giving it all away...

There must be some new unknown and nasty punishment for coming first on Forbes rich list! No one seems to want to be at the top anymore! First Bill puts a bunch aside for charity. My cynical side thinks that might've had more to do the anti-trust settlement than philanthropy. But on the other hand it did start once Melinda came on the scene and she seems a decent, grounded sort!

Then Warren Buffet got in on the gig. His method is remarkably simple. Just never sell anything. He figures that when you buy and when you sell is when you incur the costs. Taxes, bank fees, legal fees etc. Since you have to buy things in the first place, the next best thing is never sell! Makes sense when you put it like that!

Now this fella, who I must admit I'd never heard of, doesn't have a use for $30B of his loose change. Can't say I can think what to do with it, either! Amazing, isn't it? In a world of such intense celebrity scrutiny, the world's third richest person can be so anonymous. Relatively so, anyway, considering.

What happened to the Sultan of Brunei? Wasn't he the World's richest man at one point? Has he slipped backwards, or have the others done pretty well lately? :)