2017’s Richest Person and How They Made Their Money: REVEALED!
June 1, 2017
23. Jorge Lemann, 76 – Net Worth: $28.8 billion
Lemann rise to mega-wealth is certainly one of the more unusual ones – for example, in a previous life he was a professional tennis champion! In the early 70s he purchased a small Brazilian brokerage firm, before eventually co-founding 3G Capital in 2004.
Since then Jorge has been at the helm for some of the biggest mergers and acquisitions in business history. In late 2015, he oversaw a deal worth $108 billion whereby two of the world’s largest beer producers joined forces, and he’s already initiated a bid to takeover Unilever for a reported $250 billion. This guy does not do anything by half measure!