Á esquerda: Os 3 homens mais ricos do mundo,
 e respectivas perdas entre 2008 e 2009

A Crise de 2008, foi sem dúvida a melhor coisa que aconteceu ao sistema monetário internacional. Porquê? Eu explico.
Até á data, o poder expectativo do valor das empresas, e/ou produtos, era muito maior, que o seu valor real. Ora, o que isto fazia, era que estes estavam a ganhar dinheiro na bolsa, que na realidade não existia. E os bancos, são os que patrocinam este sistema financeiro, entre outros de risco elevado.
Quando o mercado começou a recuar, e deixaram de existir investimentos, já não entrava dinheiro para o sistema, e os bancos/investidores começaram a perder dinheiro investido, a recessão foi iminente.
Nas maiores fortunas mundiais, esta diferença de valor do seu património no mercado, resultou num desaparecimento de 1,4 milhões de milhões de dólares ($ 1.400.000.000.000.000).

Fica a questão: Para onde foi toda esta fortuna?
- Quanto a mim, esta foi repartida por aqueles que produzem os “bens essenciais”, da sociedade actual. Chips e vestuário(China), petróleo, por último, e bastante afastado dos três primeiros, estarão os investimentos em países como Angola e Venezuela.

Mark Zuckerberg: Criador do Facebook, é o milionário mais jovem do mundo.
Criou a sua própria fortuna.

According to the 2009 Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires, there are now only 793 billionaires around the world — down from 1,132 in the 2008 Richest People list. Their collective net worth is “just” $2.4 trillion, down $2 trillion from last year.

#1. William Gates III

Age: 53
Fortune: self made
Source: Microsoft
Net Worth: $40.0 bil
Country of Citizenship: United States
Industry: Software
Marital Status: married, 3 children

Bill Gates regains title as the world’s richest man after placing 3rd in last year’s list. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates decided to increase donations in 2009 to $3.8 billion, up 15% from 2008. Organization’s assets were $30 billion in January. Stock down 45% in past 12 months.

#2. Warren Buffett

Age: 78
Fortune: self made
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Net Worth: $37.0 bil
Country Of Citizenship: United States
Industry: Investments
Marital Status: widowed, remarried, 3 children

Last year’s world’s richest man has to settle for second place this year after losing $25 billion in 12 months. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 45% since last March. Injected billions of dollars into Goldman Sachs, General Electric in exchange for preferred stock last fall; propped up insurance firm Swiss Re in February with $2.6 billion infusion. Admits he made some “dumb” investment mistakes in 2008. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (GEICO, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim’s), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See’s Candies). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo.

#3. Carlos Slim Helu

Age: 69
Fortune: self made
Source: telecom
Net Worth: $35.0 bil
Country of Citizenship: Mexico
Industry: Communications
Marital Status: widowed, 6 children

Economic downturn and plunging peso shaved $25 billion from the fortune of Latin America’s richest man. Son of a Lebanese immigrant bought fixed-line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in 1990; now controls 90% of Mexico’s telephone landlines. Would be a billionaire based on his dividends alone. Biggest holding: $16 billion stake in America Movil, Latin America’s largest mobile phone company, with 173 million customers. America Movil and Telmex reportedly planning to jointly invest $4 billion to bolster telecom infrastructure in Latin America. Last year took stakes in New York Times Co., former billionaire Anthony O’Reilly’s Independent News & Media and Bronco Drilling; also increased position in Saks.

#4. Lawrence Ellison

Age: 64
Source: Oracle
Net Worth: $22.5 bil
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Thrice divorced, remarried; two children

Larry Ellison is co-founder and CEO of software firm Oracle. Company has racked up 49 acquisitions in the past four years. Bought BEA Systems for $8.5 billion last year. Company still sitting on $7 billion in cash. Revenues up 11% to $10.9 billion in the six months ended Nov. 30, 2007; profits also up 11% to $2.4 billion. Stock down 25% in past 12 months.

#5. Ingvar Kamprad

Age: 83
Source: Ikea
Net Worth: $22.0 bil
Country of Citizenship: Sweden
Marital Status: Divorced, remarried; four children

Furniture retail chain IKEA’s founder peddled matches, fish, pens, Christmas cards and other items by bicycle as a teenager. Opened first Ikea store 50 years ago; store’s name is a combination of initials of his first and last name, his family farm and the nearest village. Retired in 1986; company’s “senior adviser” still reportedly works tirelessly on his brand. Revenues up 7% to $27.4 billion in fiscal-year 2008. Opened 10th store in China this February; planning to open first in Dominican Republic later this year. Thrifty entrepreneur flies economy class, frequents cheap restaurants and furnishes his home mostly with Ikea products.

