Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft which produces software products like Windows and Microsoft Office. He stepped down from the daily duties of Microsoft this year to concentrate on Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Windows 7 helped push the revenues of Microsoft north this year.
Warren Buffett
The world's most famous investor saw the growth of over $10 billion in his revenues inspite of the financial meltdown worldwide. Warren Buffett recently acquired railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $26 billion. While most of the big-guns on Wall Street were begging Govt. to help pay their debts, Berkshire Hathaway's book value rose to 19.8% in the year 2009.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian and owns India's most valuable company, Reliance Industries. The company has oil, gas and petrochemicals businesses and has recently ventured into the retail with a host of supermarket chains across India. He also owns the cricket team, Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Lakshmi Mittal owns Arcelor Mittal which is world's biggest steelmaker. The past year was particularly hard for the steel business and the profts of Arcelor Mittal tumbled by 75%. Lakshmi Mittal made most of his wealth by buying loss-making small steel businesses across the world and turning them into profits. He owns Indian citizenship but lives in the London, UK.
