Paolo Bulgari

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Their great-great-grandfather was an itinerant Greek silversmith. More than 150 years later, Nicola and Paolo Bulgari are both billionaires thanks to a tiny stake each in LVMH, the French conglomerate who acquired their family jewelry company in 2011.

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