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I'm richer than that! Prince Alwaleed challenges Forbes
Annual rich list is based on 'flawed' methods, claims Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (at number 26)
A SAUDI PRINCE has "severed ties" with Forbes magazine saying it has undervalued his wealth by $9.6 billion in its annual rich list. As result, he is rated only the world's 26th richest man when in his view he should be 10th.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose investment interests include Twitter, News Corp and London's Savoy Hotel, disputed the list after Forbes put his net wealth at $20 billion. Alwaleed estimates it is $29.6 billion.
He blasted the publication's "flawed" valuation methods, saying they "seemed designed to disadvantage Middle Eastern investors and institutions", the Financial Times notes.
A statement from the tycoon's Kingdom Holding Company said he would longer cooperate with Forbes but would continue to work with those compiling the rival rich list - the Bloomberg Billionaires index, which ranks him as the world's 16th richest man.
Alwaleed's placement isn't the only eyebrow-raiser on this year's Forbes list. Warren Buffett, the so-called 'Sage of Omaha', has dropped out of the top three for the first time in 13 years. The billionaire American investor, estimated to be worth $55.5 billion by Forbes, has been overtaken by Zara fashion chain founder Amancio Ortega, the richest man in Europe.
Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim topped the list for the fourth time in a row with an estimated worth of $73 billion, followed by Bill Gates with $67 billion. The average age of the ten richest individuals was 74.
According to Forbes, the dollar billionaires club welcomed 210 new members in the past year, taking the number up to a record 1,426.
The top ten:
1. Carlos Slim $73bn
2. Bill Gates, $67bn
3. Amancio Ortega, $57bn
4. Warren Buffett, $55.5bn
5. Larry Ellison, $43bn
6. Charles Koch, $34bn and David Koch, $34bn (joint entry)
8. Li Ka-shing, $31bn
9. Liliane Bettencourt and family, $30bn
10. Bernard Arnault and family, $29bn ·
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show what a lot of trivial nonsense these super rich people really believe in - may they enjoy their billions - I have not a shred of envy for this small mindedness - they do not know what matters in life !!
They all in general and specially Al Wallid
Have abused and stolen the money from the
Poor,ask him where he has got it!
I wonder if he will argue with my list of most tasteless human beings on the planet. I'm guessing he is responsible for a lot of the revoltingly customisation of European supercars we see parked illegally around London. I won't bother looking into it but I assume he will also be behind the 'Kingdom Tower' idea. I suppose these repugnant clowns are a great deterrent from the pursuit of unnecessary wealth by real humans.
We should ban these crooks from London altogether. The city has become the whorehouse of the world for criminals who have stolen their money from their own people, raising property values so that people who actually work there can't afford to buy a house. While these clowns and crooks slap down millions for property unchallenged, if any of us want to merely open a bank account we have to jump through hoops in the name of preventing 'money laundering'. We're heading straight back to medieval times and it's time British people stood up for what we have historically fought for - and we didn't fight to make our capital the property portfolio and playpen of crooks from around the world and to push our own people from the centre of our greatest city.