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Davison Norupiri
Davison Norupiri is a Zimbabwean businessman who founded and leads Davipel Trading, a Harare dried-food manufacturer, and won the 2018 EY Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award.
Dawood Group
The Dawood Group is a Karachi-based Pakistani family conglomerate founded by Ahmed Dawood, who began trading cotton yarn in Bombay in 1920 and migrated to Pakistan after the 1947 partition.
Dawood Habib
Dawood Habib was a member of the Pakistani Habib merchant family who co-founded Habib Bank Limited in Bombay in 1941; his branch later sponsored Bank AL Habib.
Dean Lao
Dean Lao is a Filipino chemical engineer who co-founded D&L Industries with his brother Leon in 1963, led it as Chairman and President from 1971 to 2013, and now serves as Chairman Emeritus.
Debbie Merdjan
Debbie Merdjan, also known as Deborah Merdjan, is a South African businesswoman who founded and leads the Camelot Group, a spa and wellness company based in Johannesburg.
Deepak Bagla
Deepak Bagla is an Indian investment promotion executive who served as Managing Director and CEO of Invest India, the national investment agency, from 2015 to 2023.
Deepak Parekh
Deepak Parekh is an Indian banker and chartered accountant who joined HDFC in 1978 and chaired it from 1993 until its 2023 merger into HDFC Bank.
Del Pino Calvo-Sotelo family
The Del Pino Calvo-Sotelo family is the Spanish infrastructure dynasty behind Ferrovial, founded by Rafael del Pino y Moreno in Madrid in 1952, with four of his five children controlling about 36% of the company.
Delfín Carballo
Delfín Carballo, born in 1952, is an Argentine lawyer and banker who cofounded Banco Macro with Jorge Brito in the 1970s and chaired the bank until his 2023 resignation.
Derek Chang
Derek Chang is an American media and investment executive who has been President and CEO of Liberty Media, which owns Formula 1 and MotoGP, since 2025.
Deusmar de Queiros
Deusmar de Queirós, full name Francisco Deusmar de Queirós, is a Brazilian businessman who founded Pague Menos, a Fortaleza pharmacy chain that grew into one of Brazil's largest.
Dewi Kam
Dewi Kam is an Indonesian energy investor whose roughly 10 percent stake in Bayan Resources, Indonesia's third-largest coal producer, made her Indonesia's richest woman in 2023 and 2024.
Dhanin Chearavanont
Dhanin Chearavanont (ธนินท์ เจียรวนนท์), born in 1939, is a Thai billionaire businessman who led CP Group for 48 years and is worth an estimated $17.6 billion.
Diego Aponte
Diego Aponte is Group President of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the Geneva-based container line his father founded in 1970, which overtook Maersk in 2022 to become the world's largest.
Dionisio Gutiérrez G.
Dionisio Gutiérrez G. was a Guatemalan businessman, son of patriarch Juan Bautista Gutiérrez, who founded the fried-chicken chain Pollo Campero in 1971 and died in a 1974 plane crash.
Dionisio Romero Paoletti
Dionisio Romero Paoletti is a Peruvian businessman of the fourth generation of the Romero family, who chaired Credicorp and Banco de Crédito del Perú from 2009 and led Grupo Romero until 2025.
Douglas Hsu
Douglas Hsu, also known as Hsu Hsu-tung (徐旭东), is a Taiwanese business executive who chairs Far Eastern Group, a conglomerate of over 200 companies with assets of about US$104 billion.
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha, known commercially as Addoha, is a Moroccan real-estate group founded by Anas Sefrioui in 1988, listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange since 2006.
Droege family
The Droege family of Düsseldorf owns Droege Group, an advisory and direct-investment firm founded in 1988 by Walter P.J. Droege and Hedda im Brahm-Droege, led by their son Ernest-W. since 2018.
Droege Group
Droege Group is a family-owned investment and advisory group headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, founded in 1988 by Walter P. J. Droege and his wife Hedda.
Duncan Fox
Duncan Fox S.A. is a Chilean investment holding company based in Santiago, controlled by the Lecaros Menéndez family, holding stakes in frozen food (Alifrut), hotels, and Argentine real estate.
Dvārakā Nāth Tāgore
Dvārakā Nāth Tāgore (দ্বারকানাথ ঠাকুর; 1794–1846), known as Prince Dwarkanath, was a Bengali zamindar and entrepreneur of Calcutta who founded Carr, Tagore & Company in 1834 and was the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore.
East African Holding
East African Holding is a family-owned, diversified industrial group headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, tracing its stated roots to an 1891 mule-caravan trading enterprise and spanning consumer goods, agriculture, cement, mining, and logistics.
Eco-Shop Marketing
Eco-Shop Marketing Berhad is a Malaysian fixed-price discount retailer, the country's largest dollar-store chain, founded by Lee Kar Whatt and listed on Bursa Malaysia in May 2025.
Ecobank Group
Ecobank Group is a pan-African banking group headquartered in Lomé, Togo, founded in 1985 to integrate Africa's financial markets, serving over 30 million customers across sub-Saharan Africa.
Eczacıbaşı Group
The Eczacıbaşı Group is a Turkish family-owned industrial group founded in 1942 by Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı, known internationally for its VitrA brand of bathroom tiles.
Edgar B. Saavedra
Edgar B. Saavedra is a Filipino civil engineer and construction tycoon who cofounded Megawide Construction with Michael Cosiquien in 1997 and serves as its chairman, president, and CEO.
Edgar J. Sia II
Edgar "Injap" Sia II, born in 1977, is a Filipino businessman who founded the Mang Inasal grilled-chicken chain in Iloilo City and chairs DoubleDragon Corporation.
Edgard Corona
Edgard Corona, born 1956, is a Brazilian chemical engineer and fitness entrepreneur who founded Grupo Bio Ritmo in São Paulo in 1996 and, within it, the low-cost chain Smart Fit.
Edoardo Garrone
Edoardo Garrone, born in Genoa in 1961, is an Italian businessman who has led ERG since 2003, converting the family firm from oil refining into wind and solar power.