Thursday 24 March 2016
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Are You Stretching toward Your Goals or Just Coasting?
Swimmer Michael Phelps is arguably the greatest American Olympian and
one of the greatest competitors of all time. In the 2008 Beijing summer
games, Phelps won eight medals—all gold—to break the record for the
most hardware ever captured in a single Olympiad and become the most
decorated Olympian in history.
But it is the race that almost blew his winning streak that captivates me the most. It was his seventh contest, the 100-meter butterfly, and Phelps trailed for literally 99.9 meters of it. In the last fraction of a second, Phelps thrust his arms into one final, mighty stroke. Meanwhile, his Serbian competitor, Milorad ˇCavi´c, coasted the final few inches. Almost implausibly, Phelps tapped the wall first, beating ˇCavi´c by a mere one-hundredth of a second.
Most of us won’t experience such a heart-pounding, dramatic moment in our lifetimes, but we do make daily choices to either stretch or coast toward the finish lines we create for ourselves through personal goals. They’re often small decisions—routine things we don’t think about a lot—but they have the power to determine much of our success.
Reaching a finish line can be as simple as completing an “almost done” project or initiating a long-delayed and difficult conversation. Unfinished business can be disastrous. It drains your mental energy. It derails your goals. It impacts how you feel about yourself. And, critically, it can undermine your reliability in the minds of others.
Simply put: Procrastination is the enemy of progress.
Life is full of moments that require one more stretch to achieve success. If you don’t have the discipline to persevere, well, you’re going to end up like Phelps’ competitors—looking up at the winner from a lower podium (or worse). In the words of economist Thomas Sowell, “Doing 90 percent of what is required is one of the biggest wastes, because you have nothing to show for all your efforts.” Instead you must develop the habit of staying committed and finishing strong.
But it is the race that almost blew his winning streak that captivates me the most. It was his seventh contest, the 100-meter butterfly, and Phelps trailed for literally 99.9 meters of it. In the last fraction of a second, Phelps thrust his arms into one final, mighty stroke. Meanwhile, his Serbian competitor, Milorad ˇCavi´c, coasted the final few inches. Almost implausibly, Phelps tapped the wall first, beating ˇCavi´c by a mere one-hundredth of a second.
Most of us won’t experience such a heart-pounding, dramatic moment in our lifetimes, but we do make daily choices to either stretch or coast toward the finish lines we create for ourselves through personal goals. They’re often small decisions—routine things we don’t think about a lot—but they have the power to determine much of our success.
Reaching a finish line can be as simple as completing an “almost done” project or initiating a long-delayed and difficult conversation. Unfinished business can be disastrous. It drains your mental energy. It derails your goals. It impacts how you feel about yourself. And, critically, it can undermine your reliability in the minds of others.
Simply put: Procrastination is the enemy of progress.
Life is full of moments that require one more stretch to achieve success. If you don’t have the discipline to persevere, well, you’re going to end up like Phelps’ competitors—looking up at the winner from a lower podium (or worse). In the words of economist Thomas Sowell, “Doing 90 percent of what is required is one of the biggest wastes, because you have nothing to show for all your efforts.” Instead you must develop the habit of staying committed and finishing strong.
Here are some suggestions to help you do that:
Engage in brick-by-brick thinking.
I confess: I have very little patience. I tend to want
instant results. Still, I understand success requires daily progress.
How do I solve this dilemma? With daily disciplines. I practice what
might be called “brick-by-brick thinking.” My friend Henry Cloud, Ph.D.,
says, “All success is built and sustained just like a building is
built, one brick at a time.” I practice regular disciplines every day,
and these small, incremental actions turn into tangible steps toward
success.
Amplify the reward.
When you don’t feel like doing what you should, then focus on why finishing is important. The why
can keep you motivated even when you lack desire. Motivation is fickle.
You can’t depend on your emotions to keep you committed to your goals.
So envision your end result and keep it in the forefront of your mind.
How will you feel when you accomplish your goal? Why is it important to
you? By focusing on the answers, you’ll stand a much better chance of
reaching your goals.
Build structure and systems around your goals.
Great intentions don’t get me very far. I need systems.
