When it comes to the word “Billionaire”, we all can just imagine the cash raining, super cars throttling down the cities and large security convoys guarding the man himself. The term billionaire is much greater than of a millionaire. How many zeroes exactly? That’s a THOUSAND million! Wait how much is a million? 

INTRODUCTION

  • This is the age of innovations, millions of startups are running in the world generating trillions of revenue. 
  • The race to achieve the top most position of wealth is still going on where thousands of businesses are competing to dominate the global markets.
  • Leaders are thriving to grab every opportunity which can take their businesses to a height unmatchable.

ELON MUSK

  • Elon Musk, the world knows him and his success to the top.
  • Fun fact* Some say he’s an ALIEN! from outer space.
  • Elon Reeve Musk is an American businessman and investor who talks about a sustainable future and technology.
  • Unlike some other popular business magnates in the world, Musk belonged to a wealthy family and completed his education from a prestigious university.
  • He started his career by founding a web software “Zip2” with his brother which was later sold to Compaq in a deal of $307 million.
  • His biggest bid was the formation of PayPal and selling it for a whopping $1.5 billion.
  • In 2002, he founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer, and space transportation services company. 
  • Currently operating under the man himself, Elon Musk serves the company as its CEO and Chief Engineer.
  • He’s also the CEO of Tesla, Inc. An Electric vehicle manufacturing company.

MUSK AND HIS BUSINESSES 

  • Started his career by founding a web software which he later sold for $307 million to Compaq, an electronic manufacturer. 
  • It wasn’t for Musk to look back, he founded companies, developed software, and sold them.
  • He took in $1.5 billion by selling one of the most popular online banking service in the world, PayPal.
  • With that money, he decided to enter the business of manufacturing aerospace products.
  • In 2002, he founded SpaceX, a company manufacturing aerospace ships and rockets. 
  • He also started space transportation services for outerspace stations.
  • Serving as the  CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX, he took his venture to heights beyond the atmospheric layers.
  • Musk was a regular investor and always had a keen eye on the markets.
  • One of his popular investments were in the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, he acquired the position of product architect and also served as its chairman.
  • Later in 2008 he became the CEO and named the company as Tesla, Inc.
  • Tesla, Inc is one of the world’s most valuable companies and looks forward for clean energy automotive manufacturing of vehicles. 
  • The company values at more than $800 billion and is widely known for its battery electric and hybrid cars. 
  • The market capitalization is almost a trillion.
  • Headquartered in Austin, Texas.
  • The company’s name is a tribute to inventor Nikola Tesla.
    • Founder: Elon Musk 
    • Revenue-
      • Tesla: $53 Billion 
      • SpaceX:$2 Billion
      • Net worth: $253 Billion

JEFF BEZOS

  • Jeffery Preston Bezos is one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs who started with nothing and now holds the power to get anything. Standing a few billion behind the electric car maker Elon Musk, Bezos once ruled the throne of the world’s richest man.

BEZOS AND HIS BUSINESSES 

  • Started his career after completing his education from Princeton University, in 1986.
  • Jumpstart his professional work by working on wall street, though he was offered various jobs after his graduation. 
  • He worked in the sectors of telecommunications, banking, consulting, etc. 
  • He was well of the rapidly growing trend of the internet, so he decided to start an online bookstore “Amazon” formerly “Cadabra”
  •  Amazon. Com, Inc. is an American multinational e-commerce company.
  • The company provides many services like streaming, online shopping, e-books, cloud computing, etc.
  • The company is among the world’s most valuable brands, acquiring its place alongside the big five.
  • Amazon offers a variety of services to its users for entertainment and education
    • Amazon Music 
    • Amazon Prime
    • Amazon Alexa
    • Amazon Pay
    • Amazon Appstore 
    • Amazon Kindle
  • The brand was founded in 1994, which was based on the idea of selling books online.
  • Currently operating and providing various services, the brand has evolved itself as an “Everything Store”
  • With subsidiaries in all sectors and fields of work, from selling groceries to flying aerospace rockets and ships.
  • The brand has emerged as the “Unbeatable” group of businesses. 
  • With a whooping revenue of more than $450 billion, the company has cemented its reign in every market.
  • Coming down to one of his business which was founded to counter the current wealthiest man’s initiative of outerspace transportation, Jeff Bezos founded “Bule Origin” in 2002.
  • The company was formed to compete with its rival SpaceX. 
  • Blue Origin, LLC is an American aerospace manufacturing(privately funded) company by Jeff Bezos, headquartered in Kent, Washington.
  • The company focuses on reusable rocket engines and orbital space carriers. 
  • Even the founder has been to space in his own manufactured orbital ship.
    • Founder: Jeff Bezos 
    • CEO: Bob Smith
    • Revenue-
      • Amazon: $485 Billion 
      • Blue Origin: $3 Billion 
      • Net worth: $136 Billion

GAUTAM ADANI & FAMILY

  • The Indian billionaire who made it to the Leagues, acquiring the third position in the list of world’s richest man according to Forbes.
  • Gautam Shantilal Adani (60) is an Indian industrialist who founded the Adani Group. 
  • Based in Ahmedabad, the conglomerate is involved in port developments and operations in India. 
  • Presently under the chairmanship of the man himself.

ADANI AND HIS BUSINESSES 

  • Started off as a dropout, he decided to take his steps towards Mumbai, where he worked in the diamond trading and sorting business.
  • After returning to his homeland, his brother invited him to manage the business and operations of his plastics manufacturing. 
  • This opportunity got him to the gateway of global markets and trading opportunities of PVC products. 
  • In 1988, the man established an export company named as Adani Exports, currently known as Adani Enterprises.
  • The company originally dealt with power and agriculture commodities. 
  • Another venture of his incredible success and wealth is his port business. 
  • Adani Ports and SEZ is the currently the biggest private multi-port operations company in India.
  • One of his largest owned ports is the Mundra Port, the massive 15,665 Acre port covered with multiple godowns and storage which can store up to 630,000 metric tons of cargo and goods.
  • Coming down to the power sector of the Adani Group, Adani Power is one of the major business venture which was founded in 1996 .
  • The venture comprises of Thermal Power Plants with the capacity of generating 4620 MW thermal energy. Largest privately owned Thermal Power producer in the nation.
  • Besides his major business, Adani also has many subsidiaries and branches of revenue generation.
  • Some of them are:
    • Mumbai International Airport (74% Stake holder)
    • Solar Energy Corporation of India (India’s largest producer of solar energy)
    • Adani Green 
    • Ambuja Cement 
    • NDTV (News and Media)
  • Revenue-
    • Adani Group: $13 Billion 
    • Net worth: $148 Billion

CONCLUSION

The goal is not to look rich but to be rich, there are nine zeroes in a billion, and it’s not even close to the number of failures all those billionaires had in their journey.

Some started off with nothing and some with everything, but in the end.. they all ended up with the power to get anything. It’s not about luxury, it’s about ambitions and goals which eventually plague one’s soul to create opportunities of achieving success and freedom, making them the strongest among the world.