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Prem Watsa
Prem Watsa, born in Hyderabad, India, in 1950, is a Canadian investor who acquired Markel Financial in 1985 and built it into Fairfax Financial, a Toronto insurance holding company.
Reimann family
The Reimann family is a German business family, among Europe's wealthiest, that controls JAB Holding, whose brands include Pret A Manger, Panera Bread, and JDE Peet's.
Renáta Kellnerová
Renáta Kellnerová is a Czech billionaire, widow of PPF co-founder Petr Kellner, who died in 2021; she and her three daughters own 100% of the Prague-based investment group.
Sampson Lloyd
Sampson Lloyd (1699–1779) was a Birmingham Quaker iron manufacturer who, at age 65, co-founded Taylors & Lloyds in 1765, Birmingham's first bank and origin of Lloyds Banking Group.
Sándor Csányi (Hungarian banker)
Sándor Csányi (Csányi Sándor) is a Hungarian banker who built OTP Bank, Hungary's largest lender, into a regional group over 33 years as chairman and chief executive.
Stephen Catlin
Stephen Catlin is a British insurance entrepreneur who founded Catlin Underwriting Agencies at Lloyd's in 1984, built the Bermuda-based Catlin Group, and co-founded Convex in 2019.
Thomas Russell (New Zealand financier)
Thomas Russell was an Auckland lawyer turned financier who founded the Bank of New Zealand in 1861 and led Auckland's business community before age 40.
Vicky Safra
Vicky Sarfati Safra is a Greek citizen, widow of the banker Joseph Safra, who became matriarch of the Safra banking fortune, worth over $25 billion, after his death in 2020.
Wallis Group
Wallis Group is a privately owned Hungarian investment group founded by Tibor Veres around 1990, active in real estate, automotive, and industry across 18 European countries.