The World's 10 Wealthiest CEOs

No. 1: Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Value of stake: $35.9 billion
There aren't many people who can lose $25 billion in four months and still top the list of the world's wealthiest CEOs, but this year Berkshire Hathaway Chief Warren Buffett returns to the winner's circle, locking in his victory by a landslide. Berkshire Hathaway has dipped 37% since the fall, yet the Omaha businessman still bests his nearest competitor by $16.2 billion.

No. 2: Lawrence Ellison
Oracle
Value of Stake: $19.7 billion
Business software titan Lawrence Ellison has lost an estimated $5.3 billion on paper since we locked in prices for our 2008 Forbes 400 rankings. Still, Oracle is weathering the storm better than most, falling just 15% in the past 12 months and growing its revenues by 10% in the six months ended Nov. 30, 2008. The Chicago native has been Oracle's front man since the software giant was founded in 1977.

No. 3: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries
Value of stake: $16.8 billion
The elder of the two Ambani brothers makes the list at No. 3 despite a 62% drop since last January in the shares of his petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries. Founded in 1966 by Mukesh's father Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance today accounts for roughly 3% of India's gross domestic product with revenues of $28.5 billion. Mukesh took full control of Reliance Industries when his late father's holding company split in 2005 following a bitter battle between Mukesh and his estranged brother, Anil, who remains on the list at No. 6.

No. 4: Lakshmi Mittal
ArcelorMittal
Value of stake: $13.2 billion
Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal used a slew of acquisitions to parlay ArcelorMittal into the world's leading steelmaker by output. The 58-year-old consistently has ranked among the top five wealthiest people in the world, but his public holdings of ArcelorMittal took a dive in the second half of 2008, falling 73% since June.

No. 5: Bernard Arnault
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Value of stake: $12.2 billion
Since buying luxury house Christian Dior in 1985, French billionaire Bernard Arnault has dominated the luxury market by accumulating la crème de la crème of the fashion and wine and spirits worlds. The 59-year-old impresario ranks as our fifth-wealthiest CEO despite LVMH's 38% decline over the past 12 months. LVMH currently boasts 60 top-shelf brands, including Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon, Moët & Chandon, Dior, Tag Heuer and Marc Jacobs.

No. 6: Anil Ambani
Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, Reliance Capital, Reliance Natural Resources, Reliance Infrastructure
Value of stakes: $9 billion
In the four years since a spat with older brother Mukesh led to the break-up of their family's assets, Anil, the younger of the two, has grown his telecom, energy and infrastructure businesses apace--only to see his shares decimated by the global economic slowdown. Reliance Communications, his biggest holding, is down 78% since the beginning of 2008.

No. 7 (Tie): Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Mashreq
Value of stake: $7 billion
As the head of Mashreq, one of the largest banks in the Arab world, Al Ghurair oversees $25.6 billion in assets. A citizen of the United Arab Emirates, he also serves as president of the Federal National Council, the country's equivalent of congress.

No. 7 (Tie): Steven Ballmer
Microsoft
Value of stake: $7 billion
Microsoft's intrepid chief executive is no stranger to upheaval: Replacing Bill Gates in 2000, Ballmer guided Microsoft through a tech implosion that ravaged some of its competitors and bankrupted others. Nevertheless, the company's lackluster second-quarter results, released last week, have some analysts grumbling about petering growth and a tepid outlook for computer sales.

No. 9: Sunil Mittal
Bharti Airtel
Value of stake: $6.9 billion
Sunil Mittal (no relation to Lakshmi) oversees Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile phone operator. The self-made 51-year-old founded the company in 1995, along with his two brothers, and has since seen its customer base swell to some 88 million subscribers. With his family, he owns a dominant stake in Bharti Airtel, which is down 30% over the past year.

No. 10: Tadashi Yanai
Fast Retailing
Value of Stake: $6 billion
Forget haute couture--Japanese CEO Tadashi Yanai made his billions selling discount apparel to the masses. His holding company Fast Retailing's premier brand, UNIQLO, has been building momentum in Asia as the premiere destination for affordable fashion and has recently expanded with branches in Paris and New York.

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M. K. Ananth

24, Krishna Garden
Uppilipalayam P. O.
Coimbatore – 641 015
Mobile: +91 989 483 2958
Phone: +91 422 257 5858
E-mail: mkananth85@yahoo.com

Objective: To work in a challenging and creative environment in the Human Resources and Recruiting capacities and effectively contribute to achieve the goals of the organization and expectations of the superiors.

