Some of the most famous billionaires in the world today; the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates, always seem to make headlines because of their opinions, reality shows, quirky and anticstic moves, and more.
However, not every billionaire is as compelling as they are. There are also many wealthy people in the world who actually prefer to keep a low profile, stay away from the media, and count money quietly.
1. Keld Kirk Christiansen
Company: LEGO Group
Net worth: $8.3 billion
Of all the unknown billionaires on this list, Keld Kirk Christiansen is the most interesting profession. Christiansen is the former CEO and president of the LEGO Group, which makes toys for children around the world. Christiansen is the third richest man in Denmark with a net worth of $8.3 billion.
His grandfather founded Lego. From Amazon to Walmart to malls around the world, Lego is everywhere, bringing in $5.85 billion in sales, and that number seems to be growing. The company, valued at $7.54 billion, is Europe's largest toy manufacturer.
2. David Murdoch
公司： Dole Food Products、Castle & Cooke
Net worth: $2.3 billion
The career of David Murdoch, a billionaire with a net worth of more than $2 billion who left the military after World War II, made a meager profit by running a restaurant, which he then used to develop property in Arizona.
Murdoch expanded his thriving empire into residential and commercial real estate in Arizona, Hawaii and California. Murdoch then moved into a new area of the business world: food. In 2003, he became the owner of dole, a major food production company, and a competitor to Del Monte and Coca-Cola. Essentially, real estate and canned fruit made Murdoch a very wealthy man.
3. James Leprino
Company: Leprino Foods
Net assets: $3.3 billion
Mozzarella cheese is the reason James Leprino became a billionaire. As Chairman of Leprino Foods, Leprino has a net worth of $3.3 billion. Leprino, the world's largest maker of mozzarella cheese, sells its products to chains like Domino's.
Pizza Hut isn't the only chain that serves food in Leprino. The company has a huge market share, supplying 85% of the cheese in the pizza market. It sells cheese to Pizza Hut, John The Stick, Little Caesars, Hungry Howie's, Tony's, Tombstone, Digiorno and Jack's. Although these chains may compete with each other, their cheese comes from one person: James Leprino.
4. Aliko Dangot
Company: Dangote Cement
Net assets: $12.7 billion
Most people may not be familiar with the name Alico Dangot, and Africans certainly know it. Dangot is the owner of Dangote Cement, Africa's largest cement producer. Dangot is also the continent's richest man, with a net worth of nearly $13 billion by the fall of 2021.
Dangote Cement is similar to Vulcan and Cemex in that it sells raw materials for the construction of roads, buildings, etc. Dangote owns his cement company through the industrial group Dangote Group. The industrialist lives a Tony Stark-esque life, and you can often see him driving a $1.7 million fashionable Bugatti Veyron through the streets of Kano, Nigeria.
5. Hiroshi Yamauchi
Company: Nintendo
Net worth: $4.2 billion
Japanese businessman Hiroshi Yamauchi is one of the reasons Nintendo has been so successful. He became president in 1949 and ran the technology group until he was succeeded by Satoshi Iwata in 2002.
Yamauchi transformed Nintendo from a small flower card producer into a billion-dollar video game company that sells its games at Gaming Inn, Amazon, Walmart and millions of other locations around the world. Together with renowned game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Yamauchi was responsible for creating some of Nintendo's most popular products, including Donkey Kong, Mario, Wii, the Legend of Zelda, and more. Hiroshi Yamauchi is known for transforming the gaming industry from a niche industry into a global powerhouse. #History##See the bigger world ##头条历史 #