The Caribbean’s Billionaires

By Nicanor Gordon

In 2022, two Caribbean natives made the prestigious list of global billionaires (US currency)

Jamaican investor Michael LeeChin and Bajan Songstress Rihanna. The two, along with other luminaries including Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, Tyler Perry, and Lebron James, make up a limited pool of billionaires of African descent

Michael Lee-Chin

Michael Lee-Chin is known throughout the island of Jamaica as a businessman without peers He’s the chairman of the regional banking conglomerate National Commercial Bank (NCB) and head of Portland Holdings Inc , a pirate investment company in Ontario, Canada, where he’s currently based He’s estimated to be worth around 1 4 billion US dollars

Mr Lee-Chin was born to JamaicanChinese parents in 1951 His mother worked as a bookkeeper and his father ran a local grocery He was appointed chairman of Jamaica’s Economic Growth Council in 2016 and awarded the Order of Ontario in 2017 for outstanding achievement in his field and contribution to his Canadian community Mr Lee-Chin has made a sizable donation to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto McMaster University, and the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation

Rihanna

Newly minted national hero of Barbados Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) has been producing hit music for almost two decades now The multiple-time Grammy winner, occasional actress, businesswoman, and now mother, has excelled at every opportunity

With over 250 million records sold, she is the second highest-selling female artist of all time ahead of contemporaries such as Taylor Swift and Beyonce, and only behind Madonna which makes her one of the most succes musical acts of all time

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