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  • It may sound trite or silly, but it really does depend on how you define rich. I personally would much rather have good health, a faithful spouse, children who love and respect me and a satisfying occupation than a large bank balance. The richest person is the one who is the happiest, not the other way around. I agree with the conclusion of "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey was the richest man in Bedford Falls, even though he had no significant monetary wealth. On a specifically financial scale, all really rich people are dependent on markets for their wealth. If the market fell out of microcomputer software, Bill Gates would suddenly become worth a lot less. If he tried to sell a significant portion of his stock, it would probably dramatically devalue the stock, so just by trying to use his wealth he would degrade it. A mansion "worth" $100 million or a company "worth" $10 billion may not actually bring 10% of that if it had to be sold. Somebody out there may own enough desirable antiques and art to qualify if they all sold everything above market value at auction... but unless that person advertises his holdings and over-estimates their values, he won't show up on a list. All of the values put on the wealthiest people in the world are subject to change dramatically if they had to convert investments to cash. The value of investments changes without notice with changing market values. Today the right answer, measured by dollar value, may be Bill Gates or the king of an oil-producing country, tomorrow it may be somebody else. [ Response to feedback: I did not give one name because it may depend on what day and perhaps what time of day you try to evaluate all of a person's assets. In addition, it is not possible to accurately value all of a persons assets as I tried to explain. ]
  • Bill Gates (Microsoft) is the richest man in the world.
  • Robert E. Turner is the richest person in the world at 67 years old
  • There really is no 'official' richest person in the world. This is due to many amounts of things... for example, stocks. Stocks play a massive roll in todays economy (well... they, and the banks ARE our econemy basically) and stocks change constantly, therefore you could be the richest one second... then your 2nd or 3rd in the drop of a dime.
  • Ten Richest People in the world in 2005 according to Forbes business magazine. 1. Bill Gates, United States,$46.5, Microsoft 2. Warren Buffett, United States, $44, Berkshire Hathaway 3. Lakshmi Mittal, India, $25, steel 4. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, $23.8, telecom 5. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, $23.7, investments 6. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden, $23, Ikea 7. Paul Allen, United States, $21, Microsoft 8. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 85, $18.5, supermarkets 9. Larry Ellison, United States, $18.4, Oracle 10. S. Robson Walton, United States, $18.3, Wal-Mart
  • After long hard study, and intense thought, I have come to the conclusion that the world's richest man is the one that wakes up in the morning and wonders what he can do to make someone's day brighter. Sharon
  • Me. That's who, I am the most important and the richest person in my world.
  • Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, with $48 billion in his pocket. if he drops $100 dollars on the ground, by the time he picks it up he's already made more money than what's on the ground.
  • It has been said that Bill Gates is one of them. But probably the arabic sheiks who practically own their countries ( oil producers) are the richest.They hold most of the treasury bills issued by the US government.
  • IT'S BILL GATES: HE'S THE ONE, I THANK HIM FOR BRINGING OUT MICROSOFT, WHEREAS EVERYBODY'S BENEFITED; IT'S THROUGH HIM, BY HIM BUT FOR THE PEOPLE...HE MUST BE THOUGHT OF AS THE ULTIMATE MAN OF ALL MEN...I CHEER YOU MR.GATES!!!YOU DO THINGS RIGHT...YOU HELP AS YOU EARNED! MICHELLE YVONNE BASA HERE
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      Chynne, calm down
  • I am, my girlfriend just agreed to marry me last week and I just got promoted, I couldn't be happier.
  • I believe it is a wealthy Arab man who lives in Jordan. Can't think of his name...
  • According to money, Bill Gates. Most computer users use his operating system. "The Top 20 William Gates III Warren Buffett Carlos Slim Helú Ingvar Kamprad Lakshmi Mittal Sheldon Adelson Bernard Arnault Amancio Ortega Li Ka-shing David Thomson Larry Ellison Liliane Bettencourt Prince Alwaleed Mukesh Ambani Karl Albrecht Roman Abramovich Stefan Persson Anil Ambani Paul Allen Theo Albrecht Source: http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/07/billionaires-worlds-richest_07billionaires_cz_lk_af_0308billie_land.html Fictional Billionaires: "Rank Name Net Worth 1. Santa Claus $ ∞ 2. Richie Rich 24.7 billion 3. Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks 10 billion 4. Scrooge McDuck 8.2 billion 5. Thurston Howell III 8 billion 6. Willie Wonka 8 billion 7. Bruce Wayne 6.3 billion 8. Lex Luthor 4.7 billion 9. J.R. Ewing 2.8 billion 10. Auric Goldfinger 1.2 billion 11. C. Montgomery Burns 1 billion 12. Charles Foster Kane 1 billion 13. Cruella De Vil 875 million 14. Gordon Gekko 650 million 15. Jay Gatsby 600 million" Source: http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/13/400fictional.html
  • Figuratively speaking I am guessing it's some guy none of us have ever heard of or ever will.
  • my ass thats who :p
  • my answer is that those persons are very richest who are able to find the solution of business problem pls i want to meet the richest person becoz i want give the idea that how will still in 1st postion of this list pls do some thing for me i m from belonging to poor family
  • He is the richest man who is very healthy and his family is happy with close interactions. When he distinguishes himself from animals, then he becomes a human. When he realises that he is the highest of all creation, then he becomes a human. When he develops his intellect, then he becomes a human. When he becomes an example for others, then he becomes a human. When he transcends the common limitations through his wisdom, then he becomes richest of humans.
  • He who has friends and cares for others is the world´s richest person.
  • He, who stole everything from the indigenous peoples of the universe and the animals.
  • Theres no way to measure who is the richer person, just because you don't have a lot of money doesn't mean you'r not rich
  • The richest man in the world is currently: Carlos Slim Helú. He beat Bill Gates. Carlos Slim has about $67.8 billion. And Bill Gates has about $59.2 billion. For more info visit: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/322239_richest04.html
  • If you mean rich as in a person who owns all the traits you explained, then the richest man in the world doesn't exist. At least not in the human form. Everyone has either one or lacks one of the traits in your answer.
  • Warren Bufed!
  • Bill Gates
  • Bill Gates he was the founder of Microsoft stepped down as CEO a bit ago, i think
  • Warren Buffett passed Bill Gates to be the richest man in the world
  • I don't know, some mexican.
  • I am, unless you are referring to wealth and not riches.
  • THE RICHEST MAN OF THE WORLD IS CARLOS SLIMS, WHO OWNS SEVERAL COMPANIES SUCH AS TELMEX IN MEXICO AND AMERICA MOVIL IN LATIN AMERICA, COMPUSA, ETC, ETC
  • bill gates is the richest person in the world
  • Warren Buffet. And why is this in home and garden lol?
  • Actually Tim Mcgrath has accumulated quite a fortune in the underground drug trafficking business. It is said he has 40 billion dollars in an offshore account and another 160 billion at his home in swahili. At one interview Mcgrath said he strives to be first Trillionaire, but for now he just resides at his home with his wife Tiffany and his farm of dogs.
  • The person who needs money the least
  • I don't know who is but I can tell you who isn't: me
  • According to Forbes 2008, Warren Buffet who is worth 62 billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_wealthiest_people
  • rich what else?smart or famous?dont downrate me because if you were looking for a name you shouldve put who instead of what
  • What's the difference.
  • I think Bill Gates is again.
  • Bill Gates WAS, then he was not, now he IS again ...

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