Mechanics are great at systems and perfecting the details. They can be found with the smartest system which often becomes the platform for other people’s products.
Here is the Roger Hamilton Top 10 Billionaire Mechanics to follow:
Ingvar Kamprad (Sweden) – Founder of furniture designer, IKEA, Kamprad, like all Mechanics, is frugal and has little desire to flaunt his wealth. He is worth between $50 billion and $90 billion.
Karl Albrecht (Germany) – Co-founder of Aldi, Germany’s discount supermarket chain, he is the wealthiest man in Germany, worth $25 billion.
Larry Page (USA) – Co-founder of Google, the mother of all platforms. The brain behind the mechanics of the search engine. He’s 38 years old and worth $20 billion.
Michael Dell (USA) – Founder of Dell Inc, which began in computers, like all Mechanics he found his niche in cheaper ways to put things together better, and bringing the price down. Net worth: $15 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg (USA) – Founder of Facebook. As with most Mechanics, the idea wasn’t his, but he was the best at perfecting it. He is 27 years old and worth $14 billion.
Robin Li (China) – The China equivalent of Larry Page, Li founded China’s most popular search engine, Baidu. He is 42 years old and worth $9 billion.
Zhang Jindong (China) – Founder of the Suning Group, Zhang is one of the wealthiest men in China by finding smarter ways to sell air conditioning. He is worth $4 billion.
Ma Huateng (China) – Founder of Tencent, which has been called ‘China’s answer to AOL’, he is always tinkering in the background to come up with the next platform. He is 39 and worth $2 billion.
Linsday Fox (Australia) – Founder of trucking and Logistics Company, Linfox, Fox started as a trucker and became one of the richest men in Australia, with a net worth of $1 billion.
Gerald Harvey (Australia) – Founder of retail chain Harvey Norman, Harvey has taken the Mechanic approach of the cheapest, simplest route to market. He is worth $1 billion.
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