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>Forbes List of Billionaires
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>Sunday, June 21, 1998; 6:34 p.m. EDT
>
>NEW YORK (AP) -- Ranking of the world's richest people
>as estimated by Forbes magazine, excluding dictators
>and royalty. The list appears in the July 6 issue. Name,
>Country, Net Worth ($mil), Source of Wealth 1. Gates,
>William H. III, U.S., 51,000, Microsoft Corp. 2. Walton
>family, U.S., 48,000, Wal-Mart Stores 3. Buffett, Warren
>Edward, U.S., 33,000, Berkshire Hathaway 4. Allen, Paul
>Gardner, U.S., 21,000, Microsoft Corp. 5. Thomson,
>Kenneth, Canada, 14,400, Thomson Corp. 6(Tie). Mars,
>Forrest Edward Sr. and family, U.S., 13,500, Inheritance
>(candy) 6(Tie). Pritzker, Jay A. and Robert A., U.S.,
>13,500, Financier 8. Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal,
>Saudi Arabia, 13,300, investments, construction, banking
>9. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 12,700, real estate 10.
>Albrecht, Theo & Karl and family, Germany, 11,700,
>retailing 11. Ballmer, Steven Anthony, U.S., 10,700,
>Microsoft Corp. 12. Mulliez, Gerard and family, France,
>10,300, retail 13(Tie). Dell, Michael, U.S., 10,000, Dell
>Computer Corp. 13(Tie). Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 10,000,
>real estate, telecom, diversified 15. Botin, Emilio and
>family, Spain, 9,200, banking 16. Newhouse, Samuel I. Jr.
>and Donald E., U.S., 9,000, media 17(Tie). Anschutz, Philip
>F., U.S., 8,800, oil, railroads 17(Tie). Cargill family, U.S.,
>8,800, Cargill Inc. 19. Tsai Wan-lin and family, Taiwan,
>8,500, insurance, financial services 20. Haas family, U.S.,
>8,200, Levi Strauss & Co. 21. Fisher family, U.S., 8,000,
>The Gap 22. Hopp, Dietmar and sons, Germany, 7,900,
>software 23. Kluge, John Werner, U.S., 7,800, Metromedia
>Co. 24. Moore, Gordon Earl, U.S., 7,500, Intel Corp. 25.
>Kwok, Walter, Thomas, and Raymond, Hong Kong, 7,400,
>real estate 26. Slim Helu, Carlos, Mexico, 7,200,
>diversified 27(Tie). Berlusconi, Silvio, Italy, 7,000, media
>27(Tie). Olayan, Suliman, Saudi Arabia, 7,000, Olayan
>Investment Company 29. Plattner, Hasso, Germany,
>6,900, SAP 30(Tie). Bass, Lee, Sid and Perry, U.S., 6,600,
>oil, investments 30(Tie). Perelman, Ronald Owen, U.S.,
>6,600, investments 30(Tie). Pinault, Francois, France,
>6,600, retail 33. Landolt, Pierre and family, Switzerland,
>6,500, Novartis 34(Tie). Lauder, Leonard A. and Ronald S.,
>U.S., 6,400, cosmetics 34(Tie). McCaw family, U.S., 6,400,
>telecommunications 36. Marinho, Roberto, Brazil, 6,300,
>media 37(Tie). Cheng Yu-tung, Hong Kong, 6,000, real
>estate 37(Tie). Wang, Nina, Hong Kong, 6,000, real estate
>39(Tie). Ellison, Lawrence Joseph, U.S., 5,800, Oracle
>Corp. 39(Tie). Redstone, Sumner M., U.S., 5,800, Viacom,
>Inc. 41(Tie). Hearst family, U.S., 5,700, Hearst Corp.
>41(Tie). Kerkorian, Kirk, U.S., 5,700, investments 41(Tie).
>Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki, Japan, 5,700, real estate 44(Tie). Saji,
>Keizo, Japan, 5,600, Suntory Ltd. 44(Tie). Woeste,
>Albrecht and Henkel family, Germany, 5,600, chemicals
>46(Tie). Ermirio de Moraes, Antonio and family, Brazil,
>5,500, mining 46(Tie). Haub, Erivan and family, Germany,
>5,500, retailing 48(Tie). Koch, Charles De Ganahl and
>David H., U.S., 5,400, inheritance (oil services) 48(Tie).
>Piech, Ferdinand and family, Germany, 5,400, Porsche
>50(Tie). Beisheim, Otto, Germany, 5,300, retailing 50(Tie).
>Murdoch, Keith Rupert, U.S., 5,300, publishing 52(Tie).
