Richest men of the world in 2010
Could I become one of the richest men of the world in 2010 ? ? Or just get a little bit closer to their fortune. How do you do it ? Buying stocks on the trade markets, work hard ? Let's have a look at the list of the richest men in the world.
Some of the wealthiest started their business actually in a garage box, so it might give you some ideas to make some money. However being a computer expert, an oil king or a Wall Street professional might help as well.
1. Rich computer kid and Microsoft founder Bill Gates
$70 billion dollar Bill Gates from Microsoft is still the world's richest man. He has been even richer before. Microsoft has lost some money in the technology adventures, but still owns a $60 billion dollar fortune. So he still sleeps without any problem.
2. Furniture seller and IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad
His own business magazine reported that he had surpassed Bill Gates as the world's richest man. It's hard to say, because it is hard to say who the real boss at Ikea is. But nevertheless IKEA is still one of the largest, most successful privately held furniture companies in the world. The Ikea company had more than 200 stores in 31 countries. 75,000 people have a job at their outlets. IKEA is generating over 14 billion in sales annually.
3. Oracle computer boss Lawrence J. Ellison $55 billion
The boss of the Oracle computer company. Some call him the world's second richest man, Oracle's Chief Executive Officer Lawrence J. Ellison is a charismatic CEO.
4. CEO of computer game make Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi,
The Nintendo CEO gets his way to the top 4 list. Video game developer Nintendo has the focus on profitability of a market venture. Nintendo's ex-president Hiroshi Yamauchi went into retirement almost two years ago, and after passing his power at Nintendo to Iwata-san, he's been living the life of a king, driving fast cars and playing as much Nintendo video games as he likes.
5. Saudi Arabia King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud -- $30 billion
The king of Saudi Arabia for 23 years now. His fortune of petrodollars still increases. Producing oil still is on of the most profitable industries. As the king of Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top oil-producing countries, the petrol King has substantial financial gain as his $25 billion dollar would suggest. The rising of oil and petrol prices will move him up in the list of the wealthiest men of the world.
6. Wall Street investor Warren Buffett -- $28 billion
Wall Street man Warren Buffett. During the 1990s, Warren Buffett still didn't like investing in technology stocks. Much of his Wall Street fortune comes from shares in corporations such as Coke and Gillette, making ridiculous amounts of money off of what we see, eat, smell, drink, and smoke.. But since the implosion of the dot com bubble, the "Oracle of Omaha" investor adviser has come back in the list of the richest men in the world. Buffett's Wall Street company is going strong, as his $32 billion dollars would strongly suggest
. 7. Microsoft founder Paul Allen -- $25 billion
Another Microsoft billionaire, co-founder and founder of the Redmond software company. Paul Allen seems to be quite a cool guy as well. Nevertheless, every time a Microsoft program stalls, you wonder.... 8. UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan -- $ 23 billion This Sheikh from the United Arab Emirates has huge holdings in oil, property and other investments. These multi-billion investments that boosted his financial wealth to largely over $26 billion. The Sheikh is the man behind the U.A.E since 1996.
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