Ajit Jain’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

Ajit Jain runs the highly profitable specialty reinsurance business at Berkshire Hathaway who has an estimated net worth of $2 billion. Born on July 23, 1951 in Orissa, India, he earned his Bachelors degree in Engineering at IIT Kharagpur in 1972. From 1973 to 1976, he worked for IBM India. He then moved to the United States and earned his MBA at Harvard Business School in 1978. He then joined McKinsey & Co. but returned to India to get married in the early 1980’s. In 1986, he left McKinsey to work for Warren Buffet on insurance operations at Berkshire Hathaway.
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Peter Lim’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

As of March 2013, Singaporean businessman and investor Peter Lim has an estimated net worth of $2 billion according to Forbes Magazine. He is #736 in the World Billionaires List (#764 in 2012), #5 in Singapore, and #9 in Singapore’s 40 Richest List. Born Peter Lim Eng Hock, he studied at the Ruffles Institution and graduated at the University of Western Australia with a degree in accounting. Nicknamed the “Remisier King,” he started as a stockbroker for mainly Indonesian clients. He became a full time investor in 1996 when he invested $10 million in Wilmar International, a palm oil producer. It now has an approximate value of $700 million. Also, he is the second-largest investor in FJ Benjamin, a fashion distributor in Singapore. Other interests include logistics and agri-business. He has shares in Chinese property developer Yanlord Land and British automaker McLaren.
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Peter Cruddas’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

Peter Cruddas is an English banker, businessman, and philanthropist who has an estimated net worth of $2 billion as of March 2012 according to Forbes magazine where he is #960 in the World Billionaires List. Born Peter Andrew Cruddas on September 30, 1953 in Hackney, London, he was a dropout of Shoreditch Comprehensive at the age of 15. He had his first job as a telex operator for Western Union in London City. He has also worked in the foreign currency rooms of banks such as Bank of Iran and Marine Midland and became the head foreign exchange dealer of Jordanian-based Petra Bank in London City in 1989.
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Gordon Getty’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

American investor, classical music composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty has an estimated net worth of $2 billion as of March 2013 according to Forbes. In 1983, his net worth is estimated to be around $2 billion which made him the wealthiest man in America at that time. In addition to being a prominent philanthropist, Gordon Getty is considered as one of the leading venture capitalists in the U.S. He currently serves as the Chairman of the board and president of Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.
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Scott Cook’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

American businessman Scott David Cook has an estimated net worth of $2 billion in May 2016 according to Forbes. He is best associated with Intuit which he founded in 1983. Currently, Cook serves as the Board’s Chairman of the Executive committee and the company’s director since the year of its founding. He also sits on the board of directors of Procter & Gamble Company and eBay Inc.
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