>Langmann, Hans Joachim, Germany, 5,200, chemicals
>52(Tie). Takei, Yasuo, Japan, 5,200, consumer finance
>54(Tie). Johnson, Edward C. (Ned) and Abigail, U.S., 5,100,
>Fidelity Investments 54(Tie). Otto, Michael, Germany,
>5,100, retailing 56(Tie). Koc, Rahmi and family, Turkey,
>5,000, Koc Holding 56(Tie). Ng, Teng Fong and Robert,
>Singapore, 5,000, real estate 56(Tie). Rausing, Gad and
>family, Sweden, 5,000, packaging 56(Tie). Sabanci, Sakip
>and family, Turkey, 5,000, Haci Omer Sabanci Holding
>Company 60(Tie). Tisch, Laurence A. and Preston R., U.S.,
>4,800, Loews Corp. 60(Tie). Turner, Robert E. (Ted), U.S.,
>4,800, Turner Broadcasting 62(Tie). Benetton, Luciano
>and family, Italy, 4,700, apparel 62(Tie). Knight, Philip H.,
>U.S., 4,700, Nike, Inc. 62(Tie). Kuok, Robert, Malaysia,
>4,700, diversified 62(Tie). Perez Companc, Gregorio,
>Argentina, 4,700, Conglomerate 66. Johnson, Charles And
>Rupert, U.S., 4,600, Franklin Resources 67(Tie). Ingram,
>Martha Robinson Rivers, U.S., 4,500, inheritance 67(Tie).
>von Finck, August & Wilhelm, Germany, 4,500, insurance
>(Allianz AG) 69(Tie). Al-Kharafi, Nasser, Kuwait, 4,400, M.
>A. Al Kharafi & Sons 69(Tie). Persson, Stefan, Sweden,
>4,400, retailing 71(Tie). Arison, Micky, U.S., 4,300, Carnival
>Cruise Lines 71(Tie). Waitt, Theodore W., U.S., 4,300,
>Gateway 73. Schmidheiny, Stephan, Switzerland, 4,100,
>ABB 74(Tie). Arison, Theodore (Ted), Israel, 4,000,
>Norweigan Caribbean CruiseLine 74(Tie). Bertarelli,
>Ernesto, Switzerland, 4,000, Ares-Serono 74(Tie). Del
>Vecchio, Leonardo, Italy, 4,000, eyewear 74(Tie). Irving,
>James, Arthur and John, Canada, 4,000, diversified,
>including Irving Oil 74(Tie). Schoerghuber, Stefan,
>Germany, 4,000, services, breweries,construction, real
>estate 74(Tie). Suharto family, Indonesia, 4,000,
>investments 74(Tie). Widjaja, Eka Tjipta, Indonesia, 4,000,
>pulp and paper, food 81. Wang, Y.C., Taiwan, 3,900,
>Formosa Plastics 82. Brenninkmeyer family, Netherlands,
>3,800, retailing 83(Tie). Herz, Gnnter and family,
>Germany, 3,700, consumer products 83(Tie). Ito,
>Masatoshi, Japan, 3,700, retail 85(Tie). Arnault, Bernard,
>France, 3,600, luxury goods 85(Tie). Kinoshita, Kyosuke,
>Japan, 3,600, Acom 85(Tie). Soros, George, U.S., 3,600,
>money management 85(Tie). Ziff, Dirk, Robert and Daniel,
>U.S., 3,600, Ziff-Davis Publishing 89(Tie). Al Rajhi, Abdullah
>Sulaiman, Saudi Arabia, 3,500, banking 89(Tie). Azcarraga
>Jean, Emilio and family, Mexico, 3,500, media 89(Tie).
>Mittal, Lakshmi, India, 3,500, steel 92(Tie). Bronfman,
>Edgar M. Sr., U.S., 3,400, Seagram Co. 92(Tie). Khoo Teck
>Puat, Singapore, 3,400, investments 94(Tie). Bronfman,
>Charles R., Canada, 3,300, Seagram Co. 94(Tie). Mori,
>Minoru and Akira, Japan, 3,300, real estate 94(Tie). Perot,
>Henry Ross, U.S., 3,300, electronic data management
>94(Tie). Safra, Edmond, Lebanon, 3,300, Republic Bank
>Corp 98(Tie). Packer, Kerry, Australia, 3,200, Publishing &
>Broadcasting Ltd. 98(Tie). Rocca, Roberto and family,
>Argentina, 3,200, diversified 98(Tie). Salinas Pliego,
>Ricardo and family, Mexico, 3,200, media, retailing
>101(Tie). Latsis, Spiro, Greece, 3,100, European Financial
>Group 101(Tie). Mendoza, Leonor and family, Venezuela,
>3,100, beer, food 101(Tie). Wrigley, William, U.S., 3,100,
>chewing gum 104(Tie). Bechtel, Stephen D. Jr. and Riley
>P., U.S., 3,000, engineering, construction 104(Tie).
