There are the facile comparisons one can make between Mikhail Prokhorov and Joe Tsai. One is Russian, the other Taiwanese (or Canadian, whatever suits you.) One made his fortune in the most basic of industries, mining; the other in tech, specifically Alibaba, the China-based e-commerce giant.
One is the product of an emerging Russia, the other of a greater world view, with many links to the United States. Prokhorov appears to be the more playful ... unmarried with a reputation as a rake; Tsai the more serious, married with three children. Prokhorov says he eschews even the most basic tech, the cell phone, while Tsai can wax on about artificial intelligence.