Holly Branston
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| Holly Branston |
She is the daughter of famous Sir Richard Branson. Holly has a medical
degree which she received in 2007; she worked for a year in the
neurology department of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Today her
medical career is a thing of the past. She is involved in many of her
father’s business activities around the world such as listening to South
African kids pitch their startup ideas at the Branson Center of
Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ivanka Trump
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| Ivanka Trump |
Ivanka Trump was born in the city of New York, you might recognize her
dad, American business magnate Donald Trump. She attended Georgetown
University for two years, and then transferred to Wharton Business at
the University of Pennsylvania, she has a bachelor’s degree in
Economics. Before joining the Trump family business, Ivana worked for Forest City
Enterprises and cooperated with Dynamic Diamond Corp. Recently she has also released
her own line of fashionable handbags and footwear. Ivanka Trump published a book named The Trump Card: Playing to Win in
Work and Life, which came out to the shelf’s October 2009. On that same
month, Trump married businessman Jared Kushner, the couple has currently
two kids.
Jocelyn Wildenstein
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| Jocelyn Wildenstein |
Who cares if you look like a cat, when you have $500 million in the
bank? Jocelyn Wildenstein was nicknamed Catwoman after one too many
surgeries caused disfiguration, making her look like a cat. She has
since said that she deliberately wanted to look like a feline, after her
now ex husband told her he loved big cats. They had a pretty nasty
divorce, after she walked in on him and a 19 year old model before he
threatened her with a gun… Lovely! However, this hasn’t stopped the New
York socialite from having the time of her life.
Donatella Versace
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| Donatella Versace |
You may recognize this name, as being one of the biggest fashion
designers in the world. It was actually Donatella’s older brother,
Gianni, who set up the first Versace fashion business in the family,
before she was given her own label to work with. Unfortunately, Gianni
passed away in 1997 and Donatella was made Vice-President and chief
designer of the Versace group. Her incredible business mind and eye for
fashion has ensured she has a rather tasty net work of $200 million. She
could have had more, however she gave her daughter 50% whilst her other
brother owns 20%. Other business ventures for Donatella include a
luxury five star hotel chain and a jewelery collection, she also once
dabbled in designing cars for MINI Cooper.
Elizabeth Holmes
In the year 2002, Elizabeth Holmes started studying at Stanford
University the art of chemistry. She later used the money that her
parents had saved for her education, to establish a company named
Real-Time Cures in the city of Palo Alto. Later, she changed the
company’s name to Theranos. At first, she worked out of a basement of a
house. One semester later, she dropped out of school to pursue her
business career full-time; she wrote a patent on a wearable patch for
conducting tests. Her Professor served as a Director of the company.
Over the next decade, the company grew and grew, raising a whopping
amount of $400 million. During its first years, Theranos operated under
the radar, remaining highly secretive to avoid waking up potential
competitors.
By 2014, her offered 200 tests and had 500 employees. The company is
valued at more than $8 billion. Holmes currently has 18 US patents and
66 non-US patents under her name. Holmes is the youngest self-made woman
billionaire in the world, where she her personal net worth is an
estimated $4.5 billion.
