The 7 Secrets of Success by the world's top billionaires

1. the 7 secrets of
success
by Hussein Hallak

2. there are
1011

3. billionaires
in the world

4. networth
$3.56

5. trillion

6. ever
wondered

7. what is their
secret?

8. those
1%
of the richest
adult population

9. own
40%
of the
global wealth

10. while

11. 50%
of the world’s
adult population

12. own
1%
of the
global wealth

13. !

14. how?
did they make it

15. luck?

16. chance?

17. conspiracy?

18. ?

19. observe

20. the worlds top
billionaires

21. on the
Forbes
list

22. #50 Roman Abramovich
$11.2 bil
Self Made
Steel, Investments
43
Russia
Divorced, 6 children

23. #48 Abigail Johnson
$11.5 bil
Inherited and Growing
Fidelity
48
United States
Harvard U, MBA; Hobart and
William Smith, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Married, 2 children

24. #48 Jorge Paulo Lemann
$11.5 bil
Self Made
Beer
70
Brazil
Harvard U, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 5 children

25. #45 John Paulson
$12.0 bil
Self Made
Hedge Funds
54
United States
Harvard U, Master of Business
Administration; New York U,
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Married, 2 children

26. #45 Gerald Grosvenor
$12.0 bil
Inherited and Growing
Real Estate
58
United Kingdom
Harrow C of Higher Educat
Married, 4 children

27. #45 Donald Bren
$12.0 bil
Self Made
Real Estate
77
United States
U of Washington, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Married, 7 children

28. #44 Savitri Jindal
$12.2 bil
Inherited
Steel
60
India
Widowed, 9 children

29. #43 Jeffrey Bezos
$12.3 bil
Self Made
Amazon
46
United States
Princeton U, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 4 children

30. #42 Mikhail Fridman
$12.7 bil
Self Made
Oil, Banking, Telecom
45
Russia
Moscow Institute Steel, Bachelor
of Arts / Science
Divorced, 2 children

31. #40 Shashi & Ravi Ruia
$13.0 bil
Inherited and Growing
Diversified
66
India
Married, 2 children

32. #40 Birgit Rausing & family
$13.0 bil
Inherited
Packaging
86
Sweden
Widowed, 3 children

33. #39 Mikhail Prokhorov
$13.4 bil
Self Made
Investments
44
Russia
Moscow State Institute of,
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Single

34. #37 Michael Dell
$13.5 bil
Self Made
Dell
45
United States
U of Texas Austin, Drop Out
Married, 4 children

35. #37 Paul Allen
$13.5 bil
Self Made
Microsoft, Investments
57
United States
Washington State U, Drop Out
Single

36. #36 Anil Ambani
$13.7 bil
Inherited and Growing
diversified
50
India
U Bombay, Bachelor of Arts /
Science; U of Penn Wharton,
MBA
Married, 2 children

37. #35 George Soros
$14.0 bil
Self Made
Hedge Funds
79
United States
London Sch Econ, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Divorced, 5 children

38. #33 Robert Kuok
$14.5 bil
Self Made
Diversified
86
Malaysia
Raffles C, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 8 children

39. #33 Steven Ballmer
$14.5 bil
Self Made
Microsoft
54
United States
Harvard U, Bachelor of Arts /
Science; Stanford U, Master of
Business Administration
Married, 3 children

40. #32 Vladimir Lisin
$15.8 bil
Self Made
Steel
53
Russia
Russian Academy Econ, Doctorate;
Siberian Metallurgical, Bachelor
of Arts / Science
Married, 3 children

41. #31 Theo Albrecht
$16.7 bil
Self Made
Aldi, Trader Joe's
88
Germany
Married, 2 children

42. #28 Azim Premji
$17.0 bil
Inherited and Growing
Software
64
India
Stanford U, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 2 children

43. #28 Kwok family
$17.0 bil
Inherited
Real Estate
Hong Kong

44. #28 Michele Ferrero & family
$17.0 bil
Inherited and Growing
Chocolates
83
Italy
Married, 2 children

45. #24 Larry Page
$17.5 bil
Self Made
Google
37
United States
Stanford U, Master of Science; U
of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married

46. #24 David Koch
$17.5 bil
Self Made
Manufacturing, Energy
69
United States
MIT, Bachelor of Arts / Science;
MIT, Master of Science
Married, 3 children

47. #24 Charles Koch
$17.5 bil
Self Made
Manufacturing, Energy
74
United States
MIT, Bachelor of Arts / Science;
MIT, Master of Science
Married, 2 children

48. #24 Sergey Brin
$17.5 bil
Self Made
Google
36
United States
Stanford U, Master of Science; U
of Maryland, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Married, 1 child

49. #23 Michael Bloomberg
$18.0 bil
Self Made
Bloomberg
68
United States
Harvard U, Master of Business
Administration; Johns Hopkins
U, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Divorced, 2 children

