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Billionaires
Royals & Rulers
03.15.04
Kings, Queens and Heads of State
Fidel Castro, Yasir Arafat, the Queen of England. None of these world leaders are exemplars of capitalism, although their fortunes span decades or even centuries. (Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra transferred his holdings in telecommunications to family members before taking office.) Valuing the treasure can get tricky: Buckingham Palace belongs not so much to Queen Elizabeth II as to the British nation. Some estimates are fuzzier than others. We may never know the extent of the Prince of Liechtenstein's estate, which dates back some 800 years.
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| Name | Title/Country | Age | Net worth |
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| King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud | Crown Prince & King/Saudi Arabia | 81 | $25 billion |
| Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan & family | President/United Arab Emirates | 86 | 20 billion |
| Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah | Sultan/Brunei | 57 | 14.3 billion |
| Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum & bros. | Crown Prince/Dubai | 54 | 10 billion |
| Hans Adam II | Prince/Liechtenstein | 59 | 2.2 billion |
| Thaksin Shinawatra & family | Prime Minister/Thailand | 54 | 1.4 billion |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Queen/U.K. | 77 | 660 million |
| Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard | Queen/Netherlands | 66 | 260 million |
| Yasir Arafat | President/Palestinian Authority | 74 | 200 million |
| Fidel Castro | President/Cuba | 77 | 150 million |
G7 Leaders
This year FORBES estimates the net worths of the heads of the world's seven leading democratic nations. It's a diverse group, from media billionaire (Italy's Silvio Berlusconi) to career politician (Junichiro Koizumi of Japan). In most instances, assets were publicly disclosed. We included only salaries for their tenures in high office, assuming standard deductions for income taxes and cost of living. State-provided perks were excluded. Example: George Bush was credited only for his Texas ranch, though he primarily resides in the White House. Future earnings from books and lectures also were excluded--a tough break for U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, often compared with Bill Clinton, who now commands an estimated $150,000 per speech.
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| Name | Title/Country | Age | Net worth | Notes |
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| Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister/Italy | 67 | $10 billion | Owns stake in Italian TV network Mediaset, publishing and banking interests. |
| Paul Martin | Prime Minister/Canada | 65 | 225 million | Includes value of Canada Steamship Lines, transferred to sons before he took office. |
| George W. Bush | President/United States | 57 | 15 million | Assets include 1,600-acre Crawford, Tex. ranch, U.S. stocks and Treasury bills. |
| Jacques Chirac | President/France | 71 | 9 million | With wife, portfolio of luxury properties; denies allegations of corruption as Paris mayor. |
| Tony Blair | Prime Minister/United Kingdom | 50 | 3 million | Oxford law grad turned career politician; wife is barrister with tony London law firm. |
| Junichiro Koizumi | Prime Minister/Japan | 62 | 2 million | Third-generation politician with a small real estate portfolio. |
| Gerhard Schr철der | Chancellor/Germany | 59 | 1 million | Former sales apprentice earned law degree before becoming a politician. |
En esta lista no dice de donde saca los ciento cincuenta millones tampoco dice como Bush "solo" tiene 15 millones , muy baratos están los ranchos en Texas.
Lo de la reina de Holanda ( 600 millones) tambien es un poco "shocking" considerando que tiene gran parte de la KLM y de la Philips ( patrimonio gestionado por el hábil padre, principe Bernardo)
Me alegra que el principe Hans Adam sea tan rico, su esposa, creo que se llama Lourdes Mestre, es cubana.
Pero en la del año pasado es más explicito, sobre como se calcula la fortuna de Fidel Castro,mira:
Billionaires
Kings, Queens & Despots
03.17.03
language=javascript src="/scripts/billshortinc.js"> Valuing these fortunes is a tricky business. We exclude, for example, assets held in trust for a nation-like Buckingham Palace. It belongs not so much to Queen Elizabeth II as to the British state, much as the White House belongs to the U.S. government. Some estimates are fuzzier than others. We calculate Fidel Castro's wealth as a percentage of Cuba's GDP. Why do we separate these folks from our main ranking? They don't exactly represent success stories of entrepreneurial capitalism.
Fíjate, es curioso calculan la fortuna de Castro en base a un porcentaje del PNB de Cuba, ( ¿ y porque no lo hace así con Bush?) es más curioso aún el que el año pasado se le calculaban 110 millones de dolares y este año se le calculan 150 millones, lo cual quiere decir que la economía cubana ha crecido casi un 40%, ¡menudo exitazo! Para que luego digan que la economía cubana va mal, .
Por cierto, los Forbes están emparentados con el candidato USA democrata Kerry.
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| Name | Title/Country | Age | Estimated
worth | | | King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud | Crown Prince & King/Saudi Arabia | 80 | $20 billion* | | Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah | Sultan/Brunei | 56 | 11 billion* | | Hans Adam II | Prince/Liechtenstein | 58 | 2 billion* | | Saddam Hussein | President/Iraq | 65 | 2 billion* | | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen/United Kingdom | 76 | 525 million | | Yasir Arafat | President/Palestinian Authority | 73 | 300 million* | | Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard | Queen/Netherlands | 65 | 250 million | | Fidel Castro | President/Cuba | 76 | 110 million* | |
Por otra parte " el llenar las arcas de Castro" se refiere a las de Cuba.
Lo de la Pernod no es así, no se vendió, hay un "joint venture" Prnod se encarga de la distribuición, pero no es la dueña, así que malamente Fidel se llena las arcas con una venta que no existió.
Forbes lo pone clarito, tu informante no lo dice, por cierto la noticia salió de resultas de que Cuba-Pernod ganaron el juicio a Bacardí, cosa que se abstienen de comentar..
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Pernod Ricard said on Monday that a U.S. patent appeal board upheld its registration of the Havana Club trademark in the United States, handing the French spirits group a victory in long-standing dispute with Bacardi USA.In a joint venture with the Cuban government, Pernod Ricard has been selling Havana Club-brand rum worldwide, although a four-decade old embargo against Cuba bars Pernod Ricard from selling the product in the United States.
Como dicen en Asturias " al cocer mengua", o sea que las cosas vistas de cerca no son lo que parecen o quieren hacernos parecer, en algunos casos sencillamente no son.
Saludos desde este helada España.
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