The World’s Richest Man

Filed in: Interesting — April 7th, 2004

 

Ingvar Kamprad | src: news.bbc.co.uk
Maybe not Bill Gates anymore. Surprised? So am I.

The well known Microsoft’s Bill Gates is the world’s richest man for the past few years. According Forbes.com, Bill Gates worth $46.6 billion at year 2004.

The new world richest man is IKEA (sound familiar huh?) founder – Ingvar Kamprad, 77, from Switzerland SWEDEN. He has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion), says News.com. Kamprad was rank as 14th world richest man in year 2003 by Forbes.com.

However, IKEA spokewoman, Marianne Barner, does not agree.

“Estimating the value of the company, including all the stores, and saying it’s all Ingvar’s, that is totally wrong. Ingvar Kamprad does not own Ikea. Ingvar donated the concern to the Dutch Stichting INGKA Foundation in 1982.”, she said. (src: IndyStar.com)

Note:
Forbes.com’s list of world richest man for year 2004 stated that Bill Gates is the 1st, while Ingvar Kamprad is 13th.

The Richest Malaysians
Genting founder, Lin Goh Tong? You are wrong. Malaysia richest man is Robert Kuok, now living in HongKong. Ranked #111 in the world(Uncle Lin is #262), with $4.2 billion. Here is list of Malaysian billionaire.

Thought:
Do you know how to write one billion in number? It is 1,000,000,000 (one follow by 9 zeros). How will you spend it if you have 1 billion? Here is a guide to spend 1 billion dollars.

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  • Shane
    Sorry but 1 thousand million wrong. Whats to agrue with the fact that the calculations are in US dollars so it doesnt matter what other countries use. 100=1 hundered, 100,000=1 hundered thousand, 100,000,000=1 hundered million, 100,000,000,000=1 hundered billion...! No matter the question there is no such thing as 1 thousand million, it doesnt exist.
  • frank
    Regardless of country, one billion is one thousand million, or 1 followed by nine zeros.
  • mahmood
    Only think i can say is that... " YOU SHOULD ALWAYS THANK GOD WITH YOUR EACH AND EVERY BREATH"
  • IKEA
    wooow thanks
  • Hee
    Ananda Krishnan took over once.....but Robert Kuok counter back again......he is the king man..the sugar king:D
  • LcF
    Thank you...
    Guys, I never know billion has different figure in different countries :shock:

    USA: 1 billion = 1 thousand million(1 and 9 zero)
    UK and most other countries: 1 billion = 1 million million(1 and 12 zero)

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=billio...
  • LcF
    thanks for the correction
  • Allan
    Quote:
    Do you know how to write one billion in number?

    Answer is "1,000,000,000,000" in the real world (outside of the USA) and to anybody with a resonable braim.
    1,000,000,000 is one thousand million.
  • :shock:You people are just giving us headache because you do not
    have one voice a website will say A the other will say B and and
    another will say it is "c" and very soon another will come and
    say it should be the senior brother maybe capital "C"
    WHICH ONE DO WE BELIEVE IS THE RICHEST IN THE WORLD NOW!!!:???::?:
  • He is from SWEDEN not Switzerland.

    Havn't you notices the blue-yellow colour on all IKEA buildings? (The swedish flag is blue and yellow.)

    And now Ingvar Kamprad seemes to be the richest man...In you face Bill Gates! :wink:
  • billy Swede
    He´s from sweden not switzerland
  • tkh
    cool....
  • lim goh tong ranked among the 200+ last year i think. robert kuok a.k.a Sugar King has always been msia's richest. but ananda krishnan is steadily rising
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