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World's Top Billionaires - Louisiana's Only One, Tom Benson, is #1006

Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:05 pm
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13881 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:05 pm
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With a net worth estimated at $1.9 billion, New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson is ranked No. 1006 on Forbes’ new ranking of the world’s billionaires. Benson’s global ranking is up from No. 1154 last year, when his net worth was estimated at $1.6 billion. Among American billionaires, Benson is ranked No. 351 this year. He is the lone Louisiana resident on the list. For its 29th annual guide to the globe’s richest people, Forbes reports it found a record 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion a year ago.


https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

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Bill Gates is No. 1 again, and Warren Buffett, at No. 3, is the world’s biggest gainer.


Richest Woman -
Christy Walton, who inherited a stake in retailer Wal-Mart, retains the title of world’s richest woman. The widow of John Walton has held that spot for five out of the past six years. FORBES pegs her net worth at $41.7 billion, up from $36.7 billion a year ago.

and, of course, WYHI?





Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67589 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:06 pm to
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WYHI?


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net worth at $41.7 billion, up from $36.7 billion a year ago.


yep
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:06 pm to
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He is the lone Louisiana resident on the list


not true
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82364 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:10 pm to
How much would Sam Walton be worth if he were alive today?
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90489 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:11 pm to
start by maybe adding up all the waltons on the list
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67074 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:11 pm to
Louisiana's billionaires only deal in cash and store their money under the mattress in their great grandpa's atchafalaya boat house.
Posted by BigDawg0420
Hamsterdam
Member since Apr 2010
7396 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:11 pm to
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WYHI?


Every damn day
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134860 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:12 pm to
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$41.7 billion,
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and, of course, WYHI?


Posted by crazytigerfan69
everywhere
Member since Apr 2004
5702 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:13 pm to
He might be the only LA resident on the list, but he's not the only LA billionaire.
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82364 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:15 pm to
I'd imagine that's only half of the puzzle
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13257 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:15 pm to
I met Elizabeth Holmes (#360) at a health conference last year and I did everything I could to get her to like me.

I guess she could smell the peasant on me and it was a miserable failure.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21917 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:15 pm to
I agree
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167220 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:16 pm to
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start by maybe adding up all the waltons on the list



Some of them have invested in other things though and have gotten richer than their siblings because of that.
Posted by CapitalCityDevil
Seattle
Member since Nov 2014
2916 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:17 pm to
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Christy Walton
WouldBangForDatPaper/10
Posted by CapitalCityDevil
Seattle
Member since Nov 2014
2916 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:21 pm to
Ok OT, lets be honest... How many of you have family members on this list?
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78036 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:26 pm to
Georg Schaeffler $26.9 B 50 ball bearings Germany

chevy chase was right
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78036 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:26 pm to
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How many of you have family members on this list?


my boss is on the list and he drives a clunker to work.

caterpillar can back me up on this one.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:46 pm to
I can't wrap my head around having that kind of money. It's incomprehensible.
Posted by Jakesonaplane
Denver
Member since Nov 2010
7129 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:52 pm to
Chouest is a billionaire. Maybe not on paper, but in real life
Posted by Dick Leverage
In The HizHouse
Member since Nov 2013
9000 posts
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:59 pm to
All of the Walton's together total around $148 B. He would be double Gates.
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