Mikhail Prokhorov’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

Russian billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the American basketball team, the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Dmitrievitch Prokhorov, has a net worth of $10.8 billion as of April 2019. In 2011, Mikhail Prokhorov was the third richest person in Russia with $18 billion and the 39th richest person in the world. He is considered as one of New York’s most intriguing moguls. While he was busy campaigning against Vladimir Putin, his net worth has taken a beating. The six-foot-eight bachelor and martial arts buff made his fortune in metals and banking back in Russia, but here in the U.S he’s best known for his efforts to build the New Jersey Nets, which he bought in 2009, into an NBA contender. He is also publishing a Russian-language magazine, Snob, in the U.S. Back home, Prokhorov is spending $200 million to help make Russia’s first hybrid, the Yo. Mikhail Prokhorov was born in Moscow on May 3, 1965.
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Mike Adenuga’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

Nigerian businessman Mike Adenuga has an estimated net worth of $10.9 billion as of June 2016, according to Forbes. Nicknamed “the Guru” in his native Nigeria, Adenuga debuts on Forbes billionaires list in 2011 after making waves with mobile technology, Nigeria’s second-largest mobile telecom operator. He made his first million at age 26 selling lace and distributing soft drinks. His telecom carrier Globacom launched a 4G network, and he’s invested $1 billion on a submarine cable connecting Nigeria to the rest of the world. He made his first million at age 26 selling lace and distributing Coca-Cola, then won a contract to build military barracks in the late 1980s. He owns a stake in the Equitorial Trust Bank and chairs Niger Delta oil exploration firm Conoil. Adenuga is a soccer devotee and sponsors a number of tournaments.
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Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego has an estimated net worth of $11 billion as of April 2019. According to Forbes.com, he is #111 on the World Billionaires List (#37 in 2012). Born Ricardo Benjamin Salinas Pliego, he graduated from the Tecnologico de Monterrey. He then earned his MBA from Tulane University. He succeeded his father as the CEO of Grupo Elektra in 1987. The company was founded in 1906 and was called Salinas and Rocha. It began as a furniture manufacturing firm which later expanded into consumer appliances. Upon his chairmanship, he refocused the company to manufacturing basic products; appliances, electronics and furniture while targeting Mexico’s lower middle income consumers. He has provided credit sales as well as diverse financial products and services by adding a consumer finance arm.
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