Budget Projection

What will it cost to build a city like Inisfree?  Dubai cost ~$45 billion, but that was with technology that is now more than two decades old.  Today, Inisfree can be built for about $9.5 billion, if not much less.  Here are the figures.

 

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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction/Abstract
2. City-building Costs of the 20th Versus 21st Centuries
3. W.B.S. and Budget Projection
4. Achieving the R.O.I. Sooner
5. Partnering with the Most Successful Companies and Individuals

 

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Introduction/Abstract:

The reason Inisfree didn’t cost anything, even though it would have cost several billion dollars if we’d hired human workers to bring in and assemble materials their species had created, was because we took 3D-printers that were already made and nearby, and used local unowned resources which we converted into our first set of building materials right there on site.  Our printers made more printers, plus Tunnel-Boring Machines (TBMs), plus robotic workers.  We also had some help from some of the personnel of Base 211 of nearby Neuschwabenland.

Even if we had incurred some costs along the way, the return on investment (ROI), due to how much food production, pollution removal, and other valuable/priceless products and services Inisfree shortly thereafter was creating on a regular/constant basis… far outweighed any startup expenses.  In other words, it still made sense to invest billions of dollars into getting Inisfree going.  It also cost less than cities such as Dubai, while producing and helping much more than all other cities combined.

Today, Inisfree no longer has any budget/s; we have grown beyond the perceived need of any money or even banks.

 

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City-building Costs of the 20th Versus 21st Centuries:

​BCR (Benefit/Cost Ratios) are used to estimate the likelihood of a project being profitable, and to what extent; not at all, marginally, reasonably, satisfactorily, or substantially. ​Their formula is a simple one; the ratio is represented as:
B/C = (estimated sales x probability of success) / (estimated costs x probability of achieving cost target)

(estimated sales x probability of success) / (estimated costs x probability of achieving cost target)

[$0 sales (b/c Inisfree is free) x 100% (if we use proven methods and few people)] / [$9,000,000,000 one-time cost x 100% (b/c Inisfree is self-sustaining immediately)]

The trouble is that the BCR formula must be modified to indicate the accurate probable outcome of building a self-sustaining community such as Inisfree, for Inisfree’s system of the exchange of goods and services is much more mature than any modern monetary one. In other words, the ‘sales’ factor must be replaced in the above BCR with something more like ‘savings to the collective’; the amount of money, stress, and other items that will be saved, or reduced in a positive way, by all people participating in this project. When that factor is modified; by replacing it with a figure which applies to this type of system (as ‘sales’ do not need to apply anymore), the BCR for building Inisfree is quite the opposite; highly lucrative well before the typical 3-5 year ROI for most other business ventures.

If we keep the obsolete BCR formula, unless we push the ‘climate-change doomsday’ potential outcome as a selling point for this city’s construction (cities such as Inisfree can help mitigate or even negate such a potential), or start charging people to experience the city once it has vacancies/attractions, the BCR of this project appears negative in the eyes of American/Human economics. However, Inisfree transcends climate change, economic collapses, and currency itself, thus its BCR is so positive that it isn’t truly knowable or calculable, much like the result of trying to divide zero or infinity. This city solves so many problems so cleverly that a BCR actually shouldn’t even be applied, or even occur to people to calculate in the first place. Realistically, how can you calculate a BCR with a one-time cost in the billions, and an immediate ROI of never needing money again? Infinity divided by nine is still infinity.

It has been proven hundreds of times in China that 3D-printing is a revolutionary breakthrough in construction technology; “This process saves between 30 and 60 percent of construction waste, and can decrease production times by between 50 and 70 percent, and labor costs by between 50 and 80 percent. In all, the villa” (a 5-story apartment bldg.) “costs around $161,000 to build.” The Chinese have also repeatedly proven that a single 3D-printer can print 10 houses every day. Now, architect fees can take up to 10% of a budget, contractor fees up to 25% of a budget, the land must be acquired and improved, materials can easily cost $3M or more, labor will double that, machines add another quarter of a million, so on and so forth; expect to pay out tens of millions for a single apartment complex… unless you use 3D-printers instead, and build on land no one owns or taxes; where no lease or other contract will ever be required, and under conditions (keeping the 3D-printers) where you won’t ever need to pay for repairs or replacement parts. That is how the apartment buildings can now be built for $161,000; a reduction in costs by 99%.

With that knowledge of this new construction technology, we can calculate that since 1) Dubai took ~15 years (and ~$45,000,000,000) to build up from nothing in a barren coastal desert wasteland on loose ground, 2) most houses take ~8 months to build, and 3) most skyscrapers take ~1 year, then:

• 8 months x 28 days (a standard Inisfreean month; 13 months in a year) = 224 days to build 1 house without a 3D-printer
• 1 day to build 10 houses with 3D-printer
• a house, then, now takes less than 1/224th the time it used to take to build with people and shipments; >224x faster
• a skyscraper takes ~1 year to build when not using 3D-printers
• it now takes merely 19 days to 3D-print and build a skyscraper; 19/365 = 19x faster
• Inisfree, comparable to Dubai (built up from nothing, in a desert (a cold one this time), difficult initial climate (temperature and wind considerations just like where Dubai was built), etc.), could take 1/19 to 1/224th of that last-century’s 15-years construction period; Inisfree could be built in 24 to 288 days [(15 x 365) / either 224 or 19], and for under $22,500,000,000 to $9,000,000,000 (15 years down to 1-10 months, and $45-50B down by 50-80%)

And since 1 3D-printer can print 10 houses in 1 day, then:

• 1 3D-printer can print 3,650 houses each year
• 100 3D-printers can print 365,000 houses each year
• and some of those 3D-printers can constantly be printing other 3D-printers, all of which get transported by 3D-printed cargo trucks and/or semis/18-wheelers out across the property (and fully functioning automobiles have been 3D-printed and driven out of their 3D-printers the moment they were completed), which then do mobile 3D-printing from their trucks, or stay on site (each neighborhood and other section of the Inisfreean property) to 3D-print until each area and attraction is fully built

So our new collective-investments/funding goal is $9-22.5B (billion), not $45B/+.

And for the handful of really tall skyscrapers which are part of Inisfree’s design, such as those that are 1/2-mile tall (~260 stories), since a 57-story one was printed in 19 days:

• [(19/57) x (X/260)] = (19 x 260)/57 = ~87 days (~3 months) to build each of Inisfree’s tallest skyscrapers
• and just 1-1.5 months to build the medium-sized ones
• though, with several 3D-printers simultaneously dedicated to the construction of each of the taller skyscrapers, that time could be reduced back to mere weeks

 

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W.B.S. and Budget Projection

​Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); the schedule of tasking, month by month:
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Inisfree, in the 10 novels, is said to’ve been built by a supercomputer teleported to the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, which then grew metallic tentacles down and out into the mountain beneath it, the sections and tips of which formed a grid of nodes, each of which expanded into a building being ‘grown’ instead of built by humans. Thus, that supercomputer was called The Grid Mind, as it was the mind which regulated the grid that grew into Inisfree. Today, we are not quite to that level of technology, so here is what we will use instead:
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*Next-step/next-gen’ tech concept: Instead of just using China’s advanced, industrial/large-scale 3D-printers, we take a supercomputer and use it to regulate a power-grid-like device which has one of those industrial 3D-printers at each of its nodes, thus constantly 3D-printing/growing/assembling the city at all places on its property at all times.

*To keep the following math and schedule simple and easy for anyone to understand, we used the ballpark-figure of spending $1,000,000,000 in 28-30 day intervals during peak operating (construction) time periods. Again, to keep things in perspective, it cost about $45,000,000,000 to get the barren coastal property that is now the Dubai metropolis to the state it is enjoying today, so $9B is an incredible deal.

November: ARRIVAL; waiting on best flight windows; ideal/safe weather for cargo aircraft to fly in

• Expected Cost:  ~$10,000,000 (seat and fuel costs; reserving entire USAF MAC cargo plane(s) to haul the 3D-printers and crews)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  .1% of whole (of $9.5B)
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  9,490,000,000
• Machines On Site: 10 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 10 Tunnel-Boring Machines (TBMs) at this time

December: TRAVERSE; many flights of personnel, supplies, etc., to McMurdo Station, then convoys to the chosen site, staging (perhaps at Amundsen-Scott if it is closest), vehicle inspections, refueling, supply drops, setting up any necessary wind barriers or fencing to prevent gear/trash from blowing around, etc.

• Expected Cost:  ~$10,000,000 (SnowCat and fuel costs; reserving entire USAF MAC cargo planes to haul the 3D-printers and crews whenever possible; driving the Overland Traverse only when flights not available)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  .1% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  9,480,000,000
• Machines On Site: 10 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 10 TBMs at this time

January: STAGING; site surveys (at various stand-alone peaks near the Trans-Antarctic ridge), core samples, outpost pods moved (and kept on Inisfree’s property here-to-forth as mobile command centers instead of research facility modules), TBMs transported in (from where they were driven to and staged at Amundsen-Scott, or a few 3D-printers that constantly print more TBMs to line up in convoys burrowing ever down and outward?), grade set, earth-moving/pseudo-terraforming (hottest month for Antarctica, so best/easiest time to do the most surface work; spend the previous 2+ months getting everything flown in and driven across the Overland Traverse if need be, assuming a Grid Mind isn’t teleported into place)

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (some personnel for the site surveys, etc., then all SURFACE-earthmoving, mostly automated, though it is of note that the 2-story Amundsen-Scott station cost $150,000,000 in 1992, and 1 TBM costs $45,000,000+, and 1 Bagger 293 (world’s largest excavator/vehicle) costs $100,000,000 (*though 3D-printing TBMs and Bagger 293s can reduce their price-tags down to ~$9,000,000 and $20,000,000, respectively)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  8,480,000,000
• Machines On Site: 10 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 10 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when there is direct sunlight for all of each 24-hour period.

