How rich are you?

Spang · Post by **Spang** » April 18, 2005, 11:30 am

http://www.globalrichlist.com/index.php

...you are the 653,402,329 richest person in the world.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 18, 2005, 11:51 am

hehe thats pretty interesting. i wonder if it is accurate.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » April 18, 2005, 12:07 pm

Maybe by salary it is but wealth and salary are not really the same thing. Ohh well, it's really just to make a point for donating. Cute nonetheless

Vannoth · Post by **Vannoth** » April 18, 2005, 12:16 pm

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 190,434,783 richest person in the world...

Oh yeah baby.

I know its to make a point but this stat in particular was a little disturbing.

"You are in the top 3.17% richest people in the world."

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » April 18, 2005, 12:23 pm

according to that the average world salary is 865 US dollars a year, i would imagine its a bit higher then that

Diae Soulmender · Post by **Diae Soulmender** » April 18, 2005, 12:42 pm

After taxes I made 31k last year. So I put in 31000. It said:

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You are in the top 6.6% richest people in the world.
There are 5,603,492,647 people poorer than you.
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I find that... to be bullshit.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 18, 2005, 12:48 pm

you have to count your pretax income since you receive benefits from taxation. for instance you probably drive on roads managed by the Interstate Highway program, and certainly recieve goods and services that do. and you are protected by the military, etc.

that being said, i wouldnt be surprised if it skews people to be richer than they really are to solicit donations.

i agree with what Chidoro said in that income doesnt measure wealth. for instance Bush made $800,000 last year. but he is probably WAY wealthier than the average person with that income at that age.

If it measured wealth, it may not skew so much to rate middle class americans as among the richest in the world. of course, it is also not adjusted for cost of living, which varies tremendously even within the US, let alone across the globe.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » April 18, 2005, 1:32 pm

you are the 1,435,909,091 richest person in the world.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 18, 2005, 1:39 pm

Diae Soulmender wrote:After taxes I made 31k last year. So I put in 31000. It said:

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You are in the top 6.6% richest people in the world.
There are 5,603,492,647 people poorer than you.
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I find that... to be bullshit.

Not really...

Three billion people live on less than $2 per day while 1.3 billion get by on less than $1 per day.

That's 4.3 billion right there!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 18, 2005, 2:42 pm

Real money is overrated. I can buy most of you 10 Xs over with my VVs!

Pedro has offered me his protection in exchange for my financial backing of his presidential campaign. Vote for Pedro and all of your dreams will come true!

Revs · Post by **Revs** » April 18, 2005, 4:29 pm

I'm hood rich

Post by **Sylvus** » April 18, 2005, 5:07 pm

You are in the top 0.731% richest people in the world.

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 43,905,565 richest person in the world.

And I'm available, ladies...

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » April 18, 2005, 5:46 pm

that rich, and you still charge for moustache rides...you scrooge, you.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 18, 2005, 6:00 pm

how do you think he got so rich?

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 18, 2005, 7:15 pm

On the wealth/income thing: Like Voro said, one would expect middle-class Americans to rank relatively higher in income than they do in wealth. The average American has virtually no wealth.

The numbers that some expressed shock over, specifically an income of 31k falling above the 93rd percentile and average income being about 865 $/yr sound totally plausible to me. I can't recall the numbers offhand, but I would imagine that those are reasonable ballpark figures.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 18, 2005, 7:41 pm

Any figure that Sueven gives associated with his personal wealth is bullshit and way too low. He has ties to the Russian mob. His personal wealth increases with each batch of mail order Russian brides that arrive in the U.S.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 18, 2005, 9:11 pm

anyone watch the chris rock comedy thing when he was talking about being rich .. and being wealthy?

valryte · Post by **valryte** » April 18, 2005, 11:22 pm

Try putting in something like 1 million dollars....

You are in he top 0,001% richest people in the world.

You don¹t need to know any more than that (and besides our calculator can't do sums that big).

Please consider donating just a small amount of your enormous wealth to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $694.44)

then a big DONATE button....

too funny.

