2006-08-05 01:02:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Here is the top 10
01. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) -- $200 billion
02. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) -- $110 billion
03. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) -- $100 billion
04. John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) -- $85 billion
05. William Gates III -- $60 billion
06. Lawrence J. Ellison -- $55 billion
07. King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud -- $30 billion
08. Warren Buffett -- $28 billion
09. Paul Allen -- $25 billion
10. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan -- $ 23 billion
2006-08-05 14:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft Corporation. He is also the founder of Corbis, a digital image archiving company. Forbes magazine's The World's Billionaires list has ranked him as the richest person in the world for the last twelve consecutive years. In 1999, Gates' wealth briefly surpassed $100 billion making him America's first centibillionaire.[3] According to the Forbes 2004 magazine, Bill Gates's net worth was approximately $46.6 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family
2006-08-05 08:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a fact - the richest person ever to inhabit earth was John D. Rockefeller . In 1910 he was 490 million dollars . In todays money he would be worth approximately 300 billion dollars . end of discussion .
2006-08-05 20:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am the richest person in the world I have friends family love and health that is what you met right
2006-08-05 08:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2006 World's richest man
William Gates III
United States
AGE 50
NET WORTH ($BIL) 50.0
2006-08-05 08:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by FaBuLoUsElYwEiRd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates, Net-worth $47 Billion
Warren Buffet, Net-worth $42 Billion, he just announced he want to donate 85% of his wealth to Bill and Lynda Foundation.
These are the known rich. I am sure there are many people with far more wealth (unofficially.)
2006-08-05 08:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by rafayb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about now but when I was a kid, I knew T.V. Soong, who was the richest man in the world at that time.
2006-08-05 08:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates!
2006-08-05 08:07:07 · answer #8 · answered by kawaii_berry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its Bill Gates. I do not know him but a friend of mine works for Microsoft and sees him at work fairly often.
2006-08-05 08:05:44 · answer #9 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warren Buffet. Don't know him personally.
2006-08-05 08:05:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