March 12, 2009

Forbes World's Billionaires trivia

The average net worth of those on the list fell 23% to $3 billion.

Bill Gates lost $18 billion, Warren Buffett, lost$25 billion and our very own Anil Ambani lost 32 billion -- 76% of his fortune.Anil is Last year's biggest billionaire gainer

New York.is home to 55 billionaires

Zhou Chengjian one of the newly added billionaire is a former tailor Zhou made his fortune selling fashion to the masses. in his chain Metersbonwe

John Paul DeJoria is once-homeless Navy veteran used to sleep in his car and sold products door-to-door in Los Angeles.

Iceland nationalizes its second-biggest lender, Landsbanki, wiping out billionaire chairman Bjorgolff Gudmunddson.This guy sold EPL team, West ham united in a desperate sale

Laxmi Mittal's super-home is embellished with marble taken from the same quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal

Michael Dell's home is known locally as "the castle" thanks to its high walls and tight security.

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