Forbes:
When you think of the richest people in the world, the name Riley Bechtel probably doesn't come to mind.
It should. Bechtel is a member of the exclusive billionaires club. We valued his net worth at $5.5 billion when we calculated our Forbes 400 list in late August--that's above Yankees owner George Steinbrenner III, television hostess Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood king Steven Spielberg.
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Collectively, the Forbes 400 have $1.57 trillion in wealth. It's hard to get your mind around a number like that. So let's imagine that it was available for the public good. What does $1.57 trillion buy?
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These lists of the rich; it will be interesting to see the 2009 and 2010 lists and calculations, who'd dead, who's broke, who's made a killing, who's dropped out of sight.
what's with those eyeglass frames??? is that guy the lone range, the masked man?
This is a joke. The House of Rothchild and other international banking families are in the TRILLIONS of dollars. The media has become shills for corporations and governments and only print fluff.
Yikes. The House of Rothchild? Really, why go for the anti-Semitic place? I have no idea how many Rothchilds there are that actually descend from the British Jewish family, but they most certainly do not have that level of cash. First of all no person or even family has a trillion dollars of resources either in overall net worth or at their actual disposal, let alone multiple trillions. Stop reading anti Jewish propaganda, the Rothchilds are not that powerful, there's no big conspiracy covering up some vast sum of wealth and power. The man who started their fortune was an amazing man who actually managed to survive and thrive in a country like England whose hatred of Jews was probably worse than any other country except for Germany. They don't have that level of influence or relative wealth any longer. Seriously, get out side once in a while and stop reading internet conspiracy theories. It'll do you some good.
Just because you're not para noid doesn't mean someone's not out to get you.
I forget who posted that bon mot, but he/she must have been thinking of you, dear.
Whoaaa, you seem to have some persecution issues. How did you read all that STUFF into a rather ignorant, but innocent post?
i would argue the royal family of abu dhabi have that level of resources at their disposal, but that is about it
the rothschild and rockefeller conspiracy theorists are pretty funny in their devotion to the absurd claims abotu the level of their wealth and influence
Actually, I know quite well who Bechtel is, but who the hell is Oprah Winfrey? Is she in the construction business, too?
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First Posted: 01-14-09 02:11 PM | Updated: 02-14-09 05:12 AM