Famous Billionaires Quiz

Could not for the life of me remember Berlusconi. Tried a variety of spellings and variations to no avail. Only one I missed.

How did some Spanish get to be the richest?

Carlos Slim is Mexican. Actually Arab-Mexican... his last name should really be Salim. Lebanese ancestry like Salma Hayek. And he has almost monopolized the entire Mexican telecom market in addition to having investments all over Latin America.
However, as of 2014 the title of richest has gone back to Bill Gates once again. Carlos is #2.

its because Mexico is an oligarchy and he is the lead sucker at the top. And yes he runs their telecom markets, and owns many other businesses..

But he is.

he's not spanish he is Mexican.. or at least that is where he is living now.

Bill Gates has reclaimed the top spot of World's Richest Man as of Forbes list this year.

What was he like?

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Should make Helu an acceptable answer for Carlos Slim Helu

Indeed, at least check Wikipedia first, on top of the article it has a clear explanation for Americans and others: "This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Slim and the second or maternal family name is Helú."

In all likelihood Trump was very nearly broke before he and Russia stole the presidency. That's one of a couple plausible explanations for why he refuses to release his tax returns and lies about the reasons for why he can't. But... since he has assumed office he has worked tirelessly to enrich himself and his family (and nothing else). If he wasn't a billionaire before then almost certainly he will be by the time he is impeached and forced to resign.

I love time, it holds the answers to most of our questions. As they say, "only time will tell"

Awww still salty you lost TEN MONTHS AGO?

Awww still getting 100% of your information and memes from propaganda mills and actual fake news operations being run by the oligarchs and evil autocrats working hard to undermine all that is good in this world and western civilization and even the very ability of the planet to sustain human life and yet you still have the hubris to feel smug and superior and like you have a better grasp of geopolitics and current events than someone with *above* a 4th grade reading level?

Just the name 'Trump' on a quiz is enough to trigger the liberal snowflakes. Hey what's the latest 'Hillary lost because...' excuse?

Then let me educate you. Let's say you own a controlling interest in 10 corporations. Let's say that 1 of them does absolutely terribly and goes through bankruptcy, while the other 9 make lots of money. That doesn't make you personally bankrupt, does it? It means that 1 out of your 10 companies went through bankruptcy. And it doesn't even mean that you personally lost money on your investment in that company. All bankruptcy means is that the corporation has an opportunity to negotiate with creditors by severely hampering its future ability to obtain loans or credit. Many companies (American Airlines, GM, Kodak) have gone through bankruptcy and actually recovered to profitability.

If you're going to start a comment "let me educate you" maybe you should have some clue what you're talking about first? Some corporation owned by Trump did not go through bankruptcy. Trump, the man, has filed for personal bankruptcy multiple times. He took his daddy's fortune and through massive ineptitude managed to end up with less than nothing more than once. As he told his own daughter, according to her, he was poorer than the guy sitting on the street begging for money because he was massively in debt by millions of dollars. Of course, being born rich affords one enormous privilege in the United States, and the bankruptcy laws he exploited to protect himself allowed him to lie, steal, cheat and exploit his way back into relative wealth each of these times, trading more on his father's name than any business acumen. He probably has debts to Russian mobsters out the wazoo. He only started making money recently as a reality TV character, and now as a reality TV president.

"Some corporation owned by Trump did not go through bankruptcy. " ... I should take this back, actually. MANY corporations connected to Trump have gone through bankruptcy. Actually, pretty much every single one of them has failed catastrophically. But... that's in addition to the fact that Trump, also, the man, has been bankrupt multiple times.

Spelling: Buffett. I'm amazed after so many thousands have taken this quiz that no-one's noticed yet!

Bill gates is no longer on top!

Because you can always give Jeff Bezos more attention...