archiveGeneral Counsel Insider

If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, you will acknowledge the value of brainstorming. Every high-net-worth individual (HNWI) would tell you that you need a plan, not just an idea, to build and run a successful business. And it may very well happen that you don't have a concrete idea, to begin...

As of July 02, 2023, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest person in China, with an estimated net worth of 62.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Zhang Yiming (No. 2, $45.0 billion), Ma Huateng (No. 3, $35.1 billion); and William Lei Ding (No. 4, $30.7 billion). He Xiangjian is the fifth-richest person...

As of July 02, 2023, John Fredriksen was the wealthiest person in Cyprus, with an estimated net worth of 13.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Vinod Adani (No. 2, $12.0 billion), Yakir Gabay (No. 3, $3.4 billion); and Sergey Dmitriev (No. 4, $2.5 billion). Igor Makarov is the fifth-richest person in Cyprus, with a whopping...

As of July 02, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 16.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Daniel Kretinsky (No. 2, $9.4 billion), Karel Komarek (No. 3, $8.2 billion); and Pavel Tykac (No. 4, $8.2 billion). Radovan Vitek is the fifth-richest person in...

We’ve been conditioned to believe that productivity means being busy all the time and that feeling burned out by too much work gives us a kind of enviable social equity. The truth is our current productivity mindset isn’t bringing us closer to our desired outcomes. It’s keeping us from them....

As of June 29, 2023, Mark Mateschitz was the wealthiest person in Austria, with an estimated net worth of 40.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Georg Stumpf (No. 2, $9.0 billion), Johann Graf (No. 3, $7.3 billion); and Rene Benko (No. 4, $6.1 billion). Helmut Sohmen is the fifth-richest person in...

As of June 29, 2023, Vicky Safra was the wealthiest person in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 18.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Eduardo Saverin (No. 2, $15.8 billion), Jorge Paulo Lemann (No. 3, $15.1 billion); and Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 4, $10.3 billion). Carlos Alberto Sicupira is the...

As of June 29, 2023, David Thomson was the wealthiest person in Canada, with an estimated net worth of 57.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by David Cheriton (No. 2, $10.4 billion), Jim Pattison (No. 3, $10.2 billion); and  Changpeng Zhao  (No. 4, $10.2 billion). Anthony Von Mandl is the fifth-richest person in...

As of June 29, 2023, Iris Fontbona was the wealthiest person in Chile, with an estimated net worth of 22.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jean Salata (No. 2, $5.3 billion), Horst Paulmann (No. 3, $3.6 billion); and Julio Ponce Lerou (No. 4, $3.3 billion). Sebastian Pinera is the fifth-richest person in Chile, with a whopping...

As of June 27, 2023, Rafaela Aponte-Diamant  was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 28.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gianluigi Aponte (No. 2, $28.9 billion), Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 3, $9.5 billion); and Ivan Glasenberg (No. 4, $8.7 billion). Guillaume Pousaz is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland, with...