Family Trees of Businessmen or Historical Figures

Bill Gates’ Family Tree

William Henry ”Bill” Gates III, (born October 28, 1955), is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world’s third richest man (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the individual shareholder with the most shares, with more than 9 percent of the common stock. Now he spend much time working with charity together with his wife Melissa. Together, the couple has three children.

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The Wallenberg Family Tree

The Wallenberg Family history is in many aspects identical to the history of the modern Swedish industry ever since André Oscar Wallenberg in 1856 founded the Stockholm Enskilda Bank. Through their powerful trusts, the Wallenbergs, originally a priest family from Östergötland (region in Sweden), own and influence many of the classical industrials, such as ABB, AstraZeneca, Atlas Copco, Saab, SEB, Skandia and SKF through the holding company Investor. Beside one and a half century of prominent business profiles, the Swedish Rockefeller or Rotschild dynasty also includes characters like Raoul Wallenberg, famous for his heroic help missions saving jews during the WWII.
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The Birla Family Tree

Kumar Mangalam Birla (born June 14, 1967) is among the richest persons in India and Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which is among India’s largest business houses. He is a Chartered Accountant and earned an MBA (Masters in Business Administration) from the London Business School, London. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla and his wife, Neerja have three children, Ananyashree, Aryaman Vikram and Advaitesha.
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The Tata Family Tree

Ratan Naval Tata (born December 28, 1937, in Mumbai) is the present Chairman of the Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate (mostly famous for its cars) founded by Jamsedji Tata and consolidated and expanded by later generations of his family.
Ratan Tata chaired the acquisition of the Anglo-Dutch Corus Group, Europe’s biggest steel and aluminum producer.
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The Quandt Family Tree

Susanne Klatten was born Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt on April 28, 1962. She is the head of the Quandt family, one of Germany’s most successful entrepreneurial dynasties. Her father, Herbert Quandt, was famous for rescuing BMW from bankruptcy and she still claims a 12.5% share of BMW, which is one of the last independent luxury car makers. Klatten’s grandmother Magda was later married to Josef Goebbels, an important figure in the Hitler regime.
Susanne Klatten fell in love with her husband Jan while working under a false name at BMW. They now have three kids and live close to Munich.
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Arn the Knight Templar Family Tree

Arn Magnusson was born in the year of 1150 on the farm in Västergötland. Grown up in harsh times, in the middle of the fight for power in what would soon to become the Kingdom of Sweden, the forbidden love for Cecilia gets him thrown in the monastery. After been trained by monks in Latin and the art of war, the sword becomes his tool as he joins the Knight Templars to the Holy Country. This is the set in the popular trilogy that now also takes the world with storm on the movie screens. Kindo has his family tree!
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The Simpsons Family Tree

The Simpsons is an animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a soft-satirical parody of the “Middle American” lifestyle epitomized by its titular family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons many aspects of the human condition, as well as American culture, society as a whole, and television itself.
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Michael Corleone Family Tree

Michael Corleone is a fictional character and protagonist in Mario Puzo’s novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino. Corleone, as portrayed by Pacino, was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute.
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