The Billionaires

Richard Desmond has built a British publishing empire by playing his own tune. It doesn't play quite as well in the U.S., but give him time.Richard Desmond will do anything to drum up business. When he launched his celebrity magazine OK! in the U.S. 19 months ago, he paid Jessica Simpson, then a darling of rival Us Weekly, an undisclosed fee to appear on five of his covers, a practice scorned in the U.S. He ran provocative billboards in Times...

Li Ka-shing's son Richard makes a few embarrassing mistakes but is no poorer for it. Seventeen years ago Li Ka-shing's younger son, Richard, broke away from the family business to start Star TV with $125 million in seed money from his father. The investment paid off when Richard sold Star for $950 million and earned his own spot on the billionaires list. But as a recent botched deal made evident, Richard can't escape his father's shadow. Nor, it...

Akio Morita,Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan – October 3, 1999 in Tokyo) was a co-founder of Sony Corporation with his friend Masaru Ibuka (April 11, 1908 - December 19, 1997). Morita's family was involved in sake, miso and soy sauce production in the Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture since 1665. He was the oldest of four siblings and his father Kyuzaemon trained him as a child to take over the family business. Akio, however,...

Branson convention hotel in this place you can see a world class convention facility. The Branson Convention Center offers 220,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, including two exhibit halls totaling 50,000 square feet, which connects to a 23,000 square foot ballroom.There are 5 additional meeting rooms on the second floor.The convention center offers a wide range of services, including complete onsite catering, top tier audio visual...

Nikola Tesla symbolizes a unifying force and inspiration for all nations in the name of peace and science. He was a true visionary far ahead of his contemporaries in the field of scientific development. New York State and many other states in the USA proclaimed July 10, Tesla’s birthday- Nikola Tesla Day.Many United States Congressmen gave speeches in the House of Representatives on July 10, 1990 celebrating the 134th anniversary of scientist-inventor...

Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His image is omnipresent in the chain's advertising and packaging, and his name is sometimes used as a synonym for the KFC product or restaurant itself.Sanders was born to a Presbyterian family in Henryville, Indiana. His father, Wilbur David Sanders, died when he was five years...

Born into a Jewish family,Roman's paternal grandparents were exiled to Siberia from Tauragė, Lithuania by the Soviets after the occupation of Lithuania in 1940. His mother Irina Vasilevna was a musician and his father worked as a supplier at a construction trust in Syktyvkar. His mother, Irina Ostrowski Abramovich, died from bacteremia as a result of a back-alley abortion when Roman was one year old. His father Arkady Abramovich was killed in an...