Posted on 07/17/2019 5:55:53 AM PDT by Steve1999
He’s still in rarefied air, but Bill Gates is no longer the world’s second-richest person. For the first time in the seven-year history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the Microsoft co-founder dropped to the No. 3 slot — giving way to France’s Bernard Arnault on Tuesday, Bloomberg News reports. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos still occupies the top spot in the exclusive club. Arnault, the CEO of luxury goods maker LVMH, has a net worth of about $107.6 billion, having added $39 billion to his fortune in the past year — the largest individual gain by far among the 500 people in Bloomberg’s ranking.
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LVMH? never even heard of it.. how is that possible?
You’ve heard of Louis Vuitton.
Louis Vuitton - fashion
Moët - champagne
Hennessey - cognac
Ah, so the urban, hip-hop crowd is what made him so stinking rich.
Not part of LVMH but he also controls Dior.
No mention of Rothchilds, Bush’s, Rockefellers. They are off limits in show and tell but they the true richest.
I think this is the guy who coughed up all the dough for the burned Church.
I forgot to mention the British royal family with its estimated wealth of 32 trillion dollars. The Bush’s are supposed to have over five trillion. Gates and Beto are chump change compared to the world rulers. It makes me wonder why they have let the dollar get in such a scary state. Wouldn’t it ruin their money to have it go banrupt?
In this listing the USA has 14 of the top 20. Bezo tops the list.
Three are in their 80s and seven are in their 70s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_richest_people_in_the_world
You forgot the Zeta Reticulans who control the vast wealth of the entire Andromeda galaxy.
I’m the richest!
Jesus loves me!
You’re right, it was him
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