agricultural products and raw materials production in one hand and producing high value products from the mining industry on the other. The economy is based on the aluminium production which supports GDP growth. The country is facing pollution of inland waterways by small scale mining activities. It is one of the poorest countries as the poverty ratio is up to 70%.

8) Guatemala:-

Guatemala is a country in Central America with an area of 108,890 km² and has a population of 15,806,675. The main key factor to the country’s low literacy rate is lack of training for rural teachers. This poorest country is having 75% of the people below poverty line. About 850 thousand people in this country could fall into poverty and more than 700 thousand people reach extreme poverty according to the estimation from United Nations Development Programme.

7) Liberia:-

Liberia is a country in West Africa which is home of about 4 million people and having English as their official language. Liberia is now facing the dangerous health issue known as Ebola Virus, due to which many of its citizens are dying and the government is taking steps to protect their people from this disease. Until 1990, the economy was based on the export of iron and rubber and the economic infrastructure of the country was largely destroyed by civil war. More than 60% of its population is educated as the primary and secondary education is free and compulsory from ages of 6 to 16. The poverty ratio is 80% in the seventh poorest country of the world.

6) Haiti:-

The Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world as it has the poverty of 80% and low per capita income. The major occupation of people in this country is agriculture and it receives annually humanitarian cooperation from the developed countries. In the year 2010, around three million people were affected by the earthquake which caused much damage to the country. This was the first independent nation of Latin America but the majority of population in this country has low standard of living currently when compared to the other Caribbean countries.

5) Moldova:-

Moldova is the fifth poorest country in the world which is having a population of four million people. It has the long history of wine making for which they use their own recipe and exporting those wine worldwide. People of this country lives with the poverty rate of 80% which makes the country as poorest one. The major occupation is agriculture as most of the people depend on its income. Even though the GDP of this country has increased when compared to the last few years it remains as poorest country in Europe.

4) Chad:-

The Chad is a semi desert country which is suffered from internal conflicts and inadequate infrastructure. The health and social conditions are not better thus the country faces the poverty of 80%. The revenue of this country is mainly depending on oil exports, production of gold and uranium. People make use of their revenue to purchase weapons and it is the fourth poorest country in the world based on poverty.

3) Zimbabwe:-

This country had a positive economic growth during 1980 s but after 2000 the economy started decline in highest percentage. The main reason for the decline of economy was mismanagement and corruption by the government and also the controversial redistribution of land by more than 4000 white farmers. During 2008, Zimbabwe faced the inflation up to 100% which made their people to borrow basic things from neighbour country. It is the third poorest country in the world because of the poverty ratio of 80%.

2) Gaza Strip:-

The Gaza Strip has an estimated population of 1,816,379 with an area of around 360 km². The average life expectancy in the Gaza Strip is 72, according to the United Nations Development Program. The economy is suffered badly by the unemployment and the poverty population of 81% which made the country as second poorest country in the world. The major occupation for people in this country is agriculture, construction and manufacturing. As we all know there is ongoing war in Gaza which leads to economic decline of the country.

1) Zambia:-

Zambia is one of the leading producers of copper in the world and its economy mainly depends on the foreign investment in copper. Even though the country is equipped with industries like mineral processing, cement production and other agricultural related industries, it has the highest poverty ratio of 86%. It is the poorest country in the world in which seven out of ten people lives on less than two dollars a day and the average life expectancy in Zambia was 51 years.

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Top 10 richest countries in the world,2015

According to economists, countries are considered as rich if citizens in these nations earn enough to support all of their needs. These top 10 richest countries in the world are among those who have the highest GDP per capita, with the GDP value calculated and measured in US dollars. In addition, several aspects were taken into consideration in the ranking such as the output value, expenditure value, and income value.
So,the lists are as follows:-

10) Kuwait:-

This Arab country has an average GDP of $43,700, which makes it a prosperous nation in the Middle East Asia. As with other rich countries, Kuwait depends on its petroleum deposits for its massive revenues. In fact, crude oil makes up a huge percentage of its exported goods. As much as this country is rich, its population is rather small with only about 2.8 million residents.

9) Switzerland:-

Switzerland, a rich nation in the European continent, is among the most prosperous countries in the world. It boasts of its diverse and stable economy, and it has managed to maintain its excellent records in terms of its GDP. What makes Switzerland one of the wealthiest countries is its extensive sources of income such as agriculture, tourism, and banking. It is also known as the leading exporter and maker of the finest watches, and well-off individuals consider the country as a financial haven to increase their money.

8) UAE (United Arab Emirates):-

With an annual GDP of over $48,400, United Arab Emirates is indeed apt to belong in this list of top 10 wealthiest countries in the world. The country includes 7 independent Emirates that are ruled by their own monarchs. At present, it is one of the richest Arab nation because of its GDP that is the third-largest in the Middle East. Among its sources of income include natural gas and oil exports, dates, and dried fish.

7) USA (United State Of America):-

The US is one of the most powerful countries in the world despite several natural calamities and political issues that shook its economy for the past years. What makes the country among the world’s richest is its exported goods that include weapons, technology, and a few other services and products. In addition, the US is considered as the largest manufacturer and financial nation worldwide.

6) Brunei Darussalam:-

One of South-east Asia’s richest nations, Brunei has an average annual GDP of $50,400. It generates its income and revenues from natural gas and crude oil exports. Moreover, revenues coming from petroleum add at least 90 percent to the country’s GDP. With less than 500,000 people in this country, Brunei is also the least populated countries throughout the world.

5) Hong Kong:-

Located on the southern coast of China, Hong Kong is considered as the fifth richest nation in terms of its GDP. In fact, the country is among the leading financial destinations of investors not only in Asia but also in the world. While it has its own currency, the defence services of Hong Kong is provided by China. Hong Kong is also one of the most expensive city in Asia.


4)  Norway:-

With about 5 million people living in this country and a relatively high GDP, Norway is evident among the wealthiest countries in the planet. Interestingly, the country shares its border with a few other prosperous nations including Finland, Russia, and Sweden. The country’s economy depends largely on natural gas reserves and oil. This country is also considered as one of the safest countries in the world.

3) Singapore:-

Another well-off country in Asia, Singapore is an island country that consists of 63 islands. In South East Asia, it is among the four countries with the largest financial centres including Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. The population of this small country is about 5.5 million, and a huge percentage of its locals are Buddhist.

2) Luxembourg:-

In Europe, Luxembourg is among the most prosperous countries, which is also recognized as a tax heaven. In fact, several billionaires from other parts of the world choose to live in this nation to free themselves of expensive taxes in their native countries. Among the sources of income of Luxembourg include telecommunications and steel industry.

1) Qatar:-

With less than 2 million residents and about $182 billion GDP, it is no doubt that Qatar is the richest country in the planet. It is a peninsula located in the Persian Gulf, and it is found in the Middle East Asia. The economy of this country is dependent on petroleum, which also contributes to about 85 percent in its export earnings. Other areas that generate income for the country include tourism and banking.

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