10. Ingvar Kamprad (Total net worth $50.6B)
Claim to Fame: He's the founder of IKEA, a Swedish retail company specialising in furniture.
Nationality: Swedish
Born: March 30, 1926 (age 91) in Pjätteryd, Sweden
Spouse: Kerstin Wadling
Children: 4
Famous Quote:
“Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.”
- Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Kamprad is the founder of Swedish furniture store Ikea.AP
11. Sergey Brin (Total net worth $50.2B)
As co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin is a member of the elite group of tech titans that got their start in a San Francisco area garage. President of Alphabet, Mr. Brin has also had a hand in Google's innovative offshoot Google X, where the company's many geniuses are hard at work on various "moon shots," working to find solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. In addition to his role in inventions like Google Glass, Sergey Brin went a little off-brand in 2007 to executive produce the movie "Broken Arrow" with his co-founder Larry Page.
Nationality: American (Soviet until 1979)
Born: August 21, 1973 (age 44) in Moscow, Soviet Union
Spouse: Anne Wojcicki
Children: 2
Famous Quote:
“Obviously, everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.”
- Sergey Brin
Google co-founder Sergey BrinLee Jin-man/AP
12. David H. Koch (Total net worth $47.8B)
Claim to Fame: He and his brother Charles are major donors to political advocacy groups and campaigns, almost entirely Republican.
Nationality: American
Born: May 3, 1940 (age 77) in Wichita, Kansas.
Spouse: Julia Flesher
Children: 3
Famous Quote:
“I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a social liberal.”
- David Koch
David Koch speaking in Orlando, Florida before the 2016 U.S. elections.Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP
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