# Who is the richest person on the planet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848 "2006-09-15T16:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848/41 "2006-09-17T01:22:18Z")

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Isn’t the richest person on the planet _really_ that person who is most **loved**?  
This money stuff is vastly overated.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848/42 "2006-09-17T01:41:54Z")

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To avoid the restrictions of the OP, I think there’s money, and then there’s MONEY.

Bill Gates, for his billions, is probably somewhere inbetween (Money).

One only has to look at places like Aspen, Co to see money. $25 mil for a house sounds like a lot, but there are families where that wouldn’t budge the Earnings and loss statements.

Look at a photo of Monaco…(e.g. [http://www.elmarine.com/monaco-grand-prix.jpg](http://www.elmarine.com/monaco-grand-prix.jpg) ) see that line of boats along the back? See the multi-million dollar condos pointing towards the water?

There’s more money wrapped up in that bay than you can fathom. I’ll bet a large chunk of it belongs to a small chunk of people.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848/43 "2006-09-17T05:38:12Z")

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By the way, diggleblop, you have [a standing invitation…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388413)

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**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-richest-person-on-the-planet/372848/44 "2006-09-17T14:35:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Klaatu]  
Well, to put it another way then, could Gates or another billionaire walk into his bank and say “I would like like 300 million in cash.”

I know the bank would freak out, but could that amount of cash be made available? I mean literally 300 mil. What would they do? What denominations? Would it break the bank? How much would it weigh? 🙂  
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Who can write the biggest check might be one way to answer the question. (And not havit bounce!)

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