Top 5
1) Bills Gates
Bill Gates was the richest man and that makes his move above the
Mexican investor called Carlos slim that was the richest person before. He
added $15.8 billion that give him a $ 78.5 billion in fortune. In Microsoft
companies, he holds 4.3% share and the share jumped to 40% then. He make
investment in Canadian National Railway and the investment was rose as 34%. He
also gains 45% in Ecolab investment. Bill and Melinda Foundation Trust held on
to 22 stocks that valued nearly $20 billion. The five investments that Bill
Gates had the most is Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B), Coca-Cola Co (KO),
MacDonald’s Corporation (MCD), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), and Canadian National
Railway Co (CNI).
For more info: http://www.gurufocus.com/news/242051/bill-gates--wealthiest-person-and-largest-earner-of-2013
2) Steve Jobs
The American Inventor and Business magnate, Steve Jobs
had a net worth of $10.2 Billion dollars. Steve Jobs also is a co-founder and
executive officer of Apple computer. Previously, Jobs was served as the Chief
executive of Pixar Animation studios. In the 1980s, Apple II series, one of the
first commercially successful lines of personal computers has been designed by
Jobs, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula Ronald Wayne,
and others. Every year, Jobs insanely creative
Apple cheif transform
multibillion-dollar industry. Firstly, by personal computers with Apple
II,Mcintosh. Next the film with Pixar:music (iTunes), mobile (iPhone), Now Ipad
is treated as messiah tablet, saviour for publishing industry. Nowadays Apple
still sells computers, but much of the revue comes from music distribution and
hand-held devices.
For more info: http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/tech-billionaire/steve-jobs-net-worth/
3) Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook announce that their total revenue for the end of 2013 is
US$7.87 billion and their annual profit calculated in 2013 was US$1.5 billion.
Majority of Facebook's revenue gain from advertising. Facebook selling banner
advertising to other company by system call click through (CTR)
through Facebook timeline. A main part of Facebook's aim is that it has tons of
information about its users that it can easily target ads to those who response
to the content. By using this way, Facebook gain huge amount of revenue each
year through this strategy. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
4) Charles E. Culpeper
Coca-cola Company is a very large company in the baverage industry. At the
end of 2013 Coca- cola revenue was US
$46854 million. The revenue was slightly decrease as compare to year 2012 which
is US $48017 million. How ever the gross profits different was only US $531
million. Eventhough there are slightly decrease in revenue and profits,
Coca-cola still a leader in the baverage industry.
5th
Place: Gordon Moore
Intel Corporation has shown a relatively steady growth and
encouraging throughout the last few decades. For example, Intel's revenue per
share increased from $ 4.55 at the end of 2003 to $ 10.34 at the end of 2012,
with an average growth rate of 8.2% over the past 10 years. Moreover, with a
gross margin of 59% and operating margin of 23:44%, Intel Corporation is seen
able to control costs and expenses to better than 91% of its competitors. Intel
Corporation also performed relatively well in dividend yield over the years.
Current dividend yield for Intel is 3.98%. This value is greater than 94% of
companies in the semiconductor industry. Fore more info: http://www.gurufocus.com/news/228023/intel-corporation-intc--stock-analysis
BOTTOM 2
49) : John Cadbury
The annual revenue of Cadbury Company approximately $50 billion. The
company achieve revenue growth of 20% per year, increase earning by 15% annualy
and increase dividents per share by 7% per year. In 1847 John Cadbury
became a partner with his brother Benjamin and the company became known as
"Cadbury Brothers". The company went into decline in the late 1850s.
John Cadbury's sons Richard and George took over the business in 1861. At the
time of the takeover, the business was in rapid decline, the number of
employees had reduced from 20 to 11, and the company was losing money.
50) Fred Smith
The winter
ambience gave a bad impact on FedEx parcel delivery when the revenue and
adjusted earning only increased 3 and 8.8 % but still below the analyst
estimations. Moreover, sometimes, uncommonly severe winter storms impeded
delivery and due to decreased in shipping volume and increased in operational
costs, FedEx estimated that the company has lost roughly $ 125 million.
Besides, FedEx has bad financial report where the company's net income has
fallen from $ 185 million in 1989 to just $ 6 million in 1991.
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