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5 Arizonans on ‘Forbes’ list of world billionaires – Arizona Republic
12, 2010 12:00 AM Arizona contributed five of the world's 1011 billionaires listed on Forbes magazine's 2010 roster of the world's richest people. …

UC Santa Cruz one of Forbes’ most beautiful campuses – San Jose Mercury News
… the trails, the ocean views or wildlife, UC Santa Cruz has been named one of the world's most beautiful colleges by Forbes Magazine. …

The number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009, Forbes magazine says. – BBC News
Both are in Forbes' list of the 10 richest men in the world – Mr Ambani at four, Mr Mittal at five. Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim ($53.5bn) came top …

Oklahomans make Forbes list of world’s billionaires – NewsOK.com
Four Oklahomans were listed on Forbes latest compilation of "The World's Billionaires. George Kaiser, 67, of Tulsa was No. 64 on the Forbes list with an …

Reggie: Nintendo not ‘thinking seriously’ about next console yet – Joystiq (blog)
In a Forbes interview, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime gave the impression that a new home …

Mathile ranks 582 on Forbes’ billionaires list – Bizjournals.com
Clayton Mathile, who grew pet food maker Iams Co., was the sole Dayton-area member of Forbes magazine's The World's Billionaires list. …

BRIEF: Sands’ owner moves up on Forbes billionaires list – Trading Markets (press release)
Sheldon Adelson, founder of the casino company Las Vegas Sands that owns the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, bounced back in the ranks on Forbes magazine's …

Facebook Maker- MarK Zuckerberg Declared Youngest Billionaire by Forbes – World Correspondents
As Forbes Magazine released its annual list of richest people in the world, a lot of new billionaires has been in the list. It includes the youngest …

Cook, Hughes make Forbes billionaire list – Louisville Business First
based Public Storage Inc., represent the region on Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires released Thursday. Cook, 78, who invested $500 million …

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Forbes rich list is Slim pickings | Richard Adams
Only lack of ability, inheritance and money keeps the rest of us off the Forbes list of world’s billionaires. It’s not fairThere’s a scene in the satire How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in which two workers are vying for promotion. When their manager tells them he will award the promotion on the basis of merit, one of the workers ” who is the chief executive’s nephew ” complains: “That’s not fair!”Similarly, looking at the latest Forbes list of the world’s billionaires, it’s just not fair that rich lists should be confined to only those with the most assets. What about the rest of us–Looking at this so-called “list” of billionaires, there’s a strong theme in that all of them appear to be very rich indeed. But what else sets them apart– And how did they get to be so rich– More importantly, how can the non-billionaires among us get some of that action–1. Invent somethingInventing things seems to be an aid to acquiring shedloads of cash.

Forbes rich list: ten years of top tens: as a spreadsheet
The Forbes Rich List is out again and Bill Gates has been knocked off the top by Carlos Slim. See how the lists have changed since 2000¢ Get the dataIt’s all change in the Forbes rich list of billionaires today. Bolstered by a surge in the share price of his America Movil empire, Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim’s wealth edged ahead of the $53bn fortune amassed by the Microsoft boss Bill Gates.As Andrew Clark writes today: The old order is under threat at the world’s billionaires club. Traditionally dominated by Americans and Europeans, the top ranks of the world’s richest people have been infiltrated by scores of ultra-rich entrepreneurs from the developing world. Well, we’ve extracted all the top 10 billionaires since the year 2000. Besides the rankings, you get an interesting picture of declining worth in the recession.

Forbes rich list: the world’s wealthiest people
Forbes has announced its annual list of the world’s richest people and Mexico’s Carlos Slim has beaten Microsoft’s Bill Gates to top spot.

