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Old 10-01-2008, 10:14 PM
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2008 Forbes 400 Trivia
The annual "round up" of the 400 richest Americans

As of the date of publication
Collective Net Worth: $1.57 Trillion
Avg Net Worth: $3.9B
Minimum Net Worth: $1.3B
Laid out, $1.3B in $1 bills covers 5.2 square miles

Never been married: 12
Divorced at least once: 115
Divorces at least three times: 11
Avg number of children: 3.1
Fortune "Self Made": 271
Avg Net Worth: $3.99B
Inherited Entire Fortune: 75
Avg Net Worth: $3.62B

Attended
Harvard: 49
Stanford: 30
Yale: 17
Princeton: 7

Women: 42
Avg Net Worth: $4.3B

Youngest Member: Mark Zukerberg, 24 (Facebook) $1.5B
Oldest Member: John Kluge, 94 (Metromedia) $9B
Avg Age: 65

Lives in
California: 81
NY: 74
Florida: 25
Texas: 39

Winner/Loser over the last year:
Michael Bloomberg: Made $1K every 3.7 seconds (+$8.5B)

Sheldon Adelson: Lost $1K every 2.4 seconds (-$13B)

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Old 10-02-2008, 10:30 AM
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I wonder how much someone was paid to compile all this data?
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Old 10-02-2008, 12:35 PM
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Sheldon Adelson: Lost $1K every 2.4 seconds (-$13B)
Jeezuz! You couldn't do that in Las Vegas if you tried!
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He still has $26B.
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Old 10-02-2008, 01:08 PM
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He still has $26B.
$15B . . . but who's counting.
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Divorced at least once: 115
It'd be interesting to see the total alimony/palimony paid out and the average.
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It'd be interesting to see the total alimony/palimony paid out and the average.
Probably something equal to CT's annual budget (Minus the income from the gold coast)
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Divorced at least once: 115
Divorces at least three times: 11
What about this stat? That's at least 126 instant super rich women. (or men, don't want to discriminate)
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On the divorce stat . . . the #3 spot on the 400 list is Oracle's Larry Ellison, 64 years old, $27B . . . 3X divorced, remarried, 2 children.

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