The Newcomer Billionaires of 2012

Bertil Hult
Bertil Hult suffers from Dyslexia and he dropped out of college after a year to start EF in his dormitory’s basement. He focused on host families and on-site programs as central tenants of the company’s cultural education training. These EF programs are today available in nore tyhan 50 countries. It was the official supplier of language training for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He holds a net worth of $3 billion.

Shahid Khan
Being NFL’s first minority immigrant owner, he bought the Jacksonville Jaguars for $770 million in January. In 2010 Khan tried all his luck to buy the St. Louis Rams but beaten out by billionaire Stan Kroenke. With a few thousand dollars of savings and a small loan, he soon came up with his own company, creating a one piece car bumper design that later became the industry standard. Today his Flex-N-Gate sells $3 billion a year worth of parts to 41 car brands. He owns a net worth of $2.5 billion.