>Hillman, Henry Lea, U.S., 3,000, industrialist 104(Tie).
>Huntsman, Jon Meade, U.S., 3,000, plastics, chemicals
>104(Tie). Kirch, Leo and Thomas, Germany, 3,000, media
>104(Tie). Mohn, Reinhard and family, Germany, 3,000,
>media 104(Tie). Oetker, Rudolf and family, Germany,
>3,000, diversified 104(Tie). Tan Yu, Philippines, 3,000, real
>estate 111(Tie). Ebner, Martin, Switzerland, 2,900,
>investments 111(Tie). Iwasaki, Fukuzo, Japan, 2,900,
>Iwasaki Sangyo 111(Tie). Louis-Dreyfus, Gerard and family,
>France, 2,900, commodities trading 111(Tie). Schroder,
>Bruno and family, UK, 2,900, Schroders Plc 111(Tie).
>Zambrano, Lorenzo, Mexico, 2,900, cement 116(Tie).
>Crown, Lester, U.S., 2,800, conglomerateur 116(Tie). Ho,
>Stanley, Hong Kong, 2,800, casinos, transport, hotels
>116(Tie). Johnson, Samuel Curtis, U.S., 2,800, S.C.
>Johnson & Son 116(Tie). Kwek Leng Beng, Singapore,
>2,800, diversified 116(Tie). von Holtzbrinck, Dieter and
>family, Germany, 2,800, publishing 121(Tie). Agnelli, Gianni
>and family, Italy, 2,700, autos 121(Tie). Garza Laguera,
>Eugenio and family, Mexico, 2,700, beverages, banking
>123(Tie). Bren, Donald L., U.S., 2,600, real estate
>123(Tie). Davis, Marvin H., U.S., 2,600, oil, real estate
>123(Tie). Goodnight, James, U.S., 2,600, software
>123(Tie). Hostetter, Amos Barr Jr., U.S., 2,600,
>Continental Cablevision 123(Tie). Kamprad, Ingvar,
>Sweden, 2,600, Ikea 123(Tie). Lerner, Alfred, U.S., 2,600,
>banking 123(Tie). Marriott, John and Richard W., U.S.,
>2,600, hotels 130(Tie). Bin Mahfouz, Khalid, Saudi Arabia,
>2,500, banking, investments 130(Tie). Fok, Henry, Hong
>Kong, 2,500, casinos, real estate, hotels 130(Tie).
>Matsuda, Kazuo, Japan, 2,500, consumer finance 130(Tie).
>Nicholas, Peter M., U.S., 2,500, Medical Devices 130(Tie).
>Sarmiento Angulo, Luis Carlos, Colombia, 2,500, banking
>130(Tie). Schmidheiny, Thomas, Switzerland, 2,500,
>Holderbank 130(Tie). Simplot, John R., U.S., 2,500,
>potatoes 137(Tie). Abele, John E., U.S., 2,400, medical
>devices 137(Tie). Bass, Robert Muse, U.S., 2,400, oil,
>investments 137(Tie). Fribourg, Michel, U.S., 2,400, grain
>trader 137(Tie). Greenberg, Maurice Raymond, U.S.,
>2,400, American International Group 137(Tie).
>Itoyama,Eitaro, Japan, 2,400, Shin Nihon Kanko 137(Tie).
>Moller, Maersk Mc-kinney, Denmark, 2,400, shipping
>137(Tie). Oppenheimer, Nicky and family, South Africa,
>2,400, Anglo AmericanCorp., DeBeers 137(Tie). Romo
>Garza, Alfonso, Mexico, 2,400, Empresas La Moderna
>145(Tie). Goldschmeding, Frits, Netherlands, 2,300,
>temporary staffing 145(Tie). Kristiansen, Kjeld Kirk,
>Denmark, 2,300, Lego 145(Tie). Wexner, Leslie Herbert,
>U.S., 2,300, The Limited 148(Tie). Bozano, Julio, Brazil,
>2,200, financial services, diversified 148(Tie).
