"Capitalism is now dead ... because there are NO REWARDS for saving, investing, starting a business, hiring an employee, taking a risk or working ... to get ahead."
Those numbers below represent these peoples wealth in billions of US dollars , no rewards my foot.
1 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 53.5 Mexico 2 William Gates III United States 53.0 United States 3 Warren Buffett United States 47.0 United States 4 Mukesh Ambani India 29.0 India 5 Lakshmi Mittal India 28.7 United Kingdom 6 Lawrence Ellison United States 28.0 United States 7 Bernard Arnault France 27.5 France 8 Eike Batista Brazil 27.0 Brazil 9 Amancio Ortega Spain 25.0 Spain 10 Karl Albrecht Germany 23.5 Germany 11 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 23.0 Switzerland 12 Christy Walton & family United States 22.5 United States 13 Stefan Persson Sweden 22.4 Sweden 14 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 21.0 Hong Kong 15 Jim Walton United States 20.7 United States 16 Alice Walton United States 20.6 United States 17 Liliane Bettencourt France 20.0 France 18 S. Robson Walton United States 19.8 United States 19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 19.4 Saudi Arabia 20 David Thomson & family Canada 19.0 Canada 21 Michael Otto & family Germany 18.7 Germany 22 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 18.5 Hong Kong 23 Michael Bloomberg United States 18.0 United States 24 Sergey Brin United States 17.5 United States 24 Charles Koch United States 17.5 United States
Here is the Australian list
1. Frank Lowy $5.04 billion property. 2. Gina Rinehart $4.75 billion resources. 3. Anthony Pratt $4.6 billion manufacturing. 4. Andrew Forrest $4.24 billion resources. 5. Harry Triguboff $4.2 billion property. 6. James Packer $4.1 billion media-investment. 7. Clive Palmer $3.92 billion resources.
Youngest:Nathan Tinkler(34) $355 million resources, racing. Oldest: David Mandie (91) $263 million property
Mr Lowy's fortune rose by $840 million to $5.04 billion, taking him to the top of BRW's Rich 200 list for the first time after several years at number two.
