German people are insane

speedy · Post by **speedy** » 17-10-2004 18:20

HE LIES

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 17-10-2004 19:57

He was kidding, I guess.

METAFrank · Post by **METAFrank** » 18-10-2004 09:08

XiD wrote: yet we still seem to have billions more in government, big business, and the richest man in the world.

The richest man in the world is from Sweden, his name is Ingvar Kamprad and hes the founder of IKEA.

/deactivating freak-mode

-plær- · Post by **-plær-** » 18-10-2004 11:06

Actually, Kamprad *isn't* the richest. The figure that was claimed he had (400bn Kroner/£29bn/$52bn) was actually the total value of all the ikea stores around the world. Since he gave up legal ownership of the company in 1982 to a Dutch firm, this is flagrantly not true.

According to the Forbes rich-list, which is pretty much definitive, the richest ppl in the world are:

1. Bill Gates ($46.6bn) - Microsoft
2. Warren Buffett ($42.9bn) - Investments/ Berkeshire Hathaway
3. Karl Albrecht ($23.0bn) - Aldi Supermarkets
4. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud ($21.5bn) - Investments
5. Paul Allen ($21.0bn) - Microsoft
6. Alice Walton ($20.0bn) - Walmart
6. Helen Walton ($20.0bn) - Walmart
6. Jim Walton ($20.0bn) - Walmart
6. John Walton ($20.0bn) - Walmart
6. S Robson Walton ($20.0bn) - Walmart
...
13. Ingvar Kamprad ($18.5bn)

Post by **DavidM** » 18-10-2004 11:09

oh god stop it

nobody knows how much anyone of those has except the guys themselves

bloodeh · Post by **bloodeh** » 18-10-2004 12:47

gg supermarkets

i known that some1 of the aldi-family is the richest in germany, but top3 in world