>Dumas-Hermes, Jean-Louis and family, France, 2,200,
>Hermes International 148(Tie). Sahenk, Ayhan and family,
>Turkey, 2,200, Garanti Bank 148(Tie). Son, Masayoshi,
>Japan, 2,200, software 148(Tie). Sorenson, James L., U.S.,
>2,200, medical devices 148(Tie). Ty, George, Philippines,
>2,200, banking 154(Tie). Ardila Lulle, Carlos, Colombia,
>2,100, soft drinks, diversified 154(Tie). Azevedo, Belmiro,
>Portugal, 2,100, retailing 154(Tie). Cisneros, Gustavo,
>Venezuela, 2,100, beverages, media 154(Tie). Hunt, Ray
>Lee, U.S., 2,100, oil and gas 154(Tie). Sy, Henry,
>Philippines, 2,100, shopping malls 154(Tie). Wertheimer,
>Alain, France, 2,100, luxury goods 154(Tie). Wonowidjojo
>family, Indonesia, 2,100, tobacco 161(Tie). Blocher,
>Christoph, Switzerland, 2,000, EMS Chemie 161(Tie).
>Geffen, David, U.S., 2,000, music 161(Tie). Gonda, Leslie L.
>and Louis L., U.S., 2,000, International Lease Finance Co.
>161(Tie). Hsu, Douglas, Taiwan, 2,000, Far Eastern Group
>161(Tie). Huizenga, Harry Wayne, U.S., 2,000, Blockbuster
>Entertainment 161(Tie). Icahn, Carl Celian, U.S., 2,000,
>finance 161(Tie). Lauren, Ralph, U.S., 2,000, fashion
>161(Tie). Lim Goh Tong, Malaysia, 2,000, diversified
>161(Tie). Lucas, George, U.S., 2,000, Movies, special
>effects 161(Tie), Saba Raffoul, Isaac and family, Mexico,
>2,000, textiles, chemicals, real estate 161(Tie), Soares
>dos Santos, Alexandre, Portugal, 2,000, retailing 161(Tie).
>Taylor, Jack Crawford, U.S., 2,000, auto rental 173.
>Branson, Richard, UK, 1,900, diversified 174(Tie). Asper,
>Israel, Canada, 1,800, CanWest Global Communications
>174(Tie). Chen, Din Hwa, Hong Kong, 1,800, real estate
>174(Tie). Kamel, Saleh, Saudi Arabia, 1,800, Dallah
>Albaraka 174(Tie). Oshima, Kenshin, Japan, 1,800, finance
>174(Tie). Rockefeller, David Sr., U.S., 1,800, inheritance
>(oil) 174(Tie). Rothschild family, France/UK, 1,800,
>Rothschilds Continuation Holdings 174(Tie). Rowling,
>Robert, U.S., 1,800, oil and gas 174(Tie). Swire, Sir Adrian
>& Sir John, UK, 1,800, aviation, real estate,diversified
>182(Tie). Koo, Jeffrey and family, Taiwan, 1,700, banking,
>diversified 182(Tie). Liem Sioe Liong, Indonesia, 1,700,
>food, banking, diversified 182(Tie). Otsuka, Masahito,
>Japan, 1,700, pharmaceuticals 182(Tie). Zell, Samuel,
>U.S., 1,700, real estate 186(Tie). Allen, Herbert A. Jr.,
>U.S., 1,600, stock market 186(Tie). David-Weill, Michel,
>France, 1,600, finance 186(Tie). Kuo, Terry, Taiwan, 1,600,
>PC Components 186(Tie). Lowy, Frank, Australia, 1,600,
>Westfield Holdings 186(Tie), Potanin, Vladimir, Russia,
>1,600, banking, oil, metals, telecommunications 186(Tie),
>Rothermere, Viscount, UK, 1,600, Daily Mail & General
>Trust 186(Tie). Schmid, Gerhard, Germany, 1,600,
>MobilCom AG 186(Tie). Tan, Lucio, Philippines, 1,600,
>tobacco, airlines, beer 186(Tie). Weston, Garry and family,
>UK, 1,600, Associated British Foods 195(Tie). Ambani,
>Dhirubhai and family, India, 1,500, diversified 195(Tie).