#6. Karl Albrecht

Age: 89
Source: Aldi / Supermarkets
Net Worth: $21.5 bil
Country of Citizenship: Germany
Marital Status: Married, two children

Germany’s richest person owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud. Sales in the U.S. up estimated 20% last year to $7 billion. Plans to open 75 U.S. stores in 2009, including first in New York City.

#7. Mukesh Ambani

Age: 51
Source: Petrochemicals
Net Worth: $19.5 bil
Country of Citizenship: India
Marital Status: Married, three children

Oversees Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by market cap, despite stock falling 40% in past year. Merging his Reliance Petroleum with flagship Reliance Industries. Late father Dhirubhai founded Reliance and built it into a massive conglomerate. After he died, Mukesh and his brother, Anil, ran the family business together for a brief time. But siblings feuded over control; mother eventually brokered split of assets.

#8. Lakshmi Mittal

Age: 58
Source: Steel
Net Worth: $19.3 bil
Country of Citizenship: India
Marital Status: Married, two children

Indian immigrant heads world’s largest steel company; ArcelorMittal was formed via hostile takeover three years ago. Stock in company makes up bulk of his fortune; shares at a four-year low, with steel prices down 75% since last summer. Arcelor posted $2.6 billion loss in most recent quarter; announced plans to slow acquisitions, cut capital expenditures, pay down debt. Started in family steel business in the 1970s, branched out on his own in 1994. Also owns pieces of Mumbai’s Indiabulls Group, London’s RAB Capital; owns stake in, sits on board of Goldman Sachs.

#9. Theo Albrecht

Age: 87
Source: Aldi / Supermarkets
Net Worth: $18.8 bil
Country of Citizenship: Germany
Marital Status: Married, two children

Runs discount supermarket group Aldi Nord. Sales expected to hit $31 billion in 2008. After World War II he and older brother Karl transformed their mother’s corner grocery into Aldi. Brothers split ownership in 1961; Karl took the stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got the northern Germany stores and the rest of Europe. Unable to operate Aldi stores in U.S., Theo developed discount food store Trader Joe’s; now has more than 320 U.S. stores. Also owns stake in Supervalu.

#10. Amancio Ortega

Age: 73
Source: Fashion
Net Worth: $18.3 bil
Country of Citizenship: Spain
Marital Status: Divorced, remarried; three children

Spain’s richest man is founder and chairman of the Inditex Group which owns the Zara fashion store chain. Today Inditex has more than 4,000 stores in 71 countries. Sales: $12.3 billion. Railway worker’s son started as a gofer in a shirt store. With then wife Rosalia Mera, also now a billionaire, started making dressing gowns and lingerie in their living room.

Stephen Schwarzman hat innerhalb der letzten 12 Monate über 700 000 000 Dollar verdient, so meldet es eine Nachrichtenagentur. Sein gesamtes Vermögen beläuft sich laut Forbes auf 3,5 Milliarden Dollar und gehört damit zu den 100 reichsten Amerikanern. Er ist damit nicht allein. Etliche andere Leute wie Lawrence Ellison haben über 500 Millionen oder Ray Irani mit über 200 Millionen Dollar eingestrichen. Die Liste liesse sich beliebig ausweiten, aber womit haben diese Menschen das verdient?

Schwarzman besitzt eine 31 Millionen Dollar teure Wohnung und diese hat er sich auch bitter verdient nach dem er so lange in Yale/Harvard studiert und in der Branche Türklinken geputzt hat.  Klar spendet er hier und da mal auch ein paar Millionen, er ist kein Egoist, ein bisschen etwas für das Kennedy Center oder die Republikaner insbesondere George W. Bush muss schon sein als Ausdruck der sozialen Ader.  Die Millionen Menschen in Armut wären auch keine profitablen Investitionen.