They make it easier for me to stay disciplined. I have an insatiable
hunger to learn, so I read every day. I want to stay fresh, so I
file great quotes and illustrations every day. I had a heart attack in
my 50s, so I exercise by swimming every day. (Phelps’ Olympic records
are safe, by the way.) My life is filled with systems that move me
forward and push me to reach my wall.
Surround yourself with support.
Over the years I have found that I am most successful
when I tap into a network of people who support me and encourage me in
my goals. When I need business advice, I talk to my brother Larry and my
company’s key businesspeople. When I want to launch a new venture, I
talk to my CEO, Mark Cole, and members of my inner circle. When I am
ready to write a book, I meet with my creative team to brainstorm and
vet ideas.
If you want to succeed, surround yourself with people
who will help you, encourage you and, when necessary, hold your feet to
the fire. Remember to choose wisely—your success largely depends on the
company you keep.
Quitting isn’t an option.
A great start is important, because all’s well that
begins well. But it takes much more to reach your goals. I tend to think
of it like farming: You can prepare the land immaculately and plant the
seeds just right, but if you don’t water, fertilize and cultivate as
you go, then you wasted your time by planting the crop. Remember the
reward that awaits you—the fruit you will harvest—and it will help get
you through the times of hard work in the “summer.”
When I was a kid, my father always told me, “When you
made the choice to start, you made the choice to finish. It isn’t two
choices… It’s one.” He taught me early that if you aren’t careful,
quitting can become a habit. The good news is that finishing can also
become a habit when you practice diligence in all that you do.
There’s an old saying, “The fortune is at the finish
line.” It’s absolutely true. Why did Michael Phelps aggressively reach
for the wall at that critical moment? Because he had practiced finishing
strong every day of his life. And that made the difference between gold
and silver.
Let’s learn from his lesson. And let’s remember that, oftentimes, the
only thing separating us from success is a few inches. So don’t let up,
and reach for the finish line!
The Kardashian Sisters Just Got Sued for $180 Million
That’s krazy money.
The Sisters Kardashian are being sued for $180 million
and being accused of fraud by a disgruntled investor in their makeup
line.Hillair Capital Management is claiming that shortly after it invested in the makeup line, which was struggling after its distributor folded in 2014, the sisters began looking for a new partner to buy out the Hillair stake, reports the New York Daily News. The suit lays this out bluntly:
In short: the Kardashians wanted a better, more lucrative deal than they had struck with Hillair after the money to continue the line was already committed, and they used their ability to withhold their support of the line to attempt to force Hillair into a buyout of its interest.It further alleges that Khloe Kardashian publicly disparaged the products in the line, obviously bad for the investment.
Lawyers for the Kardashians shot back, claiming the suit “is an obvious attempt to create leverage by hedge fund operators who took over the Kardashians’ cosmetics brand.”
Requests for comment from both Fielding and the Kardashians were not immediately returned.
The suit was filed in Los Angeles.
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Digital Marketing: It's Not As Difficult As You Think
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A lot of people are scared of digital marketing. In a sense, I get it. There’s a lot to do, a lot to keep in mind, and everything that you thought you knew tends to change.
This is why digital marketing has an aura of fear surrounding it. Big. Scary. Ominous.
But digital marketing is essential if you want to succeed in business. Digital marketing is marketing. Digital marketing is now standard practice for any business that wants to get its product in front of a targeted audience.
I’d like to eliminate the fear factor of digital marketing by giving you a clear-eyed perspective of why digital marketing is not difficult, and what you need to do to succeed in 2016.
First, make sure you understand what digital marketing is.
And I’m talking about super simple definitions here. I don’t want to lose you with some dry and wordy mumbo jumbo.
Here it is: “Digital marketing is any form of marketing products or services, which involves electronic devices.”
Even simpler? Marketing electronically.
Essentially, this does away with mailers, trade shows, sales events, billboards, and the guys who dress up as the Statue of Liberty and stand on the sidewalk during tax season.
Second, make sure you understand why digital marketing is so important.
Again, it’s simple. People use electronic devices to access information.
