2006-10-26 02:41:25 · 19 answers · asked by Julie Nguyen 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Bill Gates. Net worth over $56 billion.
2006-10-26 02:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates of Microsoft holds that position for the eighth year in a row (now $55 billion), with runner-up Warren Buffet worth a mere $35 billion.
The list of 25 peoples:
Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($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 Saudi Arabia 49 20.0 Saudi Arabia
9 Kenneth Thomson & family Canada 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
2006-10-26 03:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by flymails4me 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, its definetly Bill Gates....in the billions of dollars...I dont think its quite in the 50 billion arena anymore...
The majority of his wealth is in stock, so depending on the market it can drastically change from day to day.
As for how much money he has---Id guess probably a few million thats actually liquid. Meaning he has an account somewhere (offshore Id presume) with a few million dollars in an account.
Im positive he doesnt have even a billion dollars in an account anywhere. The vast majority of all his wealth in his stocks...even if he needed money very badly he'd never be able to get all of his money out of his stocks. Its HIGHLY illegal to try to dump all his stock off. Yes he can sell off shares of it, but not a few billion dollars of it.
Money is very different than wealth... Net worth= not liquid...
Anyhow...you can track his wealth (again, not actual money) here.
philip.greenspun.com/WealthClock
2006-10-26 02:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by questionaire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dick Cheney. He is the head of the richest nation in the world, and as a result he is spending that nation's money on his company, thus increasing his wealth. The US is shelling out 2 Billion a week
2006-10-26 02:45:26 · answer #4 · answered by Dave87gn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am the richest person in the world, but I don't have a whole lot of money.
2006-10-26 02:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by hutmikttmuk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the forbes rich list (link) it's Bill Gates, worth 50 billion dollars
But this list is based on "net worth" rather than mooney that they have. Most of Mr Gates wealth is based on the amount of shares he owns in Microsoft and the value of that as a company. To convert it all into money he would have to sell Microsoft; so-called "liquidating your assets"
2006-10-26 02:46:54 · answer #6 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The British queen, by a long, long way.
Seven palaces maintained at state's expense, fantastic furniture, huge tracks of prime property, land and forests, fabulous art collection and jewels, the best of state entertainment, gifts any where she goes, an army of servants, and pay the tax she wants to pay.
Do you know prince Charles has a servant to put the tooth paste on his tooth brush and he sent a valet back from Scotland to London to fetch a tie he forgot to pack?
2006-10-26 07:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when ever you are rich in your mind, you are the richest man in the world..... The richness is nothing but,the things which you can take with you even after your death.....simply it may be your best activities people remember you have done to fellows while you were claiming you were the wealthiest. ....here lies the most richest man in the earth once,but his skull is full of cockroches and chest is filled with white ants....
2006-10-26 03:03:23 · answer #8 · answered by seema n 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Gates with over 50 billion USD , second place comes Warren Buffet i believe
2006-10-26 02:49:48 · answer #9 · answered by Bitstorm 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well it was bill gates he used to be worth over 60 billion usd. But he and his wife have liquidated the majority of thier assets and donated 40 billion to fight world poverty and other worthy causes, or so i was told, that was a little while ago now though, anybody out there that can cooberate my story?
2006-10-26 02:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