Die 700 Millionen Dollar hat Schwarzman wohl durch die Aktienbeteiligungen am Konzern Blackstone erworben und ist laut weiteren Medienberichten auch der Gründer des Konzerns. Nun möchte ich ihn nicht als einen schlechten Menschen darstellen, ich verstehe nur einfach nicht wie ein einzelner Mensch derart hohe Summen aus seiner “eigenen Leistung” verdient haben könnte. Vielleicht ist das einfach die normale Logik dieses korrupten Systems. Die Leistung bzw. die Möglichkeit dieses Erfolges des Unternehmens war bestimmt nicht völlig allein durch die Leistungen des Herrn Schwarzman möglich. Was ist mit seinen Mitarbeitern? Was ist mit der Lage und Entwicklung des Marktes? Oder überhaupt mit den Vorstellungen aller Menschen? Das alles hat doch nicht er begründetet oder geleistet. Also welcher Mensch hat solche Berge von Geld verdient?

Ich würde mit einer normalen Anstellung selbst wenn ich 2000 EUR Netto im Monat verdienen würde, im ganzen Leben nicht über 2 000 000 EUR kommen. Habe ich nicht mehr verdient? Ist meine Arbeit oder mein Leben nicht gut genug? Wahrscheinlich ist es so, ich bin nicht außergewöhnlich genug, meine Arbeit wird nicht außergewöhnlich geschätzt, genausowenig wie meine Person oder Qualifikation. Ich habe nie in Havard studiert, war nie Sohn einer einflussreichen Familie. Andere Menschen wie beispielsweise Carlos Slim Helu besitzen 60 000 000 000 Dollar, Bill Gates und Warren Buffet 50 000 000 000 Dollar bestimmt haben sie einen Bruchteil davon wirklich verdient, aber die gesamte Summe die sie tatsächlich besitzen?!  Diese Leute wissen nicht einmal wohin mit all dem Geld, investieren es meistens wieder in irgendwelche Konzerne damit es weiter wachsen kann und so weiter.

Ich weiß nicht wie man das verdient, ich kann nur ahnen wie wenig es die Leute die bereits derart viel Geld besitzen verdient haben. Wären diese Menschen ehrenhaft und würden sich wirklich für die Belange aller Menschen interessieren würden sie 99% des Kapitals welches sie besitzen in Dinge stecken die nichts mit Profitsucht zutun haben. Was ist mit den Leuten in Sozialberufen, diese Menschen sollten am meisten verdienen denn diese handeln aufopferungsvoll oder liebevoll tagtäglich in ihrem Beruf für andere Menschen damit es ihnen besser geht. Die Erzieher, Lehrer, Krankenschwestern, Altenpfleger und so weiter sollten am meisten verdienen weil sie der Gesellschaft am meisten geben.

Was gibt ein Unternehmer wie Schwarzman schon der Gesellschaft? Er peitscht doch nur die Industrialisierung dieser Gesellschaft voran und diese Industrialisierung wird spätestens dann zusammenbrechen wenn sämtliche Rohstoffvorkommen versiegen. Solche Leute sind nur deshalb erfolgreich weil sie am stärksten die Oberflächlichkeit des Profit- und Geschäftsstreben verinnerlicht haben und oben drein natürlich entsprechende familiäre und finanzielle Hintergründe haben. Das bedeutet nicht das diese Menschen sehr vielen anderen Menschen besonders gut tun, geschweige denn der Umwelt usw. Warum verdienen sie trotzdem soviel Geld? Weil die gesamte Gesellschaft oberflächlichen und illusorischen Vorstellungen nachrennt, das ist alles!

