Len Blavatnik is a Russian-born entrepreneur who has amassed a considerable amount of wealth by having perfect timing and market insight during the years following the fall of the Soviet Union. During the mid to late 1980s, Blavatnik managed to channel the profits made from his global industrial company, Access Industries, into a long series […]
Billionaire Profile: Fred DeLuca
The billionaire cofounder of the subway sandwich restaurant chain, Fred DeLuca was born in 1948 in New York City. At the age of 17, Fred DeLuca created his first sandwich store. He began this venture to raise funds for college, but his restaurants took over his life. After some initial failures, his business began to […]
Billionaire Profile: Daniel Snyder
Daniel Snyder – A Success Story Daniel Snyder was born in Silver Springs, Maryland on November 23, 1965. He was raised in Maryland where his father was a freelance writer who wrote for United Press International and National Geographic. Snyder had his first job at B. Dalton Bookseller when he was fourteen. When Daniel Snyder […]