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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (63568)6/21/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Olu Emuleomo  Respond to of 164684
 
AMZN overvalued? Hey, PCLN guy is richer than Bezos :-))

BTW, I didnt see William Harmonds name! Is this list accurate?

--Olu E.
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> NEW YORK (AP) - The ranking of the world's richest people as
> estimated by Forbes magazine, excluding dictators and royalty.
> Listings include name, home country, wealth in billions of dollars
> and source of wealth, where available.
> 1. Gates, William H. III, United States, 90.0, Microsoft
> 2. Buffett, Warren, United States, 36.0, Berkshire Hathaway
> 3. Allen, Paul, United States, 30.0, Microsoft
> 4. Ballmer, Steven, United States, 19.5, Microsoft
> 5. Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families, Switzerland, 17.0, Roche
> pharmaceuticals
> 6. Anschutz, Philip, United States, 16.5, oil, railroads,
> telecommunications
> 7. Dell, Michael, United States, 16.5, Dell Computer
> 8. Walton, Alice L., United States, 16.0, inheritance (Wal-Mart
> Stores)
> 9. Walton, Helen R., United States, 16.0, inheritance (Wal-Mart
> Stores)
> 10. Walton, Jim C., United States, 16.0, inheritance (Wal-Mart
> Stores)
> 11. Walton, John T., United States, 16.0, inheritance (Wal-Mart
> Stores)
> 12. Walton, S. Robson, United States, 15.8, Wal-Mart Stores
> 13. Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Saudi Arabia, 15.0,
> investments
> 14. Bettencourt, Liliane, France, 13.9, cosmetics
> 15. Albrecht, Theo and Karl and family, Germany, 13.6, retailing
> 16. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 12.7, real estate,
> telecommunications, diversified
> 17. Haniel family, Germany, 12.4, pharmaceuticals, diversified
> 18. Engelhorn, Curt and family, Germany, 12.0, pharmaceuticals
> 19. Thomson, Kenneth, Canada, 11.9, Thomson Corp
> 20. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 11.1, real estate
> 21. Moore, Gordon Earl, United States, 10.9, Intel
> 22. Anthony, Barbara Cox, United States, 10.6, inheritance (Cox
> Enterprises)
> 23. Chambers, Anne Cox, United States, 10.6, inheritance (Cox
> Enterprises)
> 24. Kluge, John, United States, 10.5, Metromedia Co.
> 25. Walker, Jay, United States, 10.2, Priceline.com
> 26. Bezos, Jeffrey, United States, 10.1, Amazon.com
> 27. Quandt family, Germany, 9.9, BMW
> 28. Mulliez, Gerard, France, 9.8, retail
> 29. Kwok, Walter, Thomas, Raymond, Hong Kong, 9.7, real estate
> 30. Ellison, Larry, United States, 9.5, Oracle
> 31. Rausing, Gad, Sweden, 9.0, packaging
> 32. Redstone, Sumner, United States, 8.7, Viacom
> 33. Schwab, Charles, United States, 8.7, discount stock
> brokerage
> 34. Berlusconi, Silvio, Italy, 8.0, media
> 35. Slim Helu, Carlos, Mexico, 8.0, diversified
> 36. Omidyar, Pierre, United States, 7.8, eBay
> 37. Takei, Yasuo, Japan, 7.8, consumer finance
> 38. Turner, Ted, United States, 7.8, Turner Broadcasting
> 39. Kerkorian, Kirk, United States, 7.3, investments
> 40. Haefner, Walter, Switzerland, 7.2, computers, cars
> 41. Murdoch, Rupert, United States, 7.2, publishing
> 42. Schwarz, Dieter, Germany, 7.1, retailing
> 43. Boehringer family, Germany, 7.1, pharmaceuticals
> 44. Olayan, Suliman, Saudi Arabia, 7.1, Olayan Investment Co.
> 45. Persson, Stefan, Sweden, 7.0, retailing
> 46. Rausing, Hans, Sweden, 7.0, packaging
> 47. Beisheim, Otto, Germany, 6.8, retailing
> 48. Saji, Keizo, Japan, 6.7, Suntory
> 49. Schmidt-Ruthenbeck family, Germany, 6.6, retailing
> 50. Landolt, Pierre and family, Switzerland, 6.4, Novartis

etc...