# Who is the wealthiest man in the world ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017 "2001-11-24T13:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/21 "2001-11-24T23:31:53Z")
How bout Ross Perot. I don’t see him on this thread or on the Forbes site either. Though he was fairly rich…[sub] ‘member him sayin’ ‘Don worry bout me, got 4 billyun in da bank…’ ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/22 "2001-11-25T00:08:32Z")
JImmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful LIfe.” I heard his brother say so at the end of the movie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/23 "2001-11-25T00:11:18Z")
What about the Rothschilds? Don’t they own most of the big banks? And aren’t their assets kept secret? ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/24 "2001-11-25T00:14:12Z")
In this day and age of multi-billionaires I dont think Ross Perrot is a major player anymore. Sure compared to you an me he make more in interest than we’ll ever see in our life time but when you put him in a league with Arab oilmen (sorry for the generalization) he’s a small time player comparatively I know the OP ask about men (women too of course) but to slightly hijack my own thread what about organizations. I am going to tread on dangerous ground and this is not meant to be or start a flame (disclaimer done). What about the Roman Catholic Church ? I just think about the property they own in a city like Montreal. The RCC has about 90 - 100 (rought estimate) ornate stone churces that would probably average out to about 40 million EACH to rebuild (we are talking replacemetn value here). Simple math warning! 90 x 40 000 000 = $ 3 600 000 000 Thats 3.6 Billion in value just in a Major Canadian City…Think globaly what are they REALLY worth ?? ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/25 "2001-11-25T01:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Patricinus Scriblerus \* > \*\*What about the Roman Catholic Church ? I just think about the property they own in a city like Montreal. The RCC has about 90 - 100 (rought estimate) ornate stone churces that would probably average out to about 40 million EACH to rebuild (we are talking replacemetn value here). > > \*\* Need to read around, **Patricinus Scriblerus**. See Tomndebb’s answer [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=98862). 😉 'sides, I don’t know if your allowed to hijack your own OP. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/26 "2001-11-25T17:07:45Z")
OP asks about a man. A simple web search with the exact OP question turns up exciting data on this subject whose answer probably changes almost daily…plus, I think it’s a moot point because converting from the currency of one country to another to determine wealth is rather pointless. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017/27 "2001-11-25T17:10:32Z")
I always thought it was the Sultan of Brunei [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-wealthiest-man-in-the-world/95017.md?page=1)