February: BIGGEST SUBTERRANEAN CAVITIES: MAIN HANGAR, PITS for the UBERS, & WALL; Inisfree’s version of NORAD (specifically, the underground mountain base of the North American Aerospace Defense Command) carved out; for the Overhang Base & Main Hangar (materials/ore/crystals extracted here (coal, iron ore, sandstone for masonry, limestone for semi-reflective exteriors, dolerite for roads, and a wide variety of meteorites, for ex., are common in this region, with extensive oil and natural gas fields nearby; under the Ross Ice Shelf) are then used for 3D-printing of all the following structures/constructs, and even used it to help shape/pack/reinforce the city’s Perimeter Wall), as well as (simultaneously) the Uber-VTOLs‘ cylindrical shafts and Uber-Repulsines‘ spherical cavities. (*The Bingham Canyon Mine (deepest on Earth) and the Hull Rust open pit mine (largest/widest on Earth) are comparable to Inisfree’s Main Hangar’s dimensions, and each took about one century to dig with primitive original (1st-gen’) mining/hauling tech’ and far fewer dedicated machines.) As these large underground chambers are being carved out, the extracted materials are taken up the deepening CP Hatches (four smaller cylindrical access shafts connecting the Main Hangar to the surface), then used to form the Perimeter Wall (incl. its internal features and the Perimeter Rings; traffic-channeling terrain features). To reinforce these growing cavities under Inisfree’s property, materials such as Maraging Steel, Spectra Fiber, carbon/carbon composites, silicon-carbide, nickel-based super-alloys, Graphene, Carbyne, Geothite (from mollusk limpet teeth), aluminum oxynitride (transparent aluminum), spider-silk-based armor (which is vastly superior to both Kevlar and ceramic armor in terms of strength, weight, and flexibility), and Buckminsterfullerene (as well as Hempcrete above-ground) will be used so that the wide spans in these cavities will be easily negotiated without need of internal crossbeams or other supports. And, yes, we can 3D-print those things, and supports made out of those things, too.

• Expected Cost:  ~$100,000,000 (all automated UNDERGROUND-earthmoving; mountain-heart to the surface staging areas for the highway system and largest structures such as the Wall and Auzdome (the main stadium of Inisfree))
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  1% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  8,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 10 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time (all 10 printers printed 10 TBMs per day for 20 of the 30 days of this month; to expedite the digging process, then each spent the final 10 days of this month making 10 printers per day)
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when the Trans-Antarctic Mountains result in direct sunlight for most of each 24-hour period.

March: BIGGEST SUBTERRANEAN BUILDINGS; Overhang Base, Uber-VTOLs, Uber-Repulsines, Underway (as opposed to a highway, low-way, or overpass), SCUBA City (just its pit, not yet flooded/filled), Sea-tanks (also not yet flooded; just their pits, like the ‘bowl’ for a swimming pool), and the inverted-dome subterranean-hemisphere barrier/wall built (TBMs are driven in a spiral downward, making a perfect circle directly beneath the Perimeter Rings’ future location, with each pass being a successively slightly smaller circle; concentric circular routes down until they reach the Keel Hatch‘s future location, leaving not tunnels and large pipes/tubes behind them, but the material of the inverted-dome.)

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (the largest 3D-printing projects/constructs in history; cost of 1,000+ Winsun (China’s) or Enrico Dini D-Shape (for printing on the Moon; extreme cold) 3D-printers, or the cost of several of them, each of which will be reserved for constantly 3D-printing copies of itself until Inisfree is built/needs no more, so we could make Inisfree’s 5+ 3D-printing-based factories first, then have them constantly 3D-printing major building parts until they were re-tasked for their original/future roles of 3D-printing cars, clothes, airplanes, etc.)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  7,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 1,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time (10 of these printers spent all 30 days of this month each making 10 other printers per day)
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when the Trans-Antarctic Mountains result in direct sunlight for half of each 24-hour period.

April: SMALLEST SUBT’ BUILDINGS: SILOS GRID & SUBT’ HALO MAPS; now that the biggest underground structures are built, we can dig out the silos network via the TBMs, while building the HAARP Facility (which doubles as aurora energy harvesting; a new type of powerplant). *With these silos emplaced by this month’s end, we can sow all our crops (except the largest trees) in them and enjoy their harvest at least once this year (some plants can be harvested twice per growing season), and by the time the majority of our first visitors/patrons arrive to enjoy the restaurants, clubs, and other attractions; no need to ship in any food, come October, and we can then say we set the precedent of not only growing food on Antarctica, but growing it year-round; through the over-winter period and everything!

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (and filling up each silo with supplies/crops/etc. as they are made, ensuring none of them just sit there empty and doing nothing while the others ahead of them are formed and inspected/activated)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  6,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 4,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time (again, 10 printers were reserved this whole month to make more printers)
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s one sunset per year occurs, followed by Pink Midnight.

May: BIGGEST SURFACE BUILDS; Auzdome (the biggest Outlands stadiums cost $1,000,000,000+ but we are using on-site materials, 3D-printing, etc., which cuts costs by as much as 80%, helping to balance out the fact that the Auzdome is many multiples larger than the largest Outlands stadiums), Sphinx, Cathedral, Sotu Perim’ Wall, Avalanche Wall, Epcot 2, Statue Park, etc. (*Simultaneously continue minor subterranean work; connecting the Uber Hangars to the subglacial riverways.), all this time the silos designed for surface regulation (temperature, water table, pH, etc.) are thawing the surface to a barefoot-walkable temperature range.

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (2nd largest 3D-printing projects/constructs in history)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  5,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s civil (& then nautical) twilight starts.

June: MEDIUM SURFACE BUILDINGS: SKYSCRAPERS & G.A.H.; form most of the highway system (decorate it with statues, fountains, & landscaping later) around the Sotu skyscrapers, as it is double/triple-decker there, and form the other skyscrapers such as the B.B. Spire, Palms, Tri-har-mechs, LHS, etc.
Simple Math: If one (1) industrial-scale 3D-printer (the size of an average factory) can result in one 57-story building being printed in 19 days, and if you have more than 7,000 of them, you can 3D-print (all the skyscrapers of) Hong Kong, NYC, Tokyo, Chicago, Dubai, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Singapore, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Metro Manilla, Seoul, Chengdu, Bangkok, Jakarta, Busan, Kuala Lumpur, Panama City, Toronto, Nanjing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Houston, Istanbul, Melbourne, Osaka, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Dalian, Sydney, Incheon, Doha, Mumbai, Wuhan, Beijing, Los Angeles, Delhi, San Francisco, Hangzhou, Dallas, Xiamen, Boston, Paris, Atlanta, London, Macau, Calgary, Qingdao, Taipei, Wuxi, Frankfurt, Las Vegas, Seattle, Kuwait City, Suzhou, Brisbane, Philadelphia, São Paulo, and every other city on Earth that has at least one skyscraper… all in less than one month.
— If you have a building that is 3/4 of a mile tall (~400 storeys), you could print it in less than one month if you had just 4 or 5 of this type of 3D-printer devoted to its construction.
— To put things in perspective, in terms of the astronomical savings this budget proposal and business plan will provide us, the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco is 61 floors, with a price tag of $1.1B due to the lingering use of obsolete construction methods. In our city, Inisfree, we can 3D-print tens of thousands of such skyscrapers, and far taller, much more impressive ones, for a budget of just 9 times the cost of that one tower.
— We also know that 1 much smaller (house-sized) 3D-printer (still industrial-scale, though, of course) can print 10 houses in one (1) day, so entire neighborhoods can be printed in less than one month by just one of this type of 3D-printer; again, imagine 7,000 of them working all at once! You can 3D-print all the neighborhoods (and all other buildings) in this entire city (or any city) in less than one month. Once a neighborhood or major building is complete, the 3D-printer on-site becomes part of its basement or parking garage, thus negating any need to have new parts (such as windows or pipes) ordered and shipped there. And, because of our universal use of biotecture, every major skyscraper is the equivalent of planting more than 1,000,000 trees. *By now, the surface of our Inisfree property is lukewarm, most ice melted, most water features (waterfalls, fountains, canals, etc.) nearly operating at capacity.

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (in 50 years, the USA spent ~$425,000,000,000 on its interstate/superhighway system)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  4,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s astronomical twilight starts.

July: ATMOSPHERIC BUILDINGS: CLOUD CITY; get the main artificial lunar & U.V. lighting construct airborne to counteract some of the Antarctic night/winter (make ongoing/overwinter surface construction easier/safer), as well as to test its observatory during this darkest month, while continuing work on the surface of Inisfree’s property; residences (apartments, castles, and all other types) with the finishing touches (furnishings, core/skeleton staff, etc.)

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 for Cloud City; largest aircraft ever built (*Note: The I.S.S. cost $150,000,000,000.) and ~$1,000,000,000 (we’re making thousands of multi-million-dollar mansions, but 3D-printing ALL of them, cutting costs by up to 80%, so each $1,000,000, for ex., becomes closer to $200,000, and we can reduce that, too, by using materials we excavated in the previous months instead of ordering them and having them shipped/flown to us)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  21% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  2,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s night occurs and is darkest, & aurora (for 3 years during each 11-year solar cycle) is brightest.

August: FLATEST/WIDEST SURFACE BUILDINGS: SPACEPORTS; fly in what we aren’t yet making, such as specialty foods/equipment, etc. (and see the terminal gates’ waterfalls!)

• Expected Cost:  ~1,000,000,000 (the largest airports have cost ~1.25BILLION+ to build)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  1,380,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s astronomical twilight returns.

September: SMALLEST SURFACE BUILDINGS: CLUBS; entertainment portion of the project, attracting scientists from all 73 facilities around Antarctica’s coast, as well as fun-lovers and thrill-seekers from around the world (even the Ibiza, KaZantip, Burning Man, Sensation, Electric Daisy Carnival, etc., crowds). *By now, all water features are operating at capacity, and the canals, moats, rivers, ponds, main lake, SCUBA quadrants, and Sea-tanks are all flooded/filled.

• Expected Cost:  ~$100,000,000 (~2,000,000 per club, though Dante, for ex., will cost more than the others, so we’ll gross-estimate ~1,000,000 per club, with the exception of Dante which will be ~51,000,000)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  1% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  1,280,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s nautical (& then civil) twilight returns.

October: VARIOUS OTHER SURFACE BUILDINGS: MALL & RESTAURANTS; shopping portion of the project, attracting even more tourism. *By now, the food grown in the half-buried and subterranean greenhouses (biodomes and silos grid, not to mention what was planted and grown in all the troughs of all the buildings, and, later, on the rooftop gardens/farms) is ready for harvesting and use in our recipes, as well as in our Food Processing Facility, so we can start cooking with our own supply, and start stocking our Grocery Store (and even it will have grown some of its own food, such as the items for its salad bar).

• Expected Cost:  ~$1,000,000,000 (Mall of America cost $650,000,000 in 1992)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  10.5% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  280,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when Antarctica’s one sunrise per year occurs, preceded by Pink Midnight.

