Martin Winterkorn

    Martin Winterkorn
  • Chairman, Volkswagen Group
  • Age: 66
  • Residence: Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Country of Citizenship: Germany
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Winterkorn chairs Volkswagen Group, the German automaker whose brands include Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini.

Terry Gou

    Terry Gou
  • CEO, Hon Hai Precision
  • Age: 63
  • Source of Wealth: electronics, self-made
  • Residence: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Country of Citizenship: Taiwan
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 3
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Gou is not only one of Taiwan's richest people but he also runs the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer and a key supplier to Apple.

Elon Musk

    Elon Musk
  • Founder, CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
  • Age: 42
  • Source of Wealth: Tesla Motors, self-made
  • Residence: Los Angeles, CA
  • Country of Citizenship: United States
  • Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Pennsylvania
  • Marital Status: Separated
  • Children: 5
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Elon Musk's fortune more than doubled in a year, thanks to investors' passion for his shoot-for-the-moon inventions. Shares of Tesla, his electric car company, and solar panel installer SolarCity have both surged.

Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un
  • Supreme Leader, North Korea
  • Age: 31
  • Residence: Pyongyang, North Korea
  • Country of Citizenship: North Korea
  • Marital Status: Married
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Kim Jung-un, the youngest son of Kim Jong-Il, inheritied leadership of North Korea after his father's death in December 2011. Since he took power, he has replaced some 44% of the country's top officials, a move seen as replacing his father's staff with a new set of aides that owe loyalty to him

Masayoshi Son

    Masayoshi Son
  • Source of Wealth: Internet, telecom, self-made
  • Residence: Tokyo, Japan
  • Country of Citizenship: Japan
  • Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of California Berkeley
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 2
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The billionaire founder of Softbank, Asia's top Internet venture, has no plans to stop expanding his empire anytime soon. Son has been on a buying spree in the past year, including acquiring