2007-01-19 20:36:57 · 22 answers · asked by jennifer 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
currently bill gates
2007-01-19 20:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The economy's recovery may be a little shaky, but you wouldn't know it from looking at this year's Forbes 400. In this, Forbes' 23rd annual ranking of the 400 richest people in America, the combined net worth of the nation's wealthiest climbed to $1 trillion, up $45 billion in 12 months.
With a $750 million admission price, 9-digit fortunes are an endangered species here: 78 percent of the people on this year's list are billionaires.
Leading the pack is Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who holds the number one spot for the 11th straight year. Taking up half the slots in the top ten are the Walton family, widow and children of Sam Walton, legendary merchant who opened first discount store in 1962. Since it went public in 1970, Wal-Mart has grown into the world's largest retailer.
Rank Net worth Name
1. $48 billion Gates, William Henry III
2. $41.0 Buffett, Warren Edward
3. $20.0 Allen, Paul Gardner
4. $18.0 Walton, Alice L
4. $18.0 Walton, Helen R
4. $18.0 Walton, Jim C
4. $18.0 Walton, John T
4. $18.0 Walton, S Robson
9. $14.2 Dell, Michael
10. $13.7 Ellison, Lawrence Joseph
What makes the super-rich different?
Those left behind made room for 45 new names, 10 of them members of Chicago's Pritzker clan, whose intergenerational squabble resulted in the carving up of the family's $17 billion hotel and manufacturing fortune.
400 Features
• Charity and the 400
• Blubber capitalism
• The fakes
• A dot-com fortune
• Protecting your stash
• How to stay rich
• The fictional 15
But not all the new names stem from old family fortunes. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page prove a good idea can still make a bundle; bond guru William Gross' steady hand on volatile markets created his $1 billion fortune; and Kenneth Hendricks shows a guy can still make a buck in the unsexy trade of building supplies.
High oil and gas prices also helped: T.Boone Pickens, a perennial suspect for two decades, finally makes an appearance on the list, but his $750 million pile is dwarfed by the $4.2 billion net worth of Houston pipeline maven Daniel Duncan.
2007-01-19 21:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
riches ppl in the world by forbes magazine
1 William Gates - 50 Billion
2 Warren Buffett
3Carlos Slim Helú
4 Ingvar Kamprad
5 Lakshmi Mittal
6Paul Allen
7 Bernard Arnault
8 Prince Alwaleed
9Kenneth Thomson
10 Li Ka-shing
2007-01-19 20:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by renegade4141 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top billionaires (reported by Forbes)
# Name - Net Worth - Country of Origin - Corporation
1 Bill Gates - $53 billion - USA - Microsoft
2 Warren Buffett - $46 billion - USA Berkshire - Hathaway
3 Carlos Slim Helú - $37.6 billion - Mexico - Telmex
4 Ingvar Kamprad - $28 billion - Sweden - IKEA
5 Lakshmi Mittal - $27.7 billion - India - Mittal Steel Company
2007-01-19 20:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by Raising6Ducklings! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most contented man on earth is the richest man on earth
2007-01-19 20:48:12 · answer #5 · answered by sciolism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One William Gates of Microsoft
2007-01-19 21:47:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates
2007-01-19 20:39:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would depend on your definition or use of the word rich. Speaking strictly money wise it is Bill Gates. If you are using "Rich" to mean true wealth it what matters in life - all the good virtues then I am not sure.
2007-01-19 20:42:07 · answer #8 · answered by Mike E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates?
2007-01-19 20:42:25 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates then the Sultan of Brunei
2007-01-19 20:39:53 · answer #10 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill gates... DUrr To da Freakin DUURRRR
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2007-01-21 03:51:25 · answer #11 · answered by black_xxeyeliner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