Ma, Buffett, Gates, Zuckerberg Grow Wealthier; Bezos Not So Much

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Mark Melin
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The biggest individual financial gainers in 2014 were at one time entrepreneurial technology start-ups with one exception. Jack Ma tops the wealth gainers’ ranking The individual who grew his wealth the most in 2014 was Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder and executive chairman Jack Ma. The former English teacher-turned Chinese tech billionaire entrepreneur, Jack Ma’s fortune grew by 173 percent to US$29.2 billion in the wake of the largest initial public stock offering in the history of markets, according to a Wealth-X survey. What to Watch: In 2015, Jack Ma and Alibaba are likely to lead a tech start-up revolution in China….

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.