November: SURFACE PLANTS; commercial farmland, rooftop biotecture, flora, and landscaping, as well as production of the POVs (Privately-Owned Vehicles) & municipal/government vehicles (such as the commercial repulsines of/for the two Spaceports *which can be 3D-printed in the chambers beneath those two Spaceports), and NWO MIL gear (such as the ST suits), while the Sentry Towers formed outside

• Expected Cost:  ~$100,000,000 (shift to producing all our own foods, flying in only tourists/guests/contractors/employees/dignitaries)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  1% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  180,000,000
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when the Trans-Antarctic Mountains result in direct sunlight for half of each 24-hour period.

December: TOURISM; warming up to warmest (next) month, great time for marathons, skiing, climbing, free-fall, yachting, etc.

• Expected Cost:  ~$180,000,000 (cost of operating tourist transportation to/from/across our city, while the ROI starts to come in!)
• Percentage of Whole Fund:  1% of whole
• Total Needed Funding Remaining:  *Once we spend the last 180million in this 9.5B budget, tourism should be set for the foreseeable future.
• Machines On Site: 7,010 industrial-scale 3D-printers, and 2,010 TBMs at this time
• Daylight during this Antarctic Month:  This is when the Trans-Antarctic Mountains result in direct sunlight for most of each 24-hour period.

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The cost to make each of the 5 video games (based on most comparable games already made):

1. The Arena of Doom: ~$10M (the cost to market Mortal Kombat II in 1994)
2. State of the Union: ~$10-50M (the average cost to develop a Call of Duty game, with Halo being ~$20M, and ~$265M for GTA V)
3. Inisfree MMORPG: ~$63-200M (the cost to develop World of Warcraft, Rift, or Star Wars: The Old Republic, with Second Life being only ~$5M)
4. The Voyages of Acquisition: ~$70M (estimated cost of the development of Eve Online, with Stargate Worlds being ~$25M)
5. Aorlie: ~$15M (the cost to develop Mass Effect, with Mass Effect 3 being ~$40M)

*And maybe we’ll make these games at WMKM Studios the moment it is built in Inisfree!
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The cost to get out each of the 10 novels (which are already written and edited):

1. $7,000+ for a publisher / marketing team over 1 year
2. [more TBA]

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Totals:
(10,000,000 x 2 = 20,000,000) + (100,000,000 x 4 = 400,000,000) + (1,000,000,000 x 9 = 9,000,000,000) +
(game 1: 10,000,000) + (game 2: 50,000,000) + (game 3: 100,000,000) + (game 4: 70,000,000) + (game 5: 15,000,000) +
(novels: 7,000) =
9,420,000,000 to build the city in one year; ~$9.5B +
~$245,000,000 over that 1st year through the next 4; 5+ years of game development;
a ~$9.6B overall budget

And while we’re on the topic of industrial-scale 3D-printing, let’s keep a few more things in mind:

• NASA is developing the progenitor of the Star Trek ‘replicator’; a device which can 3D-print food (so even if some of our crops fail at times, it won’t result in shortages or rationing for our staff or guests).
• There’s nothing stopping us from using 3D-printing technology to 3D-print microscopic structures, such as DNA.
• If every pod or bucket seat in all our service vehicles and ships doubles as a medium-sized 3D-printer, we could 3D-print an entire population (robotic or organic) in a matter of minutes, perhaps even seconds.
• A Star Fleet (hundreds of advanced Spaceships for exploration and diplomacy) could be 3D-printed in less than one month.
• All vehicles and ships, and even personal suits (such as astronaut suits with miniature or microscopic 3D-printers) could print all their own repair and replacement parts, thus automatically, and virtually instantly, ‘healing’ themselves.
• It is possible to use sounds to change the shape/form, position, and composition (such as molecular, atomic, and subatomic makeup) of things, so 3D-printing could be done not with hollow needles and fluids, but empty chambers and ‘songs’.  This technology, too, has been in development for decades, perhaps longer now. Will you be one of its next masters, and, thereby, one of our next and treasured staff members? We hope so. Come join us in this new (and entirely eco-friendly) technological revolution! We are 3D-printing our wildest dreams! Shall we 3D-print some of yours?

 

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Achieving the R.O.I. Sooner:

So how do we get the Return On Investment (ROI) sooner than the standard startup/business’s 3-5 year ROI expectancy?

​First of all, we are building on property that no one owns, so we don’t have to pay for it, and it is in a region where there is no government and are no taxes, so we don’t have to pay property taxes, either. Then:

• Teamwork sells!  Partnerships for the Mall; GoPro and dozens of other major/global brand names pay to sell their products in our mall, or to have their own stores there (GoPro alone has annual revenue of $1.4B, and a net worth of $3B)
  Partnerships with major airlines, travel companies, and Spacelines (SpaceX, for ex., has $4B in contract revenue, and is valued at $12B, and American Airlines alone has annual earnings of $42.7B)
• Comedy sells! Magazine sales from MKM; our equivalent of Mad, Heavy Metal, and Playboy (Playboy Enterprises earned $215M)
• Adventure & magic sell! Book sales from the 10-novels saga, Capital of Antarctica; our equivalent of Harry Potter (which earned $7.7B, and the Harry Potter brand is now worth $15B)
• Sex & violence sell! Sales from 5 major video games:

1. The Arena of Doom; our equivalent of Mortal Kombat / Super Smash Bros.; sparring (Super Smash Bros. sold 10s of millions of copies, earning nearly $100M, while MK’s 1st movie earned $122M)
2. State of the Union; our equivalent of Grand Theft Auto, CoD: ModernWarfare, or Halo; FPS (CoD:MW earned $700M, GTA V earned $800M in its first day, and $2B total, and the Halo franchise earned $3B)
3. Inisfree MMORPG; our equivalent of WoW, The Sims, or Second Life; immersive interactive (Second Life earns $100M every year, The Sims earned $740M, Skyrim earned more than $450M in its first week and $1.4B total, and WoW earned more than $10B)
4. The Voyages of Acquisition; our equivalent of StarCraft or EVE Online; RTS (EVE Online annually earns $66M)
5. Aorlie; our equivalent of Mass Effect; Space-opera/drama (the Mass Effect series earned more than a quarter of a billion dollars)

• Hospitality & entertainment sell! Inisfree has the population and visitors capacity of Tokyo and then some, so we will be inviting people from around the world to experience our attractions and breakthroughs on a regular basis, perhaps for all their favorite holidays each and every year.

1. Tourism from hosting the Olympics (international tourism generates $1.5T each year, so even though hosting the Olympic games for a year can cost $1-15B, it is worth it)
2. Sea-tanks; our equivalent of SeaWorld (the three SeaWorld parks collectively earn $1.5B each year)
3. Yachts, Mega-yachts, & Cruise Lines; Inisfree boasts many of these on its main lake, and partners with outside companies for additional travel options to and from Antarctica (Norwegian Cruise Line, for ex., has annual earnings of $3.3B)
4. regions representing each biome and culture of the world is our equivalent of Disney World (the Walt Disney Company, predominantly through its 11 parks, earns $45B each year, and has a net worth of $84B, with Disney World alone catering to 52M visitors per year)

• Music sells! Inisfree is many music venues, concert & performance halls, stadiums, and other musical attractions, as well as its own band, VR2 (Coldplay earned $475M, The Beatles earned $600M while they were active, and U2 earned $838M, for ex.)
  
• Clothing lines sell! Inisfree’s auto-factories can produce countless articles of couture (such as the Kno brand/line) and normal clothes per year (the USA alone has annual apparel market earnings of a quarter of a billion dollars, with the global annual fashion industry earning $1.2B)
  
• Automobiles sell! Inisfree’s auto-factories can produce billions of vehicles per year (Ford alone has annual global earnings of $133B)
  
• Social networking sells! Inisfree has its own version of Facebook. (Facebook has annual earnings of $12.5B)
  
• Defense R+D sells! Inisfree’s military is world-class, dwarfing even the U.S. superpower’s (the USA alone has an annual defense budget of 3/5 of a trillion dollars)
  
• Offering political asylum sells! Inisfree offers refuge from radical and hostile regimes. (for ex., expatriates from Iran alone invested $200B in Dubai during the early 2000s)
  
• Adult films sell! WMKM makes educational and advanced-placement pornographic movies (globally, the porn industry earns $97B every year)
  
• Being a producer in general sells! Inisfree is capable of producing a vast array of consumer goods and services. (For ex., the annual GDP of Dubai is nearly $83B, New York‘s is nearly $1.4T, and Tokyo’s is nearly $2T.)
  
• Escorting people sells! ICVs; our equivalent of Registered Companions, a.k.a. high-priced escorts (top escorts earn $1-40K per client per night, with some charging as much as $1-5K per hour, and since ICVs don’t use money, 100% of their earnings go into Inisfree’s treasury, not personal bank accounts *and there will be 100M+ ICVs and 3.5M+ human kajirae in Inisfree, with 4 sextillion more in its private solar system, so do the math)

Now, let’s just say we only earn 1% of those sales; minimal returns in each of those areas, since we will be doing work in each of them, and since we are cornering a few niche markets while competing in others, though in/from an unprecedented and geographically isolated place.

• 1% of $1.4B = $14,000,000
• 1% of $4B = $40,000,000
• 1% of $42.7B = $427,000,000
• 1% of $215M = $2,150,000
• 1% of $7.7B = $77,000,000
• 1% of $122M = $1,220,000
• 1% of $3B = $30,000,000
• 1% of $10B = $100,000,000
• 1% of 66M = $660,000
• 1% of 251M = $2,510,000
• 1% of $1.5T = $15,000,000,000
• 1% of $1.5B = $ 15,000,000
• 1% of $3.3B = $33,000,000
• 1% of $45B = $450,000,000
• 1% of $838M = $8,380,000
• 1% of $1.2B = $12,000,000
• 1% of $133B = $1,330,000,000
• 1% of $12.5B = $125,000,000
• 1% of 3/5 of a trillion dollars = $6,000,000,000
• 1% of $200B = $2,000,000,000
• 1% of $97B = $970,000,000
• 1% of $2T = $20,000,000,000
• 1K/hr. x (1K kajirae + 1K ICVs) x 500K visitors = $1,000,000,000,000

We still come out with a total annual gross revenue approaching 2 TRILLION DOLLARS (the annual GDP of Tokyo), with our cost of doing business but a tiny fraction of that; a 5+ years-long budget of ~$9.6 billion; less than half of 1% of our worst-case scenario income.