>Angelini, Anacleto, Chile, 1,500, fishing 195(Tie). Chung,
>Ju-yung and family, Korea, 1,500, automobiles, diversified
>195(Tie). O'Reilly, Anthony, Ireland, 1,500, Heinz,
>Waterford 195(Tie). Santo Domingo, Julio Mario,
>Colombia, 1,500, beer, diversified 195(Tie). Washington,
>Dennis, U.S., 1,500, mining, railroads
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>Alphabetical Ranking of Forbes List
>
>Sunday, June 21, 1998; 6:31 p.m. EDT
>
>NEW YORK (AP) -- Alphabetical ranking of the world's
>richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine,
>excluding dictators and royalty. The list appears in the
>July 6 issue. Name, Rank, Country, Net Worth ($mil),
>Source of Wealth Abele, John E., 137(Tie), US, 2,400,
>Medical devices Agnelli, Gianni and family, 121(Tie), Italy,
>2,700, autos Al Rajhi, Abdullah Sulaiman, 89(Tie), Saudi
>Arabia, 3,500, banking Albrecht, Theo & Karl and family,
>10, Germany, 11,700, retailing Al-Kharafi, Nasser, 69(Tie),
>Kuwait, 4,400, M. A. Al Kharafi & Sons Allen, Herbert A.
>Jr., 186(Tie), US, 1,600, Stock market Allen, Paul Gardner,
>4, US, 21,000, Microsoft Corp. Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed
>Bin Talal, 8, Saudi Arabia, 13,300, investments,
>construction, banking Ambani, Dhirubhai and family,
>195(Tie), India, 1,500, diversified Angelini, Anacleto,
>195(Tie), Chile, 1,500, fishing Anschutz, Philip F., 17(Tie),
>US, 8,800, Oil, railroads Ardila Lulle, Carlos, 154(Tie),
>Colombia, 2,100, soft drinks, diversified Arison, Micky,
>71(Tie), US, 4,300, Carnival Cruise Lines Arison, Theodore
>(Ted), 74(Tie), Israel, 4,000, Norweigan Caribbean Cruise
>Line Arnault, Bernard, 85(Tie), France, 3,600, luxury goods
>Asper, Israel, 174(Tie), Canada, 1,800, CanWest Global
>Communications Azcarraga Jean, Emilio and family,
>89(Tie), Mexico, 3,500, media Azevedo, Belmiro, 154(Tie),
>Portugal, 2,100, retailing Ballmer, Steven Anthony, 11, US,
>10,700, Microsoft Corp. Bass, Lee, Sid and Perry, 30(Tie),
>US, 6,600, oil, investments Bass, Robert Muse, 137(Tie),
>US, 2,400, Oil, investments Bechtel, Stephen D. Jr. and
>Riley P., 104(Tie), US, 3,000, Engineering, construction
>Beisheim, Otto, 50(Tie), Germany, 5,300, retailing
>Benetton, Luciano and family, 62(Tie), Italy, 4,700, apparel
>Berlusconi, Silvio, 27(Tie), Italy, 7,000, media Bertarelli,
>Ernesto, 74(Tie), Switzerland, 4,000, Ares-Serono Bin
>Mahfouz, Khalid, 130(Tie), Saudi Arabia, 2,500, banking,
>investments Blocher, Christoph, 161(Tie), Switzerland,
>2,000, EMS Chemie Botin, Emilio and family, 15, Spain,
>9,200, banking Bozano, Julio, 148(Tie), Brazil, 2,200,
>financial services, diversified Branson, Richard, 173, UK,
>1,900, diversified Bren, Donald L., 123(Tie), US, 2,600,
>Real estate Brenninkmeyer family, 82, Netherlands, 3,800,
>retailing Bronfman, Charles R., 94(Tie), Canada, 3,300,
>Seagram Co. Bronfman, Edgar M. Sr., 92(Tie), US, 3,400,
>Seagram Co. Buffett, Warren Edward, 3, US, 33,000,
>Berkshire Hathaway Cargill family, 17(Tie), US, 8,800,
>Cargill Chen, Din Hwa, 174(Tie), Hong Kong, 1,800, real
>estate Cheng Yu-tung, 37(Tie), Hong Kong, 6,000, real
>estate Chung, Ju-yung and family, 195(Tie), Korea, 1,500,
>automobiles, diversified Cisneros, Gustavo, 154(Tie),
>Venezuela, 2,100, Beverages, media Crown, Lester,
>116(Tie), US, 2,800, Conglomerateur David-Weill, Michel,
>186(Tie), France, 1,600, finance Davis, Marvin H., 123(Tie),
>US, 2,600, Oil, real estate Del Vecchio, Leonardo, 74(Tie),
>Italy, 4,000, eyewear Dell, Michael, 13(Tie), US, 10,000,
>Dell Computer Corp. Dumas-Hermes, Jean-Louis and
>family, 148(Tie), France, 2,200, Hermes International
>Ebner, Martin, 111(Tie), Switzerland, 2,900, Investments
>Ellison, Lawrence Joseph, 39(Tie), US, 5,800, Oracle Corp.
