Carlos Slim

6. Carlos Slim (Rank 23)
Age: 71 years

Carlos Slim Helu, the world’s richest man is a Mexican business tycoon.

He is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies Telmex and America Movil and has extensive holdings in other Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso SAB.

Rupert Murdoch

7. Rupert Murdoch (Rank 24)
Age: 80 years

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, the world’s second-largest media conglomerate.

Michael Duke

8. Michael Duke (Rank 27)
Age: 61 years

Michael Terry Duke is an American businessman, and currently the fourth chief executive officer of Wal-Mart.

Duke joined Wal-Mart in 1995, and most recently served as the executive in charge of the company’s international operations. He became the CEO of Wal-Mart in February 2009.

Jeffery Immelett

9. Jeffery Immelett (Rank 28)
Age: 55 years

Jeffrey Immelt is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the US-based conglomerate General Electric.

He was selected by GE’s Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch following his retirement.

Previously, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems division (now known as GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

10. Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Rank 30)
Age: 38 years

Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched internet giant Google in September 1998.

He co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 while pursuing a PhD at Stanford University, and was the first CEO until 2001-growing the company to more than 200 employees and profitability. Sergey Brin co-founded Google Inc in 1998.
 
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