Kerr Neilson

Kerr Neilson still owns more than half of international equities fund manager Platinum Asset Management together with his ex-wife Judith.They had partially cashed out in a well-timed 2007 IPO.Known for his value-based contrarian stock picks that have earned him comparisons with Warren Buffett, Neilson bought his first stock at age 13.A Johannesburg native, he cofounded Platinum in 1994, after moving to Sydney from South Africa a decade earlier to work for Bankers Trust Australia.