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Started by Martim Silva, March 10, 2010, 08:57:20 AM

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Josquius

#15
March 10, 2010, 01:06:53 PM
Isn't it the Ikea guy? :unsure:
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Viking

#16
March 10, 2010, 01:48:19 PM
I just saw it in the news, I WIN!!

What do I win?
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MadBurgerMaker

#17
March 10, 2010, 01:49:51 PM
Quote from: Viking on March 10, 2010, 01:48:19 PM
I just saw it in the news, I WIN!!

What do I win?

The prize.

grumbler

#18
March 10, 2010, 01:54:36 PM
I didn't know Forbes was still around, or that anyone still cared about who was the nominally-richest man.

It is ironic seeing Martim as the one squealing like a girl because he knew ahead of time.  :P
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Berkut

#19
March 10, 2010, 01:56:04 PM
Quote from: grumbler on March 10, 2010, 01:54:36 PM
I didn't know Forbes was still around, or that anyone still cared about who was the nominally-richest man.

It is ironic seeing Martim as the one squealing like a girl because he knew ahead of time.  :P

Does anyone believe that he knew ahead of time though?

He has a rather odd set of groups he is in tight with - both the Soverrrh, Russian government, and Forbes.
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DGuller

#20
March 10, 2010, 01:59:05 PM
Quote from: Viking on March 10, 2010, 01:48:19 PM
I just saw it in the news, I WIN!!

What do I win?
And I was smart enough to know that you had a good guess. :smarty:

grumbler

#21
March 10, 2010, 02:07:13 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 10, 2010, 01:56:04 PM
Does anyone believe that he knew ahead of time though?

He has a rather odd set of groups he is in tight with - both the Soverrrh, Russian government, and Forbes.
The Iraqi refugees who stay at his house could have told him, or he could have discovered this in a trip to his Union years ago (you know how accurately those Russian statistical economists could predict the future, so calculating the richest man in the world each year for 25 years or so in advance would have been easy.
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The Brain

#22
March 10, 2010, 02:09:52 PM
Don't forget that he hangs out with Angelina Jolie.
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The Minsky Moment

#23
March 10, 2010, 03:03:07 PM
Its rather a silly excercise b/c the key contenders hold the wealth mostly in the form of big blocks of equity that are subject to significant fluctuation, and which cannot be liquidated at market value.
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garbon

#24
March 10, 2010, 04:49:17 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 10, 2010, 02:09:52 PM
Don't forget that he hangs out with Angelina Jolie.

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MadImmortalMan

#25
March 10, 2010, 05:58:18 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 10, 2010, 10:20:07 AM
Quote from: Viking on March 10, 2010, 09:03:28 AM
Carlos Slim?
That's my bet.  Being a crony capitalist in a third world country is a much safer bet than owning volatile equities and funding charities in US.

In that case, Ingvar Kamprad has a good shot too.  :P
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jimmy olsen

#26
March 10, 2010, 06:48:44 PM
And here's the list

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html
QuoteRank   Name   Citizenship   Age   Net Worth ($bil)   Residence
1    Carlos Slim Helu & family   Mexico    70    53.5    Mexico
2    William Gates III   United States    54    53.0    United States
3    Warren Buffett   United States    79    47.0    United States
4    Mukesh Ambani   India    52    29.0    India
5    Lakshmi Mittal   India    59    28.7    United Kingdom
6    Lawrence Ellison   United States    65    28.0    United States
7    Bernard Arnault   France    61    27.5    France
8    Eike Batista   Brazil    53    27.0    Brazil
9    Amancio Ortega   Spain    74    25.0    Spain
10    Karl Albrecht   Germany    90    23.5    Germany
11    Ingvar Kamprad & family   Sweden    83    23.0    Switzerland
12    Christy Walton & family   United States    55    22.5    United States
13    Stefan Persson   Sweden    62    22.4    Sweden
14    Li Ka-shing   Hong Kong    81    21.0    Hong Kong
15    Jim Walton   United States    62    20.7    United States
16    Alice Walton   United States    60    20.6    United States
17    Liliane Bettencourt   France    87    20.0    France
18    S. Robson Walton   United States    66    19.8    United States
19    Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud   Saudi Arabia    55    19.4    Saudi Arabia
20    David Thomson & family   Canada    52    19.0    Canada
21    Michael Otto & family   Germany    66    18.7    Germany
22    Lee Shau Kee   Hong Kong    82    18.5    Hong Kong
23    Michael Bloomberg   United States    68    18.0    United States
24    Sergey Brin   United States    36    17.5    United States
24    Charles Koch   United States    74    17.5    United States
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sbr

#27
March 10, 2010, 06:51:00 PM
Why is there

12    Christy Walton & family
15    Jim Walton   
16    Alice Walton 

Are they not all of one family of is there some other stupidly rich Walton families around?

The Minsky Moment

#28
March 10, 2010, 06:51:59 PM
So basically, in a month. from now the top 3 could be reversed.
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The Minsky Moment

#29
March 10, 2010, 06:53:04 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 10, 2010, 06:51:00 PM
Why is there

12    Christy Walton & family
15    Jim Walton   
16    Alice Walton 

Are they not all of one family of is there some other stupidly rich Walton families around?

Because Sam Walton divided the money among his descendants, who have separate households.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson
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