01: Anil Ambani

Fortuna actual: $10.1 billones

Pérdida: $31.9 billones

02: Lakshmi Mittal

Fortuna actual: $19.3 billones

Pérdida: $25.7 billones

03: Warren Buffett

Fortuna actual: $37 billones

Pérdida: $25 billones

 04: Carlos Slim Helú

Fortuna actual: $35 billones

Pérdida: $25 billones

05: K.P. Singh

Fortuna actual: $5.0 bbillones

Pérdida: $25 billones

06: Oleg Deripaska

Fortuna actual: $3.5 billones

Pérdida: $24.5 billones

07: Mukesh Ambani

Fortuna actual: $19.5 billones

Pérdida: $23.5 billones

08: Sheldon Adelson

Fortuna actual: $3.4 billones

Pérdida: $22.6 billones

09: William Gates III

Fortuna actual: $40 billones

Pérdida: $18 billones

10: Vladimir Potanin

Fortuna actual: $2.1 billones

Pérdida: $17.2 billones

Fuente: Forbes.com

01: William Gates III: USD$ 40 billones

Microsoft/EEUU
53 años,  Casado 3 hijos

02: Warren Buffett: USD$ 37 billones

Inversiones/EEUU
78 años, Viudo, Se volvió a casar; 3 hijos

03: Carlos Slim Helú: USD$ 35 billones

Telecom/México
69 años, Viudo, 6 hijos

04:Lawrence Ellison: USD$ 22.5 billones

Oracle/EEUU
64 años,  Tres veces divorciado, Se volvió a casar; 2 hijos

05: Ingvar Kamprad: USD$ 22 billones

Ikea/Suecia
83 años, Divorciado, Se volvió a casar; 4 hijos

06: Karl Albrecht: USD$ 21.5 billones

Supermercados/Alemania
89 años, Casado, 2 hijos

07: Mukesh Ambani: USD$ 19.5 billones

Petroquímicos/India
51 años, Casado, 3 hijos

08: Lakshmi Mittal: USD$ 19.3 billones

Aceros/India
58 años, Casado, 3 hijos

09: Theo Albrecht: USD$ 18.8 billones

Supermercados/Alemania
87 años, Casado, 2 hijos

10: Amancio Ortega: USD$ 18.3 billones

Moda/España
73 años, Divorciado, Se volvió a casar; 3 hijos

Fuente: Forbes.com

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Den tredje rikaste mannen i världen är en libanesisk, världens tredje rikaste person den 11 mars 2009, Forbes rankade Carlos Slim Helou som värdelns tredje rikaste person, bakom Bill Gates och Warren Buffett och framför Lawrence Ellison.

Slim föddes i Mexiko City, Mexiko. Hans far, Julian Slim, en libanesis som invandrat från Libanon vid en ålder på 14 år. Under 1911, Julian inrättade en grossist affär La Estrella del Oriente (Star of the Orient) och köpte fastigheter i centrala Mexiko City. Han och hans fru, även libanes.

Den 10 september 2008 meddelade Slim att han hade köpt en 6,4 procent aktieandel i The New York Times Company, och gjorde honom till den största aktieägaren som inte har samband med bolagets ägare, Sulzberger familj. (Kanske det är därför Libanon är specificerad som första turiständamål år 2009 i New York Times! Hysch) lol, jag skämtar!

¿Cómo vive el tercer hombre más rico del mundo? Maneja su auto, duerme la siesta y comparte su casa con Carlos Jr.. Sabemos, además, que es el hombre más rico de México; sabemos que recientemente invirtió en el New York Times y que es el empresario con mayor poder económico en su país…  pero, ¿qué es lo que no sabemos de Carlos Slim Helú?

La revista mexicana Quién conversó con el dueño de Telmex, Telcel, Grupo Carso e Inbursa, sobre la vida cotidiana del magnate.

Un día en la vida de Carlos Slim no parece muy diferente a la de otros empresarios. Dice no sentirse cómodo en la rutina, pero si tiene que describir la suya, es más o menos ésta: se levanta a eso de las 8:00 horas, desayuna y dedica un par de horas a revisar papeles y hablar por teléfono en un pequeño despacho que tiene contiguo a su recámara.

A mediodía vuelve a dormirse un rato para ir luego a la oficina, donde suele comer, generalmente acompañado por sus hijos o algún amigo.

Por la noche suele analizar proyectos. Es nocturno y se duerme a eso de las 2 o 2:30 de la madrugada.

Hasta la fecha, el empresario de 69 años vive en la misma casa que compartía con su esposa Soumaya Domit Gemayel (fallecida en marzo de 1999). En su casa habitan él y su hijo Carlos Slim Domit, de 42 años.

A pesar de que tiene chofer, a Slim Helú le gusta manejar su coche y pisar el acelerador como en sus años mozos. “Ahora voy hasta más rápido que antes”.

Este controversial hombre de poder, que despierta tanto la admiración como las críticas más acérrimas, frente a la inevitable pregunta de si puede vivir tranquilo ante la inseguridad en México, responde: “lo peor que puede tener el ser humano es vivir con miedo yulpas; entonces trato de no tenerlos”.

Quién entrevistó al empresario en su oficina de las Lomas de Chapultepec, en la Ciudad de México.

