Monday, January 4, 2010

Fordham University Billionaires

Billionaires from Fordham University

Recently I have posted a post,

Billionaires according to Alma Mater

After reading this post, I receive a query that, who are the 3 Billionaire Alumni from Fordham University? Well, let me tell you the name and background of those 3 Billionaires.

01) Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler -

 

Net Worth:$1.0 bil
Fortune:self made
Source:Millhouse LLC
Age:45
Country Of Citizenship:United States
Residence:London
Industry:Oil
Education:Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas, Bachelor of Arts / Scie, Fordham University, Master of Business Administration
Marital Status:married, 5 children

Minority partner in Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich's Millhouse LLC; firm founded 2001 to manage assets owned by Abramovich and his partners. Duo founded oil-trading outfit Runicom early 1990s. Took control of oil firm Sibneft 1995; sold stake to Russian state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom for $13.1 billion a decade later. Agreed to buy 41% of Evraz, Russia's largest steelmaker, in 2006. Took drugmaker Pharmstandard public May 2007. Other investments: Russian meat processor, Moscow real estate. Abramovich gave Shvidler his yacht 2006; Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue) came complete with 65-man crew, helicopter, aquarium, speedboat.

02) Lorenzo Mendoza & family -

Net Worth:$2.0 bil
Fortune:inherited
Source:beverages
Age:43
Country Of Citizenship:Venezuela
Residence:Caracas
Industry:Beverage
Education:Fordham University, Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Business Administration
Marital Status:married, 4 children

Head of brewer and sodamaker Empresas Polar, one of Venezuela's largest private companies. Grandson of company founder. Leftist president Hugo Chavez publicly threatened to nationalize Polar if it was caught hoarding food; Polar said it has no role in the country's food shortages. Runs one of Venezuela's largest charities.

03) Amanda Hearst -

ALT

She is the Top 20 Most Intriguing Billionaire Heiresses.

Daughter of Anne Hearst, niece of Patty Hearst, great granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, $8.7 billion (for entire Hearst clan on the Forbes 400)
Great-granddaughter of publishing legend William Randolph Hearst and niece of the famously kidnapped and brainwashed Patty Hearst, Amanda is a well-known New York socialite who was once featured in a Harper's Bazaar article detailing her annual maintenance cost of $136,360. (She says she was taken out of context.) The former model is now "global ambassador" for Tommy Hilfiger. She graduated with an art history degree from Fordham University. The heiress is also a member of environmental nonprofit organization Riverkeeper.

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