Assuming you are marketing in an industrialized or developing area, your target audience has access to electronic information — i.e., the Internet. As of the time of writing, more than 3.3 billion people on the planet are “Internet users.”
Even more people are connected via phone, with total mobile phone users worldwide exceeding 4.4 billion.
Basically, you have to be doing digital marketing to reach your audience.
So far, so good? Digital marketing is electronic. And you need to do it to survive.
So…what is it, exactly?
Digital marketing has seven main categories.
Just seven. That’s as many digits as the standard local phone number, right?
There’s no quiz at the end of this article, so you don’t have to repeat these. Just be aware of them.
Now, let’s make the process of doing digital marketing really simple.
1. Develop a digital marketing strategy.
This is, admittedly, the hardest part of digital marketing — the strategy. Why is it so difficult?
Here’s why. Digital marketing is so complex that marketers struggle with where to begin. Most begin their discussion of “strategy” with a hodge-podge of tactics.
In reality, a digital marketing strategy begins with customers — knowing who they are, where they are, and how to reach them.
2. Hire digital marketing specialists.
Get this in your head: You can’t, shouldn’t, and won’t do digital marketing on your own.
I mean, you can try, but you’ll get frustrated. You can do some of it, but you won’t be able to do all of it well.
If you’re a solopreneur, however, don’t despair. You don’t have to do every single one of the seven methods I outlined above. You can pick one or two, develop some skills, and use those as your primary marketing methods. No problem.
If you want to branch out and use all of the methods above, hire some help.
Digital marketing is the realm of specialists. Sure, you may find some incredibly talented people who can do social media and SEO and PPC, but one person who’s a whiz at every aspect of every method? They’re hard to find.
Choosing a select number of t-shaped marketers is your best approach.
3. Execute confidently.
It’s time to put your fears behind you. Do what you plan to do, and do it boldly!
The Internet does not have room for timid marketers. Everything you do on the Internet is immediately available to anyone who has Internet access.
Once you release that tweet, that post, that ad, or that landing page, it’s public. And that’s a good thing! You’re forced into a position of confidence.
4. Analyze regularly.
Do you want a crystal-clear roadmap that will tell you exactly what to do, where to go, how to implement, and what the results are?
Such a roadmap exists.
It’s called analytics. The great thing about digital marketing is that you possess the ability to understand your marketing approach inside and out. The information is all there, in the form of traffic, demographics, bounce rates, conversion rates, cost-per-clicks, impressions, and page speed (and about a billion other metrics).
The challenge? Interpretation.
What you need is either a person or software that will tell you what these numbers mean. There are a variety of free and paid SaaS platforms that will present your analytics in an easy-to-interpret and understandable way.
Conclusion
Did that simplify it at all?
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A lot of people are scared of digital marketing. In a sense, I get it. There’s a lot to do, a lot to keep in mind, and everything that you thought you knew tends to change.
This is why digital marketing has an aura of fear surrounding it. Big. Scary. Ominous.
But digital marketing is essential if you want to succeed in business. Digital marketing is marketing. Digital marketing is now standard practice for any business that wants to get its product in front of a targeted audience.
I’d like to eliminate the fear factor of digital marketing by giving you a clear-eyed perspective of why digital marketing is not difficult, and what you need to do to succeed in 2016.
First, make sure you understand what digital marketing is.
And I’m talking about super simple definitions here. I don’t want to lose you with some dry and wordy mumbo jumbo.
Here it is: “Digital marketing is any form of marketing products or services, which involves electronic devices.”
Even simpler? Marketing electronically.
Essentially, this does away with mailers, trade shows, sales events, billboards, and the guys who dress up as the Statue of Liberty and stand on the sidewalk during tax season.
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Again, it’s simple. People use electronic devices to access information.
Assuming you are marketing in an industrialized or developing area, your target audience has access to electronic information — i.e., the Internet. As of the time of writing, more than 3.3 billion people on the planet are “Internet users.”
Even more people are connected via phone, with total mobile phone users worldwide exceeding 4.4 billion.
Basically, you have to be doing digital marketing to reach your audience.
So far, so good? Digital marketing is electronic. And you need to do it to survive.
So…what is it, exactly?
Digital marketing has seven main categories.