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Other things to keep in mind:
Avatar earned nearly $3B worldwide. The Avengers? $1.5B. The last Harry Potter film? $1.3B. Iron Man 3? $1.2B. LotR:RotK: $1.14B. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: $1.12B. The Dark Knight: $1B. Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG) makes $165M each year. Lineage and TERA: Online both make over $100M annually, too. Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online, Aion, Blade and Soul, Lineage 2, and RIFT are high-grossing MMORPGs of note, as well, so we can expect large and continuing profits in the billions range even with just one successful game, MMORPG or otherwise, and just one successful movie, series, or franchise.

 

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Partnering with the Most Successful Companies and Individuals

The 62 biggest corporations on Earth by revenue (all which earn >$100B/yr.) are:

1. Walmart:  Bentonville, Arkansas — Doug McMillon, CEO
2. Sinopec:  Beijing — Wang Tianpu
3. CNPC:  Beijing — Zhou Jiping
4. Royal Dutch Shell: Netherlands The Hague; London — Ben van Beurden
5. ExxonMobil: Irving, Texas — Rex W. Tillerson
6. Saudi Aramco: Saudi Arabia, Dhahran — Khalid A. Al-Falih
7. BP:  London — Bob Dudley
8. SGCC:  Beijing — Liu Zhenya
9. Samsung:  South Korea, Suwon — Lee Kun-hee
10. Vitol:  Netherlands, Rotterdam; Switzerland, Geneva — Ian Taylor
11. Toyota:  Japan, Toyota, Aichi — Akio Toyoda
12. Glencore:  Switzerland, Baar — Ivan Glasenberg
13. Volkswagen: Germany, Wolfsburg — Martin Winterkorn
14. Total:  France, Courbevoie — Patrick Pouyanne (fr)
15. Chevron:  San Ramon, California — John Watson
16. Berkshire Hathaway: Omaha, Nebraska — Warren Buffett
17. Apple Inc.:  Cupertino, California — Tim Cook
18. China Railway: Beijing — Sheng Guangzu
19. Phillips 66:  Houston — Greg Garland
20. Gazprom:  Moscow — Alexei Miller
21. E·ON:  Düsseldorf — Johannes Teyssen
22. Daimler:  Stuttgart — Dieter Zetsche
23. General Motors: Detroit — Mary Barra
24. Allianz:  Munich — Oliver Bäte
25. Japan Post Holdings: Tokyo — Jiro Saito
26. Ford:  Dearborn, Michigan — Mark Fields
27. General Electric: Fairfield, Connecticut — Jeffrey Immelt
28. Eni:  Rome — Paolo Scaroni
29. Rosneft:  Moscow — Igor Sechin
30. Petrobras:  Rio de Janeiro — Aldemir Bendine
31. Lukoil:  Moscow — Vagit Alekperov
32. Kuwait Petroleum: Kuwait City — Nizar Al-Adsani
33. Valero Energy: San Antonio — William R. Klesse
34. McKesson:  San Francisco — John Hammergren
35. Cargill:  Wayzata, Minnesota — Dave MacLennan
36. PDVSA:  Venezuela, Caracas — Rafael Ramírez
37. Trafigura:  Switzerland, Lucerne — Claude Dauphin
38. Foxconn:  Taiwan, Tucheng — Terry Gou
39. AT&T:  Dallas — Randall L. Stephenson
40. CVS Health:  Woonsocket, Rhode Island — Larry Merlo
41. Pemex:  Mexico City — Emilio Lozoya Austin
42. United Health: Minnetonka, Minnesota — Stephen Hemsley
43. AXA:  Paris — Henri de Castries
44. JX Holdings: Tokyo — Isao Matsushita
45. Verizon:  New York City — Lowell McAdam
46. Engie:  Paris — Gérard Mestrallet
47. Koch Industries: Wichita, Kansas — Charles Koch
48. Honda:  Tokyo — Takanobu Ito
49. Generali:  Italy, Trieste — Sergio Balbinot; Giovanni Perissinotto
50. NTT:  Tokyo — Hiroo Unoura
51. SK Group:  South Korea, Seoul — Choi Tae-Won
52. Enel:  Rome — Francesco Starace
53. Hewlett-Packard: Palo Alto, California — Meg Whitman
54. Tesco:  Cheshunt, Hertfordshire — Dave Lewis
55. Costco:  Issaquah, Washington — W. Craig Jelinek
56. FCA:  Italy, Turin — Sergio Marchionne
57. NIOC:  Tehran — Roknoddin Javadi
58. Statoil:  Norway, Stavanger — Eldar Sætre
59. BASF:  Germany, Ludwigshafen — Kurt Bock
60. Siemens:  Munich — Josef Käser
61. Carrefour:  France, Levallois-Perret — Georges Plassat
62. Nestlé:  Switzerland, Vevey — Paul Bulcke​

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Did you know there are more than 60 companies in the world with revenues in excess of $100 billion? It’s a staggering figure, several times the GDP of many small countries. In fact, the top twenty biggest organizations gross more than $5 trillion dollars each year- an amount large enough to let them purchase a medium-sized country or two if they wanted. (So building just one city would be like nothing to them; easily affordable, even negligible; barely a blip on their radar.)

Out of the 62 companies that have over a $100 billion in annual revenue, as many as 21 deal with oil and gas (extraction and/or processing), while the rest are a collection of retail giants, automobile manufacturers, utility producers, telecommunications service providers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. These companies together provide employment to millions in countries around the world. Many of them have a significant impact on local development and local politics as well, and in some cases this influence extends to global politics and development.

We’ve prepared a list of the top ten highest grossing companies in the world as of 2013 (by annual revenue). China, which is beginning to jostle with the U.S. for the top superpower position, is home to three of the companies that feature on the list.

We believe it’s very likely that more and more companies from the developing world will find homes on this list over the next few decades. Oil and gas, stores of which are getting slowly depleted, will get pricier in the coming few years, so don’t be surprised if the top grosser on the list next year is again an oil and gas corporation.
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The Top 10 Corporate Earners:

1. Royal Dutch Shell – Revenue: $481.7 Billion:  An oil and gas “supermajor,” Royal Dutch Shell is the highest grossing company in the world as of July 8, 2013, with estimated annual revenues of $481.7 billion. Royal Dutch Shell was born out of the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum and UK Shell Transport & Trading, based in the Netherlands and the UK, respectively.  Royal Dutch Shell, with Peter Voser at the helm, is currently engaged in oil exploration, production, distribution, refining, marketing, power generation, the production of petrochemicals, and trading. The company is owned by a collection of investors and shareholders, with Capital Research Global Investors holding the largest stake in the company (about 10%).
2. Walmart Stores, Inc – Revenue: $469 Billion:  It’s no surprise that the retail giant from America, Walmart, is second on the list of the highest grossing companies in the world. Walmart recorded a staggering $469 billion as revenue as of January 2013, and the company continues to make more and more profits each year.  Walmart runs department stores, retail outlets, and warehouse stores all over America and the world. The company, which is led by Doug McMillon, currently employs more than two million people, making it the largest private employer in the world. Walmart also holds the distinction of being the largest retailer in the world. The Waltons, who together own more than 50 percent of the company, are the richest (non-royal) family in the world, with a combined net worth of $150 billion.
3. ExxonMobil Corp – Revenue: $449.9 Billion:  ExxonMobil is an oil and gas company based in Irving, Texas, USA, and comes in third on the list with estimated revenues of $449.9 billion. The company has been around for a very long time- its parent company is Standard Oil, the company that was founded by John D. Rockefeller way back in 1870.  Currently, ExxonMobil has refineries in 21 countries the world over. It has a refining capacity of 6.3 million barrels, which makes it the largest oil refiner in the world, and produces approximately 3% of all the oil in the world. The largest shareholder in the company is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
4. Sinopec – Revenue: $428.2 Billion:  Sinopec is another petrochemical giant. Based in Beijing, China, the company has revenue of $428.2 billion per annum. It is one of the top three petroleum companies based in China, and is Asia’s largest oil refiner by amount processed per year.  Sinopec was established back in 2000 by the China Petrochemical Corporation Group. Today, less than a decade since it was formed, the company has a presence all over the world. It recently acquired a stake in Apache Corporations’ Egypt operations for $3.1 billion. The company is currently listed on the Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York stock exchanges.
5. China National Petroleum Corporation – Revenue: $408.6 Billion:  The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is another petrochemical company, owned by the Chinese government and headquartered in Beijing. It posted revenues of $408.6 billion this year, making it the fifth highest grosser on our list.  CNPC is the parent company of the better known PetroChina, which is currently the second-largest company in the world by market capitalization. CNPC holds a staggering 3.7 billion barrels of oil reserves, from which it extracts a small amount each year. CNPC has holdings all over the world, in countries like Iraq, Syria, New Zealand, and Canada.
6. British Petroleum – Revenue: $388.3 billion:  Yet another petroleum company in the top ten, British Petroleum has revenues of $388.3 billion per year. The company is based in London, England, and is one of the top employers in the country, with 83, 000 workers on its payroll. BP is operational in 80 countries, and it produces 3.3 million barrels of oil a day.  BP has origins stretching back as far as 1909, when it was called the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. It was rechristened “British Petroleum” in 1954. BP has been in the news in recent years thanks to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), which caused severe environmental damage. The cleanup has racked up a bill of $42 billion and counting.
7. State Grid Corporation of China – Revenue: $298.4 Billion:  The State Grid Corporation of China is a power utility company run by the Chinese state. It is the largest power utility company in the world, and is responsible for distributing power in the entire country. The company posted revenues of $298.4 billion this year.  The State Grid Corporation of China emerged out of a need to restructure the country’s existing power distribution and transmission system. The company provides free power to millions of households in China, under the “Power for All” project, and it spends billions of dollars for upkeep of the program.
8. Toyota Motor Corporation – Revenue: $265.7 Billion:  Toyota Motor Corporation is based in Aichi, Japan. The company is the largest car maker in the world, and has produced more than 200 million vehicles so far. Toyota is the largest company in Japan, both in terms of market capitalization and by revenue. It was founded back in 1937, a separate entity from the already-existing Toyota Industries, with an express purpose of making automobiles.  Toyota is currently a part of the Toyota Group, which is a conglomerate of companies that are related to Toyota Industries Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota posted revenue figures of $265.7 billion last year.
9. Volkswagen – Revenue: $247.6 Billion:  Volkswagen, a German automobile manufacturer, is the 9th highest grossing company in the world, with annual revenues of $247.6 billion. The company is based in Wolfsburg, Germany, and it is the third biggest maker of cars in the world (ranked second according to a recent study). Volkswagen spends the greatest amount of money of any automobile manufacturer on research and development.  Volkswagen has a worldwide presence, with manufacturing facilities and showrooms in countries like China, Mexico, South Africa, India and Brazil. Three cars manufactured by Volkswagen- the Beetle, Passat and Golf- all feature in the top 10 best selling cars of all time list (and they are still being made today).
10. Total S.A – Revenue: $234.3 Billion:  Kicking off the top-ten list is Total, an oil and gas “supermajor” based near Paris, France. Total posted revenues of $234.3 billion this year. The company is involved in extracting and exploration of oil and gas, refining, transportation, marketing of petroleum based products, and trading. Its operations also include chemical manufacturing.  Total is led by Christophe de Margerie, who has been in the CEO position since 2007. Total has businesses all over the country and the rest of the world, and is currently in the process of entering the world of renewable and nuclear power production. It has acquired a 60% stake in SunPower, a photovoltaic company from the U.S.

