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2006-10-24 02:00:07 · 23 answers · asked by Ayanda M 1 in Business & Finance Personal Finance

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bill gates

used to be warren buffet

2006-10-24 02:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by Imani 5 · 1 1

As per Forbe's list, richest person is Bill Gates (53 B$). I definitely think there is some cover up here. Sultan of Brunei being Head of State has not been mentioned in the list. But, I'm sure he far beats Gates with his wealth.

He is variously said to have owned between 1,000 and 5,000
cars; According to Guinness World Records the Sultan's personal private collection has 200 Rolls-Royces — the largest collection of that marque in the world; Among his collection are the Lamborghini Diablo Jota, Porsche 959, Jaguar XJR-15 and six Dauer 962's. He is also the owner of six models of the Ferrari FX, the original red show model of the Bentley Continental R, two fully operational versions of the Ferrari Mythos concept car, both of the Ferrari 456 GT Sedans, the world's only Right hand drive Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR, seven McLaren F1's including both black LM models and three Cizeta cars. He also possesses a Formula One car as driven by every Formula 1 World Drivers Champion since the 1980 Formula One season, particularly the ones driven in the last race for each season. A prime example of this is Jacques Villeneuve's Williams FW19 which still bears the collision damage courtesy of Michael Schumacher in the 1997 European Grand Prix; The collection of vehicles was for the most part stored and serviced in five aircraft hangars, where specialist teams from the various manufacturers would maintain the collection.

For personal use, the sultan possesses two Boeing 747-400s furnished with gold plated furniture, six smaller planes and two helicopters.

He also operates a $1 billion theme park called Jerudong Park, which in the past used to be free of charge. Jerudong Park

Despite his personal extravagance, he has attempted to share the country's oil wealth.

I'm sure he'll buy Gates before he reaches Microsoft's gate!

2006-10-24 02:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jasee J 2 · 0 0

The World's Richest People 2006

Rank Name Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
1 William Gates III United States 50 50.0 United States
2 Warren Buffett United States 75 42.0 United States
3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 66 30.0 Mexico
4 Ingvar Kamprad Sweden 79 28.0 Switzerland
5 Lakshmi Mittal India 55 23.5 United Kingdom
6 Paul Allen United States 53 22.0 United States
7 Bernard Arnault France 57 21.5 France
8 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 49 20.0 Saudi Arabia
9 Kenneth Thomson & family 82 19.6 Canada
10 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 77 18.8 Hong Kong
11 Roman Abramovich Russia 39 18.2 United Kingdom
12 Michael Dell United States 41 17.1 United States
13 Karl Albrecht Germany 86 17.0 Germany
14 Sheldon Adelson United States 72 16.1 United States
15 Liliane Bettencourt France 83 16.0 France
15 Lawrence Ellison United States 61 16.0 United States
17 Christy Walton United States 51 15.9 United States
17 Jim Walton United States 58 15.9 United States
19 S Robson Walton United States 62 15.8 United States
20 Alice Walton United States 56 15.7 United States
21 Helen Walton United States 86 15.6 United States
22 Theo Albrecht Germany 83 15.2 Germany
23 Amancio Ortega Spain 70 14.8 Spain
24 Steven Ballmer United States 50 13.6 United States
25 Azim Premji India 60 13.3 India

2006-10-24 02:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jeanjean 4 · 0 0

I believe that Bill and Melinda Gates have the most money, but who is the richest really depends on your deffinition of wealth.


Ken

2006-10-24 02:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Ken B 3 · 0 0

Bill Gates

2006-10-24 02:00:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Bill Gates with net worth of $52.7 billion followed by Warren Buffet at $44.3 billion
The Sultan of Brunei is not at the top of this list simply because most of his wealth is property of the Brunei government.

2006-10-24 02:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by kidd 4 · 0 0

Bill Gates,

2006-10-24 02:08:15 · answer #7 · answered by jimmyfish 3 · 0 0

Bill Gates.

2006-10-24 02:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0 0

Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft.

2006-10-24 02:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Bill Gates sure

2006-10-24 02:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by kozza88 2 · 0 0

Depends on what you are calling "rich". Money? Health? Family? Happiness? Friends? Support system? All these can make someone rich. I think I am because I have all the above except the money.

2006-10-24 02:03:01 · answer #11 · answered by Lori 3 · 1 0

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