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Use BILLIONAIRES Web site to respond to the following questions in essay form.
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1- Who are 5 billionaires?
2-Pick two(2) billionaires (one male and one female) and tell their ages, where they are from, and what they did to make their $$$$ money?
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1) Buffet Warren 79 year old male from the united states he made his money by investing money into other businesses.
ReplyDelete2) Alice walton 60 year old female from the united states she made her money by inheriting it from her father by: eli D.
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1. Who are 5 billionaires?
Carlos Slim Helu & family
William Gates III
Warren Buffet
Mukesh Ambani
Lakshmi Mittal
2. Pick two (2) billionaires (one male and one female) and tell their ages, where they are from, and what they did to make their $$$$ money?
William Gates II age: 54 United States Software visionary is now the world's second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation.
Alice Walton age: 60 United States World's largest retailer benefited as cash-strapped shoppers looked to discount merchandise at start of economic slump. Boost may have waned; recently reported 1.6% decline in same-store sales in its U.S. Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, warned of soft sales in current quarter
alice walton
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makesh ambani
lakshmi mittal
eike batista
from: Eli D.
Opera Winfrey
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The queen of television talk is expanding her empire. In 2008 partnered with Discovery Communications to create the Oprah Winfrey Network; launch date pushed back to later this year. Mississippi native moved to Chicago after news stints in Nashville, Baltimore. The Oprah Winfrey Show debuted nationally in 1986; today broadcasts to 145 countries. Show's lucrative syndication deal inked through 2011; she will retire the show after the deal expires. Launched Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray gabfests. Regular tweets to fans. Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than $70 million for international humanitarian causes.
Steven Jobs
$5.5 billion
Following months of speculation, cultish king of the iGeeks presented anticipated iPad in January. Delighted: nerds everywhere. Scared to death: newspaper and magazine publishers. Also unveiled iBookstore application to challenge Amazon's Kindle. Apple shares up 100% in past year. Reed College dropout founded Apple in 1976. Revolutionized music industry with iTunes, iPod. Bought Pixar in 1986 for $10 million. Created string of hits (Finding Nemo, Toy Story); sold to Disney in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock. Today is Disney's largest shareholder; stake worth $4.2 billion. Reportedly cooperating on a biography with author Walter Isaacson.
Mark Zuckerberg
Warren Buffett
Giorgio Armani
Michael Bloomberg
Joanne (J.K.) Rowling
Andrew
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Eike Batista mining, oil 53
Christy Walton & familyWorld's largest retailer benefited as cash-strapped shoppers looked to discount merchandise at start of economic slump. Boost may have waned; recently reported 1.6% decline in same-store sales in its U.S. Walmart and Sam's Club stores, warned of soft sales in current quarter.
ReplyDeleteStefan PerssonCheap chic mogul is chairman of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M); promoted son, Karl-Johan, 34, to chief executive in July. Retailer is known for bringing on big names like Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney to design affordable collections for its 1,900 stores. Continuing its designer-collaborations with new shoe line with Jimmy Choo that debuted in November and knitwear line with Sonia Rykiel
Iskander Makhmudov
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family
John Fredriksen
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