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2005
TOP 10 Rich Lists you'll find below ...

TOP 10 - World's Richest Men
TOP 10 - World's Richest Women
TOP 6 - Australia's Richest People
TOP 8 - Brazil's Billionaires
TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People
TOP 10 - China's Richest People
TOP 10 - France's Richest People
TOP 10 - Germany's Richest People
TOP 10 - Hong Kong's Richest People
TOP 10 - India's Richest People
TOP 10 - Italy's Richest People
TOP 10 - Japan's Richest People
TOP 10 - Mexico's Richest People
TOP 10 - Russia's Richest People
TOP 10 - Spain's Richest People
TOP 9 - Sweden's Billionaires
TOP 7- Switzerland's Billionaires
TOP 10 - United Kingdom's Richest People
TOP 10 - USA's Richest Men
TOP 10 - USA's Richest Women
TOP 11 - World's Billionaires Under 37y.o.
TOP 9 - Wal-Mart Billionaires
TOP 10 - Pritzker Billionaires
TOP 4 - Celebrity Billionaires


BILLIONAIRE JOKES

You CAN Take It With You!

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel heard his plea and appeared to him.

"Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you."

The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed. Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet St. Peter.

St. Peter, seeing the suitcase, said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!"

The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and asked him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through." St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed, "You brought pavement?"

Bill Gates and General Motors

Bill Gates is hanging out with the chairman of General Motors.

"If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades," boasts Gates, "you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour. Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50."

"Sure," says the GM chairman. "But would you really want to drive a car that crashes four times a day?"

Plastered Rich Man

A crumbling old church building needed remodeling, so, during his sermon, the preacher made an impassioned appeal looking directly at the richest man in town. At the end of the sermon, the rich man stood up and announced, "Pastor, I will contribute $1,000."

Just then, plaster fell from the ceiling and struck the rich man on the shoulder. He promptly stood back up and shouted, "Pastor, I will increase my donation to $5,000."

Before he could sit back down, plaster fell on him again, and again he this time he virtually screamed, "Pastor, I will double my last pledge."

He sat down, and a larger chunk of plaster fell on his head. He stood up once more and hollered, "Pastor, I will give $20,000!"

This prompted a deacon to shout, "Hit him again, Lord! Hit him again!"

$$$$$

A woman was telling her friend, "It is I who made my husband a millionaire."
"And what was he before you married him?" asked the friend.
The woman replied, "A billionaire."

$$$$$

Bumper Sticker - Filthy, stinking, rich!
Well, two out of three isn't bad.

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You Know You're In Trouble When ...
You make more than you ever made, owe more than you ever owed, and have less than you've ever had.

$$$$$

Did you hear about the exclusive school where all the pupils smelt?
It was for filthy rich kids only

 


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Top 10 Rich Lists 2005

The World
(men)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Men ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. William H Gates III (world's richest person - for 11 years in a row!) $46.5 billion  Microsoft  USA 49yo - Married, 3 children  
2. Warren E Buffett $44.0 billion  Berkshire Hathaway  USA 74yo - Widowed, 3 children  
3. Lakshmi Mittal $25.0 billion manufacturing steel India 54yo - Married, 2 children
4. Carlos Slim Helu $23.8 billion Telecom Mexico 65yo - Widowed, 6 children
5. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $23.7 billion  investments Saudi Arabia 48yo - Married, 2 children  
6. Ingvar Kamprad $23.0 billion Ikea Sweden 78yo - Married, 4 children
7. Paul G Allen $21.0 billion  Microsoft, investments   USA 52yo - Single  
8. Karl Albrecht $18.5 billion  supermarkets Germany 85yo - Married, 2 children 
9. Lawrence J Ellison $18.4 billion  Oracle (database s'ware) USA 60yo - Married, 2 children 
10. S Robson Walton $18.3 billion  Wal-Mart  USA 61yo - Divorced, 3 children 

