It has been 13 glorious years since Robert Allen Iger a media executive, film producer, author and businessman stepped into position as the Chairman and CEO of the most famous Walt Disney Company. Under his expert guidance the company’s movie studio, theme parks and TV
stations made revenue in 2017 to $55 billion and net profit to $9.4 billion.
His leadership has also led to the expansion of Disney’s theme parks into Shanghai and Hong Kong. Bob has also played a major role in the taking over giants like Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and most recently 21st Century Fox in a $52 billion deal. With a net worth of $690 million, Bob is makes to the third position of the most famous business personalities.
Reed Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of the most trending media service provider, Netflix. Revolutionizing the entertainment industry, Reed surely brought about a creative twist to the mundane system of keeping the world entertained. What originally started as a no-late-fees, no-due-dates subscription service soon evolved into online streaming, which transfigured the very foundation of digital entertainment.
He co-founded Netflix in 1995 after he sold his first company Pure Software. With a net worth of $3.8 billion, Reed Hastings is a famous business personality in the business world.
Indeed, a famous name, not only in the technological field but in every business, arena is Bill Gates. The founder of the world’s largest software company, Microsoft, Gates undoubtedly changed the outlook of technology in an amazing way.
As he still remains a board member of the company that was founded in 1975, Bill also chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charitable foundation that works to provide clean water and sanitation (among other things) to third-world countries. With a net worth of $108.6 billion, Bill Gates has always been one of the most famous and influential business personalities in the world.