Last week the 2008 Forbes list of worlds richest people was released and it made me wonder. There are now 1,125 in the world. For the first time ever, more than one thousand. And Bill Gates is no longer number one, but in fact number 3 now. And there are only 4 Americans on the top 20. Down from 8
link:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/ric...llie_land.html
What does it really take to become one? Drive? dedication? inheritance? pure luck? never letting go of a dream? Let me know what you think
Last edited by conquistaDan; Wed, 03-12-2008 at 02:40 AM.
Step 1: become a millionaire.
Step 2: repeat step 1 a thousand times.
But seriously, a lot of the billionaires around either founded, co-founded, or invested heavily in companies that grew dramatically. Or they inherited large fortunes (or oil fields) and grew the investment... either way.
No no, you've got it all wrong. It's:Originally Posted by complich8
Step 1: Find a billionaire.
Step 2: Marry billionaire.
Hehe, I jest. On the original topic, it doesn't surprise me at all that there are fewer Americans on that list. It's much easier to be a billionaire in a country where you can pay the police to look the other way to what you're doing. Maybe I'm spoiling your idealistic dreams of riches with my cynicism (I know, who would have thought that KitKat would be cynical!) but I'll bet a lot of those people gained their billions at the cost of others. Not a price I'd be willing to pay, personally.
Housing, and globally asset's bubbles allowed for "artificial" fortune growth.
Sadly when those bubble burst, the world won't be as peaceful as it is now.
There is like US$516 trillion of assets in bubble... when US gdp is 15 trillion/year and all of the world real estate is 75 trillion.
those 516 trillion were only 100 in the beggining of the millenium.
I do hope the situation does not get like in 1929 or worse.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Wow, notice how many Russian billionaires there are and all in their early 40s. Probably mobbed up or criminally negligent? Or did they just get lucky with the new free enterprise Russia?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I think it's mostly a mix of inheritance and luck.
First you buy the things that you always want to buy!!
(you have still enough money)
Second you what money to your parents and buy expensive gifts for your other family
(You still have enough money)
Third stop with your job
(you still have ebough money)
Fourth live just like a miljonair
Fifth do what you want
...I think you misunderstood the question just a little.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Take Yukos, it's former boss now in jail, was very near the gov and benefited from freedom in stealing from the russian people old system...
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Money -> Power -> Women
You are rich when the interests of your interests allow you to live like a millionaire
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
So if i am rich and my interests allow me to live like a miljonair then i am rich. But i am not rich how can my interests allow me to live like a miljonair>Head PressureYou are rich when the interests of your interests allow you to live like a millionaire
Was I lost in translation?
Bank interests, when money produces more money?
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Step 3 : Turn Widow
Awake much?
From another related article on the list of the world's billionaires:
And the magazine revealed Zuckerberg – creator of social networking site Facebook – is the youngest self-made U.S. billionaire to ever appear in the Forbes billionaire rankings.
The website, which he set up to keep in touch with friends he made at Harvard, has made the 23-year-old £755million.
So there you have it. a 23 year old billionaire.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
Yeah, but he's just barely a billionaire.
Besides, like they say, "mo' money, mo' problems".
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
From another related article on the list of the world's billionaires:
And the magazine revealed Zuckerberg – creator of social networking site Facebook – is the youngest self-made U.S. billionaire to ever appear in the Forbes billionaire rankings.
The website, which he set up to keep in touch with friends he made at Harvard, has made the 23-year-old £755million.
So there you have it. a 23 year old billionaire.
Yeah about that. I really hope someone didn't bring that up. Really, really. Because I kind of started this thread just to see what people thought. But also, to gain feedback on things. And, Zuckerberg, is only 8 months older than me. Why does this matter? > conquistaDans biggest passions in life.
On top of the list:
to be in the position Zuckerberg is. He basically stole my biggest goal in life. Seriously, thats my number one goal other than to marry a 10. I can't say steal, because we didn't know each other. Nor was Facebook my idea, but we're in the same industry (online advertising) and we're the same age. Thats the big stinger.
My biggest one is to get the satisfaction of having a copy of the list in your back pocket and high light my name to anyone who doesn't believe me, and then match it up to my ID from my wallet. Then if they do, buy them a steak dinner and a round of expensive wine.
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let me know what you think. I hope you all like it.
Last edited by conquistaDan; Thu, 03-13-2008 at 01:44 AM.
I think that there is a lot of chance that you will be deprived without protection.
Thats why i dont want to be rich because you cant live like other people do. If have protection then you cant go anywhere because its prohibited
I'm gonna have to go back to Warren Buffett on that one. The guy drives his own car, goes to his favorite restaurant, and doesn't carry around a team of bodyguards or anything like that. Richest man in the world.
If you're wealthy, but live a modest life, nobody's going to really even know that you're wealthy. But if you act like you're god's gift to humanity because you've managed to accumulate some scratch, people will think you're an arrogant prick and target you just to take you down a couple pegs.
In other words, if you play your cards close to your chest, you'll probably be fine.
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