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Other Major Organizations to Keep in Mind:

1. Those of the Rothschild family ($400B, with Sir Evelyn De Rothschild having $20B of that sum).
2. Cargill, Inc. (135-B, the largest privately-owned corporation in the United States, family has 14 billionaires)
3. Those of the Rockefeller family ($11B/+)​​

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Richest Individuals; Some of the 2,000 Known Billionaires:​​

1. Bill Gates; 80-B (billion), Microsoft
2. Carlos Slim & fam; 72, Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
3. Amancio Ortega; 64, Inditex Group
4. Warren Buffet; 67, Berkshire Hathaway
5. Larry Ellison; 54.3, Oracle Corporation
6. Charles Koch; 41.2, Koch Industries
7. David Koch; 40, Koch Industries (115-B through the company)
8. Sheldon Adelson; 38, Las Vegas Sands
9. Christy Walton & fam; 36.7, Wal-Mart
10. Jim Walton; 34.7, Wal-Mart
11. Mark Zuckerberg; 35.7, Facebook
12. Li Ka-shing; 31, Cheung Kong Holdings
13. Liliane Bettencourt & fam; 30, L’Oréal
14. Bernard Arnault; 29, LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
15. Eike Batista; 30, EBX Group
16. Stefan Persson; 26, H&M
17. Karl Albrecht; 25.4, Aldi
18. Lakshmi Mittal; 31.1, Arcelor Mittal
19. Kushal Pal Singh; 30, DLF Group
20. Mukesh Ambani; 27, Reliance Industries
21. David Thomson; 22, Thomson Corporation
22. Ingvar Kamprad; 22, IKEA
23. Theo Albrecht; 18.8, Aldi Nord, Trader Joe’s
24. Alisher Usmanov; 13.6
25. Vladimir Potanin; 13.5
26. Elon Musk; 13, SpaceX
27. Mikhail Prokhorov; 9
28. Richard Branson; 5.1, Virgin
29. Maria Imelda Marcos of the Philippines; 5+
30. Oleg Deripaska; Rusal; 4.2
31. Donald Trump; 4
32. Mark Cuban; 3
33. Markus Persson; 2.5, Minecraft

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Wealthiest World Leaders:

1. B​humibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand: $30.0 billion (April 2011). Investments derived from the Bureau of the Crown Property.
2. Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei: $20.0 billion (April 2011). Profits from oil and gas industry.
3. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia: $18.0 billion (April 2011). Profits from oil industry.
4. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates
5. Emir of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: $15.0 billion (April 2011). Investments from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
6. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates: $4.0+ billion.
7. Emir Sheikh of Dubai , United Arab Emirates: $4.5 billion (April 2011). Majority share of Dubai Holding and investments from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
8. Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein: $3.5 billion (April 2011). Holdings in the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation.
9. Mohammed VI, King of Morocco: $2.5 billion (April 2011). Investments in SNI and Siger Holdings.
10. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Former Emir of Qatar: $2.4 billion (April 2011). From various enterprises.
11. Albert II, Prince of Monaco: $1.0 billion (April 2011). Various enterprises, including casinos.
12. Karim al-Hussayni, Aga Khan IV, France: $800 million (July 2010). From various enterprises.
13. Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman: $700 million (July 2010). From various enterprises.
14. Elizabeth II, Queen of the Commonwealth realms, United Kingdom: $450 million (April 2011). From property, jewellery and other assets.
15. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait: $350 million (July 2010). From various enterprises.
16. Beatrix, former Queen of the Netherlands: $200 million (April 2011). Holdings in Royal Dutch Shell.
17. Mswati III, King of Swaziland: $100 million (July 2010). From various enterprises.

As of 2015: 1,826 billionaires are publicly known, their collective worth = 7.1 trillion dollars, but untold others are not required to report their wealth.
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The 500+ Richest People on Earth; 500 of the ~2,000 Billionaires:

