American satellite broadcasting mogul and one of the founders/Chairman of EchoStar Communications Corporation, Charles W. “Charlie” Ergen has a net worth of $11.7 billion as of April 2019. Ergen got his start as financial analyst at Frito-Lay while he also tried his hand playing pro poker. He switched to selling TV satellites from a truck with wife in 1980s. He gave up his CEO title at Dish after 30 years, handing reins to former Sirius CEO Joseph Clayton, to focus on big-picture deals.
Of Chinese ancestry, Robin Li is an internet entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $12 billion as of April 2019. Once considered as the second wealthiest man in China, Robin Li is known to be the founder of the most popular search engine in the country, Baidu.
Any businessman in the Gulf will be familiar with the Olayan name. The conglomerate owns more than 50 companies, with hefty stakes in various multinationals and blue-chip names such as Credit Suisse, in which it last year upped its stake from 3.4 percent to 3.6 percent.
Swedish businessman, Hans Rausing, has an estimated net worth of $12 billion as of April 2019. The son of Swedish industrialist Ruben Rausing, who founded packaging giant Tetra Laval in 1944. Hans and his brother Gad inherited the packaging company. He sold his share to his brother Gad for $7 billion in 1995. He moved to the UK in 1982 to avoid high Swedish taxes. He currently lives in Wadhurst, East Sussex, on a 900-acre estate. He is an investor in Ecolean, maker of environmentally friendly packaging material, and also apparently Chumak, maker of condiments. Rausing has been awarded honorary knighthood for his services to charity.
Philip Anschutz has an estimated net worth of $12.1 billion as of April 2019. Anschutz got his start in oil and gas, has made a habit of getting in and out of new plays early. In late 2010 sold $3 billion worth of Marcellus shale gas and Bakken shale oil fields. Where to deploy that cash? Anschutz’ privately held AEG controls 120 entertainment venues worldwide, including iconic arenas like the Staples Center in L.A. and The O2 arena in London.