10 Orang Terkaya di Eropah 2011



No. 1 : Bernard Arnault

Chairman & CEO LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey), Chairman of Christian Dior S.A
Net Worth: $41 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 62 , Citizenship: France
World : No. 4

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault was born March 5, 1949, in Roubaix. His father Jean Leon Arnault was a manufacturer, owner of a civil engineering company, Ferret-Savinel. After graduating from the Maxence Van Der Meersch High School in Roubaix, Bernard Arnault was admitted to the École Polytechnique (X1969) from which he graduated with an engineering degree in 1971.

Following the October 1987 stock market crash, he capitalized on the lower quoted price and soon owned 43% of LVMH. In 1988, the group was looking for other investors. Henri Racamier, CEO at that time, asked Bernard Arnault to invest in the company. With more than 25% of shares, Bernard Arnault became one on the main shareholders of the group. To take the control of the group, Bernard Arnault launched a takeover bid. In July 1988, he became LVMH’s first shareholder and, with the help of Lazare Bank and Crédit Lyonnais, majority shareholder in January 6, 1989. Alain Chevalier left the group and on the January 13th 1989, Bernard Arnault was unanimously elected chairman of the executive management board. Henri Recamier tried to cancel Bernard Arnault takeover bid.However, on 16 May 1989, French stock market regulator legitimated the operation. He then consolidated his position by purging executives from both companies and declared himself linchpin for the group’s future. He also appointed his father Jean Leon Arnault Chairman of the Supervisory board before officially taking over as Chairman & CEO in 1989.
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No. 2 : Amancio Ortega
Co-founder of the Inditex Group (Zara, Massimo Dutti, etc)
Net Worth: $31 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 74, Citizenship: Spain

Amancio Ortega Gaona is a famous Galician fashion designer and entrepreneur. As the co-founder and chairman of Inditex Group, he's been listed as one of the richest men in the world by Forbes.
Amancio Ortega Gaona, best known as Amancio Ortega, was born on March 28, 1936 in Leon, Spain. His father worked on the railroad while his mother helped support the family by working as a maid. At the age of 13, Ortega began working for a shirtmaker as a delivery boy in La Coruna, Galicia, the center of the Iberian textile industry. He worked for a variety of stores and tailors and studied how products and costs changed as they traveled from the manufacturer to the consumer. As a result, he became focused on the importance of getting products directly to the consumer without a middle man.
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No. 3 : Karl Albrecht

Co-founder of ALDI Discount Stores chains (ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG)
Net Worth: $25.5 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 91, Citizenship: Germany

Karl and Theo Albrecht were born and raised in modest circumstances in Essen, Germany. Their father was employed as a miner and later as a baker’s assistant. Their mother had a small grocery store in the worker’s quarter of Schonnebeck, a suburb of Essen. Theo completed an apprenticeship in his mother’s store, while Karl worked in a delicatessen shop. Karl also served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. After the war, the brothers took over their mother's business.[3] The first Aldi (Albrecht-Discount) was opened in 1961.
In 1961, Aldi's operations were divided between the brothers, with Karl taking control of the more profitable Aldi Süd (South), and Theo managing Aldi Nord (North).
In 1994, Karl Albrecht removed himself from the daily operations of Aldi Süd and took the position of chairman of the board. At the beginning of 2002, he also relinquished this position, thereby completely ceding control of the firm. Today, the business is no longer run by any of Karl Albrecht’s family members.
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No. 4 : Stefan Persson
Chairman of Hennes & Mauritz
Net Worth: $24.5 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 63, Citizenship: Sweden

He is the chairman of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M); promoted son, Karl-Johan, 34, to chief executive in July. Retailer is known for bringing on big names like Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney to design affordable collections for its 1,900 stores. Continuing its designer-collaborations with new shoe line with Jimmy Choo that debuted in November and knitwear line with Sonia Rykiel. Continues to expand internationally: opened first stores in Russia, Lebanon and South Korea in past year. His father, Erling, founded H&M in 1947; Stefan took over in 1982, gave up chief executive position in 1998. Reportedly acquired the village of Linkenholt in Hampshire, England last summer. A founder of the Mentor Foundation, nonprofit that combats substance abuse among youth. Enjoys downhill skiing, tennis and golf.
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No. 5 : Vladimir Lisin
Chairman of Novolipetsk Steel
Net Worth: $24 billion– As of March 2011
Age: 54, Citizenship: Russia

