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SUBMAN1
03-05-07, 02:27 PM
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0702/gallery.richestamericans.fortune/index.html
SUBMAN1
03-05-07, 02:40 PM
How do you edit the title of a subject after you mistakenly mis-spell part of it? Oops!

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Tchocky
03-05-07, 02:41 PM
You'll have to ask Tak/Gizz to do it, I don't think vBulletin lets you
Gizzmoe
03-05-07, 02:43 PM
How do you edit the title of a subject after you mistakenly mis-spell part of it? Oops!

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=260248&postcount=4
Tchocky
03-05-07, 02:47 PM
I stand corrected :)

I think of JohnD everytime I'm passing Rockefelleer Centre, and what a sour old git he was...sour old rich git maybe
SUBMAN1
03-05-07, 03:09 PM
Ahhh! I learn something new every day!

Thx!

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Sailor Steve
03-05-07, 06:16 PM
WOWSA! Dems a lot o' simoleons!:o
bradclark1
03-05-07, 08:35 PM
JP Morgan was a real peace of work. When he owned the New Haven RR he slashed wages 50% then gave himself a $10,000,000 bonus at the end of the year. He would make or break you at a whim.
ReallyDedPoet
03-05-07, 09:12 PM
JP Morgan was a real peace of work. When he owned the New Haven RR he slashed wages 50% then gave himself a $10,000,000 bonus at the end of the year. He would make or break you at a whim.


Probably get SH4 out of the bargain bin.
gdogghenrikson
03-05-07, 10:34 PM
what about Donald Trump, or Vince McMahon?
Chaotic42
03-06-07, 12:53 AM
According to this site: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

He would be worth $19,683,067,379.12 today. Bill Gates is worth $82,000,000,000 or more than four times Rockefeller at his death.
Kapitan_Phillips
03-06-07, 10:15 AM
what about Donald Trump, or Vince McMahon?


Thats a good point, I think McMahon is pretty high up there.
Kapitan_Phillips
03-06-07, 10:36 AM
Trump is #94 with $2.9 billion and McMahon has dropped off the Forbes list, he's worth $700 million
SUBMAN1
03-06-07, 11:04 AM
According to this site: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

He would be worth $19,683,067,379.12 today. Bill Gates is worth $82,000,000,000 or more than four times Rockefeller at his death.

The study above is based on GDP or how much you could own of the entire production of the country. Bill Gates can't hold a candle to that.

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ASWnut101
03-06-07, 03:17 PM
4.2 Billion isn't alot.:D


That's my pocket change!
NEON DEON
03-06-07, 07:27 PM
According to this site: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

He would be worth $19,683,067,379.12 today. Bill Gates is worth $82,000,000,000 or more than four times Rockefeller at his death.

The study above is based on GDP or how much you could own of the entire production of the country. Bill Gates can't hold a candle to that.

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The population of the US now is 300 million.

What was the population when J D bit the big one?
SUBMAN1
03-06-07, 08:58 PM
According to this site: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

He would be worth $19,683,067,379.12 today. Bill Gates is worth $82,000,000,000 or more than four times Rockefeller at his death.
The study above is based on GDP or how much you could own of the entire production of the country. Bill Gates can't hold a candle to that.

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The population of the US now is 300 million.

What was the population when J D bit the big one?
Its irrelevent. It is based on the percentage of GDP. He can buy 1/50th of the entire country GDP output of a full year! That is a lot of case. The fact he was able to amase this kind of wealth in a country with only a fraction of the people we have now is even 'more' amazing. Less people buying less product makes it that much harder!