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Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz is a Welsh-born journalist turned venture capitalist who joined Sequoia Capital in 1986, becoming managing partner in 1996, and led early investments in Google, Yahoo, and PayPal.
Michiel le Roux
Michiel le Roux, born 1949, is a South African banker who co-founded Capitec Bank in 2001, led it as first chief executive officer, and became a billionaire through his shareholding.
Mikhail Fridman (Михаил Маратович Фридман)
Mikhail Fridman (Михаил Фридман), born 1964 in Lviv, is a businessman who co-founded Alfa Group, built Alfa-Bank into Russia's largest private bank, and co-founded LetterOne.
Mikhail Prokhorov (Михаил Дмитриевич Прохоров)
Mikhail Prokhorov (Михаил Прохоров) is a Russian metals and finance billionaire who built Norilsk Nickel, founded the ONEXIM investment group, owned the Brooklyn Nets, and ran for president in 2012.
Morgan family
The Morgan family is an American banking dynasty that, through Junius Spencer Morgan and his son J. Pierpont Morgan, built a private international banking house between 1854 and 1913.
Muhammad Yunus (মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস)
Muhammad Yunus (মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস), born 1940 in Chittagong, is a Bangladeshi economist who founded Grameen Bank, pioneered microcredit, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, and led Bangladesh's interim government from 2024 to 2026.
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, also known as Nathan M. Rothschild, was a Frankfurt-born banker who founded N M Rothschild in London in 1809 and became Britain's leading merchant banker.
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840–1915) was an English merchant banker who headed N M Rothschild & Sons and became the first Jewish peer in 1885.
Neal Aronson
Neal Aronson is an American private equity investor who founded Roark Capital in 2001, building the Atlanta firm into a $41 billion specialist in franchise businesses.
Neil Mehta
Neil Mehta is a venture investor who founded Greenoaks Capital Partners in San Francisco in 2012, best known for an early Coupang bet that returned about $8 billion.
Nicholas van Hoogstraten
Nicholas van Hoogstraten, also known as Nicholas von Hessen, is a British property tycoon and investor, convicted of manslaughter in 2002 with the conviction quashed in 2003.
Nick Leeson
Nick Leeson (Nicholas Leeson) is a former British derivatives trader whose concealed unauthorized trading in Singapore lost £827 million and collapsed the 233-year-old Barings Bank in 1995.
Nicolas Berggruen
Nicolas Berggruen is an investor and philanthropist known as the "homeless billionaire" who built a fortune through leveraged buyouts of distressed companies and founded the Berggruen Institute in 2010.
Nikhil Kamath
Nikhil Kamath is an Indian trader and entrepreneur who co-founded Zerodha, one of India's largest discount stock brokers, with his brother Nithin, and later founded True Beacon.
Olivier Sarkozy
Olivier Sarkozy is a private equity investor in financial services who led The Carlyle Group's financial services franchise from 2008 to 2016 before founding Further Global Capital Management in 2017.
Omeed Malik
Omeed Malik is an American financier who runs 1789 Capital, an "America First" investment firm, and previously headed hedge fund advisory at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Paolo Ardoino
Paolo Ardoino is the chief executive officer of Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, since December 2023, while also serving as chief technology officer of the Bitfinex exchange.
Peter Lim
Peter Lim (Lim Eng Hock), born 1953, is a Singaporean billionaire investor known as the "remisier king" who controls Thomson Medical Group and owns Valencia CF.
Peter Palandjian
Peter Palandjian (born 1964) is an American businessman and former professional tennis player who is chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, which he took over in 1993.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who cofounded PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, and made the first outside investment in Facebook in 2004.
Philip May
Philip May, also known as Sir Philip May, is a City of London finance professional at Capital Group and the husband of former Prime Minister Theresa May.
Philip Niarchos (Φίλιππος Νιάρχος)
Philip Niarchos (Φίλιππος Νιάρχος) is a Greek billionaire shipping heir and art collector, born in 1954, eldest son of magnate Stavros Niarchos, with a Forbes-estimated net worth of $2.8 billion.
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus (1908–2011) was a French shipowner and grain-trade executive who flew 81 bombing missions with the Free French and led the Louis Dreyfus group.
PJT Partners
PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank in New York City, created in 2015 from the Blackstone spin-off and led by Paul J. Taubman.
Poonam Gupta (economist)
Poonam Gupta is an Indian economist who became Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in May 2025, after careers at the IMF and World Bank.
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, also known as Max von Liechtenstein, is a banker and son of Prince Hans-Adam II who has led LGT Group since 2006.
Radhakishan Damani (राधाकिशन शिवकिशन दामानी)
Radhakishan Damani (राधाकिशन दामानी) is an Indian investor and retailer who controls Avenue Supermarts, the listed operator of the DMart supermarket chain, after first making his fortune as a Dalal Street trader.
Rana Kapoor
Rana Kapoor is an Indian banker who co-founded Yes Bank in 2003, built it into India's fourth-largest private sector bank, and was arrested in March 2020 in money-laundering and loan-fraud cases.
Ratan Khatri (रतन खत्री)
Ratan Khatri (रतन खत्री), called the Matka King, was a Mumbai gambling operator who built India's largest illegal numbers game, running it from the early 1960s until 1995.
Ratanji Tata
Ratanji Tata, formally Sir Ratan Tata, was a Parsi financier and philanthropist of Bombay, second son of Jamsetji Tata and a Tata & Sons partner from 1896.