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Orascom Development Holding AG
Orascom Development Holding AG is a resort-town developer founded by Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris, known for El Gouna on Egypt's Red Sea, begun in 1989.
Oriental Energy Resources
Oriental Energy Resources Limited is a privately owned Nigerian crude oil exploration and production company founded in 1990 by businessman Muhammadu Indimi and headquartered in Abuja.
Orji Uzor Kalu
Orji Uzor Kalu is a Nigerian businessman and politician who founded SLOK Holding, governed Abia State from 1999 to 2007, and has been a senator since 2019.
Ortega family
The Ortega family of A Coruña, Spain, controls Inditex, the fast-fashion group behind Zara, founded by Amancio Ortega in 1985; his daughter Marta Ortega chairs the company.
Osama Bishai
Osama Anwar Bishai is an Egyptian construction executive who has served as CEO of Orascom Construction PLC since March 2015, growing it to USD 5.05 billion in 2025 revenue.
Othman Benjelloun
Othman Benjelloun, born 1932 in Casablanca, is a Moroccan banker and insurer who chairs BANK OF AFRICA, formerly BMCE, which he acquired in 1995 and built into a pan-African group.
Otto family
The Otto family is a Hamburg-based business family that owns the Otto Group, a retail group founded by Werner Otto in 1949, and the shopping-center developer ECE.
Ourofino Saúde Animal
Ourofino Saúde Animal is a Brazilian veterinary pharmaceutical company founded in 1987 in Cravinhos, São Paulo, described as the largest veterinary drug maker of Brazilian origin, exporting to 17 countries.
Özilhan family
The Özilhan family is a Turkish business family that co-founded the Anadolu Group, the Borsa Istanbul-listed parent of Efes beer, with the Yazıcı family in 1950.
Ozires Silva
Ozires Silva, born in 1931, is a Brazilian Air Force officer turned industrialist who founded Embraer in 1969, led it twice, and directed its 1994 privatization.
Pague Menos
Pague Menos is a Brazilian retail pharmacy chain founded by Francisco Deusmar de Queirós in Fortaleza in 1981, listed on the B3 exchange under ticker PGMN3.
Pan American Energy
Pan American Energy (PAE) is an Argentine oil and gas company headquartered in Buenos Aires, founded in 1997 and owned equally by BP and BC Energy.
Paolo Gucci
Paolo Gucci (1931–1995) was an Italian businessman and designer, son of Aldo Gucci, who served as Gucci's chief designer and whose family lawsuits helped end the family's control of the firm.
Paolo Rocca
Paolo Rocca is an Italian-born industrialist who chairs Tenaris and Ternium and serves as president of the Techint Group, founded by his grandfather Agostino Rocca in 1945.
Park In-chon
Park In-chon (박인천) was a South Korean businessman who founded Kumho Tire, starting from a two-car taxi operation in Gwangju in 1946 and building the Kumho Asiana Group.
Patricia Gucci
Patricia Gucci is a British-born businesswoman and author, daughter of longtime Gucci chairman Aldo Gucci, who served on the Gucci board in the 1980s and wrote a family memoir.
Paul Desmarais
Paul Desmarais Sr. (1927–2013) was a Canadian financier who took control of Power Corporation of Canada in 1968 and built it into one of Canada's major financial conglomerates.
Paul Desmarais Jr.
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a Canadian businessman, born in 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario, who chairs Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial Corporation, the Montreal financial group.
Paulmann Group
The Paulmann Group is a Chilean family business group in retail, built by Horst Paulmann and centered on the listed company Cencosud, which operates Jumbo, Easy, and Paris.
Paulo Guedes
Paulo Guedes is a Brazilian economist and investment banker who co-founded Banco Pactual in 1983 and served as Brazil's Minister of Economy from 2019 to 2022.
Pedro Lima (businessman)
Pedro Lima, born in 1964, is a Brazilian coffee executive who took over his family's coffee business in 1984 and built Grupo 3corações, Brazil's largest coffee company.
Pedro Pablo Roxas
Pedro Pablo Roxas (1847–1912) was a Spanish-Filipino businessman of Manila who became the principal owner and manager of the San Miguel brewery, later San Miguel Corporation.
Peter Munk
Peter Munk (1927–2018) was a Hungarian-born Canadian businessman who founded Barrick Gold in Toronto in 1983, built it into the world's largest gold miner, and gave his name to Toronto's Munk School and cardiac center.
Peter Woo
Peter Woo (吴光正) is a Hong Kong property and retail tycoon who chaired Wheelock and The Wharf from 1986, running the group behind Harbour City and Times Square.
Petr Dědek
Petr Dědek (born 1974) is a Czech developer and entrepreneur, founder and sole owner of the real estate firm D+D REAL and majority owner of HC Dynamo Pardubice since 2020.
Pham Nhat Vuong
Pham Nhat Vuong is a Vietnamese business magnate who founded Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, and its electric-vehicle maker VinFast, after building his first fortune selling instant noodles in Ukraine.
Pham Thu Huong
Pham Thu Huong is a Vietnamese businesswoman, Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup and wife of its founder Pham Nhat Vuong, who became Vietnam's richest woman in 2026.
Pham Thuy Hang
Pham Thuy Hang (Phạm Thúy Hằng) is a Vietnamese businesswoman, Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup since 2010, who joined the Forbes billionaires list in 2026 with $3 billion.
Piero Antinori
Piero Antinori, born 1938, is a Florentine wine producer who took over the family's 600-year-old Marchesi Antinori house in 1966 and pioneered the Super Tuscan wines Tignanello and Solaia.
Po family
The Po family is a Philippine business family founded by Ricardo Po, Sr., whose 1978 canned-tuna business grew into Century Pacific Food, the country's top tuna-canner.