We’ve all been there, the yearning for that extra dollar, or in this case, that extra one million dollars. Content or not with your placement in society, if you are not in the top 1% of the nation in earnings and worth, you definitely want to be, whether you’re conscious about it or not. We all want to be the Mr. Slim or the Ms. Walton. What, you don’t know who those people are? Well, I don’t blame you. If you do, I commend you because you’re clearly paying a lot more attention to the world of wealth and power than I am. Maybe, its because there are things in life that are more important, and I focus my time on those things. Laugh.Out.Loud.
Interesting Fact / Myth Buster #1:
Mr. Warren Buffet is NOT the richest man in the world. He is actually ranked #3.
So who is the richest man alive? Drum roll please…and the winner is, Carlos Slim! If you’re like me then you’ll have the reaction of, “Um, who is that?” Well, let me tell you. Carlos Slim hails from the land of Mexico and is the CEO of telecommunications companies Telmex and America Movil. Growing up in Mexico City, Carlos was mentored by his father in practical business skills at a very early age and by the time he was 12 years old, he had owned shares of stock in the Mexican bank. I could continue describing his life story, but I won’t because that would be a lot more boring than speaking about whose richer than who. Basically, the main point is, Warren Buffet is not the richest and neither is the infamous Bill Gates, which brings me to my next interesting fact/myth buster.
Interesting Fact / Myth Buster #2:
Bill Gates is ranked #2 and is ahead of Warren Buffet by a whopping $17 billion.
I guess this isn’t that surprising. After all, Bill Gates did create the biggest industry of computers and related technology that made millions of people’s lives more convenient and entertaining.
So I’ve talked about the 3 richest men alive in the world, but what about women? Just who are the richest women alive? I already mentioned the first woman, Ms. Christy Walton. Worth a sum of 24.5 billion dollars as of 2011, Ms. Walton obtained her fortune through inheritance of her deceased husband, John Walton, the CEO of Walmart. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean she is the most powerful woman on the planet.
Interestingly enough, after a Google search of the richest men and women alive, Google retrieved results of mostly monetary value for men, but power value for women. Do I smell a potential research paper topic?
Anyways, this article does not address the power value in these ridiculously wealthy people, just how rich they are. However, if we were talking about power, itwould obviously be Oprah for women and Chuck Norris for men.
Following Ms. Walton is the inheritor of L’Oreal (you know, “Because You’re Worth It.”), Liliane Bettencourt. From the land of France and at the ripe age of 88, she has a net worth of $23.5 billion. In 3rd, is, you won’t believe it, another Walton. Alice Walton, in relation to Christy Walton, is considered the 3rd richest woman in the world with a net worth of $20.9 billion. What’s interesting to note is that Warren Buffet has a net worth of $44 billion and if you combined the net worth of both Waltons, they only surpass Mr. Buffet’s fortune by $0.4 billion.
So there you have it, the richest of the rich, The Crème de la Crème. If I made you feel better about yourself, then this article is more optimistic than I thought.
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