Anyone here on this list yet?

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5369460.stm

For the first time, the richest 400 tycoons in the US all have a personal wealth of at least $1bn (£526m), Forbes magazine has reported.

Microsoft boss Bill Gates kept top spot for a 13th consecutive year with investment guru-turned-philanthropist Warren Buffett in second place.

Casino and hotel owner Sheldon Adelson has leapt from 15th to third ranking.

The rich list as a whole is worth $1.25 trillion, compared with $1.13 trillion a year ago, Forbes said.

Four of the top ten came from the Wal-Mart owning Walton family.

Mr Adelson's surge in fortune comes largely from a decision to open a casino in Macau, an island off south-eastern China renowned for its gambling.

Forbes estimates that Mr Adelson has been earning about $1m an hour for the past two years.

[Andyw]

Talk about me cut 'n' pasting !

[AtW]

I am so rich that the Excel they used could not hold the number and it overflowed thus pushing me out of the list.

threaded.

[Andyw]

The rich list as a whole is worth $1.25 trillion, compared with $1.13 trillion a year ago, Forbes said.

Nearly as much as Chase Manhattan Bank then !