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Rich People: Now & Then

“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.” - John D. Rockefeller.

There is a famous anecdote about a conversation that F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway had. Fitzgerald purportedly had said to Hemingway, “The rich are different from us.” To which Hemingway ostensibly had replied, “Yes, they have more money.”

Now
Then
400 richest Americans 2009 - Forbes.
ARABIAN BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE - world's 50 richest arabs.
Australia & New Zealand's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
BORN RICH - cruise to the luxury lifestyle.
China's 400 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
FOOTBALL RICH LIST 2009/10 - the full 100.
GLOBAL RICH LIST - calculations are based on figures from the World Bank Development Research Group.
HOLLYWOOD'S MOST OVERPAID STARS - Forbes Magazine.
HOLLYWOOD'S TOP 40 EARNERS - Vanity Fair Magazine.
Hong Kong's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
India's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
Japan's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
LIST of the 100 WEALTHIEST PEOPLE - Wikipedia.
Malaysia's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
MONEY CENTRAL - Times Online.
ONASSIS' 10 GOLDEN RULES FOR SUCCESS
Philippines 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
RUSSIA'S RICHEST MAN: OLEG DERIPASKA
Singapore's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
South Korea's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - the 20 top-earning non-American athletes 2009.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - the 50 highest-earning American athletes 2009.
SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2009
Taiwan's 40 richest 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
THE 10 HIGHEST PAID POLITICIANS IN THE WORLD
THE CELEBRITY 100
WILLIAM (BILL) GATES III
TOP 10 WEALTHIEST SPORTSMEN
Top-earning CEOs - Forbes Magazine.
Top-earning dead celebrities - Forbes Magazine.
WEALTH BULLETIN - an online news and analysis service for the global wealth management industry.
WEALTH BULLETIN - World's Top 10 Richest Arabs.
World's billionaires 2010 - Forbes Magazine.
World's richest royals - Forbes Magazine.
World's top-earning models 2009 - Forbes Magazine.
WORLD WEALTH REPORT 2008
Young billionaires 2009 - Forbes Magazine.

Now

BERNARD ARNAULT - founder, chairman, and CEO of LVMH, a large luxury goods conglomorate consisting of over fifty luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Fendi.
CARLOS SLIM HELU - world's richest man.
DONALD TRUMP
GERALD GROSVENOR, 6TH THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
GEORGE SOROS - the official website.
INGVAR KAMPRAD
J.K. ROWLING
KIRK KERKORIAN
LAKSHMI MITTAL
LILY SAFRA
MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER
ROMAN ABRAMOVICH
ROTHSCHILD FAMILY
WALLENBERG FAMILY
WALTON FAMILY
WARREN BUFFETT - aka "The Oracle of Omaha".
WILLIAM (BILL) HENRY GATES III

Then

ANDREW CARNEGIE
ANDREW W. MELLON
ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
BARBARA HUTTON
BERNARD BARUCH
CROESUS
DORIS DUKE
DU PONT FAMILY
HOWARD HUGHES
J. P. MORGAN
J. PAUL GETTY
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER - world's first US$-billionaire.
JOHN JACON ASTOR
MEDICI FAMILY
MEYER GUGGENHEIM
STAVROS NIARCHOS

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