Carlos Slim ‘World’s Richest’ Person: Forbes Says Mexican Billionaire Is Richer Than Bill Gates
MEXICO CITY — Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world’s richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine. The rise of Slim, the son of an immigrant shopkeeper who amassed a $53.5 billion fortune and bought a major stake in the New York Times, is part of an increased presence on the list of billionaires from emerging countries, said Forbes’ reporter Keren Blankfeld. Slim’s worth surged in the past year as his cell phone holdings rebounded in value. He is the first non-American to top the list since 1994. Arturo Elias Ayub, an executive at Slim’s Telmex telephone company and the billionaire’s son-in-law, expressed satisfaction that a Mexican businessman is now at the top of the list. “The reaction is one of satisfaction, that this confidence in Mexico exists, and this confidence in our group’s companies,” said Elias Ayub, who frequently acts as Slim’s spokesman. But he said the 70-year-old magnate is not breaking out the champagne. “This is a number brought out by a magazine that doesn’t concern us, or worry us,” said Elias Ayub, echoing Slim’s 2007 comment about the top spot that had eluded him for years: a Spanish phrase – “me es impermeable” – that roughly translates as “I’m impervious to that.” Slim is known for wearing inexpensive suits and rarely using the computers his companies sell, preferring old-style paper notebooks. A baseball fan, his indulgences are largely limited to cigars and diet soft drinks. While he owns – either personally or through his foundations and museums – an impressive collection of art, including works by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, he works out of a set of somewhat dowdy, 1970s-style offices. A civil engineer by training, he has bought up troubled or government-owned companies of all types, fixed them up and resold them for huge profits. That kind of thrifty eye for undervalued businesses has served him well, especially after the market downturns in recent years. “In periods of crisis, he has always invested, and now we are beginning to see the fruits of that,” Elias Ayub said. Blankfeld said the 2010 top-10 list – which includes Slim, two billionaires from India and one from Brazil – reflects the increasing presence of developing nations, adding that Slim is the first person from one to top the list. “They’re kind of spread. It’s a nice spread,” she said of the list, long dominated by Americans and Europeans. Gates’ and Buffett’s donations also played a role in their decline to the number 2 and 3 spots. “A big reason for that is they are both very philanthropic,” said Blankfeld. “They’ve given away so many billions of dollars.” Slim has donated to several causes, but not on nearly the same level. In January, he announced a $65 million donation for genetic research on cancer, type 2 diabetes and kidney disease in Mexican and Latin American populations. Speaking to reporters in 2005, Slim described his philosophy. “Wealth must be seen a responsibility, not as a privilege.

Forbes rich list topped by Mexican mobile phone titan Carlos Slim
Developing nations storm Forbes rich list as America Movil’s Carlos Slim beats Microsoft’s Bill Gates to top spot¢ In pictures: the world’s wealthiestThe old order is under threat at the world’s billionaires club. Traditionally dominated by Americans and Europeans, the top ranks of the world’s richest people have been infiltrated by scores of ultra-rich entrepreneurs from the developing world ” capped by the Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim.Today, Slim, the titan of mobile phones in Mexico, criticised as a ruthless monopolist, was crowned as the richest person in the world by Forbes magazine, which calculated his net worth at $53.5bn (£35.7bn). Bolstered by a surge in the share price of his America Movil empire, Slim’s wealth edged ahead of the $53bn fortune amassed by the Microsoft boss Bill Gates, making the portly cigar-smoking 70-year-old the first non-American to hold the top spot since 1994.In third place was the legendary Nebraska-based stockpicker Warren Buffett with $47bn, completing a triumvirate that has occupied the top three positions for five successive years. Britain’s top entrant into the global rich list, the Duke of Westminster, could only muster 45th position as his vast landownings gave him a net worth of $12bn.Below the top few individuals, however, the lower ranks of Forbes’s closely watched annual list showed a substantial shifting in the sands of wealth, with Asian entrepreneurs catapulted into remarkable riches by a swift bounceback in emerging financial markets. The number of billionaires from Asian and Australasian nations leapt from 130 to 234 last year, with the net worth of the region’s super-rich doubling from $357bn to $729bn.”Asia is leading the comeback,” said Forbes’s editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes. “There are remarkable changes taking place in the global economy.”He pointed out that as the number of billionaires in the world swelled from 793 to 1,011, the proportion of Americans dropped from 45% to 40%: “The US still dominates but it’s lagging.

