Lei Jun is a Chinese entrepreneur and investor, chiefly famous for founding the home electronics company Xiaomi Inc. In accordance with Chinese naming tradition, Lei is his family name. Despite devoting a lot of time to Xiaomi, Lei also keeps investing in other companies and is Chairman of several. His investments chiefly lays within the…
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Binny Bansal & Sachal Bansal
Binny Bansal and Sachal Bansal are two Indian entrepreneurs, chiefly famous for founding the e-commerce platform Flipkart. India Today Magazine jointly ranked Binny and Sachal Bansal #26 on their “India’s 50 Most Powerful People of 2017” list. Binny Bansal Early life Binny Bansal is originally from Chandigarh, a city that serves as state capital for…
Cheng Wei
Cheng Wei is a Chinese entrepreneur, chiefly famous for creating the taxi-hailing app Didi Dache and turning it into the huge mobile transportation platform Didi Chuxing. In accordance to Chinese naming traditions, his family name is Cheng and his given name Wei. Among English speakers, he frequently uses his English nickname Will. In 2016, Didi…
Evan Sharp, Ben Silbermann & Paul Sciarra
Evan Sharp Evan Sharp is an American entrepreneur, chiefly famous for being the co-founder and chief creative officer of Pinterest. In 2017, his estimated net worth exceeded 1 billion USD. Early life Evan Sharp, born in 1982, grew up in York, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Chicago, before…
Arash Ferdowsi & Drew Houston
Arash Ferdowsi Arash Ferdowsi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur chiefly famous for being one of Dropbox’s co-founders. In 2015, his estimated net worth was 500 million USD. Early life Ferdowsi was born in Overland Park, Kansas, USA on October 7, 1985. He attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, from which he graduated in…