50. #22 Jim Walton
$18.5 bil
Self Made
Real Estate
82
Hong Kong
Divorced, 5 children

51. #21 Michael Otto & family
$18.7 bil
Inherited and Growing
Retail
66
Germany
Married, 2 children

52. #20 David Thomson & family
$19.0 bil
Inherited
Inheritance
52
Canada
Selwyn College, Master of Arts
Divorced, 3 children

53. #19 Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
$19.4 bil
Self Made
Investments
55
Saudi Arabia
Menlo C, Bachelor of Arts /
Science; Syracuse U, Master
of Science
Married, 2 children

54. #18 S. Robson Walton
$19.8 bil
Inherited
Walmart
62
United States
Columbia U, Doctor of
Jurisprudence; U of Arkansas,
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Married, 3 children

55. #17 Liliane Bettencourt
$20.0 bil
Inherited
L'Oreal
87
France
Widowed, 1 child

56. #16 Jim Walton
$20.6 bil
Inherited
Walmart
60
United States
Trinity U, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Divorced

57. #15 Jim Walton
$20.7 bil
Inherited
Walmart
62
United States
U of Arkansas, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 4 children

58. #14 Li Ka-shing
$21.0 bil
Self Made
Diversified
81
Hong Kong
High School, Drop Out
Widowed, 2 children

59. #13 Stefan Persson
$22.4 bil
Inherited and Growing
Hennes & Mauritz
62
Sweden
U of Stockholm, Associate in
Arts / Science
Married, 3 children

60. #12 Christy Walton & family
$22.5 bil
Inherited
Walmart
55
United States
Widowed, 1 child

61. #11 Ingvar Kamprad & family
$23.0 bil
Self Made
Ikea
83
Sweden
Married, 4 children

62. #10 Karl Albrecht
$23.5 bil
Self Made
Aldi
90
Germany
Married, 2 children

63. #9 Amancio Ortega
$25.0 bil
Self Made
Zara
74
Spain
Married, 3 children

64. #8 Eike Batista
$27.0 bil
Self Made
Mining, Oil
53
Brazil
RWTH Aachen University, Drop
Out
Divorced, 2 children

65. #7 Bernard Arnault
$27.5 bil
Self Made
LVMH
61
France
Ecole Polytechnique, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Married, 5 children

66. #6 Lawrence Ellison
$28.0 bil
Self Made
Oracle
65
United States
University of Chicago, Drop Out
Married, 2 children

67. #5 Lakshmi Mittal
$28.7 bil
Inherited and Growing
Steel
59
India
St Xavier C Calcutta, Bachelor of
Arts / Science
Married, 2 children

68. #4 Mukesh Ambani
$29.0 bil
Inherited and Growing
Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas
52
India
Stanford U, Drop Out; U
Bombay, Bachelor of Arts /
Science
Married, 3 children

69. #3 Warren Buffett
$47.0 bil
Self Made
Berkshire Hathaway
79
United States
Columbia U, Master of Science;
U of Nebraska Lincoln,
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Widowed, 3 children

70. #2 William Gates III
$53.0 bil
Self Made
Microsoft
54
United States
Harvard U, Drop Out
Married, 3 children

71. #1 Carlos Slim Helu & family
$53.5 bil
Self Made
Telecom
70
Mexico
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Widowed, 6 children

72. what did you
see?

75. Female
Male
Self Made
Inherited

76. USA
Germany
Russia
Japan
UK
France
Switzerland
Brazil
Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia
Other Countries
0
20
40
60
80
0
0
10
12
Number of Billionaires per Country

77. what are the
secrets

78. to their
success

79. ?

80. #1

81. secret #1
start now

82. youngest billionaire
age 25

83. Mark Zuckerberg
facebook
$4 bil

84. #2

85. secret #2
don’t stop

86. oldest billionaire
age 99

87. Walter Haefner
investment
$3.3 bil

88. #3

89. secret #3
study

90. 80%
of billionaires

91. studied

92. mostly
arts

93. &
science

94. not
business

95. huh
?!

96. #4

97. secret #4
think

98. wages
get you by

99. profits
grow a fortune

100. education
might give you a job

101. innovation
has unlimited possibilities

102. #5

103. secret #5
choose

104. billionaires
don’t work
for money

105. #6

106. secret #6
invest

107. billionaires
make money
work for them

108. #7

109. secret #7
live&love

110. billionaires
work&play
hard

111. they
love
what they do

112. they
love
money

113. they
love
life

114. !

115. “the great
enemy

116. of the
truth

117. is very often
not

118. the lie

119. but the
myth
“
John F. Kennedy

120. the
myth
is

121. the
secret

122. to
success

123. is
out
there

124. the
truth
is

125. the
biggest
secret

126. to your
success

127. is
within
you

128. it is
you

129. “success
is not
something

130. you
pursue

131. success
is

132. is

133. something
you

134. become
“
Jim Rohn

135. Hussein Hallak
www.husseinhallak.com