I'm certainly not part of that 1% so I try not to think about it.
What would be interesting to see is a list of those richest.
A link to where the story may have originated from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30887264
The richest of the richest 1%
1. Bill Gates: $76bn - Microsoft (self-made)
2. Carlos Slim Helu and family: $72bn - Telecom (self-made)
3. Amancio Ortega: $64bn - Zara (self-made)
4. Warren Buffett: $58.2 - Berkshire Hathaway (self-made)
5. Larry Ellison: $48bn - Oracle (self-made)
6. Charles Koch: $40bn - Diversified (inherited and growing)
7. David Koch: $40bn - Diversified (inherited and growing)
8. Sheldon Adelson: $38bn - Casinos (self-made)
9. Christy Walton & family: $36.7bn - Wal-mart (inherited)
10. Jim Walton: $34.7bn - Wal-Mart (inherited)
11. Liliane Bettencourt and family: $34.5bn - L'Oreal (inherited)
12. Stefan Persson: $34.4bn - H&M (inherited and growing)
13. Alice Walton: $34.3bn - Wal-Mart (inherited)
14. S. Robson Walton: $34.2bn - Wal-Mart (inherited)
15. Bernard Arnault and family: $33.5bn - LVMH (inherited and growing)
16. Michael Bloomberg: $33bn - Bloomberg LP (self-made)
17. Larry Page: $32.3bn - Google (self-made)
18. Jeff Bezos: $32bn - Amazon.com (self-made)
19. Sergey Brin: $31.8bn - Google (self-made)
20. Li Ka-shing: $31bn - Diversified (self-made)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...t-9987198.html