1. ​Bill Gates: Net Worth: $79.2 B, Source of wealth: Microsoft
2. Carlos Slim Helu & family: Net Worth: $77.1 B, Source of wealth: telecom
3. Warren Buffett: Net Worth: $72.7 B, Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
4. Amancio Ortega: Net Worth: $64.5 B, Source of wealth: Zara
5. Larry Ellison: Net Worth: $54.3 B, Source of wealth: Oracle
6. Charles Koch: Net Worth: $42.9 B, Source of wealth: diversified
7. David Koch: Net Worth: $42.9 B, Source of wealth: diversified
8. Christy Walton & family: Net Worth: $41.7 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
9. Jim Walton: Net Worth: $40.6 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
10. Liliane Bettencourt & family: Net Worth: $40.1 B, Source of wealth: L’Oreal
11. Alice Walton: Net Worth: $39.4 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
12. S. Robson Walton: Net Worth: $39.1 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
13. Bernard Arnault & family: Net Worth: $37.2 B, Source of wealth: LVMH
14. Michael Bloomberg: Net Worth: $35.5 B, Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
15. Jeff Bezos: Net Worth: $34.8 B, Source of wealth: Amazon.com
16. Mark Zuckerberg: Net Worth: $33.4 B, Source of wealth: Facebook
17. Li Ka-shing: Net Worth: $33.3 B, Source of wealth: diversified
18. Sheldon Adelson: Net Worth: $31.4 B, Source of wealth: casinos
19. Larry Page: Net Worth: $29.7 B, Source of wealth: Google
20. Sergey Brin: Net Worth: $29.2 B, Source of wealth: Google
21. Georg Schaeffler: Net Worth: $26.9 B, Source of wealth: ball bearings
22. Forrest Mars Jr: Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy
23. Jacqueline Mars: Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy
24. John Mars: Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy
25. David Thomson & family: Net Worth: $25.5 B, Source of wealth: media
26. Jorge Paulo Lemann: Net Worth: $25 B, Source of wealth: beer
27. Lee Shau Kee: Net Worth: $24.8 B, Source of wealth: real estate
28. Stefan Persson: Net Worth: $24.5 B, Source of wealth: H&M
29. George Soros: Net Worth: $24.2 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
30. Wang Jianlin: Net Worth: $24.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
31. Carl Icahn: Net Worth: $23.5 B, Source of wealth: investments
32. Maria Franca Fissolo & family: Net Worth: $23.4 B, Source of wealth: Nutella, chocolates
33. Jack Ma: Net Worth: $22.7 B, Source of wealth: e-commerce
34. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud: Net Worth: $22.6 B, Source of wealth: investments
35. Steve Ballmer: Net Worth: $21.5 B, Source of wealth: Microsoft
36. Phil Knight: Net Worth: $21.5 B, Source of wealth: Nike
37. Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.: Net Worth: $21.3 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets
38. Li Hejun: Net Worth: $21.1 B, Source of wealth: solar power equipment
39. Mukesh Ambani: Net Worth: $21 B, Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas
40. Leonardo Del Vecchio: Net Worth: $20.4 B, Source of wealth: eyeglasses
41. Len Blavatnik: Net Worth: $20.2 B, Source of wealth: diversified
42. Tadashi Yanai & family: Net Worth: $20.2 B, Source of wealth: retail
43. Charles Ergen: Net Worth: $20.1 B, Source of wealth: Dish Network
44. Dilip Shanghvi: Net Worth: $20 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
45. Laurene Powell Jobs & family: Net Worth: $19.5 B, Source of wealth: Apple, Disney
46. Dieter Schwarz: Net Worth: $19.4 B, Source of wealth: retail
47. Michael Dell: Net Worth: $19.2 B, Source of wealth: Dell
48. Azim Premji: Net Worth: $19.1 B, Source of wealth: software
49. Theo Albrecht Jr & family: Net Worth: $19 B, Source of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe’s
50. Michael Otto & family: Net Worth: $18.1 B, Source of wealth: retail, real estate
51. Paul Allen: Net Worth: $17.5 B, Source of wealth: Microsoft, investments
52. Joseph Safra: Net Worth: $17.3 B, Source of wealth: banking
53. Anne Cox Chambers: Net Worth: $17 B, Source of wealth: media
54. Susanne Klatten: Net Worth: $16.8 B, Source of wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals
55. Pallonji Mistry: Net Worth: $16.3 B, Source of wealth: construction
56. Ma Huateng: Net Worth: $16.1 B, Source of wealth: internet media
57. Patrick Drahi: Net Worth: $16 B, Source of wealth: Telecom
58. Thomas & Raymond Kwok: Net Worth: $15.9 B, Source of wealth: real estate
59. Stefan Quandt: Net Worth: $15.6 B, Source of wealth: BMW
60. Ray Dalio: Net Worth: $15.4 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
61. Vladimir Potanin: Net Worth: $15.4 B, Source of wealth: metals
62. Serge Dassault & family: Net Worth: $15.3 B, Source of wealth: aviation
63. Robin Li: Net Worth: $15.3 B, Source of wealth: internet search
64. Donald Bren: Net Worth: $15.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
65. Francois Pinault & family: Net Worth: $14.9 B, Source of wealth: retail
66. Shiv Nadar: Net Worth: $14.8 B, Source of wealth: information technology
67. Aliko Dangote: Net Worth: $14.7 B, Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour
68. Mikhail Fridman: Net Worth: $14.6 B, Source of wealth: oil, banking, telecom
69. Hinduja Brothers: Net Worth: $14.5 B, Source of wealth: diversified
70. Ronald Perelman: Net Worth: $14.5 B, Source of wealth: leveraged buyouts
71. Cheng Yu-tung: Net Worth: $14.4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
72. Alisher Usmanov: Net Worth: $14.4 B, Source of wealth: steel & mining, telecom, investments
73. Henry Sy & family: Net Worth: $14.2 B, Source of wealth: diversified
74. Viktor Vekselberg: Net Worth: $14.2 B, Source of wealth: metals, energy
75. Masayoshi Son: Net Worth: $14.1 B, Source of wealth: internet, telecom
76. James Simons: Net Worth: $14 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
77. German Larrea Mota Velasco & family: Net Worth: $13.9 B, Source of wealth: mining
78. Rupert Murdoch & family: Net Worth: $13.9 B, Source of wealth: media
79. Johanna Quandt: Net Worth: $13.9 B, Source of wealth: BMW
80. David & Simon Reuben: Net Worth: $13.7 B, Source of wealth: investments, real estate
81. Dhanin Chearavanont: Net Worth: $13.6 B, Source of wealth: food
82. Iris Fontbona & family: Net Worth: $13.5 B, Source of wealth: mining
83. Lui Che Woo: Net Worth: $13.5 B, Source of wealth: casinos
84. Lakshmi Mittal: Net Worth: $13.5 B, Source of wealth: steel
85. Abigail Johnson: Net Worth: $13.4 B, Source of wealth: money management
86. Luis Carlos Sarmiento: Net Worth: $13.4 B, Source of wealth: banking
87. Lei Jun: Net Worth: $13.2 B, Source of wealth: smartphones
88. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi: Net Worth: $13.2 B, Source of wealth: beverages
89. Alexey Mordashov: Net Worth: $13 B, Source of wealth: steel, investments
90. Marcel Herrmann Telles: Net Worth: $13 B, Source of wealth: beer
91. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family: Net Worth: $12.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
92. Hans Rausing: Net Worth: $12.5 B, Source of wealth: packaging
93. Jack Taylor & family: Net Worth: $12.5 B, Source of wealth: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
94. Charles Butt & family: Net Worth: $12.3 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets
95. Gina Rinehart: Net Worth: $12.3 B, Source of wealth: mining
96. Vagit Alekperov: Net Worth: $12.2 B, Source of wealth: Lukoil
97. Harold Hamm: Net Worth: $12.2 B, Source of wealth: oil & gas
98. Patrick Soon-Shiong: Net Worth: $12.2 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
99. Stefano Pessina: Net Worth: $12.1 B, Source of wealth: drugstores
100. Richard Kinder: Net Worth: $12 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
101. Elon Musk: Net Worth: $12 B, Source of wealth: Tesla Motors
102. Stephen Schwarzman: Net Worth: $12 B, Source of wealth: investments
103. Klaus-Michael Kuehne: Net Worth: $11.9 B, Source of wealth: shipping
104. Philip Anschutz: Net Worth: $11.8 B, Source of wealth: investments
105. Andrew Beal: Net Worth: $11.7 B, Source of wealth: banks, real estate
106. Leonid Mikhelson: Net Worth: $11.7 B, Source of wealth: gas, chemicals
107. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken: Net Worth: $11.6 B, Source of wealth: Heineken
108. Vladimir Lisin: Net Worth: $11.6 B, Source of wealth: steel, transport
109. Steve Cohen: Net Worth: $11.4 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
110. Robert Kuok: Net Worth: $11.3 B, Source of wealth: diversified
111. Lee Kun-Hee: Net Worth: $11.3 B, Source of wealth: electronics/insurance
112. Carlos Alberto Sicupira: Net Worth: $11.3 B, Source of wealth: beer
113. John Paulson: Net Worth: $11.2 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
114. Joseph Lau: Net Worth: $10.9 B, Source of wealth: real estate
115. Thomas Peterffy: Net Worth: $10.9 B, Source of wealth: discount brokerage
116. Mohammed Al Amoudi: Net Worth: $10.8 B, Source of wealth: oil, diversified
117. Dietrich Mateschitz: Net Worth: $10.8 B, Source of wealth: Red Bull
118. Hank & Doug Meijer: Net Worth: $10.7 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets
119. Gennady Timchenko: Net Worth: $10.7 B, Source of wealth: oil & gas
120. John Fredriksen: Net Worth: $10.5 B, Source of wealth: shipping
121. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family: Net Worth: $10.4 B, Source of wealth: mining
122. Massimiliana Landini Aleotti & family: Net Worth: $10.4 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
123. David Tepper: Net Worth: $10.4 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
124. Zong Qinghou: Net Worth: $10.3 B, Source of wealth: beverages
125. Pierre Castel & family: Net Worth: $9.9 B, Source of wealth: wine
126. He Xiangjian: Net Worth: $9.9 B, Source of wealth: home appliances
127. Mikhail Prokhorov: Net Worth: $9.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
128. Wang Wenyin: Net Worth: $9.9 B, Source of wealth: mining, copper products
129. Ananda Krishnan: Net Worth: $9.7 B, Source of wealth: telecom
130. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen: Net Worth: $9.7 B, Source of wealth: Lego
131. Robert & Philip Ng: Net Worth: $9.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
132. Galen Weston & family: Net Worth: $9.6 B, Source of wealth: retail
133. German Khan: Net Worth: $9.5 B, Source of wealth: banking, telecom, retail
134. Alain Wertheimer: Net Worth: $9.5 B, Source of wealth: Chanel
135. Gerard Wertheimer: Net Worth: $9.5 B, Source of wealth: Chanel
136. Xavier Niel: Net Worth: $9.3 B, Source of wealth: internet, telecom
137. Roman Abramovich: Net Worth: $9.1 B, Source of wealth: steel, investments
138. Leonard Lauder: Net Worth: $9.1 B, Source of wealth: Estee Lauder
139. Andrey Melnichenko: Net Worth: $9.1 B, Source of wealth: coal, fertilizers
140. Hasso Plattner & family: Net Worth: $9.1 B, Source of wealth: software
141. Eric Schmidt: Net Worth: $9.1 B, Source of wealth: Google
142. Kumar Birla: Net Worth: $9 B, Source of wealth: commodities
143. R. Budi Hartono: Net Worth: $9 B, Source of wealth: banking, tobacco
144. George Kaiser: Net Worth: $9 B, Source of wealth: oil & gas, banking
145. John Menard Jr: Net Worth: $9 B, Source of wealth: retail
146. Samuel Newhouse Jr: Net Worth: $9 B, Source of wealth: media
147. Tsai Eng-Meng: Net Worth: $8.9 B, Source of wealth: food, beverages
148. Wei Jianjun & family: Net Worth: $8.9 B, Source of wealth: automobiles
149. Ernesto Bertarelli: Net Worth: $8.8 B, Source of wealth: biotech, investments
150. Carrie Perrodo & family: Net Worth: $8.8 B, Source of wealth: Inherited
151. Michael Hartono: Net Worth: $8.7 B, Source of wealth: tobacco, banking
152. Hiroshi Mikitani: Net Worth: $8.7 B, Source of wealth: online retailing
153. Pan Sutong: Net Worth: $8.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
154. Klaus Tschira & family: Net Worth: $8.6 B, Source of wealth: software
155. Peter Woo: Net Worth: $8.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
156. Jim Kennedy: Net Worth: $8.5 B, Source of wealth: media
157. Eyal Ofer: Net Worth: $8.5 B, Source of wealth: real estate, shipping
158. Blair Parry-Okeden: Net Worth: $8.5 B, Source of wealth: media
159. Dmitry Rybolovlev: Net Worth: $8.5 B, Source of wealth: fertilizer
160. Petr Kellner: Net Worth: $8.4 B, Source of wealth: banking, insurance
161. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus: Net Worth: $8.4 B, Source of wealth: commodities
162. Sergei Galitsky: Net Worth: $8.3 B, Source of wealth: retail
163. John Malone: Net Worth: $8.3 B, Source of wealth: cable television
164. Donald Newhouse: Net Worth: $8.3 B, Source of wealth: media
165. Joao Roberto Marinho: Net Worth: $8.2 B, Source of wealth: media
166. Jose Roberto Marinho: Net Worth: $8.2 B, Source of wealth: media
167. Roberto Irineu Marinho: Net Worth: $8.2 B, Source of wealth: media
168. Pierre Omidyar: Net Worth: $8 B, Source of wealth: Ebay
169. Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family: Net Worth: $8 B, Source of wealth: retail, media
170. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte: Net Worth: $7.9 B, Source of wealth: shipping
171. Dustin Moskovitz: Net Worth: $7.9 B, Source of wealth: Facebook
172. August von Finck: Net Worth: $7.7 B, Source of wealth: investments
173. Leslie Wexner: Net Worth: $7.7 B, Source of wealth: retail
174. Giorgio Armani: Net Worth: $7.6 B, Source of wealth: fashion
175. Thomas Frist Jr & family: Net Worth: $7.6 B, Source of wealth: health care
176. Takemitsu Takizaki: Net Worth: $7.6 B, Source of wealth: sensors
177. James Goodnight: Net Worth: $7.5 B, Source of wealth: software
178. Jim Pattison: Net Worth: $7.5 B, Source of wealth: diversified
179. Silvio Berlusconi & family: Net Worth: $7.4 B, Source of wealth: media
180. David Duffield: Net Worth: $7.4 B, Source of wealth: business software
181. Edward Johnson III: Net Worth: $7.4 B, Source of wealth: money management
182. Liu Qiangdong: Net Worth: $7.4 B, Source of wealth: e-commerce
183. Johann Rupert & family: Net Worth: $7.4 B, Source of wealth: luxury goods
184. Alexei Kuzmichev: Net Worth: $7.3 B, Source of wealth: banking, telecom, retail
185. Eli Broad: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: investments
186. Charles Cadogan & family: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
187. Dietmar Hopp & family: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: software
188. Uday Kotak: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: banking
189. Jay Y. Lee: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: electronics/tourism
190. Suh Kyung-Bae: Net Worth: $7.2 B, Source of wealth: cosmetics
191. Micky Arison: Net Worth: $7.1 B, Source of wealth: Carnival Cruises
192. Emmanuel Besnier: Net Worth: $7.1 B, Source of wealth: cheese
193. Walter Kwok: Net Worth: $7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
194. Ralph Lauren: Net Worth: $7 B, Source of wealth: Ralph Lauren
195. David Geffen: Net Worth: $6.9 B, Source of wealth: entertainment
196. Graeme Hart: Net Worth: $6.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
197. Gordon Moore: Net Worth: $6.9 B, Source of wealth: Intel
198. Wang Jing: Net Worth: $6.9 B, Source of wealth: telecom services
199. Goh Cheng Liang: Net Worth: $6.8 B, Source of wealth: paints
200. Denis O’Brien: Net Worth: $6.8 B, Source of wealth: telecom
201. Rinat Akhmetov: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: steel, coal
202. Vincent Bollore: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: investments
203. Jean-Claude Decaux & family: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: advertising
204. Eva Gonda de Rivera & family: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: beverages
205. Nicky Oppenheimer & family: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: diamonds
206. Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: ball bearings
207. Reinhold Wuerth & family: Net Worth: $6.7 B, Source of wealth: fasteners
208. Gautam Adani: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: commodities, infrastructure
209. William Ding: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: online games
210. Johann Graf: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: gambling
211. Charles Johnson: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: money management
212. Jan Koum: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: WhatsApp
213. Liu Yongxing: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: agribusiness
214. Sunil Mittal & family: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: telecom
215. Cyrus Poonawalla: Net Worth: $6.6 B, Source of wealth: vaccines
216. Carl Cook: Net Worth: $6.5 B, Source of wealth: medical devices
217. Ken Griffin: Net Worth: $6.5 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
218. James Irving: Net Worth: $6.5 B, Source of wealth: diversified
219. Stephen Ross: Net Worth: $6.5 B, Source of wealth: real estate
220. Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair & family: Net Worth: $6.4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
221. Richard LeFrak & family: Net Worth: $6.4 B, Source of wealth: real estate
222. Melker Schorling: Net Worth: $6.4 B, Source of wealth: investments
223. Charles Schwab: Net Worth: $6.4 B, Source of wealth: discount brokerage
224. Heinz Hermann Thiele & family: Net Worth: $6.4 B, Source of wealth: brakes
225. Stanley Kroenke: Net Worth: $6.3 B, Source of wealth: sports, real estate
226. Sandra Ortega Mera & family: Net Worth: $6.3 B, Source of wealth: Zara
227. Sumner Redstone: Net Worth: $6.3 B, Source of wealth: Media
228. Nassef Sawiris: Net Worth: $6.3 B, Source of wealth: construction
229. Christoffel Wiese: Net Worth: $6.3 B, Source of wealth: retailing
230. Majid Al Futtaim: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate, retail
231. Dannine Avara: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
232. Oleg Deripaska: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: aluminum, utilities
233. Scott Duncan: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
234. Curt Engelhorn & family: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
235. Milane Frantz: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
236. Hui Ka Yan: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
237. Rupert Johnson Jr: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: money management
238. Michael Kadoorie & family: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: diversified
239. Kelcy Warren: Net Worth: $6.2 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
240. Chan Laiwa & family: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: real estate
241. Terry Gou: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: electronics
242. Willi & Isolde Liebherr & family: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: construction
243. Ira Rennert: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: investments
244. Randa Williams: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: pipelines
245. Hansjoerg Wyss: Net Worth: $6.1 B, Source of wealth: medical devices
246. David Green: Net Worth: $6 B, Source of wealth: retail
247. Augusto & Giorgio Perfetti: Net Worth: $6 B, Source of wealth: candy
248. Jin Sook & Do Won Chang: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: fashion retail
249. Bruce Halle: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: tires
250. Lu Zhiqiang: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: diversified
251. Bruno Schroder & family: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: banking
252. Joseph Tsai: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: e-commerce
253. Dennis Washington: Net Worth: $5.9 B, Source of wealth: construction, mining
254. John Gokongwei Jr: Net Worth: $5.8 B, Source of wealth: diversified
255. Desh Bandhu Gupta: Net Worth: $5.8 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
256. Pauline MacMillan Keinath: Net Worth: $5.8 B, Source of wealth: Cargill
257. Loretta Robinson & family: Net Worth: $5.8 B, Source of wealth: cable tv
258. Zhang Zhidong: Net Worth: $5.8 B, Source of wealth: internet media
259. Chung Mong-Koo: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: motor vehicles
260. Richard DeVos: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: Amway
261. Guo Guangchang: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: diversified
262. Lin Yu-lin: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
263. Andrei Skoch: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: steel
264. Juan-Miguel Villar Mir & family: Net Worth: $5.7 B, Source of wealth: construction
265. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: beer, investments
266. Ray Lee Hunt: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: oil, real estate
267. Ann Walton Kroenke: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
268. Quek Leng Chan: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: banking, real estate
