Ingrad Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea, finished fifth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published on Friday, with an estimated fortune of $55.6 billion. … Read More
Cross-dressing at 30,000 feet: British billionaire dons skirt, lipstick to honor bet (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The Virgin Group founder honored the bet by playing the role of a flight attendant, shaving his legs, and even putting on lipstick and a red skirt. The AirAsia flight – a company owned by Fernandes – took off in Perth, Australia, and landed near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The airline boss was also a passenger on the flight.Fernandes gave a harsh review of Branson’s skills as a flight attendant: “Out of 10, maybe one, for a bit of humor,” he told reporters.The Malaysian businessman then fired the new flight attendant after the tycoon deliberately knocked over a tray with a glass of orange juice directly onto Fernandez.”He looked at me, I said, ‘don’t you dare,’ and the next thing I know, he tipped the whole tray on me,” Fernandes said.Fernandes had to take his pants off to dry them. “He and the girls mopped it up, but I was walking around the flight in my underwear for a while because I didn’t bring another pair of trousers,” the head of Malaysia’s main low-cost carrier added.Upon landing, the tycoons took a picture together, but Fernandes said that he “wanted to kill him actually” for spilling the juice.”I always wanted to be an air hostess, but it looks like I have to get back to normality,” Branson told reporters.Branson lost the bet to Fernandes three years ago: In 2010, they wagered on which of their Formula One racing teams would finish ahead of the other by the end of the season. Fernandes’ Lotus team placed two spots ahead of Branson’s Virgin, which eventually finished in 12th place.The 62-year-old Branson is the 4th richest citizen of the United Kingdom, according to the Forbes 2012 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion. His Virgin Group encompasses more than 400 companies, including record stores, airlines, railway companies, a radio station and a racing team. The tycoon is also famous for his multiple attempts to break world speed records. The flight helped raise money for an Australian foundation for hospitalized children. Each ticket reportedly cost around $400; 25 percent of the revenue will be given to charity. … Read More
101 East – The world’s richest city
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Forbes Billionaires List Growing
James Henry: US still leads as many new billionaires emerging in China and Russia; corporate profits at record levels – as austerity hits and unemployment remains high … Read More
The 10 worst people on Forbes’ 2013 billionaire list
It will hardly come as a surprise that the rich got richer in 2013. Didn’t happen to you, did it? The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires hit an all-time high of 5.4 trillion, up from 4.6 trillion in 2012.The Forbes list of billionaires is brimming over with oligarchs, monopolists, thugs, miscreants, and hustlers. Not to mention right-wingers, narcissists, and parasitic predators. The only thing missing is the king of Mexian drug lords, Joaquin”El Chapo” Guzman, whose assets were evidently too hard to calculate this year.Putting together a list of the worst individuals in this group is a daunting task: How to choose, for example, between telecom monopolists? The richest person in the world, Mexican mogul Carlos Slim Helu, is certainly no friend of humanity, but Silvio Berlusconi, with his special brand of Technicolor depravity, managed to edge him out. There are hundreds of garden-variety jerks to choose from, along with several dozen egregious SOBs like GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons who deserve dishonorable mention. And there should be a whole separate list of Russian oligarchs. Alas, one runs out of space and time.While not comprehensive, here, in no particular order, are some of the biggest creeps on the 2013 roster.Continue Reading… … Read More
Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chàvez, mi Amigo
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Abramovich slips out of Forbes list of Richest
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu, with $73 billion in hisaccounts, remained top of the pile as the world’s richest man.Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and a founding chairman of theInditex fashion group, Amancio Ortega are sitting second and thirdwith $67 billion and $57 billion respectively. Mr Ortega was theyear’s biggest gainer, adding $19.5 billion to his fortune andmaking it to the list for the first time.Russia’s richest man, Alisher Usmanov, has lost six positionsthis year and now occupies number 34 with wealth estimated at $17.8billion. Head of Alfa-group, Mikhail Fridman comes second inRussia’s richest with $16.5 billion and Novotek CEO, LeonidMikhelson with $15.4 billion is third.Among other wealthy Russians who made it to the Billionaires’List are Aleksey Mordashov with Severstal steel company and $12.8billion and Oleg Deripaska, biggest shareholder of Russia’saluminum giant Rusal with his wealth amounting to $8.5 billion.The 2013 Forbes Billionaires list now boasts 1,426 names, withan aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6trillion. … Read More