The World
(women)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Women ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
=1. Alice L Walton $18.0 billion Wal-Mart USA 56yo - Divorced
=1. Helen R Walton $18.0 billion Wal-Mart USA 85yo - Widowed, 4 children
3. Liliane Bettencourt $17.2 billion L'Oreal France 82yo - Married, 1 child
4. Abigail Johnson $12.0 billion Fidelity USA 43yo - Married, 2 children
=5. Barbara Cox Anthony $11.7 billion Cox Enterprises USA 81yo - Married, 2 children
=5. Anne Cox Chambers $11.7 billion Cox Enterprises USA 85yo - Divorced, 3 children
7. Jacqueline Mars $10.4 billion candy USA 65yo - Divorced, 3 children
8. Susanne Klatten $8.2 billion BMW Germany 43yo - Married, 3 children
9. Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler $6.3 billion ball bearings Germany -- n/a
10. Johanna Quandt $5.4 billion BMW Germany 77yo - Widowed, 2 chiuldren

Australia (RECENTLY UPDATED)
Kerry Packer, Australia's long-time richest person, died in his sleep on 26th December 2005, aged 68.

TOP 10 - Australia's Richest People ... (2 Feb 2006) ... Wealth shown in both USD$ and AUD$
Name
Wealth US$
Wealth AU$
Source
Residence
Personal
1. James Packer $5.2 billion   media, casinos, investment (his father, Kerry, died Dec 26, 2005) NSW, Sydney 38yo -Divorced
2. Frank Lowy $3.8 billion   retail property (shopping centres) NSW, Sydney 75yo - Married, 3 children
3. Richard Pratt $2.3 billion   paper (manufacturing, recycling) Vic, Melbourne 71yo - Married, 3 children
4. John Gandel $1.4 billion   retail property (shopping centres) Vic, Melbourne 71yo - Married, 4 children
5. Kerry Stokes $1.1 billion   media WA, Perth 65yo - Married, 4 children
6. Harry Triguboff $1.0 billion   residential property development NSW, Sydney 73yo - Married, 2 children
7. Bob Oatley $900 million   wine, property NSW, Denman 76yo - Married, 3 children
8. Bruce Gordon $895 million   media (was a magician in WWII) Bermuda 76yo - Married, 2 children
9. Stanley Perron $880 million   property (high school drop out) (WA, Perth)? 82yo - Married, 3 children
10. Lindsay Fox $850 million   transport (Vic, Melb)? 68yo - Married, 5 children

Brazil

TOP 8 - Brazil's Billionaires... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Joseph & Moise Safra $5.2 billion banking Sao Paulo -- n/a
2. Aloysio de Andrade Faria $3.2 billion banking Sao Paulo 84yo - Married, 5 children
3. Jorge Paulo Lemann $2.6 billion banking Rio de Janeiro 65yo - n/a
4. Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family $2.5 billion diversified Sao Paulo 76yo - n/a, 9 children
5. Julio Bozano $1.6 billion banking Rio de Janeiro 69yo - n/a, 1 child
6. Abilio dos Santos Diniz & family $1.3 billion supermarkets Sao Paulo 68yo - Married, 4 children
7. Marcel Telles $1.2 billion beer Sao Paulo 55yo - Married
8. Carlos Sicupira $1.0 billion beer Sao Paulo 57yo - Married

Canada

TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Kenneth Thomson & family $17.9 billion publishing Toronto 81yo - Married, 3 children
2. Galen Weston & family $9.9 billion retail Toronto 64yo - Married, 2 children
3. Jeffrey S Skoll $5.0 billion Ebay USA, LA, Los Angeles 40yo - Single
4. Jim Pattison $4.8 billion diversified Vancouver 76yo - Married, 3 children
5. James, Arthur & John Irving $4.4 billion oil/gas Saint John n/a -
6. Paul Desmarais $3.3 billion finance Montreal 78yo - Married, 4 children
7. Charles R Bronfman $2.8 billion liquor Montreal  73yo - Married, 2 children
8. Michael Lee-Chin $2.5 billion mutual funds Burlington 54yo - Divorced, 5 children
9. Bernard (Barry) Sherman $2.5 billion pharmaceuticals Toronto 63yo - Married, 4 children
10. Edward Rogers $2.4 billion media Toronto 71yo - Married, 4 children

China (RECENTLY UPDATED)

