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JUNE <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />
ENTREPRENEURS<br />
54 | GOOGLE SLAYER<br />
Starting with $15,000, Jorn Lyseggen built a version of Google Alerts<br />
before Google Alerts. And despite the big-foot competition, Meltwater<br />
has found the talent to forge a $300 million company.<br />
BY ZACK O’MALLEY GREENBURG<br />
58 | LIGHTBULB MOMENT<br />
It took a trip to China for the founders of Green Creative to spot an<br />
LED-bulb niche in the U.S.<br />
BY JEFF KAUFLIN<br />
INVESTING<br />
62<br />
62 | WALL STREET’S ROBOCOP<br />
Tim Estes’ insights into language and meaning are<br />
helping detect terrorists, human traffickers and market<br />
manipulators—and making him rich.<br />
BY ANTOINE GARA<br />
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66 | BUILD THE WALL! POR FAVOR.<br />
Trump’s incendiary tweets against Mexico are music to<br />
the ears of BlackRock’s intrepid emerging-market portfolio<br />
manager Gerardo Rodriguez.<br />
BY KENNETH RAPOZA<br />
FEATURES<br />
80 | THE IT GIRL<br />
Former news anchor Jamie Kern Lima began testing makeup<br />
a decade ago to help cover her red, blotchy skin. That experimentation<br />
led to the creation of IT Cosmetics, which L’Oréal snapped up<br />
in 2016 for $1.2 billion. Now she’s plotting to turn IT into the largest<br />
beauty brand in the world.<br />
BY CHLOE SORVINO<br />
86 | AMERICA’S RICHEST SELF-MADE WOMEN<br />
These 60 entrepreneurs, innovators and entertainers made their money<br />
in everything from makeup to finance. Altogether they are worth a<br />
record $61.5 billion, 17% more than a year ago.<br />
EDITED BY LUISA KROLL<br />
94 | THE LOOMING RETAIL BAILOUT<br />
Think America’s retail industry is hurting now? It’s about to get way,<br />
way worse—and these nine charts prove it.<br />
BY GEORGE ANDERS<br />
100<br />
100 | THE BIG CHEESE<br />
From Pizza Hut and Domino’s to Little Caesars and Papa John’s,<br />
the vast majority of pizzas in America feature mozzarella from one<br />
company. For the first time, secretive billionaire James Leprino<br />
explains how he built a cheese juggernaut.<br />
BY CHLOE SORVINO<br />
LIFE<br />
106 | THE SECOND TIME AROUND<br />
When watch collector Pascal Raffy bought the venerable Swiss brand<br />
Bovet, he reinvented the company—and himself.<br />
BY ROBERTA NAAS<br />
108 | THOUGHTS<br />
On pioneers.<br />
6 | FORBES JUNE <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2017</strong>
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