|
25 Richest people on Earth as of 03/09/06 according to Forbes
|
View this Thread in Original format
| dEsidEL |
| quote: |
World's wealthiest
The ranking of the world's 25 richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.
1. William Gates III, Washington, 50, $50, Microsoft
2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 75, $42, Berkshire Hathaway
3. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 66, $30, telecom
4. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden, 79, $28, Ikea
5. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 55, $23.5, steel
6. Paul Allen, Washington, 53, $22, Microsoft, investments
7. Bernard Arnault, France, 57, $21.5, LVMH
8. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 49, $20, investments
9. Kenneth Thomson and family, Canada, 82, $19.6, publishing
10. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 77, $18.8, diversified
11. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 39, $18.2, oil
12. Michael Dell, Texas, 41, $17.1, Dell
13. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 86, $17, supermarkets
14. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 72, $16.1, casinos, hotels
15. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 83, $16, L'Oreal
15. Lawrence Ellison, California, 61, $16, Oracle
17. Christy Walton, Wyoming, 51, $15.9, Wal-Mart inheritance
17. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 58, $15.9, Wal-Mart
19. S. Robson Walton, Arkansas, 62, $15.8, Wal-Mart
20. Alice Walton, Texas, 56, $15.7, Wal-Mart
21. Helen Walton, Arkansas, 86, $15.6, Wal-Mart
22. Theo Albrecht, Germany, 83, $15.2, supermarkets
23. Amancio Ortega, Spain, 70, $14.8, Zara
24. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 50, $13.6, Microsoft
25. Azim Premji, India, 60, $13.3, software
|
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...72154&t=TS_Home |
|
|
| tha_broad |
| holy walmart, wtf is up with that? |
|
|
| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by tha_broad
holy walmart, wtf is up with that? |
Family owned business. The Waltons. Evil people. |
|
|
| Porky |
| have you guys read Time Magazine's cover on Person of the Year Bill Gates (and bono)? i think that it's awesome that mr.bill gates is donating so much of his money away to his foundation. on one hand he's crushing the souls of competing software companies with a clenching fist of dominating power... but on the other hand, he is genuinely concerned about the welfare of the impoverished. a feel good story! :) |
|
|
| Playa24_7 |
9. Kenneth Thomson and family, Canada, 82, $19.6, publishing
I saw this as kenneth thomas when I first glaced at it haha |
|
|
| Tordan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Porky
but on the other hand, he is genuinely concerned about the welfare of the impoverished. a feel good story! :) |
yeah you gotta give him credit for that. him and his wife actually visit the places they're helping and have a good handle on how the money is used.
I had no idea Steve Ballmer was worth almost 14bil... wow! |
|
|
| TranceGrooves |
| 26. Swamper, Canada 10.6 M ... TranceAddict |
|
|
| nusty |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Family owned business. The Waltons. Evil people. |
not anywhere as 'evil' as people seem to think. |
|
|
| King Luis |
| if i was as rich as any of those guys, i would be donating so much of it to the right charities... i would donate anything to government supported charities. i think they are kind of fake. well, i have a suspicion. think about it. so much money to cancer and other disease company's and somehow there is billions of dollars spend on space and weird scientific facts that are useless. |
|
|
| drgoodvibe |
| quote: | Originally posted by tha_broad
holy walmart, wtf is up with that? |
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart (hence the Wal in Wal-mart) left his kids his entire stake in the company when he died.
On another note, if you check out the Forbes site it will show where all these billionares are located, kind of interesting to see, there are still very few self-made billionares. Most out of the total 100 got it out of inhereting companies/shares so on. |
|
|
| d!abolic |
| Wow, Mike Dell is by far the youngest on that list. His book is right next to me :) |
|
|
| d!abolic |
| quote: | Originally posted by nusty
not anywhere as 'evil' as people seem to think. |
LMAO yea, that guy doesn't know "evil" |
|
|
|
|