TOP 10 - China's Richest People ... (25 January 2006) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Head Office
Personal
1. Larry Rong Zhijian $1.64 billion CITIC Pacific Group (steel, property, power) Hong Kong 63yo
2. Zhu Mengyi & family $1.43 billion Hopson Development (real estate & investment) Guangdong 46yo
3. William Ding Lei $1.27billion Netease.com (internet portal & online games) Beijing 34yo
4. Wong Kwong Yu $1.25 billion Gome Appliances (& real estate) Beijing 36yo
5. Liu Yongxing $1.16 billion East Hope Group (animal feed, finance, aluminium) Shanghai 57yo
6. Liu Yonghao $1.12 billion New Hope Group (animal feed, finance, real estate) Chengdu 54yo
7. Guo Guangchang $1.09 billion Fosun High-Tech Group (retail, media, real estate)
Shanghai 38yo
8. Xu Ming $1.05 billion Shide Group (insurance & banking)
Dalian
34yo
9. Hui Wing Mau $1.00 billion Shimao Group (real estate)
Shanghai/H.K. 55yo
10. Chen Tianqiao $1.00 billion Shanda Interactive Entertainment (online games)
Shanghai 32yo

France

TOP 10 - France's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Liliane Bettencourt $17.2 billion L'Oreal Paris 82yo - Married, 1 child
2. Bernard Arnault $17.0 billion LVMH Paris 56yo - Married, 5 children
3. Serge Dassault & family $7.8 billion aviation (manufacturing) Paris 80yo - n/a
4. Francois Pinault $5.9 billion retail (incl. Gucci) Paris 68yo - Married, 3 children
5. Jean-Claude Decaux & family $5.4 billion advertising Paris 67yo - Married, 3 children
6. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer $4.8 billion Chanel (apparel) Paris n/a - n/a
7. Gerard Louis-Dreyfus & family $3.2 billion commodities (inl. natural gas) USA, NY, New York 72yo - Married, 3 children
8. Martin Bouygues & family $2.4 billion Telecom Paris 53yo - Married
9. Jean-Louis Dumas & family $2.3 billion Hermes (luxury-goods/apparel ) Paris  66yo - Married, 2 children
10. Vincent Bollore $2.2 billion  investments Paris  52yo - Married, 4 children

Germany

TOP 10 - Germany's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Karl Albrecht $18.5 billion supermarkets Muehlheim an der Ruhr 85yo - Married, 2 children 
2. Theo Albrecht $15.5 billion supermarkets Foehr  83yo - Married, 2 children
3. Michael Otto & family $8.3 billion retail (mail order) Hamburg  61yo - Married, 2 children
4. Susanne Klatten $8.2 billion BMW Bad Homburg 43yo - Married, 3 children
5. Rudolf August Oetker & family $7.7 billion food Bielefeld  88yo - Married, 8 children
6. Reinhold Würth $7.2 billion manufacturing (screws) Kuenzelsau  69yo - Married, 3 children
7. Adolf Merckle $6.9 billion pharmaceuticals  Manheim  70yo - Married, 4 children
8. Stefan Quandt $6.7 billion BMW Bad Homburg  39yo - Single
=9. Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler $6.3 billion Manufacturing (ball bearings) Herzogenaurach  -- n/a
=9. August von Finck $6.3 billion investments Switzerland, Thurgau   74yo - Married, 4 children

Hong Kong

TOP 10 - Hong Kong's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Li Ka-shing $13.0 billion diversified Hong Kong 76yo - Widowed, 2 children
2. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok $10.9 billion real estate Hong Kong n/a - n/a
3. Lee Shau Kee $9.3 billion real estate Hong Kong 77yo - Married, 5 children
4. Michael Kadoorie & family $4.7 billion diversified Hong Kong  64 - married
5. Cheng Yu-tung $4.2 billion New World Development (real estate) Hong Kong   79yo - Married, 2 children
6. Stanley Ho $3.6 billion Macau Casino Hong Kong  83yo - Married, 17 children!!!
7. Nina Wang $3.1 billion real estate (fortune contested by father-in-law!) Hong Kong n/a - Widowed? (husband kidnapped in 1990)
8. Henry Fok $3.0 billion Macao casino Hong Kong 81yo - Married
9. Michael Ying $2.5 billion Esprit (apparel) Hong Kong  55yo - Married
10. Patrick Wang & family $2.1 billion Johnson Electric (micromotors) Hong Kong   54yo - Married, 4 children

India (RECENTLY UPDATED)

