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Charles Cadogan has an estimated net worth of $7.78 billion in May 2019.

The first Vietnamese billionaire, Pham Nhat Vuong is a property developer with an estimated net worth of $7.8 billion. He debuted on the Forbes List as the 974th richest person in the World Billionaires’ list. He is also considered as one of the most influential people in Vietnam.

Swedish businessman Jorn Rausing has an estimated net worth of $7.87 billion in May 2019.

Taiwanese banker and businessman Tsai Wan-Tsai has an estimated net worth of $7.9 billion as of February 2015 according to Forbes.

Spanish billionaire Sandra Ortega Mera has an estimated net worth of $7.91 billion in February 2018. She is the daughter of the world’s fourth richest person and founder of the clothing giant Inditex, Amancio Ortega. In 2013, her mother, Rosalia Mera, died and Sandra inherited her fortune and got 89% of Rosp Corunna, the holding company where Mera used to invest her wealth.

Gautam Adani is an Indian entrepreneur who has an estimated net worth of $7.96 billion as of May 2019. Furthermore, he is #437 in the World’s Billionaires List (#189 in 2012), #19 in India, and #16 in the list of India’s Richest people. Born on June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, he is the chairman of Adani Group, with businesses that included coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multi-modal logistics, power generation & transmission, and gas distribution. With his 33 years of experience, he has led the Adani Group to rise from a modest background to create an empire that is professionally-managed in the amount of $8 billion.

Goh has boosted his fortune when he increased his stake to 39% in Nippon Paint Japan, which made him the single largest shareholder. Nippon has also increased its holding to 51% in the fast-growing joint venture, Nipsea Group. His son Hup Jin, who also showed interest in acquiring Nippon, orchestrated the business ties in the past year.

Swedish businessman and politician Gustaf Douglas has an estimated net worth of $7.97 billion as of May 2019. Born Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas on March 3, 1938 in Stockholm, Sweden, he earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1964. After his graduation, he began his career as the CEO of newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Expressen from 1973 to 1980.

American businessman and capitalist Tom Perkins has an estimated net worth of $8 billion in 2012. He is known to be one of the founders of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capital firm.

Hungarian-American financier, businessman and notable philanthropist , George Soros, has a net worth of $8 billion in February 2018. The renowned hedge fund investor George Soros may be best known these days for his philanthropy and support of progressive causes. He has given away more than $8 billion since 1979 to human rights, public health and education groups. In 2010, he pledged $100 million to Human Rights Watch, in part to counteract America’s loss of the “moral high ground.” He’s also given away $150 million to Roma Rights (Gypsies). He manages $28 billion (assets) Quantum Fund, which was up 2.6% in 2010. Soros is partnering with the private equity firm Silver Lake in new initiative to invest in clean energy. With Stanley Druckenmiller shorted England’s currency, “broke” British pound 1992; said to have made $1 billion in one day when Bank of England stopped fixing exchange rate. Soros was born on August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary.