8.Wijnand Pon – $2.2 billion
Wijnand Pon is a man of multiple talents!
First there were the cars. It was impossible not to, it ran in the family. After they inherited the family business from their father, Wijnand Pon and his brother, Ben Pon, founded Pon’s Automobielhandel, a chain of car dealerships. They were best known for importing Continental AG, Volkswagen and Porsche.
Wijnand is best known for importing cars, be he also founded another successful business. He is the founder of Koepon, a company that plays an important role in the global dairy industry and operates many dairy farms from different countries such as Germany, Poland, Scotland, Canada and Netherlands.
Wijnand Pon, founder of Koepon Holding, had one motto for his company:
A good farmer creates a rise in value