Xanupox · Post by **Xanupox** » April 19, 2005, 1:24 am

You are in the top 1.43% richest people in the world.
There are 5,913,913,043 people poorer than you.
How do you feel about that? A bit richer we hope. Please consider donating just a small amount to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $31.94)

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 86,086,957 richest person in the world.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 1:53 am

Xanupox wrote:You are in the top 1.43% richest people in the world.
There are 5,913,913,043 people poorer than you.
How do you feel about that? A bit richer we hope. Please consider donating just a small amount to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $31.94)

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 86,086,957 richest person in the world.

I think you gained about a million spots on that list after your EQ eBay sales.

Denadeb · Post by **Denadeb** » April 19, 2005, 2:21 am

It would be an entirely diffrent story if it only did the U.S.

It is very plausible that I'm in the top 3.35% of the world but not in the U.S.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 19, 2005, 12:25 pm

DID YOU
KNOW...?

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has more wealth than the bottom 45 percent of American households combined.

My family is in the top 0.127% allegedly.
Bling bling!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 1:08 pm

Teenybloke wrote:
DID YOU
KNOW...?

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has more wealth than the bottom 45 percent of American households combined.

My family is in the top 0.127% allegedly.
Bling bling!

Now we know who was behind that big bank robbery in N.Ireland!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 19, 2005, 1:15 pm

Wasn't me! (Wish it bloody was!)

Tbh I am not surprised, as Sueven states, most of the rest of the planet is less wealthy than us in the developed world.

The cows in the field near my house live on more money per day than about 2/3 of the planet does.

That is messed up beyond belief.

Edit: On a side note there is a massive difference between quality of life and wealth, for example, my dad bought a house in Spain last year, and the people in Spain tend to be less wealthy than us here, but they have an infinitely more beautiful and warm place in which to live, as well as their general way of life and diet; I think this makes them richer than Ireland imo, irrelevant, but true.

Knarlz · Post by **Knarlz** » April 19, 2005, 1:16 pm

You are in the top 0.878% richest people in the world.
There are 5,947,298,935 people poorer than you. ...
.... just one hour's salary (approx $37.15)
Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 52,701,065 richest person in the world.

Put in last years salary of $53,500, ( managed to get canned last month so a billion people might catch me this year!)

But there is an implied $11.50 in the benefits and all told mine were $5 per hour max ( closer to $4 )

My State income tax rate is close to the worst (NY), my property/school tax RATE is second worse in the whole damb U.S. ( Erie county NY. , 4k on 125k house) my county's sales tax is 8.25%.

In the last 10 years of the 100 metro areas in the U.S.
I rank currently 99/100 in median home cost. (Peoria Ill wins at 100th ) This is great if you wish to buy a home but was achieved by.
Job growth 96/100 ( neg 1% per year )
property value growth 95/100 ( pos 1% per year)
Combined tax burden 4/100 ( and growing 5% per year)

I don't feel rich let alone wealthy!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 2:07 pm

to follow up on Teeny's point, just to point out our relative prosperity. my dog-"in-law" (brother in law's dog) is having chemotherapy, something the vast majority of people on the planet will never have access to.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 19, 2005, 2:15 pm

Erie county NY. , 4k on 125k house

Holy shit.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » April 19, 2005, 5:38 pm

You are in the top 0.815% richest people in the world.
There are 5,951,068,435 people poorer than you.
How do you feel about that? A bit richer we hope. Please consider donating just a small amount to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $44.44)

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 48,931,565 richest person in the world.

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » April 19, 2005, 5:58 pm

You are in the top 0.601% richest people in the world.
There are 5,963,934,995 people poorer than you.
How do you feel about that? A bit richer we hope. Please consider donating just a small amount to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $69.33)

Oh, and in case you’re interested you are the 36,065,005 richest person in the world.

wow, I'm like The Donald and stuff! God bless Messrs. Sarbanes and Oxley!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 5:59 pm

Teenybloke wrote: Edit: On a side note there is a massive difference between quality of life and wealth, for example, my dad bought a house in Spain last year, and the people in Spain tend to be less wealthy than us here, but they have an infinitely more beautiful and warm place in which to live, as well as their general way of life and diet; I think this makes them richer than Ireland imo, irrelevant, but true.

It's the same in the United States. Living in the western part of the united states is the equivalent to making an extra 50K/year due to the horrid conditions back east compared to the beautiful western United States.

