Nicknamed "El Ingeniero" (the engineer). His father was a Lebanese immigrant, as were his maternal grandparents. His father died when he was 13. Bought shares of the Banco Nacional de Mexico at 12. Is ...

(Bloomberg) -- S. Daniel Abraham, the New Yorker who became a billionaire by tempting dieters with Slim-Fast meal-replacement shakes and selling his company in 2000 to Unilever NV, has died. He was ...