Carlos Slim Helú, luego de ubicarse el año pasado como el segundo hombre más rico del mundo según el ranking de Forbes, este año perdió una posición y casi 25,000 millones de dólares, pero conserva el liderato entre los mexicanos. Su fortuna está valuada en 35,000 millones de dólares

Muchísima gente cree que en el mundo existe pobreza porque no hay recursos, pero nada se aleja más de la realidad que esto. A continuación te presento algunas cifras que te dejarán pensando la próxima vez que decidas gastar cantidades extraordinarias en un teléfono celular, en un pantalón o en una entradita VIP para el cine. Ah, y para que te cagues en todos los gobiernos del mundo.

Se necesitan:

- 6.000 millones de dólares para solucionar el problema de la educación en el mundo

- 9.000 millones de dólares para garantizarle el agua a todo el mundo

- 13.000 millones de dólares para cubrir los gastos de comida y nutrición a nivel mundial

- 50.000 millones para erradicar el hambre en el mundo

Bueno, son cifras grandísimas, nadie tiene ese dinero, crees tú.

Se usan:

- 780.000 millones en gastos militares a nivel mundial

- 400.000 millones en drogas

- 105.000 millones en bebidas alcohólicas sólo en Europa

- 11.000 millones en helados sólo en Europa

- 8.000 millones en maquillaje en Estados Unidos

Sí, ya, pero eso es dinero entre mucha gente. Pues no.

- Armancio Ortega, presidente de Zara tiene 12.600 millones de dólares

- S. Robson Walton, presidente de Wal-Mart tiene 18.300 millones de dólares

- Carlos Slim Helu, magnate de las comunicaciones tiene 23.000 millones de dólares

..Y pare de contar. No hay nada malo en que la gente tenga dinero, claro que no, mientras ese dinero se lo hayan ganado a fuerza de trabajo, de ellos, no de obreros explotados. Lo malo es tener ese poder, esas cantidades capaces de arreglar el mundo y no hacer nada al respecto. Que se vayan a joder los hippies voluntarios y creadores de ONG, que trabajen.

Que en este mundo, no somos pobres por casualidad, somos pobres porque el poder corrompe.

Piénsalo.

K.

Visto en: Las listas negras / Foto: Galería de Turkairo

Fonte: Forbes

5) Mukesh Ambani (Aden, 19 aprile 1957) è un imprenditore indiano.

È il direttore del vasto conglomerato petrolifero Reliance Industries Limited.

Il patrimonio personale di Mukesh Ambani è stato stimato da Forbes nel 2007 in 63 miliardi di dollari americani, questo lo rende il quinto uomo più ricco del mondo. È presente nella lista anche il fratello Anil, la cui ricchezza è valutata 45 miliardi di dollari americani.

Attualmente è in costruzione la nuova casa di Ambani (già soprannominata Dream House o Mansion in the Air) che sarà l’abitazione più costosa al mondo: ben 2 miliardi di dollari.

4) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal, (Sadulpur, 15 giugno 1950), è un imprenditore multimiliardario indiano che vive e opera a Londra.

Mittal è nato in un villaggio nel distretto di Rajasthan, in India, ma vive a Kensington, Londra. Secondo la rivista Forbes il suo patrimonio nel 2008 ammonta a circa 57 miliardi di Dollari, questo lo rende il quinto uomo più ricco del mondo e l’uomo più ricco dell’India. il giornale Financial Times lo ha nominato Uomo dell’anno del 2006.

Lakshmi Mittal è il fondatore e amministratore delegato della Arcelor Mittal; la sua compagnia è tra i leader mondiali nella produzione dell’acciaio. La sua ditta opera in Romania, Sud Africa, Polonia, Spagna, Italia, Indonesia, Kazakistan, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Repubblica Ceca ed altri ancora.

Per i suoi due figli ha organizzato dei matrimoni da favola, spendendo rispettivamente 30 e 65 milioni di dollari. Nel 2007 ha donato circa 3 milioni di Sterline al Partito Laburista. La sua casa a Londra ricorda lo stile del Taj Mahal ed è socio di Briatore ed Ecclestone della squadra inglese QPR.

3) William Henry Gates III (aka Bill Gates; Seattle, 28 ottobre 1955),  imprenditore e informatico statunitense.

