On 09/11/2012 12:02 AM, rst0 wrote:
> Who are the world’s richest multi-billionaires?
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>
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/11/08/who-are-the-worlds-richest-multi-billionaires/
>
> Bloomberg Market lists the top 200 richest people in the world in its
> December issue. Check out the top Bay Area billionaires on the list.
> 8. Larry Ellison: net worth: $37.2 billion, source of wealth: Oracle
> (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (Associated Press)
>
> Bloomberg released today a list of the world’s 200 richest people,
> whose net worth together add up to $2.7 trillion.
>
> Just who is in the 1 percent of the world? From the San Francisco Bay
> Area, they include Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, although his net worth
> has fallen $6.8 billion since Jan. 1 to $10.7 billion, putting him at
> No. 88.
>
> Ranking just above him at No. 85 is Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of
> the late Steve Jobs, whose net worth of $11.2 billion comes largely
> from Walt Disney, which acquired Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion.
>
> Oracle’s Larry Ellison ranked in the top 10 at No. 8 with $37.2
> billion. Google’s Larry Page was No. 19 at $23 billion. Google co-
> founder Sergey Brin, at a slightly less $28.2 billion, came in No. 22.
> Google chairman Eric Schmidt trailed at No. 131 with $8.3 billion.
>
> At the very, very top were some of the usual suspects, including Bill
> Gates at No. 2 with $64.4 billion and his pal Warren Buffett with
> $48.4 billion at No. 4. Who was numero uno? That would be Carlos Slim,
> chairman emeritus of Mexico’s America Movil, a telecommunications
> company. The 72-year-old has a nice nest egg of $77.5 billion.
>
More inspiration of envy than pride. Not surprising.
A mere ~$500K of individual adult net worth (believe it or not)
qualifies for the 99th percentile in global net worth from the UN wealth
study. Imagine that.
First they go against...