Just seven. That’s as many digits as the standard local phone number, right?
There’s no quiz at the end of this article, so you don’t have to repeat these. Just be aware of them.
- Social media marketing
- Email marketing
- Lead generation/Affiliate marketing
- Search engine marketing (often abbreviated SEO or SEM)
- Conversion rate optimization (CRO)
- Content marketing
- Pay-per-click advertising (PPC)
Now, let’s make the process of doing digital marketing really simple.
1. Develop a digital marketing strategy.
This is, admittedly, the hardest part of digital marketing — the strategy. Why is it so difficult?
Here’s why. Digital marketing is so complex that marketers struggle with where to begin. Most begin their discussion of “strategy” with a hodge-podge of tactics.
In reality, a digital marketing strategy begins with customers — knowing who they are, where they are, and how to reach them.
2. Hire digital marketing specialists.
Get this in your head: You can’t, shouldn’t, and won’t do digital marketing on your own.
I mean, you can try, but you’ll get frustrated. You can do some of it, but you won’t be able to do all of it well.
If you’re a solopreneur, however, don’t despair. You don’t have to do every single one of the seven methods I outlined above. You can pick one or two, develop some skills, and use those as your primary marketing methods. No problem.
If you want to branch out and use all of the methods above, hire some help.
Digital marketing is the realm of specialists. Sure, you may find some incredibly talented people who can do social media and SEO and PPC, but one person who’s a whiz at every aspect of every method? They’re hard to find.
Choosing a select number of t-shaped marketers is your best approach.
3. Execute confidently.
It’s time to put your fears behind you. Do what you plan to do, and do it boldly!
The Internet does not have room for timid marketers. Everything you do on the Internet is immediately available to anyone who has Internet access.
Once you release that tweet, that post, that ad, or that landing page, it’s public. And that’s a good thing! You’re forced into a position of confidence.
4. Analyze regularly.
Do you want a crystal-clear roadmap that will tell you exactly what to do, where to go, how to implement, and what the results are?
Such a roadmap exists.
It’s called analytics. The great thing about digital marketing is that you possess the ability to understand your marketing approach inside and out. The information is all there, in the form of traffic, demographics, bounce rates, conversion rates, cost-per-clicks, impressions, and page speed (and about a billion other metrics).
The challenge? Interpretation.
What you need is either a person or software that will tell you what these numbers mean. There are a variety of free and paid SaaS platforms that will present your analytics in an easy-to-interpret and understandable way.
Conclusion
Did that simplify it at all?
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Taylor Swift, Beyoncé And The Most Powerful Women In Entertainment
The women in entertainment on Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Powerful Women are the performers, tastemakers, executives and entrepreneurs who are making an impact. Our criteria is based on the reach of each woman’s influence and relevance, and ranked by money and media momentum. The 11 women in entertainment on our list are all at the top of their game and are committed to inspiring change. They have a combined social media imprint exceeding six billion followers and fans.
Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, and Shakira Mebarak use their celebrity to better the lives of people around the world through philanthropy or humanitarian efforts. Bonnie Hammer, Donna Langley, Dana Walden are Hollywood power players, shaping financial and creative decisions at billion-dollar media companies. Ellen DeGeneres and Sofia Vergara are TV stars translating fame into business empires. With the release of her blockbuster album 1989, Taylor Swift became the first artist ever to have three million-selling albums in the first week.
How powerful can your life become?
quote: wealth of any kind depends on the persevering ability to transform ones desire to reality.
3 Key Time Management Actions
There are three key questions that you can ask yourself continually to keep your personal life in balance.
The first question is, “What is really important to me?” Whenever you find yourself with too much to do and too little time, stop and ask yourself, “What is it that is really important for me to do in this situation?” Then, make sure that what you are doing is the answer to that question.
The second question is, “What are my highest value activities?” In your personal life, this means, “What are the things that I do that give me the greatest pleasure and satisfaction? Of all the things that I could be doing at any one time, what are the things that I could do to add the greatest value to my life?”
And the final question for you to ask over and over again is, “What is the most valuable use of my time right now?” Since you can only do one thing at a time, you must constantly organize you life so that you are doing one thing, the most important thing, at every moment.
