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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 29, 2008
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Reported by some sources as the world’s richest self-made woman, Cheung Yan gained her fortune in what many might find a surprising place: recycled paper. Cheung (her name is often spelled Zhang Yin as well) is worth an estimated $3.4 billion based on 2007 revenue figures (2008’s aren’t...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 28, 2008
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This China-born Australian citizen is the world’s richest solar tycoon, with about $2.9 billion to his name. Shi Zhengrong runs Suntech Power , which he founded in China in 2001. Suntech makes the photovoltaic cells used in solar panels, and was the first Chinese company to be listed on...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 27, 2008
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A relative newcomer in the field of solar energy, Peng Xiaofeng’s wealth soared dramatically over a period of only a few years. Just last year, he was worth a whopping $3.85 billion, but his net worth decreased to ‘just’ $2.5 billion in 2008 after allegations by a former employee that...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 26, 2008
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Frank Asbeck founded SolarWorld , a company that manufactures solar cells and modules which are then installed as solar panels, in 1998. Asbeck has proven to be an innovative leader for this family-owned German company, taking an aggressive entrepreneurial approach that many predict will...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 25, 2008
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The world’s first ethanol billionaire, Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello has seen his fortune decrease dramatically over the past year due to the decline of sugar and ethanol prices and rumors of a takeover of his company, Cosan S.A. Of course, $1.5 billion still ain’t bad. Cosan is one...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 24, 2008
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All this week, EarthFirst.com has counted down the world’s richest green entrepreneurs who have amassed fortunes ranging from the low millions to an incredible $3.4 billion mostly from doing good deeds for the planet. We’re down to the top 5 – green billionaires who didn’t just...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 22, 2008
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Tulsi Tanti, an Indian businessman, didn’t set out to save the environment. It sort of happened by accident. In 1995, when he owned a fledgling textile company called Suzlon, he received a shocking electric bill that made him wish he could do something about the price of power. That...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 21, 2008
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When Roxanne Quimby met Burt Shavitz ( #23 on our countdown), she was a single mother of twins living in a cabin in the North Woods of Maine. Her husband had just left her and she was desperate for income. Burt, who had been selling jars of honey out of the back of his pickup truck, had...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 20, 2008
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One of the pioneers of the natural beauty industry, Anita Roddick amassed a fortune of $200 million through her cosmetics and toiletries business, The Body Shop , making her one of England’s richest women. Anita began The Body Shop with the vision that all types of businesses could be...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 19, 2008
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Tom and Kate Chappell began making eco-friendly personal care products in the late ‘60s, when they were unable to find any on store shelves. Taking out a $5,000 loan from a friend, they started Tom’s of Maine with ‘Clearlake’, the country’s first phosphate-free laundry...... [view]
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Posted By: wmsiew
Posted On: Sep 18, 2008
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All this week, EarthFirst.com will be counting down the world’s richest green entrepreneurs who have amassed fortunes ranging from the low millions to an incredible $3.4 billion mostly from doing good deeds for the planet. Next up on our countdown of 25 of the richest green...... [view]
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