Did
you know...? |
Walter
Haefner
WORLD'S OLDEST BILLIONAIRE
... his Moyglare Stud Farm in
Ireland - now transferred to his dau. - has approx.
100 horses and has bred such winners as Simple Exchange
and Media Puzzle
|
David
Rockefeller Sr
grandson of visionary oil baron John D. Rockefeller now
working to give away his fortune ... beetle enthusiast
has one of largest collections in world: 160,000 specimens |
Karl
Wlaschek
former jazz pianist ... authorized biography: Karl Wlaschek:
A Success Story |
Kirk
Kerkorian
8th grade dropout ... trained fighter pilots during WWII
... bought and sold MGM Studios three times |
Albert
Ueltschi
Uni of Kentucky dropout ... flew Pan Am planes for 26
years |
Henry
Hillman
philanthropist ... shuns publicity: "A whale is harpooned
only when it spouts" |
Karl
Albrecht
fiercely private ... raises orchids and plays golf ...
over
4,500 Aldi stores |
Anne
Cox Chambers
WORLD'S OLDEST
FEMALE BILLIONAIRE!
... holds the French Legion of
Honor title ... owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 86
radio stations |
Sulaiman
Al Rajhi
one of 4 Al Rajhi brothers ... Al
Rajhi Bank is one of the largest Islamic banks in the
world ... yes, 23 kids! |
George
Mitchell
son of Greek immigrants ... has created at least 200,000
jobs in recent years, made millionaires out of poor landowners
and given America 100 years worth of clean(er) energy |
Deceased
Top 10 Billionaires |
Ernest
Gallo
(USA)
died of natural causes on Mar 6, 2007, age 97.
He was worth $1.3 billion |
Anacleto
Angelini
(Chile)
Chile's and South America's richest man) died of the flu
and emphysema on August 28, 2007, age 93.
He was worth $6.0 billion |
John
Simplot (USA)
died of natural causes on May 25, 2008, age 99.
He was the OLDEST BILLIONAIRE
in 2008, worth
$3.8 billion |
Leonore
Annenberg (USA)
died
of natural causes on
March 12, 2009, age 91. She was worth
$1.7 billion |
Eugen
Viehof (Germany)
died Feb 5, 2010, age 93. He was worth
$1.9
billion |
Walter
Shorenstein (USA)
died
of natural causes on
June 24, 2010, age 95. He was worth $1.1
billion |
John
Kluge (USA)
richest man in USA from 1989-1991) died September 7, 2010,
age 95. He was worth $6.5 billion |
Saleh
Al Rajhi (Saudi Arabia)
died of a heart attack in February 2011, age 99.
He was worth $5.8 billion. ...
had 61 children
(22 sons, 39 daughters, from 7 wives) |
Freederik
G.H. Meijer
(USA)
died of a stroke on November 25, 2011, age 91.
He was worth $4.7 billion |
John
Anderson (USA)
died
of pneumonia on July 29, 2011, age 93.
He was worth $2.4 billion |