No.
Name
Net worth (USD)
Age
Citizenship
Residence
Sources of wealth
1
Carlos Slim and family
$74.0 billion
71
Mexico
Mexico
Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2
Bill Gates
$56.0 billion
55
United States
United States
Microsoft
3
Warren Buffett
$50.0 billion
80
United States
United States
Berkshire Hathaway
4
Bernard Arnault
$41.0 billion
62
France
France
LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
5
Lawrence Ellison
$39.5 billion
66
United States
United States
Oracle Corporation
6
Lakshmi Mittal
$31.1 billion
60
India
United Kingdom
Arcelor Mittal
7
Amancio Ortega
$31.0 billion
74
Spain
Spain
Inditex Group
8
Eike Batista
$30.0 billion
53
Brazil
Brazil
EBX Group
9
Mukesh Ambani
$27.0 billion
53
India
India
Reliance Industries
10
Christy Walton
$26.5 billion
55
United States
United States
Walmart
11
Li Ka-shing
$26.0 billion
82
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Cheung Kong Holdings
12
Karl Albrecht
$25.5 billion
91
Germany
Germany
Aldi Süd
13
Stefan Persson
$24.5 billion
63
Sweden
Sweden
Hennes & Mauritz
14
Vladimir Lisin
$24.0 billion
54
Russia
Russia
Novolipetsk Steel
15
Liliane Bettencourt
$23.5 billion
88
France
France
L'Oréal
16
Sheldon Adelson
$23.3 billion
77
United States
United States
Las Vegas Sands
17
David Thomson and family
$23 billion
53
Canada
Canada
Thomson Reuters
18
Charles G. Koch
$22 billion
75
United States
United States
Koch Industries
19
David H. Koch
$22 billion
70
United States
United States
Koch Industries
20
Jim Walton
$21.3 billion
63
United States
United States
Walmart
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. Exodus 32:20
Shabbat Shalom
The Shadow of War
Re: The Shadow of War
'In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer' - Albert Camus
Re: The Shadow of War
That's a lot of money between so few people.
I don't know if you've seen this before but several corporations rank higher than many countries economically, it looks like some of the people you've listed could also go on this list. http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0718-worlds_largest.html
20 Turkey 301,950
21 Austria 290,109
22 Wal-Mart Stores 287,989
23 BP 285,059
24 Exxon Mobil 270,772
25 Royal Dutch/Shell Group 268,690
26 Indonesia 257,641
27 Saudi Arabia 250,557
28 Norway 250,168
29 Denmark 243,043
So it appears - I don't really have good understanding of this as money is such an abstract thing, that BP is more valuable than the entire country of Saudi Arabia.
I don't know if you've seen this before but several corporations rank higher than many countries economically, it looks like some of the people you've listed could also go on this list. http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0718-worlds_largest.html
20 Turkey 301,950
21 Austria 290,109
22 Wal-Mart Stores 287,989
23 BP 285,059
24 Exxon Mobil 270,772
25 Royal Dutch/Shell Group 268,690
26 Indonesia 257,641
27 Saudi Arabia 250,557
28 Norway 250,168
29 Denmark 243,043
So it appears - I don't really have good understanding of this as money is such an abstract thing, that BP is more valuable than the entire country of Saudi Arabia.
Re: The Shadow of War
Thanks Cate. Money is just a phase we’re going through.
Finance Will Fail
The cancer eats at it
Our greedy dead world
We always deny shit
No Peace flag unfurled
It’s the reason for war
A grand Christmas lunch
The pain Bangalore
The rich have no hunch
We laugh it off smug
It won’t affect me
It’s the ol’ Western drug
Killing our trees
They clear everglades
Hamburger beef roams
McDonald’s persuades
Keep up with the Jones’
A ring on her finger
Her nails of hard plastic
The loans they all linger
But her perm is fantastic
Instead of repent
You board ocean liner
Your guilt is all bent
Your breasts made in China
The company’s leader
Duping your soul
He says he will feed her
He shits in her bowl
Of the rich we make kings
Our queen Lady Ga Ga
To your money she sings
The predictable blah blah
But we read of their lives
Wouldn’t miss it for quids
Nothing else to survive
Murdoch never forbids
And time it runs fast
The businessman kicks
From a hollow little past
We buy his popular tricks
Living prophets sing out
Don’t hear it on I-pod
But to us there’s no doubt
We’re not gonna die, God
And Dylan and Cohen
And Morrison confess
They know we are goin’
To some cultural distress
But you scoff in the comfort
Of your California beach
Can’t hear Yemen’s trumpet
In your clergyman’s speech
And I tell myself this
Little rich man accrue
You’re in the abyss
In the law of the new
The answer’s unsteady
The answer is mute
Your hope is not ready
See, the poor get the loot
Our finance will fail
Sure as earth orbits sun
The critical detail
Is how it shall come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYOl-HpPRM
In peace,
Boss
Finance Will Fail
The cancer eats at it
Our greedy dead world
We always deny shit
No Peace flag unfurled
It’s the reason for war
A grand Christmas lunch
The pain Bangalore
The rich have no hunch
We laugh it off smug
It won’t affect me
It’s the ol’ Western drug
Killing our trees
They clear everglades
Hamburger beef roams
McDonald’s persuades
Keep up with the Jones’
A ring on her finger
Her nails of hard plastic
The loans they all linger
But her perm is fantastic
Instead of repent
You board ocean liner
Your guilt is all bent
Your breasts made in China
The company’s leader
Duping your soul
He says he will feed her
He shits in her bowl
Of the rich we make kings
Our queen Lady Ga Ga
To your money she sings
The predictable blah blah
But we read of their lives
Wouldn’t miss it for quids
Nothing else to survive
Murdoch never forbids
And time it runs fast
The businessman kicks
From a hollow little past
We buy his popular tricks
Living prophets sing out
Don’t hear it on I-pod
But to us there’s no doubt
We’re not gonna die, God
And Dylan and Cohen
And Morrison confess
They know we are goin’
To some cultural distress
But you scoff in the comfort
Of your California beach
Can’t hear Yemen’s trumpet
In your clergyman’s speech
And I tell myself this
Little rich man accrue
You’re in the abyss
In the law of the new
The answer’s unsteady
The answer is mute
Your hope is not ready
See, the poor get the loot
Our finance will fail
Sure as earth orbits sun
The critical detail
Is how it shall come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYOl-HpPRM
In peace,
Boss
'In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer' - Albert Camus
Re: The Shadow of War
The red sail
The tri-colour
The hand-me-down
The unicorn
The whale
Blue sea spray
Yellow dungeon
Green fall
White hot sun
Black gloom
Instrument
Gold and silver
Ray
Ra
Light
In the afternoon
Good Shabbos
The tri-colour
The hand-me-down
The unicorn
The whale
Blue sea spray
Yellow dungeon
Green fall
White hot sun
Black gloom
Instrument
Gold and silver
Ray
Ra
Light
In the afternoon
Good Shabbos
'In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer' - Albert Camus