TOP 10 - India's Richest People ... (15 December 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Lakshmi Mittal $20.0 billion Mittal Steel (manufacturing steel) UK, London 55yo - Married, 2 children
2. Azim Premji $11.0 billion Wipro (software)   Bangalore  60yo - Married, 2 children
3. Mukesh Ambani $7.0 billion diversified (manufacturing)   Mumbai  48yo - ?
4. Anil Ambani $5.5 billion diversified (manufacturing)   Mumbai  46yo - ?
5. Kushal Pal Singh $5.0 billion ? Delhi 74yo - ?
6. Sunil Mittal $4.9 billion Telecom  Delhi  48yo - Married, 3 children
7. Kumar Birla $4.4 billion commodities (copper & aluminium) Mumbai   38yo - Married, 2 children
8. Tulsi Tanti $3.7 billion ? Pune 47yo - ?
9. Pallonji Mistry $3.3 billion construction Mumbai  76yo - Married, 4 children
10. Anurag Dikshit (is this for real?) $3.1 billion ? NA NA

Italy

TOP 10 - Italy's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Silvio Berlusconi - Italy's Prime Minister since 2001 $12.0 billion media North of Milan 68yo - Married, 5 children
2. Luciano Benetton & family $9.9 billion Benneton (apparel) Treviso 69yo - Married, 4 children
=3. Leonardo Del Vecchio $8.5 billion eyewear (Ray-Ban) Milan 69yo - Married, 4 children
=3. Michele Ferrero & family $8.5 billion chocolates Belgium, Brussels 78yo - Married, 2 children
5. Giorgio Armani $4.5 billion fashion / apparel Milan 70yo - n/a
6. Miuccia Prada & family $3.0 billion Prada (apparel) Rome 55yo - Married
7. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone & family $2.1 billion diversified Italy 62yo - Married
8. Ennio Doris & family $2.0 billion insurance Tombolo 64yo - Married, 2 children
9. Stefano Pessina $1.7 billion pharmaceuticals Monaco, Monte Carlo 63yo - Married, 2 children
10. Steno Marcegaglia & family $1.0 billion steel manufacture Mantova 74yo - Married, 2 children

Japan

TOP 10 - Japan's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Nobutada Saji & family $5.8 billion Suntory (beverages) - recently engineered the world's first blue rose! Hyogo 59yo - Married
2. Yoshitaka Fukuda & family $5.6 billion Aiful (consumer finance) Kyoto 57yo - Married, 3 children
3. Yasuo Takei & family $5.5 billion Takefuji (consumer finance) Tokyo 75yo - Married, 3 children
4. Eitaro Itoyama $4.9 billion golf courses Tokyo 62yo - Married, 2 children
=5. Kunio Busujima & family $4.7 billion pinball machines (manufacturing) Kiryu 79yo - Married, 4 children
=5. Kyosuke Kinoshita & family $4.7 billion Acom (consumer finance) Tokyo 64yo - Married, 3 children
7. Fukuzo Iwasaki $4.4 billion real estate Kagoshima 80yo - Married, 3 children
8. Masayoshi Son $4.3 billion Softbank (software) Tokyo 47yo - Married, 2 children
9. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi $3.7 billion

real estate (arrested in March for insider trading) - world's richest person from 1987-1990

Tokyo 70yo - Married
10. Akira Mori $3.2 billion Mori Trust (real estate) Tokyo 67yo - Married, 3 children
* world's richest person from 1991-1992 was Taikichiro Mori. (d. 1993)

Mexico

TOP 10 - Mexico's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Carlos Slim Helu (just call him Midas) $23.8 billion Telecom Mexico City 65yo - Widowed, 6 children
2. Jeronimo Arango $3.6 billion retail (was a Wal-Mart partner) Mexico 79yo - n/a
3. Alberto Bailleres $2.7 billion mining silver Mexico City 72yo - n/a
4. Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family $2.6 billion retail (facing business scandal) Mexico City 49yo - Married, 3 children
5. Lorenzo Zambrano & family $2.2 billion cement Monterrey 61yo - Single
6. Roberto Hernandez $2.0 billion Banamex (banking) Mexico City 63yo - n/a
7. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family $1.8 billion beer (Corona) Mexico City 41yo - Married, 2 children
8. Alfredo Harp Helu $1.6 billion Banamex (banking) Mexico City 61yo - Married, 4 children
9. Isaac Saba Raffoul & family $1.2 billion diversified (incl. Marriott hotels) Mexico City 81yo - n/a
10. Emilio Azcarraga Jean $1.0 billion media Mexico City 37yo - Married

