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Torrent Group
The Torrent Group is an Ahmedabad-based Indian business house founded by U. N. Mehta, built around Torrent Pharmaceuticals, a branded drug maker, and Torrent Power, a utility serving Gujarat cities.
Tran Dinh Long
Trần Đình Long, a Vietnamese businessman, founded Hoa Phat Group in 1992. He chairs the country's largest steelmaker, HPG, with an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion.
Transcorp
Transnational Corporation Plc, known as Transcorp, is a Nigerian publicly listed conglomerate incorporated in 2004, operating the Transcorp Hilton Abuja and about 2,000MW of power plants.
Triputra Group
Triputra Group is a privately held, family-owned Indonesian business group founded in 1998 by Theodore Rachmat, a former Astra International chief executive, spanning agribusiness, energy, manufacturing, and trading and services.
Tsai Hong-tu
Tsai Hong-tu (蔡宏图) is a Taiwanese business executive who chairs Cathay Financial Holdings, Taiwan's largest listed financial group, with a Forbes-estimated net worth of US$8.5 billion.
Tube Investments of India
Tube Investments of India (TII) is a Chennai-based engineering company of the Murugappa Group, founded in 1949, that makes steel tubes, industrial chains, and bicycles, and controls CG Power.
TVS Group
The TVS Group, also known as T.V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons, is an Indian automotive conglomerate founded in Madurai in 1911 by T. V. Sundram Iyengar.
Ty siblings
The Ty siblings are Arthur, Alfred, Alesandra, and Anjanette Ty, children of Metrobank founder George Ty, with a Forbes-valued fortune of $2.3 billion in 2026.
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement is an Indian cement manufacturer controlled by the Aditya Birla group through Grasim Industries, which acquired Larsen & Toubro's cement business in 2004 and made it India's largest.
Unigel
Unigel is a Brazilian chemical and petrochemical group founded in São Paulo in 1966 by Henri Slezynger, once Latin America's largest styrenics producer, in judicial recovery since 2025.
Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta
Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, known as U.N. Mehta (1924–1998), was an Indian businessman who founded the Torrent Group, an Ahmedabad-based conglomerate spanning pharmaceuticals and electric power.
Vanderbilt family
The Vanderbilts are an American business dynasty founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built one of the largest fortunes in US history through steamboats and railroads before his descendants spent it.
Vanich Chaiyawan
Vanich Chaiyawan (วานิช ไชยวรรณ) was a Thai insurance billionaire who bought and led Thai Life Insurance from 1970, building a fortune Forbes put at $3.3 billion.
Vehbi Koç
Vehbi Koç (Ahmet Vehbi Koç, 1901–1996) was a Turkish businessman and philanthropist who founded Koç Holding, Turkey's first holding company, starting from an Ankara grocery store in 1926.
Vellayan Subbiah
Vellayan Subbiah is an Indian executive of the Murugappa Group who chairs Cholamandalam Finance and CG Power, named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2024.
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.
Videolar
Videolar-Innova S/A is a Brazilian petrochemicals manufacturer founded in 1988 by Lirio Parisotto, headquartered in Barueri, São Paulo, with plants in Manaus and Rio Grande do Sul.
Vingroup
Vingroup, also known as Technocom, is Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, founded by Pham Nhat Vuong in Ukraine in 1993 and now spanning real estate, retail, and automotive.
Vir S. Advani
Vir S. Advani is an Indian business executive who serves as Chairman and Managing Director of Blue Star Limited, the air conditioning company founded by his grandfather Mohan T Advani in 1943.
Von Appen Group
The Von Appen Group is a Chilean family business group in ports and shipping, founded in 1952 by German merchant-marine captain Albert von Appen and built around Ultramar and Ultranav.
W.A. Hofmeyr
W.A. Hofmeyr, known as Willie Hofmeyr, was a South African newspaperman and National Party organizer who co-founded and chaired De Nasionale Pers, today's Naspers, in 1915.
Wadia Group
The Wadia Group is a Mumbai-based Parsi family conglomerate founded in 1736, best known for Britannia Industries and Bombay Dyeing and chaired by Nusli Wadia.
Waldemar de Oliveira Verdi
Waldemar de Oliveira Verdi, known as Waldemar Verdi, was a Brazilian entrepreneur who founded the Empresas Rodobens group in São José do Rio Preto in 1949.
Waleed Abdullah Al-Mogbel
Waleed Abdullah Al-Mogbel is a Saudi banker who has led Al Rajhi Bank, the world's largest Islamic bank, as CEO since 2020 and Managing Director since 2022.
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.
Walter Faria
Walter Faria (born 1955) is a Brazilian businessman, owner of Grupo Petrópolis, brewer of Itaipava, which he bought in 1998 and built into Brazil's third-largest brewing group.
Walton family
The Walton family is the American family of Walmart founder Sam Walton, holding roughly 44 percent of Walmart and ranking as the richest family in the United States.
Wang Yung-ching
Wang Yung-ching, also romanized Wang Yongqing and known as Y.C. Wang (王永庆), was a Taiwanese businessman who founded Formosa Plastics Corporation in 1954 and built it into one of Asia's largest petrochemical manufacturers.
Wei Ho-te
Wei Ho-te (魏和德, 1921–1980) was a Taiwanese businessman from Changhua County who founded an oil factory in 1958 that grew into Ting Hsin International Group, maker of Master Kong instant noodles.
WHA Corporation
WHA Corporation is a Bangkok-based Thai group listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, founded in 2003 by Jareeporn Jarukornsakul and Somyos Anantaprayoon to develop industrial estates.