Forbes list of billionaires 2016
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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#1 | Bill Gates | $75 B | 60 | Microsoft | United States | |
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#2 | Amancio Ortega | $67 B | 79 | Zara | Spain | |
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#3 | Warren Buffett | $60.8 B | 85 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States | |
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#4 | Carlos Slim Helu | $50 B | 76 | telecom | Mexico | |
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#5 | Jeff Bezos | $45.2 B | 52 | Amazon.com | United States | |
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#6 | Mark Zuckerberg | $44.6 B | 31 | United States | ||
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#7 | Larry Ellison | $43.6 B | 71 | Oracle | United States | |
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#8 | Michael Bloomberg | $40 B | 74 | Bloomberg LP | United States | |
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#9 | Charles Koch | $39.6 B | 80 | diversified | United States | |
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#9 | David Koch | $39.6 B | 75 | diversified | United States | |
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#11 | Liliane Bettencourt | $36.1 B | 93 | L'Oreal | France | |
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#12 | Larry Page | $35.2 B | 42 | United States | ||
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#13 | Sergey Brin | $34.4 B | 42 | United States | ||
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#14 | Bernard Arnault | $34 B | 67 | LVMH | France | |
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#15 | Jim Walton | $33.6 B | 67 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#16 | Alice Walton | $32.3 B | 66 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#17 | S. Robson Walton | $31.9 B | 71 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#18 | Wang Jianlin | $28.7 B | 61 | real estate | China | |
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#19 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $27.8 B | 76 | beer | Brazil | |
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#20 | Li Ka-shing | $27.1 B | 87 | diversified | Hong Kong | |
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#21 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. | $25.9 B | - | supermarkets | Germany | |
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#22 | Sheldon Adelson | $25.2 B | 82 | casinos | United States | |
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#23 | George Soros | $24.9 B | 85 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#24 | Phil Knight | $24.4 B | 78 | Nike | United States | |
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#25 | David Thomson | $23.8 B | 58 | media | Canada | |
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#26 | Steve Ballmer | $23.5 B | 60 | Microsoft | United States | |
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#27 | Forrest Mars, Jr. | $23.4 B | 84 | candy | United States | |
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#27 | Jacqueline Mars | $23.4 B | 76 | candy | United States | |
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#27 | John Mars | $23.4 B | 79 | candy | United States | |
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#30 | Maria Franca Fissolo | $22.1 B | 98 | Nutella, Chocolates | Italy | |
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#31 | Lee Shau Kee | $21.5 B | 88 | real estate | Hong Kong | |
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#32 | Stefan Persson | $20.8 B | 68 | H&M | Sweden | |
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#33 | Jack Ma | $20.5 B | 51 | Alibaba | China | |
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#34 | Theo Albrecht, Jr. | $20.3 B | 65 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany | |
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#35 | Michael Dell | $19.8 B | 51 | Dell | United States | |
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#36 | Mukesh Ambani | $19.3 B | 58 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India | |
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#37 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $18.7 B | 80 | eyeglasses | Italy | |
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#38 | Susanne Klatten | $18.5 B | 53 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany | |
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#39 | Georg Schaeffler | $18.1 B | 51 | automotive | Germany | |
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#40 | Paul Allen | $17.5 B | 63 | Microsoft, investments | United States | |
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#41 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $17.3 B | 61 | investments | Saudi Arabia | |
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#42 | Joseph Safra | $17.2 B | 77 | banking | Brazil | |
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#43 | Carl Icahn | $17 B | 80 | investments | United States | |
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#44 | Laurene Powell Jobs | $16.7 B | 52 | Apple, Disney | United States | |
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#44 | Dilip Shanghvi | $16.7 B | 60 | pharmaceuticals | India | |
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#46 | Ma Huateng | $16.6 B | 44 | internet services | China | |
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#47 | Dieter Schwarz | $16.4 B | 76 | retail | Germany | |
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#48 | Ray Dalio | $15.6 B | 66 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#48 | Stefan Quandt | $15.6 B | 49 | BMW | Germany | |
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#50 | James Simons | $15.5 B | 77 | hedge funds | United States | |
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