Russia

TOP 10 - Russia's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Roman Abramovich $13.3 billion oil (fled Russia in 2000 to escape fraud charges) UK, London 38yo - Married, 5 children
=2. Mikhail Fridman $7.0 billion oil / banking Moscow 40yo - Married, 2 children
=2. Vladimir Lisin $7.0 billion Novolipetsk steel mill Moscow 48yo - Married, 3 children
4. Oleg Deripaska $5.5 billion Russian Aluminum (Married into family of former President Yeltsin) Moscow 36yo - Married
5. Viktor Vekselberg $5.0 billion oil / metals (laying low to avoid Kremlin scrutiny) Moscow 47yo - Married, 2 children
6. Alexei Mordashov $4.8 billion Severstal (steel) Moscow 39yo - Married, 3 children
=7. Vladimir Potanin $4.4 billion metals Moscow 44yo - Married, 3 children
=7. Mikhail Prokhorov $4.4 billion metals (often featured in gossip pages for his parties) Moscow 39yo - Single
9. Vagit Alekperov $4.3 billion Lukoil (oil) Moscow 54yo - Married, 1 child
10. Victor Rashnikov $3.6 billion Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works Magnitogorsk 56yo - Married, 2 children

Spain

TOP 10 - Spain's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Amancio Ortega $12.6 billion Zara (apparel) La Coruna 69yo - Married, 3 children
2. Rafael del Pino $5.0 billion Ferrovial (construction) Madrid 84yo - Married, 5 children
3. Jesus de Polanco $2.8 billion Grupo Prisa (media) Madrid 75yo - Married, 4 children
4. Esther Koplowitz $2.5 billion construction Barcelona 54yo - Married, 3 children
=5. Isak Andic $2.0 billion Mango (apparel) Barcelona 50yo - Married, 3 children
=5. Rosalia Mera $2.0 billion Zara (apparel) La Coruna 61yo - Divorced, 2 children
7. Emilio Botin $1.9 billion banking (faces potential scandal: misspending $200 million of bank funds in early retirement payments) Santander 70yo - Married, 6 children
8. Manuel Jove $1.6 billion FADESA Immobiliaria (real estate) La Coruna 63yo - Married, 2 children
9. Alicia Koplowitz $1.4 billion investments Madrid 52yo - Divorced, 3 children
10. Gabriel Escarrer $1.3 billion Sol Melia (hotels) Palma de Majorca 70yo - Married, 6 children

Sweden

TOP 9 - Sweden's Billionaires... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Ingvar Kamprad $23.0 billion Ikea (retail) Switzerland, Lausanne 78yo - Married, 4 children
2. Stefan Persson $11.2 billion Hennes & Mauritz (retail) Stockholm 57yo - Married, 3 children
3. Hans Rausing $8.2 billion Tetra Laval (packaging) - Moved to England in 1980 to avoid punitive Swedish taxes. UK, Wadhurst 79yo - Married, 3 children
4. Birgit Rausing & family $7.6 billion Tetra Laval (packaging manufacture) Switzerland, Vaud 81yo - Widowed, 3 children
5. Antonia Johnson $5.4 billion A. Johnson & Co. (diversified) Stockholm 61yo - Married, 4 children
6. Fredrik Lundberg $2.0 billion real estate / investments Stockholm 53yo - Married, 2 children
=7. Gustaf Douglas $1.5 billion Assa Abloy (locks) / security Stockholm 67yo - Married, 2 children
=7. Jorgen Philip-Sorensen $1.5 billion Group 4 Falck AS (security) UK, Broadway 66yo - Married, 4 children
9. Liselott (Lottie) Persson $1.3 billion Hennes & Mauritz (retail) Stockholm n/a - n/a

Switzerland

TOP 7- Switzerland's Billionaires... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Ernesto Bertarelli $5.8 billion Sereno (biotech) - yachtsman who won the America's Cup in 2003 Geneva 39yo - Married, 2 children
2. Walter Haefner $4.3 billion Computer Associates (software) Zurich 94yo - Married, 2 children
3. Thomas Schmidheiny $3.8 billion Holcim (cement) Balgach 59yo - Married, 4 children
4. Willi & Isolde Liebherr & family $3.5 billion construction Bulle n/a
5. Sergio Mantegazza $3.0 billion Globus & Cosmos (travel) Lugano 77yo - Married, 1 child
6. Stephan Schmidheiny $2.8 billion investments Zurich 57yo - Married, 2 children
7. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte $2.5 billion Mediterranean Shipping Company Geneva n/a - Married, 2 children

