Michael Latifi

Michael Latifi is the founder and owner of Sofina Foods, a $4.7 billion (estimated revenue) meat processing giant based in Canada.

He bought a 10% stake in McLaren's Formula 1 team in 2018 for about $270 million.

Latifi was born in Iran but his family left Iran for Canada when he was a teenager; his first job was flipping burgers at a McDonald's.

Today, the Markham, Canada-based Sofina Foods owns prominent brands like Lilydale, Mastro and Janes, and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide.