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The article reports on the migration of Venezuelans with advanced degrees to Panama since the collapse of Venezuela's petroleum industry in 2015. A study from the United Nation's (UN) International Organization for Migration shows the tax contribution of Venezuelans with legal residency in Panama in retail sales, property assessments and other fees. It identifies structural advances of Venezuelan migrants over migration episodes in terms of education, language and cultural assimilation.

Highlights `Forbes' magazine's 1995 list of the world's ten richest business people. How two United States citizens top the list for the first time in nine years; The estimated worth of William H. Gates III, Warren Buffett, Hans Rausing, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Paul Sacher, Tsai Wan-lin, Kenneth R. Thomson, Lee Shau Kee, Chung Ju-yung and Li Ka-shing; Ethnic backgrounds; Reasons for changes in position since 1994's list; How these men made their money. INSETS: The talk of the Bursa Efek Jakarta;Meet the family.

Offers an introduction to `Forbes' magazine's Eighth Annual Survey of the world's wealthiest people. Comparison of fortunes of several countries for 1987 and 1994; Creation of wealth in Asia.

The article presents a list and brief description of the billionaires in the Americas, excluding the U.S. Emilio Azcarraga Milmo is known, the riches man in Latin America, got over $2 billion richer this year as his media empire spread further throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Jeronimo Arango, 67, founded Cifra in 1958. This conglomerate controls a big chunk of the Mexican retail market, with 7 retail chains and 225 outlets, concentrated in Mexico City. In partnership with Wal-Mart, it is currently opening 57 Wal-Mart-type discount, department and warehouse stores. Pablo Aramburuzabala Ocaranza is a son of a co-founder of big, privately held Cervecerla Modelo, brewer of Corona beer. His wealth became apparent in March, when Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. offered $477 million for an 18% stake in Modelo.

The article presents information about the hundred richest people in the world and the condition of economy in their regions. The two big openings to free enterprise this decade have come in Latin America and the Far East. Not surprisingly, the biggest clusters of new billionaires have risen from the ferment of these two regions. There are eleven new Mexican billionaires in two years and seven more ethnic Chinese. Many past Mexican administrations treated private business almost as an enemy of the state; the government enlisted the cooperation of business. As Mexico is emerging from economic underdevelopment, so is eastern Asia. Here the economic powerhouses are overseas Chinese, grown rich in southern Asia, and moving massively into Mainland China.

Offers a country by country list of the world's billionaires, and brief profiles of each. Where most of the world's billionaires come from; Emilio Azcarraga Milmo of Mexico; Kenneth Roy Thomson of Canada; William Henry Gates III of the United States; More; Details. INSETS: Are the Reichmanns in trouble?;Two consumer electronics giants, humbled;Keizo Saji and family;Kadoorie family

Lists the world's billionaires and shows how they attained their wealth. Includes a list of how many billionaires per country; Men with over one billion, two billion, five billion, and ten billion.

This article focuses on Brazilian businessman Emílio Alves Odebrecht, who lost everything in the 1940s and now presides over one of the world's fastest growing and most innovative construction empires. Because his $2 billion general construction company, Odebrecht SA, is the Bechtel of the Portuguese-speaking world. In Angola, Odebrecht has 5,500 workers. Some are building the Capanda dam that will supply Angola's capital, Luanda, with power. In the North American market, Odebrecht lit is working in Mexico with construction giant ICA to build a hydroelectric dam. In the U.S., Odebrecht is completing six projects and has finished building Miami's Metromover transit system.