È il fondatore ed è ex-presidente della Microsoft, colosso strafamoso dell’industria Computeristica mondiale. È il 3° uomo più ricco del mondo secondo la rivista Forbes dopo essere stato per 13 anni l’uomo più ricco del mondo (Oltre ad essere unanimamente riconosciuto come il Nerd di maggior successo della storia dei Nerd). Il suo ultimo patrimonio stimato è di circa 58 miliardi di dollari. Ricordiamo il suo acquisto del codice di Leonardo da Vinci per un semplice sfizio…

2) Carlos Slim Helú (Città del Messico, 28 gennaio 1940) è un imprenditore messicano.

Il quotidiano economico Sentido Comun lo pone al primo posto nella classifica degli uomini più ricchi del pianeta con un patrimonio stimato di 67,8 miliardi di dollari, mentre la rivista americana Forbes lo posiziona al 2° posto nella classifica degli uomini più ricchi del mondo con un patrimonio di 60 miliardi. Slim Helù Aglamaz è il più importante magnate delle telecomunicazioni dell’America Latina. Detiene infatti il controllo di tre delle più importanti compagnie del continente, la Telmex, la Telcel e la América Móvil. Combinate, le tre compagnie controllano circa il 73% del traffico di telefonia mobile dell’America latina, con oltre 100 milioni di utenti.

Ottenne la laurea in ingegneria nel 1961. Dopo la laurea Carlos cominciò a lavorare in varie aziende e fece anche parte di importanti organismi internazionali.

Carlos cominciò ad avere fortuna con l’impiego in grandi multinazionali come Altria Group e Alcatel, in seguito si mise in proprio e fondò il Grupo Carso.

L’impero di Slim, che secondo la prestigiosa rivista Fortune realizza il 5% del PIL messicano, non si limita al mondo delle telecomunicazioni. La cassaforte di famiglia possiede banche e catene di ristoranti, piantagioni di tabacco e retailers informatici oltre al 3% delle azioni della Apple.

1) Warren Edward Buffett (Omaha, 30 agosto 1930), soprannominato l’oracolo di Omaha.

Nel 2008, con un patrimonio stimato di 62 miliardi di dollari, sarebbe, secondo la rivista Forbes, l’uomo più ricco del mondo.

La sua attività finanziaria di alto livello inizia a partire dal 1962, anno in cui comincia ad acquistare partecipazioni della Berkshire Hathaway, industria tessile in declino, di cui prenderà il controllo qualche anno dopo. Con la Berkshire Hathaway comincia ad acquistare aziende sottovalutate nei più variegati settori, dai servizi all’industria, dalle assicurazioni alla biancheria, passando per società che offrono proprietà frazionata di jet privati; infine acquisisce la Mid American Holding nel settore energia e inizia così ad investire in tubifici.

Con la Berkshire Hathaway, nel 1967 acquisisce due compagnie assicurative: la National Fire and Marine Insurance Company e la National Indemnity Company. Il settore delle assicurazioni conquista sempre più spazio all’interno della holding di Buffett, così dal 1985 abbandona definitivamente il settore tessile per dedicarsi esclusivamente a quello assicurativo. Oggi la Berkshire Hathaway è il più grande riassicuratore mondiale dopo la tedesca Talanx, cioè si occupa di riassicurare le compagnie assicurative.

Nel 2006 ha donato 37 milioni di dollari in azioni benefiche, atte all’aiuto delle popolazioni del cosiddetto “Terzo mondo“.

3)Carlos Slim Helu: Lübnan’dan 1911’de Meksika’ya göçen babasının soyadı Slim, Meksika doğumlu ama Lübnan kökenli annesinin soyadı ise Helu’dur. İspanyol isimlerinde isimden sonra önce babanın soyadı ardından da annenin soyadı eklenir.

1940 yılında 6 çocuğun en küçüğü olarak dünyaya geldi. Kendisi de bir Lübnan kökenli Meksikalı olan Soumaya Domit ile 1967’de evlendi ve altı çocukları var.

Babası açtığı kuru yiyecek dükkanı ve gayrimenkul yatırımları ile hatırı sayılır bir miras bıraktı. Brokerlık yaparak ve ilerleyen yıllarda özellikle telekomünikasyon sektöründeki yatırımları ile günümüzdeki servetine ulaştı.

