Y.K. Pao

Billionaire shipping tycoon, founder of BW Group (World-Wide Shipping) in 1955

a.k.a.Sir Yue-Kong Pao CBE JP
life-1991
spouse(s)Bessie Pao
net worth

$13.4B


Alexander Onassis

Businessman, son of Aristotle Onassis

Alexander Skorobogatko living

Billionaire, shipping magnate, ship ports
1967- (57)

Alfred Yarrow

Shipbuilder, founder of Yarrow Shipbuilders, mechanical engineer, shipping magnate
1842-1932 (90)

Andreas Sohmen-Pao

Billionaire heir, shipping tycoon, chairman of BW Group since 2010 when his father Helmut Sohmen stepped down, his mother Anna is the daughter of Y.K. Pao who founded World-Wide Shipping in 1955

Anthony Pratt living

Billionaire, packaging
1960- (64)

A.P. Møller

Maersk family dynasty, shipbuilder, founder of Maersk Line in 1928 with five tankers after his father Peter Maersk Moller started a shipping line
maersk.com

Aristotle Onassis

Industrialist, shipping magnate

Arne Næss Jr.

Businessman, shipping magnate, mountaineer, died in mountain climbing accident

Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller

Shipping magnate, billionaire, chairman of Ap. Moller-Maersk for decades until his death in 2012, his wife Ane Maersk McKinney Uggla tookover the chairmanship

Arvid Bergvall Jr.

shipping magnate, co-founder of B+H Ocean Carriers (Bergvall+Hudner Company) in 1978
bhships.com

Chang Yun Chung living

Billionaire, shipping
1918- (106)

Chen Dejun living

Billionaire, package delivery
1970- (54)

Chen Liying living

Billionaire, package delivery
1975- (49)

Diego Aponte

Business executive, Group President and CEO of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Billionaire heir to Gianluigia & Rafaela Aponte

Drayton McLane, Jr. living

Billionaire, logistics for Walmart stores
1936- (88)

Ernst Voss

Shipbuilder, founder of Blohm+Voss
1842-1920 (78)

Fred Smith living

Billionaire founder, chairman and CEO of FedEx (Federal Express)
1944- (80)

Gianluigi Aponte

Billionaire, shipping mogul, MSC family dynasty

Helmut Sohmen living

Billionaire, shipping tycoon, chairman and president of the BW Group (World-Wide Shipping) until 2010, managing director of Dragon Air
1939- (85)

Jacques Saade living

Billionaire, shipping
1937- (87)

John Fredriksen

Founder of Marine Harvest, shipping magnate, billionaire

John Jacob Astor VI

Socialite, businessman, shipping magnate

Sir John Parker living

Businessman, mechanical engineer, shipbuilder, chairman of Anglo American, Pennon, Carnival, Laing O'Rourke
1942- (82)
raeng.org.uk

Kjell Inge Rokke living

Billionaire, shipping, seafood
1958- (66)

Klaus-Michael Kühne living

Billionaire, shipping
1937- (87)

Knut Kloster

Shipping magnate, co-founder of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) in 1968 with Ted Arison

Lindsay Fox living

Billionaire, logistics, real estate
1937- (87)

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller

Billionaire, shipping magnate, container vessels, Maersk family dynasty

Michael Hudner

billionaire, shipping magnate, co-founder of B+H Ocean Carriers (Bergvall+Hudner Company) in 1978, president of Navinvest Marine Services
bhships.com

Dr. Nicholas Rostow

Director, Center for Strategic Research, National Defense University, research professor, shipping businessman
fedsoc.org

Nishita Shah Federbush living

Billionaire, shipping, investments
1980- (44)

Parker Host

Cargo shipping businessman, son of T Parker Host founder

Peter Mærsk Møller

Founder of Steamship Company Svendborg, the founding father of the Maersk family dynasty
maersk.com

Rafaela Aponte

Billionaire, wife of Gianluigi Aponte, MSC shipping dynasty

Richard Uihlein

billionaire shipping magnate, political donor, philanthropist

Roman Trotsenko living

Billionaire, transport, engineering, real estate
1970- (54)

Sammy Ofer

Shipping magnate, Zim, large stake in Royal Caribbean cruises, Mizrahi Bank, philanthropist

Spiro Latsis living

billionaire heir, financier of EFG International (EFG Eurobank-Ergasias), son of cargo shipping magnate Yiannis Latsis, private jet owner
1946- (78)

Stavros Niarchos

Billionaire, shipping tycoon, businessman
1930-1996 (66)
snf.org

Stavros Niarchos III living

Kiteboarder, billionaire heir to the family shipping business fortune
1989- (35)

T Parker Host

Shipping magnate, founder of T Parker Host

Ted Arison

Businessman, shipping magnate, co-founder of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) in 1966 (with Knut Kloster), then Carnival Cruise Lines in 1972, patriarch of the Arison family trust (Ted Arison Family Foundation), philanthropist
1924-1999 (75)

Tung Chee Chen living

Billionaire, shipping
1942- (82)

Tung Chee Hwa living

Billionaire, shipping
1937- (87)

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha living

Billionaire, duty-free
1957- (67)

Wang Wenliang living

Billionaire, shipping ports
1954- (70)

William Vestey

Chairman of Union International Company, shipping magnate, head of Blue Star Line, businessman, co-founder of Vestey Brothers (Vestey Group) meat packers at Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territories
1859-1940 (81)

Xu Jiayin

Billionaire, Evergrande real estate

Yiannis Latsis

Billionaire, entrepreneur, cargo shipping tycoon
1910-2003 (93)

Zhang Zhirong living

Billionaire, real estate, shipbuilding
1968- (56)

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