Forbes bllionaires. Microcosm of global duping. Measure wealth over poverty for taxation, no cap.

Update 2018, two years after Trump: Forbes has undone itself. I am abandoning this research because the desired source, Forbes, has ads that cannot be removed from the body of the information.  Greed, greed, and I am leaving the site with the work incomplete.  Forbes, use some discipline. Get those ads out of thee. Invasive ads drive away readers.

Standard for Fair Taxation: Tax income that exceeds poverty levels. No cap.

Louis IX at Aigues Mortes, France: Crusades launching port.

Billionaires pay little in proportional taxes. See this categorical romp through the top 50 or so of the billionaires' list. 

I. THE LIST

See 2018 billionaires' list at https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/#7270a7c3251c.  Compare to five years ago, at  http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/.   

2013 Bankers

Safra Brazil Banker

Fridman Russia Oiler- also Telecommunications- also Banker

2013 Fossileers; Industry

Ambani India Fossils:  Petrochemical, oil, gas

Usmanov Russia Steel/ also Investor

Mittal India Steel

Repeat: Fridman Russia Oiler- also Telecommer- also Banker

Dangote Nigeria Cement, Flour (who doesn't need that?) Obesitor (sugar)

Akhmetov Ukraine Steel/ Coal (what chance of renewable energy sources there?)

Business

• Susanne Klatten, BMW, 25 billion, inherited 
• Forbes states that most self-made women billionaires emerge in US and China (includes those who inherited or married into, but then took substantial steps to grow the wealth)
• Diane Hendricks, Wisconsin, ABC Supply
• Zhou Qunfei, Hong Kong
• Diane Hendricks, ABC Supply

2013 Computing, Telecommunications, Internet, Feeders Off the Cloud

Gates United States - Computing (Microsoft) now probably diversified

Helu Mexico Telecommunications

Ellison United States Happy Marriage Hardware-Software (Oracle)

Thomson Canada Media -- tentacles in all you use to communicate, be communicated to

Repeat: Fridman Russia Oiler- also Telecommunicator- also Banker. Nice to have your own bank, like the NRA

 

2013 Fashion, La Beaute – Trompe l’oeil, j’espere, j’espere. Non? Meh.

Ortega Spain Fast-Fashioniste (Zara)- retail therapy

Arnault France Brander (LVMH – Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy)

Persson Sweden H & M,  Hennes & Mauritz fast-fashionisti -- off the rack but good stuff

Betancourt France Beautification Facquerie (L’Oreal)  -- everyone can be a beauty.  Believe.

• Francoise Bettancourt Meyers, 42.2 billion.  Inherited from her mother, Liliane, who inherited from her father re L'Oreal2018. 

 

2013 Multinational Conglomerates; “Diversified” Gurus (The Gang of Coy)

Buffett United States Multinational Conglomerateur (Berkshire Hathaway)

Koch I United States Coy  (“diversified”) Also undisclosed influence-peddler. Left view of right: Pro-corporate agenda of Koch, viewed from Left. Tweedle-dee.
Koch II United States Coy  (“diversified”) Also undisclosed influence-peddler. Tweedle-dum.

Li Ka-Shing Hong Kong Coy (“diversified”) read – ka-ching; various areas, including humanitarian, http://topics.bloomberg.com/li-ka--shing/

Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong Coy (diversifier) http://www.timeout.com.hk/feature-stories/features/48823/the-men-who-rule-hong-kong-lee-shau-kee.html

Blavatnik United States Coy (Diversifier), born in Russia, http://www.moneyedup.com/2010/11/billionaire-profile-len-blavatnik/

Cheng Yu-Tung China also Coy (Diversifier) http://www.therichest.org/nation/richest-persons-in-hong-kong/

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2013 Hoi Polloi helpers? Targets (let us help you, little people)?

Walton I United States (Walmart) Welcome to Walmart. Hey, is that smoke?

Walton II United States again Welcome to Walmart (our wages? Whatever we want)

Walton III United States who welcomes Walmart any more?

Walton IV  United States Good night, small folks, good night, Waltons. Good night, hopes.

Albrecht Germany Grocer (Aldi: Albrecht Discount) Beats Walmart.

Albrecht II Germany Grocer  (Aldi, Albrecht Discount) (see Schwarz and Lidl)

Schwarz Germany Retailer (Lidl, competor of Aldi, fight on, behemoths). More than grocer?

• 2018:  46 billion. Alice Walton, daughter of Sam Walton, Walmart. Richest woman in the world.

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Information

Bloomberg United States Global business and financial informationeer; now ads for his (people’s) causes

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2013 Feeders of Addictions, Le gambleur, le sweets (some, like dark choc and good beer, good)

Adelson United States casino multiple opportunist, also activity in Singapore, interested in Spain, see http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/casino-tycoon-sheldon-adelson-plans-35-billion-mini-las-vegas-706522.Dislikes investigations

Ferrero Italy Obesitor, but the dark choc is good

Lemann Beer Brazil (urp) (not an addiction but a necessity when real beer)

Mars I United States Obesitor.  Also Uncle Ben, pet stuff. http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/40/40297.html

Mars II United States Obesitrix

Mars III United States Obesitor

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2013 Online marketing

Bezos United States Online Retail (Amazon)

Page United States Internet search and advertising technologies (Google)

Brin United States ditto Page (Google)

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2013 Investors/ Leveraged Buy-outers

Icahn United States Buyout-leveragor (when management itself buys controlling shares in the company)

Soros United States Hedger – funds with limited partners using high-risk means

Alwal Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia investor

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2013 Real estate

Kwok Hong Kong real estaters

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2013 Miners – Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Gonzalez Mexico Miner

Fontbona Chile Miner

Rinehart Australia Miner

Velasco Mexico Miner

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To be added:  A work in progress

Mikhelson

Del Vecchio

Dell

II.  Then:  What can little folk do to shift money to the common good, when there is so much money made from producing non-essentials, in all the fluff (but fun) that makes money -- fashion, beauty.  

Homework:  Pick a billionaire.  Look for balance. Search online for any humanitarian work it also touts for itself, and put how much is invested as compared to gross income from all sources derived. 

Then see what issues are important to you for a sustainable life, balanced in interest vs. exploitation. Ethical treatment of people and animals, labor, health:

• How to demote and get out of animal testing, exploited labor, pollution, disease, with so much stacked against success. Common good goals hit profits. Who can see a future for green with all this money in mining, gas, oil, the non-renewable.  Look at Fridman here:  a banker as well as an oil man and in telecommunications.  Try to examine that. NRA and its banking?  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/02/1191132/-Taking-On-The-NRA-The-Koch-Brothers-And-Billionaires-Funded-Groups-Head-On

• Use of telecommunications for the common good:  Is there a chance that the telecommunications people would use their resources to disseminate facts, educate, take fact-based stands. Even Louis Vuitton mentions on its site its humanitarian investments.  Hype or real? 

Next step:  A Value-Subtracted-Tax, for each non-sustenance-related product sold, with proceeds to go for global sustenance, health care, education for all. Is it time to wake up?