West coast bums > East coast bums

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » April 19, 2005, 6:24 pm

Best places to live in the United States:

Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland Virginia Delaware Pennsylvania New York): Temperate climate, lush plant life, plenty of water, no natural disasters, few large predators (mountain lions / black bears / wolves), few poisonous animals (rattlesnakes / copperheads / water mocassins / brown recluse).

Non-Desert Southwest (Northern New Mexico Arizona San Diego etc): Gorgeous scenery, no real winters, low humidity. Have to deal with some natural disaster issues like mudslides, and some more poisonous animals, but a nice spot.

Too bad we cut it down and paved it over.

I would give up everything I have for the chance to explore a new continent hospitable to humans.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 6:31 pm

anyplace with winter sucks.

that is all!

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » April 19, 2005, 7:22 pm

DID YOU
KNOW...?

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has more wealth than the bottom 45 percent of American households combined.

This number seems kind of dubious, so I did some looking. I found net worth numbers for the U.S. broken down by household here ...

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/wealth/1 ... h00-4.html

The breakdown for the lower brackets is as follows

15 percent - Zero or negative
9.2 percent - $1 to $4,999
5.3 percent - $5,000 to $9,999
8.4 percent - $10,000 to $ 24,999
10.4 percent - $25,000 to 49,999

These account for just over the bottom 48 percent. Lets Ignore the bottom 15 percent for just the moment (I'll get back to it). Lets also use only 7 percent of the highest bracket to trim it down to 45 percent. If we multiply the percentages by the number of households we can get the number of households in that bracket. As a rough calculation, and to be generous, I used the bottom number of net worth for each bracket. So for the 9.2 percent in the 2nd bracket I used a net worth of $1 for all of them etc. Calculating it out and adding it up, I get a total of 298 billion. At one point Gates was worth over 40 billion I believe, probably a bit less now, if someone has a better number you can use it instead. Obviously quite a bit lower than 298 billion. But I did skip that negative bracket earlier. If everyone in that bracket has a debt of $16,000 or so, then it does work out. So, its possible the number might be true, but by that reasoning it is also true that I, personally, have more net worth than the lowest 15 percent of households in the U.S combined, and so does anyone whose net worth is $1 or more.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 19, 2005, 7:32 pm

Sueven wrote:Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland Virginia Delaware Pennsylvania New York): Temperate climate, lush plant life, plenty of water, no natural disasters, few large predators (mountain lions / black bears / wolves), few poisonous animals (rattlesnakes / copperheads / water mocassins / brown recluse).

I lived in Maryland. It's expensive. Traffic sucks. And there was also water shortage issue at the time. Not that temperate either. Overall not a bad area if the cost of living wasn't so high.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 7:33 pm

Chmee is the Mr Miyagi of all things economic.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » April 19, 2005, 7:37 pm

Bill is at 46.5 billion as of last month's Forbes article. He's now being tailed by Warren Buffet who charged up to 44 billion.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 7:40 pm

Chidoro wrote:Bill is at 46.5 billion as of last month's Forbes article. He's now being tailed by Warren Buffet who charged up to 44 billion.

Bill has been worth much more than that in the past:

Gates' net worth, currently pegged at $46 billion, has sagged significantly since the peak of the technology bubble in 1999. That year Gates was worth a staggering $85 billion, almost all of it tied up in shares of Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), the company he co-founded with fellow Forbes 400 member Paul Allen in 1975. Allen is the third-richest man in America, worth $22 billion.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » April 19, 2005, 7:44 pm

Sueven wrote:Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland Virginia Delaware Pennsylvania New York): Temperate climate, lush plant life, plenty of water, no natural disasters, few large predators (mountain lions / black bears / wolves), few poisonous animals (rattlesnakes / copperheads / water mocassins / brown recluse).

Have to toss New Jersey in there. Although, we have this terrible large predator sweeping through the area of late, it's the snow bird retirement communities! They are taking over the already overly congested roads

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » April 19, 2005, 7:55 pm

Sueven wrote: Non-Desert Southwest (Northern New Mexico Arizona San Diego etc): Gorgeous scenery, no real winters, low humidity. Have to deal with some natural disaster issues like mudslides, and some more poisonous animals, but a nice spot.

San Diego County technically is a desert...

Shanks · Post by **Shanks** » April 19, 2005, 11:04 pm

mmmm desert.