>Ermirio de Moraes, Antonio and family, 46(Tie), Brazil,
>5,500, mining Fisher family, 21, US, 8,000, The Gap Fok,
>Henry, 130(Tie), Hong Kong, 2,500, casinos, real estate,
>hotels Fribourg, Michel, 137(Tie), US, 2,400, Grain trader
>Garza Laguera, Eugenio and family, 121(Tie), Mexico,
>2,700, beverages, banking Gates, William H. III, 1, US,
>51,000, Microsoft Corp. Geffen, David, 161(Tie), US,
>2,000, Music Goldschmeding, Frits, 145(Tie), Netherlands,
>2,300, Temporary Staffing Gonda, Leslie L. and Louis L.,
>161(Tie), US, 2,000, International Lease Finance Co.
>Goodnight, James, 123(Tie), US, 2,600, Software
>Greenberg, Maurice Raymond, 137(Tie), US, 2,400,
>American International Group Haas family, 20, US, 8,200,
>Levi Strauss & Co. Haub, Erivan and family, 46(Tie),
>Germany, 5,500, retailing Hearst family, 41(Tie, US,
>5,700, Hearst Corp. Herz, Gnnter and family, 83(Tie),
>Germany, 3,700, consumer products Hillman, Henry Lea,
>104(Tie), US, 3,000, Industrialist Ho, Stanley, 116(Tie),
>Hong Kong, 2,800, casinos, transport, hotels Hopp,
>Dietmar and sons, 22, Germany, 7,900, software
>Hostetter, Amos Barr Jr., 123(Tie), US, 2,600, Continental
>Cablevision Hsu, Douglas, 161(Tie), Taiwan, 2,000, Far
>Eastern Group Huizenga, Harry Wayne, 161(Tie), US,
>2,000, Blockbuster Entertainment Hunt, Ray Lee,
>154(Tie), US, 2,100, Oil and gas Huntsman, Jon Meade,
>104(Tie), US, 3,000, Plastics, chemicals Icahn, Carl Celian,
>161(Tie), US, 2,000, Finance Ingram, Martha Robinson
>Rivers, 67(Tie), US, 4,500, Inheritance Irving, James,
>Arthur and John, 74(Tie), Canada, 4,000, diversified,
>including Irving Oil Ito, Masatoshi, 83(Tie), Japan, 3,700,
>retail Itoyama,Eitaro, 137(Tie), Japan, 2,400, Shin Nihon
>Kanko Iwasaki, Fukuzo, 111(Tie), Japan, 2,900, Iwasaki
>Sangyo Johnson, Charles And Rupert, 66, US, 4,600,
>Franklin Resources Johnson, Edward C. (Ned) and Abigail,
>54(Tie), US, 5,100, Fidelity Investments Johnson, Samuel
>Curtis, 116(Tie), US, 2,800, S.C. Johnson & Son Kamel,
>Saleh, 174(Tie), Saudi Arabia, 1,800, Dallah Albaraka
>Kamprad, Ingvar, 123(Tie), Sweden, 2,600, Ikea Kerkorian,
>Kirk, 41(Tie, US, 5,700, Investments Khoo Teck Puat,
>92(Tie), Singapore, 3,400, investments Kinoshita, Kyosuke,
>85(Tie), Japan, 3,600, Acom Kirch, Leo and Thomas,
>104(Tie), Germany, 3,000, media Kluge, John Werner, 23,
>US, 7,800, Metromedia Co. Knight, Philip H., 62(Tie), US,
>4,700, Nike, Inc. Koc, Rahmi and family, 56(Tie), Turkey,
>5,000, Koc Holding Koch, Charles De Ganahl and David H.,
>48(Tie), US, 5,400, Inheritance (oil services) Koo, Jeffrey
>and family, 182(Tie), Taiwan, 1,700, banking, diversified
>Kristiansen, Kjeld Kirk, 145(Tie), Denmark, 2,300, Lego
>Kuo, Terry, 186(Tie), Taiwan, 1,600, PC Components Kuok,
>Robert, 62(Tie), Malaysia, 4,700, diversified Kwek Leng
>Beng, 116(Tie), Singapore, 2,800, diversified Kwok, Walter,
>Thomas, and Raymond, 25, Hong Kong, 7,400, real estate
>Landolt, Pierre and family, 33, Switzerland, 6,500,
>Novartis Langmann, Hans Joachim, 52(Tie), Germany,
>5,200, chemicals Latsis, Spiro, 101(Tie), Greece, 3,100,
>European Financial Group Lauder, Leonard A. and Ronald
>S., 34(Tie), US, 6,400, Cosmetics Lauren, Ralph, 161(Tie),
>US, 2,000, Fashion Lee Shau Kee, 9, Hong Kong, 12,700,