United Kingdom

TOP 10 - United Kingdom's Richest People ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
(6th Duke of Westminister)
$5.6 billion real estate (incl. Mayfair) Chester 53yo - Married, 4 children
2. David Sainsbury & family
(Tony Blair's Science Minister)
$4.3 billion supermarkets London 64yo - Married, 3 children
3. Bernard Ecclestone & family $3.6 billion Formula One (car racing)
London 74yo - Married, 2 children
4. David & Frederick Barclay (twins) $3.4 billion media, retail (manage their businesses from the island tax haven of Jersey) Island of Brecquou n/a - n/a
5. Richard Branson (high school dropout) $3.2 billion Virgin (airlines, etc) London 54yo - Married, 2 children
6. Charles Cadogan & family $2.7 billion real estate London 68yo - Married, 3 children
7. Clive Calder $2.3 billion Zomba Recordings (incl. Britney Spears, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys ) Cayman Islands 58yo - Married, 2 children
8. Bruno Schroder & family $2.0 billion Schroders Plc. (banking) London 72yo - Separated, 1 child
9. John Whittaker $1.7 billion real estate Isle of Man 63yo - Married, 4 children
10. Joseph Lewis (high school dropout) $1.6 billion finance Bahamas, Lyford Cay 68yo - Married, 2 children

United States
(men)

TOP 10 - USA's Richest Men ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. William Gates III $46.5 billion Microsoft  WA, Medina 49yo - Married, 3 children  
2. Warren Buffett $44.0 billion Berkshire Hathaway  NE, Omaha 74yo - Widowed, 3 children  
3. Paul Allen $21.0 billion Microsoft, investments   WA, Seattle 52yo - Single  
4. Lawrence Ellison $18.4 billion Oracle (database s'ware) CA, Silicon Valley 60yo - Married, 2 children 
5. S Robson Walton $18.3 billion  Wal-Mart AR, Bentonville 61yo - Divorced, 3 children 
=6. Jim Walton $18.2 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 57yo - Married, 4 children 
=6. John Walton $18.2 billion Wal-Mart DIED in plane crash June 05 AR, Bentonville 59yo - Married, 1 child
8. Michael Dell $16.0 billion Dell (world's biggest PC maker) TX, Austin 56yo - Married, 4 children 
9. Sheldon Adelson $15.6 billion casinos, hotels NV, Las Vegas 71yo - Married, 5 children 
10. Steven Ballmer $12.1 billion Microsoft WA, Redmond 49yo - Married, 2 children

United States
(women)

TOP 10 - USA's Richest Women ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
=1. Alice Walton $18.0 billion Wal-Mart  TX , Fort Worth 56yo - Divorced
=1. Helen Walton $18.0 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 85yo - Widowed, 4 children
3. Abigail Johnson $12.0 billion Fidelity investments MA, Boston 43yo - Married, 2 children
4. Barbara Cox Anthony $11.7 billion media/entertainment HI, Honolulu 81yo - Married, 2 children
5. Anne Cox Chambers $11.7 billion media/entertainment GA, Atlanta 85yo - Divorced, 3 children
6. Jacqueline Mars $10.4 billion candy (incl. Mars bar) NJ, Bedminster 65yo - Divorced, 3 children
7. Barbara Piasecka Johnson $2.9 billion Johnson & Johnson Monaco, Monte Carlo 68yo - Widowed
8. Martha Ingram & family $2.6 billion Ingram Industries TN, Nashville 69yo - Widowed, 4 children
9. Nancy Walton Laurie $2.5 billion Wal-Mart MO, Columbia 53yo - Married, 1 child
10. Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley
(known as as "Queen of Mean")
$2.2 billion real estate (served 18 months in jail for tax evasion) NY, New York 85yo - Widowed, 1 child

