844 articles
Carlos Pellas Chamorro
Carlos Pellas Chamorro is a Nicaraguan businessman who controls Grupo Pellas, a Managua conglomerate known for Flor de Caña rum, and became Nicaragua's first billionaire in 2014.
Carmen Daurella Aguilera
Carmen Daurella Aguilera is a Spanish heiress born in 1956 and based in Barcelona, the second-largest individual shareholder of bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners with a $2.2 billion fortune.
Carnegie family
The Carnegie family is a Scottish-American business dynasty founded by Andrew Carnegie, who sold Carnegie Steel in 1901 and gave away roughly $350 million to philanthropy.
Carolyn Hursh
Carolyn Hursh is a Canadian business executive and fifth-generation Richardson family member who chaired James Richardson & Sons, Limited in Winnipeg from 2000 to 2021, after a first career as a social worker.
Cencosud
Founded by German entrepreneur Horst Paulmann, Cencosud S.A. is a Chilean multinational retail corporation that operates supermarkets, home improvement stores, and financial services across six countries.
Century Pacific Food
Century Pacific Food is a Philippine food and beverage manufacturer controlled by the Po family, the country's top tuna-canner, with brands including Century Tuna, 555, and Argentina.
Century Properties Group
Century Properties Group is a Philippine real estate developer founded by Jose E.B. Antonio in 1986, known for high-rise condominiums, the PHirst first-home brand, and Trump Tower Manila.
Cevital
Cevital is a privately held Algerian food-processing and industrial conglomerate founded in 1998 by Issad Rebrab, and is Algeria's largest privately held company, operating one of the world's largest sugar refineries.
CG Power and Industrial Solutions
CG Power and Industrial Solutions is an Indian electrical equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mumbai, making transformers, switchgear, motors, and railway components, controlled by the Murugappa Group since 2020.
Chachchon Ratanarak
Chachchon Ratanarak (ชัชชน รัตนรักษ์) is a Thai businessman, only child and heir of media magnate Krit Ratanarak, overseeing the family's Tonson Group and Tonson Property.
Chaim Zaher
Chaim Zaher is a Lebanese-born Brazilian education entrepreneur, founder of Grupo SEB, which grew from one prep course into a group serving hundreds of thousands of students.
Chairul Tanjung
Chairul Tanjung (born 1962 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian billionaire entrepreneur who founded and chairs CT Corp, a conglomerate spanning banking, retail, and media; he briefly served as Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in 2014.
Chao Kuang Piu
Chao Kuang Piu (曹光彪, also Cao Guangbiao) was a Shanghai-born Hong Kong textile tycoon who founded Novel Enterprises and co-founded Dragonair, Hong Kong's first Chinese-owned airline.
Charles A. Coffin
Charles A. Coffin (1844–1926) was an American businessman who rose from running a shoe factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, to become co-founder and first president of General Electric.
Charles Brayton Manville
Charles Brayton Manville (1834–1927) was an American inventor and manufacturer who founded the Manville Covering Company in Milwaukee in 1886 and served as vice-president of the merged H.W. Johns-Manville Co.
Charles Bronfman
Charles Rosner Bronfman, born in Montreal in 1931, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who co-chaired Seagram until its 2000 sale, owned the Montreal Expos, and co-founded Birthright Israel.
Charles Wong
Charles Wong is a Singaporean businessman who co-founded the women's footwear and accessories brand Charles & Keith in 1996 and serves as the group's chief executive officer.
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี) is a Thai businessman who founded TCC Group and ThaiBev, maker of Chang beer, and took over Singapore's Fraser & Neave in 2013.
Chia Ek Chor
Chia Ek Chor, also known as Xie Yichu, was a Chinese-born merchant from Guangdong whose 1921 seed shop in Bangkok's Chinatown grew into the CP Group conglomerate.
Chia Siew Whooy
Chia Siew Whooy (謝少飛) was a Chinese-born businessman in Bangkok who, with his elder brother Chia Ek Chor, built the 1921 seed shop that grew into CP Group.
Chirathivat family
The Chirathivat family (ตระกูลจิราธิวัฒน์) is the Hainanese-Thai family that owns Central Group, Thailand's biggest mall developer, founded by Tiang Chirathivat, an emigrant from Hainan, who opened his first Bangkok shop in 1927.
Cho Jung-ho
Cho Jung-ho (조정호, born 1958) is a South Korean businessman who chairs Meritz Financial Group, a bank-less insurance-led holding company he built into Korea's second-largest financial group.
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance, commonly Chola Finance, is a Chennai-based Indian non-banking financial company founded in 1978 by the Murugappa Group and one of India's largest vehicle financiers.
Christoffel Wiese
Christoffel Wiese, known publicly as Christo Wiese, is a South African retail billionaire who built Pepkor, chaired Shoprite for 29 years, and lost billions in the 2017 Steinhoff scandal.
Chuchat Patcharachai
Chuchat Patcharachai, also known as Chuchat Petaumpai, was a Thai financier who co-founded Muangthai Capital, the country's largest provider of loans against motorcycles, and chaired its executive committee.
Chung Keng Quee
Chung Keng Quee (郑景贵) was a Hakka tin-mining magnate and Kapitan China of Perak, described as a founder of Taiping and one of the wealthiest men in the Straits Settlements.
CK Birla Group
The CK Birla Group, renamed the CKA Birla Group in 2025, is an Indian multinational conglomerate controlled by CK Birla, operating in technology services, automotive, building products, and healthcare.
Cleusa Maria da Silva
Cleusa Maria da Silva is a Brazilian entrepreneur who founded the Sodiê Doces cake franchise in 1997 and was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024.
CMI
CMI, or Corporación Multi Inversiones, is a Guatemalan family-owned food and energy conglomerate founded in 1920, employing over 54,000 people in more than 15 countries and owning the Pollo Campero fried chicken chain.
CMPC
CMPC, formally Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones, is a Chilean forestry, pulp, paper, packaging, and tissue corporation founded in 1920 and controlled by the Matte family.