Vladimir Lisin is a proletarian success story. First job was as a mechanic in a coal mine. After college in Siberia worked as steelworker. In 1991, when his boss was appointed minister of metallurgy, Lisin came with him to Moscow. In 1992 he joined up with tough group of traders called Trans-World Group; they came to dominate Russia's aluminum and steel exports. He managed the factories, and when the partners went their separate ways in 2000, Lisin got majority stake in Russia's giant Novolipetsk steel mill as his share. Constructed one of the largest shooting-range complexes in Europe—Lisya Nora, which is close to Moscow. Publishes the loss-making newspaper Gazeta; last summer bought the business-news radio station Business FM.
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No. 6 : Liliane Bettencourt
Principal shareholder of L'Oréal
Net Worth: $23.5 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 88, Citizenship: France

Bettencourt was born in Paris, France, the only child of Eugène Schueller, the founder of L'Oréal, one of the world's largest cosmetics and beauty companies. Her mother died in 1927 when Liliane was 5 years old, and she formed a close bond with her father, who later married Liliane's British governess. At the age of 15, she joined her father’s company as an apprentice, mixing cosmetics and labelling bottles of shampoo.
In 1950, she married French politician André Bettencourt, who served as a cabinet minister in French governments of the 1960s and 1970s and rose to become deputy chairman of L’Oréal. Bettencourt had been a member of La Cagoule, a violent French fascist group that Liliane's father had funded and supported in the 1930s and that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. After the war, her husband, like other members of La Cagoule, was given refuge at L'Oréal despite his politically inconvenient past.[5] Eventually, the Bettencourts settled in an Art Moderne mansion built in 1951 on rue de Delabordère in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.[6] They had one daughter, Françoise, who was born on 10 July 1953.
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No. 7 : Michele Ferrero
Owner of Ferrero SpA
Net Worth: $18 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 84,
Citizenship: Italy

Michele Ferrero (born 26 April 1925) is the owner of the eponymous chocolate maker Ferrero SpA. Ferrero, who was born in Dogliani, Italy, is Italy's richest person, with a personal wealth of $18 billion, surpassing Silvio Berlusconi in March 2008. Brands include Nutella, Mon Chéri, Kinder Chocolate, Ferrero Rocher, Tic Tacs and Kinder Eggs.
He is known as zecretive chocolate chief mulled jumping into bid over British rival Cadbury; backed off in January. Richest man in Italy owns privately held Ferrero which runs 18 factories, more than 21,000 employees worldwide. Introduced Gran Soleil, a ready-to-freeze dessert that is stored at room temperature; after shaking and placing in freezer for several hours, turns into an ice cream-like substance. Reportedly told Italian media that Gran Soleil will be bigger than Nutella. Lives in Monte Carlo, Monaco; sons live in Belgium.
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No. 8 : Mikhail Prokhorov
Former Chairman of Norlisk Nickel, Polyus Gold. Former President of ONEXIM Bankr Russia
Net Worth: $18 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 55,
Citizenship: Russia

Prokhorov was born in Moscow, the son of Tamara and Dmitri Prokhorov. He has one sibling, an elder sister, Irina. His maternal grandmother, Anna Belkina, was a prominent microbiologist who during the war stayed in Moscow to make vaccines while Tamara was moved east to safety. Prokhorov's father's parents were relatively wealthy kulaks but "his father lost everything and was forced to flee from one part of Siberia and restart life in another". Dmitry was trained as a lawyer and handled international relations for the Soviet Committee of Physical Culture and Sport. Tamara was a materials engineer at the Institute for Chemical Machine-Building.In his job, Dmitri had the rare privilege of traveling abroad. Tamara worked as an engineer for a research group at the institute specializing in plastics. They died within a year of each other from heart disease when they were in their late 50s and Prokhorov was in his early 20s.Prokhorov remained in their flat, which he shared with his divorced sister and her daughter. He became the breadwinner of the family, has never married and his sister, who "runs his philanthropic organizations, an erudite literary magazine, and a publishing house, ... lives in a wing of his mansion west of Moscow".
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No. 9 : Vladimir Potanin
Owner of Rosbank Russia. Shareholder of Norlisk Nickel.
Net Worth: $17.8 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 50,
Citizenship: Russia

Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Владимир Олегович Потанин in Russian; born January 3, 1961) is a Russian businessman and oligarch. His partner has been for many years Mikhail Prokhorov. He acquired his wealth notably through the controversial loans-for-shares program in Russia.
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No. 10 : Alisher Usmanov
President of Metalloinvest. Co-owner Megafon Russia. Shareholder of Arsenal FC
Net Worth: $17.7 billion – As of March 2011
Age: 57,
Citizenship: United States

Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov,  Алишер Усмонов) (born 9 September 1953,  Chust, Namangan Province, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. According to the 2011 edition of Forbes magazine, the oligarch is one of Russia's richest men, with a fortune estimated at US$18.1 billion, and the world's 28th richest person.
He has accrued his wealth from mining, lumber and investment. He is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which he founded to manage Gazprom's metals interests.
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