269. Keiichiro Takahara: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: diapers
270. Stef Wertheimer & family: Net Worth: $5.6 B, Source of wealth: tools
271. Arthur Irving: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: oil
272. Herbert Kohler Jr & family: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: plumbing fixtures
273. Anders Holch Povlsen: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: retail
274. Jorn Rausing: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: inherited
275. Thomas Schmidheiny: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: cement
276. Cho Yaw Wee: Net Worth: $5.5 B, Source of wealth: banking
277. Hui Wing Mau: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: real estate
278. Joe Lewis: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: investments
279. Juan Roig: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets
280. Robert Rowling: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: investments
281. Teh Hong Piow: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: banking
282. Harry Triguboff: Net Worth: $5.4 B, Source of wealth: property
283. Leon Black: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: private equity
284. Carlos and Alejandro Bulgheroni: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: oil and gas
285. Garrett Camp: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: car service
286. Leonid Fedun: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: Lukoil
287. Savitri Jindal & family: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: steel
288. Antonia Johnson: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: diversified
289. Travis Kalanick: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: car service
290. Leonard Stern: Net Worth: $5.3 B, Source of wealth: real estate
291. David & Frederick Barclay: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: media, retail
292. Vivien Chen & family: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
293. Bidzina Ivanishvili: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: investments
294. Micky Jagtiani: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: retail
295. Henry Kravis: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: private equity
296. James Packer: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: casinos
297. Enrique Razon Jr: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: ports
298. Odd Reitan: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets
299. George Roberts: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: private equity
300. Paolo & Gianfelice Mario Rocca: Net Worth: $5.2 B, Source of wealth: pipe manufacturing
301. Pyotr Aven: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: banking, telecom
302. Ivan Glasenberg: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: mining
303. Philip & Cristina Green: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: retail
304. Lu Guanqiu: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: diversified
305. Arnon Milchan: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: movie making
306. Dan Olsson: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: diversified
307. Finn Rausing: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: inherited
308. Kirsten Rausing: Net Worth: $5.1 B, Source of wealth: packaging
309. Laurence Graff & family: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: diamond jewelry
310. Pansy Ho: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: casinos
311. Bertil Hult: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: education
312. Karl-Heinz Kipp: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: retail
313. Bruce Kovner: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
314. George Lucas: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: Star Wars
315. David Sun: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: computer hardware
316. John Tu: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: computer hardware
317. Yang Huiyan: Net Worth: $5 B, Source of wealth: real estate
318. Michael Ashley: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: sports retailing
319. James Dyson: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: vacuums
320. Albert Frere: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
321. Jeffery Hildebrand: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: oil
322. Kwee brothers: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: real estate
323. Liang Wengen: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: construction equipment
324. Frank Lowy: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: shopping malls
325. Frederik Paulsen: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: health care
326. Sam Zell: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: real estate, private equity
327. Daniel Ziff: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
328. Dirk Ziff: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
329. Robert Ziff: Net Worth: $4.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
330. Isak Andic & family: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: clothing retail
331. Richard Branson: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: Virgin
332. Adi Godrej & family: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
333. Jamshyd Godrej & family: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
334. Michael & Marian Ilitch & family: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: pizza
335. Ted Lerner: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: real estate
336. Idan Ofer: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: drilling, shipping
337. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: cheese
338. Eduardo Saverin: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: Facebook
339. Andrew Tan: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: diversified
340. Zhou Jianping: Net Worth: $4.8 B, Source of wealth: apparel
341. Phillip Frost: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
342. Daniel Gilbert: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: Quicken Loans
343. Gong Hongjia & family: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: investments
344. Stein Erik Hagen & family: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: retail
345. Reid Hoffman: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: LinkedIn
346. Nancy Walton Laurie: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
347. Liu Yonghao & family: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: agribusiness
348. Sri Prakash Lohia: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: polyester
349. Whitney MacMillan: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: Cargill
350. John A. Sobrato & family: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
351. Tong Jinquan: Net Worth: $4.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
352. Dona Bertarelli: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: biotech
353. Heinrich Deichmann & family: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: Footwear
354. Paul Tudor Jones II: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
355. Randal Kirk: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
356. Lee Shin Cheng: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: palm oil, real estate
357. Ludwig Merckle: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
358. Sergei Popov: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: banking
359. Mark Shoen: Net Worth: $4.6 B, Source of wealth: U-Haul
360. Alexander Abramov: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: steel, mining
361. Pierre Bellon & family: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: food services
362. Kunio Busujima & family: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: gaming
363. Michael Herz: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: coffee
364. Wolfgang Herz: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: coffee
365. Elizabeth Holmes: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: blood testing
366. Shahid Khan: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: auto parts
367. Richard Li: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: telecoms
368. Shashi & Ravi Ruia: Net Worth: $4.5 B, Source of wealth: diversified
369. Americo Amorim: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: energy, investments
370. Shari Arison: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: Carnival Cruises
371. Abilio dos Santos Diniz: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: retail
372. Guenther Fielmann & family: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: optometry
373. Filaret Galchev: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: construction materials
374. Ian & Richard Livingstone: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: real estate
375. Horst Paulmann & family: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: retail
376. Andres Santo Domingo: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: beer
377. Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: beer
378. Lucio Tan & family: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
379. George Ty & family: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: banking
380. Murat Ulker: Net Worth: $4.4 B, Source of wealth: food manufacturing
381. Jeronimo Arango & family: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: retail
382. Anthony Bamford & family: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: construction equipment
383. Charles Dolan & family: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: cable television
384. Tamara Gustavson & family: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: self storage
385. Zarakh Iliev: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: real estate
386. Robert Kraft: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: New England Patriots
387. Luo Jye & family: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: tires
388. God Nisanov: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: real estate
389. Karen Pritzker: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: hotels, investments
390. Trevor Rees-Jones: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: oil & gas
391. Chairul Tanjung: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: diversified
392. Lottie Tham: Net Worth: $4.3 B, Source of wealth: H&M
393. Mike Adenuga: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: telcom, oil
394. Subhash Chandra: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: media
395. Gustaf Douglas: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: security
396. Han Chang-Woo & family: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: pachinko parlors
397. Jerry Jones: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: Dallas Cowboys
398. Kirk Kerkorian: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: casinos, investments
399. Lin Rong San: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate
400. Stewart and Lynda Resnick: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: agriculture, water
401. Wang Wei: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: package delivery service
402. Karl Wlaschek: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: retail
403. Aloys Wobben: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: wind turbines
404. Zhang Jindong: Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: appliance retailer
405. Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: dairy farms
406. Benu Gopal Bangur: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: cement
407. Patrizio Bertelli: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: luxury goods
408. David Consunji: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: construction
409. Frits Goldschmeding: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: temp agency
410. Martha Ingram & family: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: book distribution, transportation
411. Barry Lam: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: computers
412. John Morris: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: sporting goods retail
413. Miuccia Prada: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: Prada
414. Mark Scheinberg: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: online gambling
415. David Shaw: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
416. Donald Trump: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: television, real estate
417. Zhang Shiping & family: Net Worth: $4.1 B, Source of wealth: aluminum products
418. Anil Ambani: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
419. Samvel Karapetyan: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: development
420. Jan Kulczyk: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: telecom, oil, beer
421. Tom & Judy Love: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: retail & gas stations
422. Mohamed Mansour: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
423. Mitchell Rales: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: manufacturing, investments
424. Wolfgang Reimann: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
425. Matthias Reimann-Andersen: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
426. Stefan Reimann-Andersen: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
427. Renate Reimann-Haas: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: consumer goods
428. J. Christopher Reyes: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: food distribution
429. Jude Reyes: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: food distribution
430. Edward Roski Jr: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: real estate
431. Reinhold Schmieding: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: medical devices
432. Jerry Speyer: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: real estate
433. Friede Springer: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: publishing
434. Sun Guangxin: Net Worth: $4 B, Source of wealth: diversified
435. Riley Bechtel: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: engineering, construction
436. Stephen Bechtel Jr: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: engineering, construction
437. Ralph Dommermuth: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: internet service provider
438. Bernard Ecclestone & family: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: Formula One
439. Nathan Kirsh: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: retail, real estate
440. Vikram Lal: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: motorcycles
441. Lars Larsen: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: retail
442. Ronald Lauder: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: Estee Lauder
443. George Lindemann & family: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: investments
444. Niels Peter Louis-Hansen: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: medical devices
445. Pankaj Patel: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
446. Bernard (Barry) Sherman: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
447. Shi Yuzhu: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: online games, investments
448. Jeffrey Skoll: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: Ebay
449. Frederick Smith: Net Worth: $3.9 B,, Source of wealth: FedEx
450. Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: Google
451. Wang Chuanfu: Net Worth: $3.9 B, Source of wealth: batteries, autos
452. Chung Eui-Sun: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: logistics
453. Israel Englander: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
454. Dmitry Kamenshchik: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: airport
455. Bernard Marcus: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: Home Depot
456. Brijmohan Lall Munjal: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: motorcycles
457. Daniel Och: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
458. Terrence Pegula: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: natural gas
459. Isaac Perlmutter: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: Marvel comics
460. Krit Ratanarak: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: media, real estate
461. Samuel Yin: Net Worth: $3.8 B, Source of wealth: diversified
462. Vanich Chaiyawan: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: insurance, beverages
463. Francis Choi: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
464. Leon G. Cooperman: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds
465. Antonio Del Valle Ruiz & family: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: chemicals
466. Francisco Ivens de Sa Dias Branco: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: food production
467. Traudl Engelhorn & family: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals/medical equipment
468. Ursula Engelhorn & family: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals/medical equipment
469. Huang Wei: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
470. James Jannard: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: sunglasses
471. Fredrik Lundberg: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate, investments
472. Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: Cargill
473. Akira Mori & family: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: real estate
474. Theo Mueller: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: dairy
475. H. Ross Perot Sr: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: computer services, real estate
476. Steven Rales: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: manufacturing
477. John Sall: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: software
478. Lynn Schusterman: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: oil & gas, investments
479. Ronda Stryker: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: medical equipment
480. Steven Udvar-Hazy: Net Worth: $3.7 B, Source of wealth: aircraft leasing
481. Martin & Olivier Bouygues: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: construction, media
482. Gustavo Cisneros & family: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: media
483. Jim Davis & family: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: New Balance
484. Archie Aldis Emmerson: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: timberland, lumber mills
485. John Gandel: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: shopping malls
486. Diane Hendricks: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: roofing
487. Antti Herlin: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: elevators, escalators
488. Jeremy Jacobs Sr: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: sports concessions
489. Elizabeth Mohn & family: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: media
490. Igor Olenicoff: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
491. Anthony Pratt: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: manufacturing
492. Qiu Guanghe & family: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: apparel retail
493. Walter Scott Jr & family: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: utilities, telecom
494. Sheldon Solow: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
495. Steven Spielberg: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: Movies
496. Yitzhak Tshuva: Net Worth: $3.6 B, Source of wealth: real estate
497. Mohammed Al Issa: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: investments
498. Rahel Blocher: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: chemicals
499. Chey Tae-Won: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: computer services/telecoms
500. Edward DeBartolo Jr: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: shopping centers
501. Andrei Guriev: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: fertilizers
502. Ingvar Kamprad & family: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: Ikea
503. Iskander Makhmudov: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: mining, metals, machinery
504. Alain Merieux & family: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
505. Pan Zhengmin & family: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: electronics
506. Michael Platt: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: hedge Fund
507. Viktor Rashnikov: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: steel
508. Haim Saban: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: TV network, investments
509. Beny Steinmetz: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: mining, diamonds, real estate
510. Martin Viessmann & family: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: heating equipment
511. Zhang Changhong: Net Worth: $3.5 B, Source of wealth: finance information service