Meksika, ABD ve Latin Amerika’nın büyük bir bölümünde faaliyet gösteren telekomünikasyon ve internet sağlayıcı Telmex’in CEO’sudur. Telmex yaklaşık Meksika’nın yüzde 90’ına hizmet vermektedir. Ayrıca yine aynı bölgelerde faaliyet gösteren kablosuz telefon ağı sağlayıcısı America Movil’in genel yöneticisidir. America Movil 2005 yılında dünyanın 1 numaralı enformasyon teknolojisi şirketi seçilmişti. America Movil Meksika’nın yaklaşık yüzde 80’ine hizmet vermektedir.

İşadamı halen Meksika Borsası Başkan Yardımcılığı görevini yürütmektedir.

iMac henüz piyasaya sürülmeden önce Apple’ın yüzde 3 hissesine yatırım yapan işadamı, ürünün piyasaya sürülmesi ile yaşanan büyük artış ile büyük bir kar elde etti.

The New York Times Company’nin yüzde 6.4’lük hissesine sahip olan işadamı, grubun sahibi Salzburger ailesinden sonra en büyük hisse ortağı.

Yaptığı bağışlar ve halk önünde yaptığı Meksika ekonomisi hakkındaki konuşmaları ile de tanınan işadamı 2000 yılında Mexico City’nin tarihi merkezini insanların yaşayabildiği ve çalışabildiği bir yer haline getirmek için çalışan bir vakıf kurdu.

2)Warren Buffett: “Omaha’nın Kahini” 15 yaşında iken liseden bir arkadaşı ile birlikte aldığı tilt makinesini bir berber dükkanına koydular ve oradan kazandıkları gelirle üç tane daha tilt makinesi aldılar. Ekonomiye olan merakı sonucu Columbia’da ekonomi masterı yaptı.

Ekonomiye olan ilgisini özellikle yatırım ve borsa üzerinde ilerletti. Master derecesini elde ettikten 12 yıl sonra artık o bir milyonerdi.

CEO’su ve başkanı olduğu Berkshire Hathaway Holdingi özellikle sigorta sektöründe hizmet veriyor. Sigortanın dışında enerji, perakende, tekstil, uçuş hizmetleri kollarında da hizmet veriyor.

Son seçimlerde Barack Obama’nın kampanyasına destek oldu. 2008 başkanlık seçimi sırasındaki ilk televizyon tartışması sırasında hem Obama tarafından hem de McCain tarafından Hazine Bakanı olabileceği söylendi. Üçüncü tartışma da ise Obama onu Ekonomi Danışmanı olarak zikretti. Ayrıca Buffett 2003 seçimlerinde California Valisi Arnold Schwarzenegger’in Ekonomi Danışmanı olarak görev aldı.

Haftada 12 saatini briç oynamaya ayıran işadamının sık sık oynadığı arkadaşı ise dünyanın en zengini Bill Gates. Berkshire hisselerinin yüzde 85’ini 5 kurum arasında dağıtacağını bildiren iş adamı, en büyük payı da Bill ve Melinda Gates Vakfına vereceğini bildirdi.

Cep telefonu taşımayan, masasında bilgisayar bulunmayan işadamı kendi aracını kullanıyor, Cadillac DTS.

Halen 1957 yılında satın aldığı evinde yaşamaktadır.

1)Bill Gates: 1975’te terk ettiği üniversitesi, ona 2007 yılında Fahri Doktora ünvanı verdi.

Kişisel bilgisayar devriminin öncülerinden William Henry “Bill” Gates, hepimize kullandırdığı   Microsoft markalı ürünler ile zirvenin tepesinin daimi üyesi oldu. Microsoft’taki son tam gün  mesaisini (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HA4lSUhlbw&feature=related) 27 haziran 2008’de tamamlayan Bill Gates, birçok hayır kurumuna bağışlar yapsa da her zaman rekabete izin vermemesi nedeniyle eleştirildi.

Okuldan arkadaşı Paul Allen ile birlikte Microsoft’u 1975’te kurdular. Altair 8800 yazılımı ile başladıkları yolu Ms-Dos, Microsoft XP, Vista, Microsoft Office, Xbox gibi bu gün hemen hemen herkesin evinde en az biri bulunan bu ürünlerle devam ettirdiler.

2008 yılında ünlü Amerikalı komedyen Jerry Seinfeld ile birlikte bir dizi reklamda rol aldı.

