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Now we interrupt with Liliane Bettencourt with the L’Oréal juggernaut making her more money than a mint prints notes in a day with her 39.4 billion dollars.

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Jim Walton is second in the Wal-Mart bunch with his 40.6 billion and I have to wonder, what would I do with that much money? Oh that was easy, I’d go to space and moon the Earth because that would be hilarious.

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Next we have Christy Walton, the richest woman alive with her 41.7 billion smackeroos, but more importantly she’s the richest Walton and beat her relatives at the ‘who’s more successful’ competition.

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David Koch made his money from something that isn’t a cola flavoured drink, most of it, but not all, is made from oil pipelines and refineries but his source of wealth is very diversified.

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Next we have Charles Koch, brother of David and owner of 42.9 billion dollars, which also happens to be the same amount David has.

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Larry Ellison jumps 11.4 billion dollars ahead of his Charles and David with the business software and computer hardware company ‘Oracle’ which makes almost all of its money off of other rich people.

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Next we have Amancio Ortega with 64.5 billion dollars making him 10.2 billion richer than Larry and he makes his money from Zara, the fashion retailer.

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The last, but not insignificant, leap forward in dosh brings us up to Warren Buffet with his fat wad of 72.7 billion coming in from his multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway.

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Carlos Slim Helu once held first place but he lost it because he’s clearly bad at business with his meagre 77.1 billion dollars. Hey Carlos, maybe Telecom just isn’t that profitable.

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Numero Uno, with a colossal 79.2 billion US dollars, is Bill Gates despite the fact that he gives a significant portion of his income to the charity he and his wife founded. Call him a ruthless business man if you want but he knows how to be on top whilst also helping some people out and I can’t make fun of him for that.

 

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