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Alexandre Costa
Alexandre Costa, known as Alê Costa, is a Brazilian entrepreneur born in 1971 in São Paulo who founded Cacau Show in 1988 with a $500 loan and still holds 98.5% of it.
Alexandre Lazard
Alexandre Lazard was a French-born merchant and banker who co-founded Lazard Frères & Co. in New Orleans in 1848, opening the firm's New York and Paris offices.
Alfonso Velasco
Alfonso Velasco (1904, Irolo, Hidalgo) was a Mexican baker and businessman who co-founded Panificadora Bimbo in Mexico City in 1945, serving as Technical Director and proposing the name "Bimbo".
Alfred Krupp
Alfred Krupp (1812–1887) was a German steel manufacturer who built the Krupp works in Essen into a global steel and armaments maker, earning the nickname "Cannon King".
Alfredo Harp Helú
Alfredo Harp Helú, born 1944, is a Mexican financier and philanthropist who cofounded Accival, led the 1991 Banamex privatization purchase, and owns the Diablos Rojos del México baseball club.
Alfredo M. Yao
Alfredo M. Yao, born 1943, is a Filipino businessman known as the "Juice King" who founded Zest-O, Philippine Business Bank, and chairs Macay Holdings, bottler of RC Cola.
Alghanim Industries
Alghanim Industries (الغانم) is a privately owned, diversified Kuwaiti business group founded in 1932 by Yusuf Alghanim, with more than 30 businesses in over 30 countries.
Ali Y. Koç
Ali Y. Koç, also known as Ali Koç, is a Turkish businessman who is Vice Chair of Koç Holding and was president of Fenerbahçe from 2018 to 2025.
Alice S. Marriott
Alice S. Marriott, born Alice Sheets, was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded the business that became Marriott International with her husband J. Willard Marriott in 1927.
Alicia Koplowitz
Alicia Koplowitz, born in Madrid in 1954, is a Spanish heiress and investor who sold her FCC stake in 1998 and founded the family office Omega Capital.
Alliance Global Group, Inc.
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI) is a Philippine family-controlled conglomerate founded by Andrew L. Tan in 1993, whose holdings include Megaworld, Emperador, and Travellers International.
AlNahla Group
AlNahla Group, also known as Al Nahla Group, is a family-held Saudi investment group in Jeddah, founded by merchant Hasan Abbas Sharbatly, operating in investment, real estate, trading, automotive, and hospitality.
AlRashed Group
AlRashed Group, formally Rashed Abdul Rahman AlRashed & Sons Group (مجموعة راشد عبدالرحمن الراشد وأولاده), is a family-owned Saudi conglomerate founded in 1950 and based in Al Khobar.
Alshaya Group
Alshaya Group, also known as M.H. Alshaya Co., is a family-owned retail franchise operator headquartered in Kuwait, founded there in 1890 and operating Starbucks, H&M, and Primark across the Middle East.
Alvaro Saieh
Álvaro Saieh (Álvaro Saieh Bendeck) is a Colombian-born financier based in Santiago, Chile, who founded CorpGroup, built CorpBanca into Chile's fourth-largest private bank, and saw his debt vehicle go bankrupt in 2021.
Amador Aguiar
Amador Aguiar (1904–1991) was a Brazilian banker from Ribeirão Preto who founded Banco Bradesco in 1943 and built it into Latin America's largest private bank.
Amal Suhail Bahwan
Amal Suhail Bahwan is an Omani businesswoman, daughter of Suhail Bahwan Group founder Suhail Bahwan, who took over its management in 2016 and chairs National Bank of Oman.
Amanda Klabin
Amanda Klabin Tkacz is a Brazilian businesswoman from the founding family of Klabin S.A., Brazil's largest packaging paper producer, and its first female board chair.
Ammar Aldaajan
Ammar Aldaajan (عمار الدعجان) is a Saudi food-industry executive who served as CEO of Al Hatab Foods in Riyadh from March 2021 to October 2025, then joined its board.
Anacleto Angelini
Anacleto Angelini Fabbri, known in Chile as Don Cleto, was an Italian-born Chilean businessman who arrived in 1948, built the AntarChile conglomerate around Empresas Copec, and became Chile's first billionaire.
Anadolu Group
Anadolu Group is a family-owned Turkish conglomerate founded in Istanbul in 1950 by Kamil Yazıcı and İzzet Özilhan, spanning beer, soft drinks, retail, and automotive.
Anan Ruckariyapong
Anan Ruckariyapong is a Thai business executive who started a snack company in 1973 that grew into Sappe, the beverage maker behind Mogu Mogu, sold in over 100 countries.
Anas Sefrioui
Anas Sefrioui (أنس الصفريوي) is a Moroccan property developer, born in Fès in 1957, who founded Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha in 1988 and built it into Morocco's largest homebuilder through low-cost housing.
André Desmarais
André Desmarais, born in 1956, is a Canadian financier who was President and Co-CEO of Power Corporation from 1996 to 2020 and remains its Deputy Chairman.
André Hoffmann (Swiss businessman)
André Hoffmann is a Swiss businessman and investor who has been Vice-Chairman of Roche since 2006, representing the founding family, and a leading voice in sustainable finance.
André Jakurski
André Jakurski is a Brazilian banker and investor who co-founded Banco Pactual in Rio de Janeiro in 1983, left in 1998 to found the asset manager JGP, and is credited with the bank's risk-management culture.
André Oscar Wallenberg
André Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886) was a Swedish banker and financier who founded Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1856 and co-founded the engineering company Atlas, today's Atlas Copco, in 1873.
Andres Fanjul
Andres Fanjul is an American sugar executive and one of four Fanjul brothers who run Florida Crystals, the West Palm Beach sugar company their Cuban refugee family founded in 1960.
Andrew L. Tan
Andrew L. Tan, born Andrew Lim Tan, is a Philippine businessman who founded Megaworld in 1989 and chairs Alliance Global Group, with Forbes estimating his net worth at US$1.9 billion.
Andrónico Luksic Abaroa
Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (1926–2005) was a Chilean businessman born in Antofagasta who built the Luksic Group, a mining, banking, and beer empire; Forbes valued him at US$4.2 billion.