zu beachten ist der mann mit dem zirkus - aus montreal - er stieg auf : - )))
ja die quebecer - fun ist halt ein lebenselexier
Being a billionaire is a lot lonelier this year
und bill ???
wieder die nr. 1 - so ein kerl
ZitatBeing a billionaire is a lot lonelier this year
GORDON PITTS From Thursday's Globe and Mail March 11, 2009 at 8:54 PM EDT It's bad enough that the energy collapse has stripped Alberta of jobs, housing riches, and oil sands projects. Now comes the ultimate indignity: The province is losing billionaires. Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's most affluent people shows two oilmen heavily associated with Alberta's spectacular wealth gains of the previous decade have tumbled out of the billionaire class. Absent from the 2009 rankings are Calgary financier Murray Edwards, who last year ranked No. 843 in the world with an estimated net worth of $1.4-billion (U.S.); and energy veteran Clay Riddell, last year's No. 897 with $1.3-billion in wealth. Alberta's loss of stature is typical of a harsh global economy that has been brutal in reshuffling the uber-rich ranks.
Bill Gates has regained his title as the world's richest person Forbes says the number of world billionaires fell to 793 from 1,125 the previous year, marking the first time since 2003 that the billionaire ranks have shrunk from one year to the next. Those clinging to billionaire status are worth $2.4-trillion in total, down 45 per cent from $4.4-trillion in 2008. The average billionaire is valued at $3-billion, having seen $900-million sliced off his or her 2008 riches. Canada's wealthiest person, David Thomson, lost almost $6-billion in net worth. That leaves Mr. Thomson and his family, whose media and information interests include part ownership of The Globe and Mail, with a net worth of $13-billion. Still, that reduced sum puts him at No. 24 globally – up from No. 31.
Typical of this crazy year, the only Canadian billionaire who augmented his net worth runs a circus. Guy Laliberté, owner of Cirque du Soleil, soared to the 261st spot globally – from No. 707 in 2008 – on the strength of a fortune of $2.5-billion, up from $1.7-billion.
That puts Mr. Laliberté in fifth place among Canadians, ahead of such perennial entries as Jimmy Pattison, now worth an estimated $2.1-billion, down more than 60 per cent from last year's $5.5-billion. Mr. Laliberté also beats Research In Motion Inc.'s duo of Mike Lazaridis ($1.8-billion, down 50 per cent) and Jim Balsillie ($1.7-billion). Inside the stark numbers are changes in bragging rights. Bill Gates is back on top, having supplanted his friend Warren Buffett as the world's richest man, with a net worth of $40-billion. And that's after losing $18-billion over the past year. Mr. Buffett, who took on the role of global economic saviour last fall, has paid for his apparent rashness. He lost $25-billion in wealth, sinking to a paltry $37-billion. It was also a hard year for Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican telecom magnate who lost $25-billion but still comes in at No. 3 at $35-billion. The Canadian oil elite is not totally absent from the billionaires' club. The three Irving brothers of New Brunswick clock in with a total net worth of $3.9-billion, down from $6.7-billion – but enough to salvage the 146th spot. The one surviving Alberta billionaire, Daryl Katz, is not an oilman but a pharmacy titan. Mr. Katz did not have a great year, losing $600-million in wealth, but he hangs on to 468th position globally with a nest egg of $1.5-billion.
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