American Banking Families? The United States is the largest and most powerful economy on earth. Since the 1800s this country has risen from poverty to extreme wealth, mostly concentrated in it’s financial hubs like New York. New York is arguably the financial capital of the world. In fact, the city by itself has an economy […]

Who Is Heather Bresch? Heather Bersch is one of the most successful female executives of American business. From 2011 until 2020 she led Mylan, a gigantic pharmaceutical company. A fortune 500 business, her leadership of Mylan made her incredibly wealthy. But her time at the top was marred with controversy. For a time said controversies […]

Ray Kroc Facts While lesser known today, Ray Kroc is easily among the most successful businessmen of the 20th century. As the founder of McDonald’s he is often studied in business schools, being recognized for changing the way restaurants are built and used. He was by no means the inventor of fast food. But a […]

Welcome To Kentucky Before we look at the richest woman in Kentucky we must first look at the state itself. Known affectionately as the Bluegrass state, Kentucky is one of the oldest states, being admitted to the union in 1792. Kentucky might not exactly sound like a hub of industry. But as it is home […]

Welcome To Hawaii Before we look into the richest woman in Hawaii we should first look at the state itself. Hawaii is by far America’s most western state, being 2 thousand miles from the mainland United States. That is just one of the ways Hawaii is unique. It was once an independent kingdom, with it’s […]

Welcome To Florida Before we look at the richest woman in Florida we should first look at the state itself. Standing at a trillion dollars, Florida has the fourth largest economy of any US state. That’s actually larger than the total economy of many countries. In fact, just 15 nations have a bigger economy. And […]

Welcome To Alabama Alabama is among the poorest of all American states, with her rural regions being home to real economic hardship. But with a population just south of 5 million, not all Alabamans live in poverty. Actually, many are fabulously wealthy, and always have been. From the early days of Alabama there were a […]

Many of the most wealthy people in history have been made in the banking industry. With so much money to be made, entire families came to be known for their prominence in banking. Perhaps the most well known as the Rothschilds. With humble beginnings in 18th century Germany, the Rothschild family slowly established themselves as […]

Welcome To Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of our world’s poorest countries. Yet the economy of Bangladesh is actually growing very quickly. If current growth continues there might well be a time when the country is relatively wealthy. With a population of 166 million, she is also the ninth most largest country in terms of inhabitants. […]

IPO stands for initial public offering. In short, it is when a private company goes public, offering shares to be bought and sold on the stock exchange. Often it is seen as a quick and easy way to bring in extra funds for the business, as well as making money for it’s owners. Many investors […]

Sumner Redstone was a true media magnate, building an empire across multiple media industries over a period of decades. By the time of his death in 2020, Redstone was among the most influential people in the world. His footprint in business stretched from print media to television, and heavily into Hollywood. The empire he build […]

While not often remembered among others, Norman Brinker was one of just a handful of great business leaders of the 20th century. Born in 1930s Colorado to a poor family, few would have assumed this boy would go from nothing to achieve incredible things. His journey to success was long and multidirectional. But none the […]

Welcome To Alberta Known as the Texas of Canada, Alberta is one of the more distinct Canadian provinces. Sandwiched between British Columbia and Saskatchewan, the natural wealth of this region has long driven people to settle here. From the early days of settlement it was the fur trade, then logging and agriculture. However it was […]

Welcome To Prince Edward Island With a population of just 160 thousand, Prince Edward Island is tiny. She’s the smallest Canadian province both in terms of population and land area, comprising just 0.1 percent of Canada’s total territory. Her low population is made even more surprising by the fact the island was among the first […]

Welcome To Manitoba Among the more central provinces of Canada, Manitoba has a vast and varied landscape. From great lakes, open grasslands to arctic tundra and a long coastline, Manitoba has always been a crossroad of sorts, connecting East and West. From the early days of European settlement, fur traders established their own settlements here, […]

Welcome To New Brunswick New Brunswick is among the smallest provinces of Canada. But it’s influence on Canadian history has been vast, being one of the first areas of North America settled by Europeans. By 1700 the region had been settled by the French. They established some initial industries like fishing, logging, and trading. In […]

Welcome To Quebec Quebec is perhaps the most well known of all Canadian provinces. She is the heart of French Canada, with French being the sole official language here and the population predominantly French speaking. The reason for this is simple, a large segment of those in Quebec are descended from French settlers. So as […]

Welcome To Saskatchewan Almost exactly in the center of Canada, Saskatchewan is an entirely landlocked province. Perhaps this is why people so often overlook this province, despite it’s significant size. It covers around 6.5 percent of Canada’s total landmass, much of which is water. There are an estimated 100 thousand lakes in Saskatchewan, along with […]