>real estate Lerner, Alfred, 123(Tie), US, 2,600, Banking Li
>Ka-shing, 13(Tie), Hong Kong, 10,000, real estate,
>telecomm, diversified Liem Sioe Liong, 182(Tie),
>Indonesia, 1,700, food, banking, diversified Lim Goh Tong,
>161(Tie), Malaysia, 2,000, diversified Louis-Dreyfus,
>Gerard and family, 111(Tie), France, 2,900, commodities
>trading Lowy, Frank, 186(Tie), Australia, 1,600, Westfield
>Holdings Lucas, George, 161(Tie), US, 2,000, Movies,
>special effects Marinho, Roberto, 36, Brazil, 6,300, media
>Marriott, John and Richard W., 123(Tie), US, 2,600, hotels
>Mars, Forrest Edward Sr. and family, 6(Tie), US, 13,500,
>Inheritance (candy) Matsuda, Kazuo, 130(Tie), Japan,
>2,500, consumer finance McCaw family, 34(Tie), US,
>6,400, telecommunications Mendoza, Leonor and family,
>101(Tie), Venezuela, 3,100, beer, food Mittal, Lakshmi,
>89(Tie), India, 3,500, steel Mohn, Reinhard and family,
>104(Tie), Germany, 3,000, media Moller, Maersk
>Mc-kinney, 137(Tie), Denmark, 2,400, shipping Moore,
>Gordon Earl, 24, US, 7,500, Intel Corp. Mori, Minoru and
>Akira, 94(Tie), Japan, 3,300, real estate Mulliez, Gerard
>and family, 12, France, 10,300, retail Murdoch, Keith
>Rupert, 50(Tie), US, 5,300, Publishing Newhouse, Samuel
>I. Jr. and Donald E., 16, US, 9,000, Media Ng, Teng Fong
>and Robert, 56(Tie), Singapore, 5,000, real estate
>Nicholas, Peter M., 130(Tie), US, 2,500, Medical Devices
>Oetker, Rudolf and family, 104(Tie), Germany, 3,000,
>diversified Olayan, Suliman, 27(Tie), Saudi Arabia, 7,000,
>Olayan Investment Company Oppenheimer, Nicky and
>family, 137(Tie), South Africa, 2,400, Anglo American
>Corp., DeBeers O'Reilly, Anthony, 195(Tie), Ireland, 1,500,
>Heinz, Waterford Oshima, Kenshin, 174(Tie), Japan, 1,800,
>finance Otsuka, Masahito, 182(Tie), Japan, 1,700,
>pharmaceuticals Otto, Michael, 54(Tie), Germany, 5,100,
>retailing Packer, Kerry, 98(Tie), Australia, 3,200,
>Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. Perelman, Ronald Owen,
>30(Tie), US, 6,600, Investments Perez Companc,
>Gregorio, 62(Tie), Argentina, 4,700, Conglomerate Perot,
>Henry Ross, 94(Tie), US, 3,300, Electronic data
>management Persson, Stefan, 69(Tie), Sweden, 4,400,
>retailing Piech, Ferdinand and family, 48(Tie), Germany,
>5,400, Porsche Pinault, Francois, 30(Tie), France, 6,600,
>retail Plattner, Hasso, 29, Germany, 6,900, SAP Potanin,
>Vladimir, 186(Tie), Russia, 1,600, banking, oil, metals,
>telecommunications Pritzker, Jay A. and Robert A., 6(Tie),
>US, 13,500, Financier Rausing, Gad and family, 56(Tie),
>Sweden, 5,000, packaging Redstone, Sumner M., 39(Tie),
>US, 5,800, Viacom, Inc. Rocca, Roberto and family,
>98(Tie), Argentina, 3,200, diversified Rockefeller, David Sr.,
>174(Tie), US, 1,800, Inheritance (oil) Romo Garza, Alfonso,
>137(Tie), Mexico, 2,400, Empresas La Moderna
>Rothermere, Viscount, 186(Tie), UK, 1,600, Daily Mail &
>General Trust Rothschild family, 174(Tie), France/UK,
>1,800, Rothschilds Continuation Holdings Rowling, Robert,
>174(Tie), US, 1,800, Oil and gas Saba Raffoul, Isaac and
>family, 161(Tie), Mexico, 2,000, textiles, chemicals, real
>estate Sabanci, Sakip and family, 56(Tie), Turkey, 5,000,
>Haci Omer Sabanci Holding Company Safra, Edmond,
>94(Tie), Lebanon, 3,300, Republic Bank Corp Sahenk,
>Ayhan and family, 148(Tie), Turkey, 2,200, Garanti Bank