Under 37

TOP 11 - Billionaires Under 37yo ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis (lives in one of the family castles) $2.0 billion diversified Germany 21yo - Single
2. Sergey Brin $7.2 billion Google (internet gateway) USA 31yo - Single
3. Larry Page $7.2 billion Google (internet gateway) USA 32yo - Single
=4. Saad Hariri $1.2 billion construction, investments (billionaire father, Rafik, was slain in Beirut, Feb 2005) Saudi Arabia 33yo - Married, 2 children
=4. Andrei Melnichenko $1.2 billion banking, energy Russia 33yo - Single
=4. Sergei Popov $1.2 billion MDM Group ( banking, energy) Russia 33yo - Married
=4. Daniel Ziff $1.5 billion hedge funds (investments) USA 33yo - Single
8. Wong Kwong Yu $1.5 billion Gome Electrical Appliances (Gave away nearly $900,000 to the Tsunami relief effort) China 35yo - Married, 2 children
=9. Oleg Deripaska $5.5 billion Russian Aluminum (Married into family of former President Yeltsin) Moscow 36yo - Married
=9. Alexander Shnaider $1.4 billion steel manufacturing (building Toronto's tallest building with Donald Trump) Canada 36yo - Married, 3 children
=9. Jerry Yang $2.6 billion Yahoo USA 36yo - Married, 1 child

Wal-Mart
Founded by Sam Walton (d. 1992), legendary merchant who opened first discount store in Rogers, Ark. in 1962.
Took Wal-Mart public 1970; explosive growth. Wal-Mart now world's largest retailer, with more than 5,000 stores.

TOP 9 - Wal-Mart Billionaires ... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
USA Residence
Personal
1. S Robson Walton - eldest son $18.3 billion  Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 61yo - Divorced, 3 children 
2. Jim Walton - 3rd (and youngest) son $18.2 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 57yo - Married, 4 children 
3. John Walton - 2nd son $18.2 billion Wal-Mart DIED June 05 AR, Bentonville 59yo - Married, 1 child
4. Alice Walton - only daughter $18.0 billion Wal-Mart  TX, Fort Worth 56yo - Divorced
5. Helen Walton - Sam's widow $18.0 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 85yo - Widowed, 4 children
6. Ann Walton Kroenke - niece $3.0 billion Wal-Mart MO, Columbia 55yo - Married, 2 children 
7. Nancy Walton Laurie - niece $2.5 billion Wal-Mart MO, Columbia 53yo - Married, 1 child
8. E Stanley Kroenke - nephew-in-law $1.7 billion sports, real estate MO, Columbia 57yo - Married, 2 children
9. Robert D McLane Jr - sold his grocery distribution business to Sam in 1990. $1.3 billion Wal-Mart, logistics TX, Temple 68yo - Married, 2 children

Pritzker Billionaires
(A family with more billionaires than the Waltons and most countries in the world!)
A.N. Pritzker (d. 1986), with sons Jay (d. 1999) and Robert
created industrial conglomerate Marmon (2003 sales: $5.5 billion) and hotel chain Hyatt (207 hotels worldwide).

TOP 11 - Pritzker Billionaires... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
USA Residence
Personal
1. Thomas Pritzker - grandchild $1.7 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Chicago 54yo - n/a
2. Penny Pritzker - grandchild $1.6 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Chicago 45yo - Married, 2 children
=3. Anthony Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments CA, Los Angeles 44yo - Married, 4 children
=3. Daniel Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments CA, Marin County 46yo - Married, 5 children
=3. James Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Chicago 53yo - Divorced, 3 children
=3. Jay Robert (JB) Pritzker - ? $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Evanston 40yo - ?
=3. Jean (Gigi) Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Chicago 43yo - Married, 3 children
=3. John Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments CA, San Francisco 52yo - Married, 3 children
=3. Karen Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments CT, New Haven 47yo - Married, 4 children
=3. Linda Pritzker - grandchild $1.5 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments MT, St Ignatius 51yo - Divorced, 3 children
11. Nicholas Pritzker II - nephew $1.1 billion hotels (Hyatt), investments IL, Chicago 61yo - Married, 4 children

Celebrity Billionaires

TOP Celebrity Billionaires... (11 February 2005) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. George Lucas $3.0 billion Star Wars (director/producer) USA 60yo - Divorced, 3 children
2. Steven Spielberg $2.7 billion movies (director/producer) - incl. Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Men in Black, etc USA 58yo - Married, 7 children
3. Oprah Winfrey $1.3 billion The Oprah Winfrey Show (Miss Black Tennessee age 19) USA 51yo - Single
4. Joanne (JK) Rowling $1.0 billion Harry Potter (5 Harry Potter books have sold 265 million copies; grossed over $3 billion in movie/DVD sales) UK/Scotland 39yo - Married, 2 children

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