1994 yılında bir müzayedede Leonardo Da Vinci’ye ait önemli bilimsel yazıları içeren Codex Leicester‘ı 30.8 milyon dolara satın aldı.

Okuma tutkusu yüksek biri olan Gates’in evindeki büyük kütüphanenin tavanında The Great Gatsby romanından bir sözün kabartması var.

Dünyanın en zengin kişisi olan Bill Gates’in bu konumuna yaklaşımını ise şöyle açıklayabiliriz; “Keşke dünyanın en zengin kişisi olmasaydım, zenginliğin getirdiği ilgiden hiç hoşlanmıyorum.” Bill Gates.

#3 CARLOS SLIM HELU

Net Worth:$35.0 bil
Fortune:self made 
Source:telecom 
Age:69 
Country Of Citizenship:Mexico 
Residence:Mexico City 
Industry:Telecommunications 
Education:NA, 
Marital Status:widowed, 6 children  

There is money to bed made in all of the blah blah that people talk down their phone lines each day. Carlos Slim Helu knows that. After Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, Carlos is the third richest person in the world. 

In Mexico he owns most of peoples landline phone connectibility. Helu knows that communication is the key to life. It keeps family, friends and nationhood held together. As the son of Lebanese immigrants to Mexico, Helu’s outside perspective set him up to be a telecommunications mogul.

He’s an example of, whenever you feel alienated or different, use it to your advantage in a new culture. Carlos Slim Helu did just that.

Over the last year, the economic downturn and plunging peso shaved $25 billion from the fortune of Latin America’s richest man. The global recession tested his ability to live up to the principles he sets for his employees: “Maintain austerity in times of fat cows.” This son of a Lebanese immigrant bought fixed line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in 1990. His company now controls 90% of Mexico’s telephone landlines.

Carlos Slim Helu would be a billionaire based on his dividends alone. Helu’s biggest holding is: a $16 billion stake in America Movil, Latin America’s largest mobile phone company with 173 million customers. America Movil and Telmex reportedly planning to jointly invest $4 billion to bolster telecom infrastructure in Latin America.

Buying up cheap media, energy and retail assets is what Helu seeks out to do. He believes that media and communication are the new frontier.

Last year he took stakes in New York Times Co., former billionaire Anthony O’Reilly’s Independent News & Media and Bronco Drilling. He also increased his position in Saks. His interests include being a collector of baseball statistics aficionado and he is an art collector. He’s an example of how out of immigrant struggle comes great things.

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Net Worth:$37.0 bil
Fortune:self made 
Source:Berkshire Hathaway 
Age:78 
Country Of Citizenship:United States 
Residence:Omaha, Nebraska 
Industry:Investments 
Education:University of Nebraska Lincoln, Bachelor of Arts / Science, Columbia University, Master of Science 
Marital Status:widowed, remarried, 3 children 

Last year America’s most beloved investor was the world’s richest man. This year he has to settle for second place after losing $25 billion in 12 months. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 45% since last March. Injected billions of dollars into Goldman Sachs, GE in exchange for preferred stock last fall; propped up insurance firm Swiss Re in February with $2.6 billion infusion. Admits he made some “dumb” investment mistakes in 2008. Upbeat about America’s future: “Our economic system has worked extraordinarily well over time. It has unleashed human potential as no other system has, and it will continue to do so.” Scoffs at Wall Street’s over-reliance on “history-based” models: “If merely looking up past financial data would tell you what the future holds, the Forbes 400 would consist of librarians.” Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim’s), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See’s Candies). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo.

Even Angelina Jolie reveres Warren Buffet’s big big brains

Tras las votaciones realizadas el día de hoy, Luis Téllez el ex-secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes (y quien hace no mucho tiempo estuvo involucrado en unas grabaciones telefónicas), ha sido elegido Presidente del Consejo Administrativo de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores.

Aunque no fue de manera unánime, la mayoría de las votaciones fueron a su favor; la votación del Ing. Carlos Slim Helú fue decisivo porque cuenta con más del 40% de la participación en la BMV. 

En esta ocasión tendrá grandes retos que enfrentar para poder demostrar su capacidad para estar al frente de esta institución, pues el tema de los derivados y el financiamiento a empresas en los tiempos que cruza el mundo serán claves para el desenvolvimiento de nuestro país durante la crísis, y aún después de la crísis. Es un buen momento para comenzar las reestructuraciones financieras que nos llevarán por el buen camino.