>Saji, Keizo, 44(Tie), Japan, 5,600, Suntory Ltd. Salinas
>Pliego, Ricardo and family, 98(Tie), Mexico, 3,200, media,
>retailing Santo Domingo, Julio Mario, 195(Tie), Colombia,
>1,500, beer, diversified Sarmiento Angulo, Luis Carlos,
>130(Tie), Colombia, 2,500, banking Schmid, Gerhard,
>186(Tie), Germany, 1,600, MobilCom AG Schmidheiny,
>Stephan, 73, Switzerland, 4,100, ABB Schmidheiny,
>Thomas, 130(Tie), Switzerland, 2,500, Holderbank
>Schoerghuber, Stefan, 74(Tie), Germany, 4,000, services,
>breweries, construction, real estate Schroder, Bruno and
>family, 111(Tie), UK, 2,900, Schroders Plc Simplot, John
>R., 130(Tie), US, 2,500, Potatoes Slim Helu, Carlos, 26,
>Mexico, 7,200, diversified Soares dos Santos, Alexandre,
>161(Tie), Portugal, 2,000, retailing Son, Masayoshi,
>148(Tie), Japan, 2,200, software Sorenson, James L.,
>148(Tie), US, 2,200, Medical devices Soros, George,
>85(Tie), US, 3,600, Money management Suharto family,
>74(Tie), Indonesia, 4,000, investments Swire, Sir Adrian &
>Sir John, 174(Tie), UK, 1,800, aviation, real estate,
>diversified Sy, Henry, 154(Tie), Philippines, 2,100,
>shopping malls Takei, Yasuo, 52(Tie), Japan, 5,200,
>consumer finance Tan Yu, 104(Tie), Philippines, 3,000, real
>estate Tan, Lucio, 186(Tie), Philippines, 1,600, tobacco,
>airlines, beer Taylor, Jack Crawford, 161(Tie), US, 2,000,
>Auto rental Thomson, Kenneth, 5, Canada, 14,400,
>Thomson Corp Tisch, Laurence A. and Preston R., 60(Tie),
>US, 4,800, Loews Corp. Tsai Wan-lin and family, 19,
>Taiwan, 8,500, insurance, financial services Tsutsumi,
>Yoshiaki, 41(Tie, Japan, 5,700, real estate Turner, Robert
>E. (Ted), 60(Tie), US, 4,800, Turner Broadcasting Ty,
>George, 148(Tie), Philippines, 2,200, banking von Finck,
>August & Wilhelm, 67(Tie), Germany, 4,500, insurance
>(Allianz AG) von Holtzbrinck, Dieter and family, 116(Tie),
>Germany, 2,800, publishing Waitt, Theodore W., 71(Tie),
>US, 4,300, Gateway Walton family, 2, US, 48,000,
>Wal-Mart Stores Wang, Nina, 37(Tie), Hong Kong, 6,000,
>real estate Wang, Y.C., 81, Taiwan, 3,900, Formosa
>Plastics Washington, Dennis, 195(Tie), US, 1,500, Mining,
>railroads Wertheimer, Alain, 154(Tie), France, 2,100,
>luxury goods Weston, Garry and family, 186(Tie), UK,
>1,600, Associated British Foods Wexner, Leslie Herbert,
>145(Tie), US, 2,300, The Limited Widjaja, Eka Tjipta,
>74(Tie), Indonesia, 4,000, pulp and paper, food Woeste,
>Albrecht and Henkel family, 44(Tie), Germany, 5,600,
>chemicals Wonowidjojo family, 154(Tie), Indonesia, 2,100,
>tobacco Wrigley, William, 101(Tie), US, 3,100, Chewing
>gum Zambrano, Lorenzo, 111(Tie), Mexico, 2,900, cement
>Zell, Samuel, 182(Tie), US, 1,700, Real estate Ziff, Dirk,
>Robert and Daniel, 85(Tie), US, 3,600, Ziff-Davis Publishing
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Rich Gibson
Director of International Social Studies
Wayne State University
College of Education
Detroit MI 48202
http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson/index.html http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson/meap.html
Life travels upward in spirals.
Those who take pains to search the shadows
of the past below us, then, can better judge the
tiny arc up which they climb,
more surely guess the dim
curves of the future above them.