Forbes: LA Among Cities Where Recession Is Easing
File this one under “for whatever its worth’, but Forbes magazine has ranked Los Angeles #9 in its list of cities where the recession is ending. According to the article: California was perhaps hit hardest by the housing crisis. In spite of that, Los Angeles rises above the rest of the state, and other big cities in the country, to No. 9 on our list. Although the Golden State’s real estate woes began earlier and were more pronounced than in large parts of the country, they began easing sooner. Los Angeles has strong banking and finance industries and a housing market that, while it suffered from a major pricing bubble and bust, has seen a resurgence of demand. In light of the recent city layoffs, school cutbacks and ongoing budget crisis, it seems a bit premature to be breaking out the champagne. More on The Recession.

Forbes: Where you can get ahead quickly
Professional success often requires some degree of sacrifice. Surprisingly, one of those sacrifices might include moving to the outskirts of some big cities..

Film review geek of Ain’t It Cool News makes inaugural Forbes Web Celeb list
Harry Knowles who founded review site that can make or break a film among unlikely web ‘celebrities’A self-confessed “gargantuan geek” who calls himself “Hollywood’s red-headed stepchild” and launched his movie news and reviews website from his sickbed, has made Forbes magazine’s first attempt to rank the 25 most influential people on the internet.Among the media pundits, sex bloggers, business analysts and gossip columnists who dominate the Web Celeb list, Harry Knowles, founder of Ain’t It Cool News, in at 13th place, cuts a striking figure.”In a list full of unlikely celebrities, this may be the most improbable,” Forbes says, but adds: “The site quickly became and still remains one of the web’s most popular destinations for entertainment news.”Knowles’s biography on Wikipedia (whose co-founder, Jimmy Wales, makes the list one place higher) claims he was injured in 1994 after being run over by the cart he was pushing up a ramp at a convention, loaded with 1,200lb (540kg) of film and comic book memorabilia, leaving him virtually bedridden at the age of 23.From his bed, with a computer bought with his mother’s life insurance after she died in a fire, and internet access so that he could play online games with his friends, he launched the site in 1996.He already had a serious movie habit, inspired by a childhood in Austin, Texas, poring over his parents’ collection of comics, movie memorabilia and bootleg film prints. The site became an instant hit and is now regarded by Hollywood as having the power to make or break a film.His film reviews, in which he promises to reveal his own mood of the day, his expectations of the film, and never to give away a vital plot twist, have legions of devoted readers.Knowles has become an unlikely celebrity himself, both seen and parodied on television, in cameo film roles, and attending or hosting film publicity events, leading to some raised eyebrows about his impartiality ” though he cheerfully reveals details of his junketing on the site.Although he is still listed as “head geek” and writes most of the film reviews, the site also lists a business manager, advertising contact, a string of contributors, and Australian, European, Asian and African editors.Forbes says its list reflects the fact that the internet has levelled the celebrity playing field: “A kid with a video camera has access to as large an audience as the biggest Hollywood star. A mom with a blog can attract more readers than a bestselling author. And an opinionated entrepreneur can become a guru to millions.”Top place on the Forbes list went to Lonelygirl15, a YouTube star called Bree who poured her touchingly private thoughts, fears and dreams into a video camera ” but turned out not actually to exist. She was outed in 2006 as Jessica Rose, a 19-year-old New Zealand-born actor, who has gone on to become even more famous in her own right.Second place, which will undoubtedly irritate Knowles, went to gossip blogger Perez Hilton, two places above Matt Drudge, whose Drudge Report site claims the biggest scalp: having broken the story of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal that led to the impeachment of president Bill Clinton.InternetMaev Kennedyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds.

Forbes staff shuffle
It’s musical chairs time once again at beleaguered Forbes magazine. A little more than a year after moving from the company’s flagship building at 60 Fifth Ave. to 90 Fifth Ave, the magazine’s staff will move back, Forbes Media COO Timothy Forbes is expected to announce today….

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