Professional Experience

KGISL
Title – Researcher L-2
Industry – Staffing & Recruiting
Duration – From April 9, 2008 to January 30, 2009

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Searching the deep web using search engines like Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Clusty to identify passive candidates in addition to job boards like Monster and Dice.
• Handling Passive as well as Hybrid (Combination of Active and Passive Search) searches for Fortune 500 clients from the Information Technology (IT), Broadcast Media, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Manufacturing Industries primarily in USA and Canada.
• Worked on identifying candidates for various Vice President, Director and Managerial positions.
• Simultaneously handling multiple searches to identify candidates for clients from various industries. Worked on Location constraint passive searches on highly competitive hiring ratios.
• Analyzing the profiles of suspects and qualifying a perfect fit for the position to be filled, before passing their contact details and profile to the sourcing team.
• Posting job openings on free job boards, niche specific groups, associations and communities and networking tools (websites).
• Making optimum use of Professional Networking tools to network with, and to, identify passive candidates to meet the requirements of the clients.
• Well versed in Talent Market Research (TMR) in the United States. Have done TMR to identify availability of number of employees in a particular job title in individual Cities, States and the whole of USA for Fortune 500 IT, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Manufacturing Industries in USA.
• Hands on experience in White Paper work.
• Also Worked on Gate Crashing assignments.
• Identified new search tools (websites) that are of much help to the web research as well as the recruiting process.
• Prepare Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports as required by the clients.

About KGISL:

KGISL is a division of $500 million KG Group conglomerate that has diverse interests in various fields like Textiles, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare, Education, Travel and Entertainment. Executive Talent Acquisition Group (eTAG) is a division of KGISL that deals with overseas recruitment processes, including passive search for candidates and other web research work.


CHERAN TIMES
Title – Staff Reporter
Industry – Newspaper (Media)
Duration – From April 11, 2005 to March 31, 2008

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Interviewed personalities including Mr. E. V. K. S. Elangovan, Union Minister for Textiles; Mr. Velu, Union Minister for Railways; Mr. Karthikeyan, former CBI Director, Govt. of India; Mr. Venkatachalam, Mayor of Coimbatore Corporation; Dr. Neeraj Mittal, District Collector, Coimbatore and Dr. C. K. Gandhirajan, Commissioner and Inspector General of Police, Coimbatore City.
• Keyed in the gathered news items and Press releases and editing them.
• Designed advertisements using Photoshop and CorelDraw.
• Copywriting for advertisements.

About CHERAN TIMES:

CHERAN TIMES is the first neighborhood English weekly newspaper in the whole of Kongu Region comprising the districts of Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Tirupur and The Nilgiris in the State of Tamil Nadu, founded in 2003.

CONTRIVE Energy Engineers and Energy Solutions Private Limited (CONTRIVE Group)

Title – Branding, Brand Promotion & Liaison Officer
Industry – Energy and Specialist Technologies R&D and Professional Consulting Services / Think Tanks

Duration – From September 2005 to March 2008

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Branding and, brand promotion activities through Mainstream Media (MSM).
• Strategic liaison activities for several key projects in Coimbatore Region.

About CONTRIVE Group:

CONTRIVE Group, is a concerted group working at leading edge of advanced energy- and nano- technologies in strategic alliances with research and development facilities of Germany, United Kingdom and United States and provide specialist, technology-based services including design, development, testing, assessment and expert advice in energy and technology intensive sectors.

To learn more, please visit the company website

Educational Qualification

• M. A. Advertising & Public Relations (November 2009)
  Institution: Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai. (Via Distance Education)
  
  
• Course: B.A. English Literature (April 2005)
  Institution: Loyola College,Chennai
  
  
• Course: XII std (March 2002)
  Institution: Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai
  
  
• Course: X std (March 2000)
  Institution: Mani Higher Secondary School,Coimbatore
  
  

Extra Curricular Activities in College

• Member of the College Editorial Team, Loyola College, Chennai.
• Helped the college with Editing and Proof Reading from 2002-05 and won a letter of appreciation from the Principal of the College.
• Secretary, Youth Red Cross Society, Loyola College, Chennai (2004-05).
• Secretary of the Department Sports Club, English Department for two terms (2003-04 & 2004-05).
• Coordinator of Blood Service, Rotaract Club, Loyola College, Chennai (2003-04). Organized blood donation camps and donated around 900 units of blood in that year.

Computer Proficiency

• MS Word & Excel
• Photoshop
• CorelDraw
• PageMaker

Key Skills

• Good communication skills, self-motivated, team-player, quick decision-making abilities, hard-working.
• Positive attitude towards management and colleagues.
• Sociable, emotionally balanced and easily accessible.
• Wide exposure in meeting and moving with C’X’O level and Top-Management people and other authorities in the public and private sectors.
• Can travel extensively and work on projects on short time frames.
  

PERSONAL PROFILE

Name : M. K. Ananth
Father’s Name : R. Mohan Kanaga Kumar
Date of Birth : 2, March 1985
Age : 23
Languages Known : English and Tamil - (To Read, Write & Speak)
Address for Communication : 24, Krishna Garden
Uppilipalayam P.O.
Coimbatore - 641 015

Phone No : +91 422 257 5858
Mobile : +91 989 483 2958


Declaration:

I hereby declare that the above furnished information is true to the best of my knowledge.

(M. K. Ananth)

References: Available upon request