There are 1,500 other billionaires out there. Help me get in touch with them!​
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Trillionaires:  ($20-300 trillion lies in offshore accounts)

1. Jean-Jacques Augier, François Hollande’s 2012 election campaign co-treasurer, launched a Caymans-based distributor in China with a 25% partner in a BVI company. Augier says his partner was Xi Shu, a Chinese businessman.
2. Mongolia’s former finance minister; Bayartsogt Sangajav set up “Legend Plus Capital Ltd” with a Swiss bank account, while he served as finance minister of the impoverished state from 2008 to 2012.
3. The president of Azerbaijan and his family; a local construction magnate, Hassan Gozal controls entities set up in the names of President Ilham Aliyev’s two daughters.
4. The wife of Russia’s deputy prime minister; Olga Shuvalova’s husband, businessman and politician Igor Shuvalov.
5. A senator’s husband in Canada; lawyer Tony Merchant deposited more than $800,000 into an offshore trust.
6. A dictator’s child in the Philippines; Maria Imelda Marcos Manotoc, a provincial governor, is the eldest daughter of former President Ferdinand Marcos.
7. Spain’s wealthiest art collector, Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza; a former beauty queen and widow of a Thyssen steel billionaire, who uses offshore entities to buy pictures.
8. U.S.: Offshore clients include Denise Rich, ex-wife of oil trader Marc Rich. She put $144M into the Dry Trust, set up in the Cook Islands.
9. Individuals and companies linked to Russia’s Magnitsky Affair.
10. A corporate mogul who won billions of dollars in contracts amid Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s massive construction boom while he served as a director of offshore companies owned by the president’s daughters.
11. Indonesian billionaires with ties to the late dictator Suharto, who enriched a circle of elites during his decades in power.
12. Yohannes Riyadi; rumored to be Indonesian or a fake person invented to be the face of hidden money.
13. Those of the Bilderberg Group (a collective of the richest people of Europe, North America, and beyond)

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Allegedly the Richest Man of All:
Kamal Ashnawi; 5 trillion Euros in an HSBC bank account, saying that amount is minor compared to his total wealth

• He is a descendent of the Emperor of China, tracing his bloodline through Indonesian, Chinese, Indian, Java, and Siam royalty, and it is from these royal families that he has inherited his riches.
• He is in charge of 86.7% of the world’s wealth, which he purports is held in over 1,000 secret accounts across the globe.
• His funds lie in the much debated Combined International Collateral Accounts of the Global Debt Facility, which is speculated to have been set up in 1875 by the world’s royal families to protect assets including gold and silver.​​

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The 25 Biggest Landowners in America:

1. John Malone (chairman of Liberty Media Corp.): 2.2 million acres (incl. 290,000-acre Bell Ranch in NM)
2. Ted Turner (Turner Broadcasting System, CNN, Nonami Plantation, etc.): 2.1 million acres
3. Archie Aldis ‘Red’ Emmerson: 1.84 million (CA’s largest private landowner)
4. Brad Kelley: 1.5 million (sold a tobacco company in 2001 for $1BILLION, now uses his properties to breed rare species of animals; mention my zoo plans!)
5. Irving family (Canadian company, Irving Woodlands): 1.2 million
6. Singleton family: 1.11 million acres
7. King Ranch: 911,215
8. Pingree heirs (timber in Maine): 830,000
9. Reed family (Simpson Investment Company): 770,000
10. Stan Kroenke: 740,000
11. Ford family: 625,000
12. Lykes brothers’ heirs: 615,000
13. Briscoe family: 560,000
14. W.T. Waggoner Estate: 535,000
15. D.M. O’Connon heirs: 500,000
16. Phillip Anschutz: 434,493 (Anschutz Entertainment Group is world’s largest owner & operator of sports and entertainment venues; tell him of my 50 clubs designs!!)
17. Drummond family: 440,076
18. J.R. Simplot Heirs/Company (vast ag’ complex in Idaho): 408,663
19. Robert Earl Holding: 400,000
20. Malone Mitchell III (oil tycoon & investor): 350,000
21. Hughes family (Dan A. Hughes Co.; oil & gas exploration): 325,000
22. Collins family: 312,188
23. Pat Broe: 310,000
24. Nunley Family (brothers) 301,500 acres
25. Flitner Family (David Flitner) 300,000 acres

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Also worth contacting:

1. Marcus Lemonis; 150M (The Profit TV show)

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