Who is the wealthiest man in the world ??

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…’

JImmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful LIfe.”

I heard his brother say so at the end of the movie. :smiley:

What about the Rothschilds?

Don’t they own most of the big banks? And aren’t their assets kept secret?

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 ??

Need to read around, Patricinus Scriblerus. See Tomndebb’s answer here. :wink:

'sides, I don’t know if your allowed to hijack your own OP. :smiley:

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.

I always thought it was the Sultan of Brunei