Guest diggity Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=4744821 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday. Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion). Gates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said. Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family. SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 If I become rich, the first thing I'll change is no longer flying economy. First class fuckers have it made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 fuck first class. as soon as i hit a 20mill i'm copping my own plane. seeks/like che guevara with bling on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 haha, awesome, finally someone did it, first gm blew him up, then this, bill gates is gonna get the boot off the earth island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Ill marry the youngest of the swedish princesses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 BULLSHIT GETS CALLED sorry guys.... Ikea said that wasn't the case. "This is completely wrong. It's a mistake that is made all the time," said Ikea spokeswoman Marianne Barner. "Estimating the value of the company, including all the stores, and saying it's all Ingvar's, that is totally wrong." "Ingvar Kamprad does not own Ikea. Ingvar donated the concern to the Dutch Stichting INGKA Foundation in 1982." In February, Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's billionaires put Gates at No. 1 with an estimated $46.6 billion. It was the 10th consecutive year the Microsoft co-founder was atop the list. Buffett, the Omaha investment guru, was No. 2 with $42.9 billion. On that same list, Kamprad was No. 13, with an estimated fortune of $18.5 billion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 no shit lies all lies. long lived wallmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I WANT £46 BILLION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 disappointing! i thought larry ellison was going to be the one to overtake gates anyhow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InDY_500 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 even though he overtook the lead i doubt bill gates will ever be known as number two.....just think if he didnt have to shell out all that money in court bullshit......he reign once again my friends......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 mang... id kill to be rich. straight up god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 ^ did you read my post above? they got their facts wrong. he's like 4Billion richer than the #2 guy. *oh... even the Europe V. Microsoft case that just finished only fined them 600Million, and none of that is Gates' pocket money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HESHIANDET Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I would be hard pressed to spend a billion dollars. let alone 18 bil.....absurd amount of money. i'd overthrow the government then dip to watch shit fall apart. haha. oh and bitches. i'd fuck alot of girls and do alort of drugs and die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by Kilo7- ^ did you read my post above? do i give a fuck about whether or not ole dude is richer than bill gates? no. i said i wish i was rich. /ya fuck. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_dowmagik Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 microsoft supplies free soda to all their employees...dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 naw tease.... you posted in quick before I could respon to INDY " even though he overtook the lead i doubt bill gates will ever be known as number two..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by Kilo7- naw tease.... you posted in quick before I could respon to INDY my fault cuh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfreshsushi Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 being rich would be weird. what the fuck would you spend your money on? unless you got kids, why would you let the cash just sit around, you would spend it, but on what? it would be amazing to be a full-time philanthropist. to just walk around the world giving "worthy" causes a fat bankroll. damn. just think, you could wake up tomorrow and decide to buy a huge apartment building and give everyone you want to a super cheap place to live, bail the entire state of california out of bankruptcy, or even just rent a gymnasium and fill it with quarters, just to run around on top of it like uncle scrooge. that would be fucking crazy. i'd probably lose my fucking mind debating myself as to what the worthiest causes were and how much put aside for myself was too much, and who was hanging around me tht just wanted to get hooked up as opposed to being a real friend, etc. i would just lie to everyone and not tell them i was loaded, that's the only way i could be sure. or just make sure that i am the only one who can spend it, but it has to be approved by a handful of people, like a super-strict trust fund or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 If i had all that money, i would purchase several alcohol companies and have many many naked girls walking around my house 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroya Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 i'd make myself eternally young, then go around decapitating people. and noone would do shit about it, because dissenters would disappear. and i'd fuck every girl i've ever found remotely attractive. last but not least, i'd have a clear, indestructable bow made, and fill it with 7 million dollars. then i'd drop it in the poorest area i could find, set up cameras, and record them fighting over it and stuggling to get it open. if i ever got depressed, i'd watch the video and laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 if ikea was making software i'd prefer it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOatser Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Originally posted by Kilo7- BULLSHIT GETS CALLED sorry guys.... On that same list, Kamprad was No. 13, with an estimated fortune of $18.5 billion. 18.5? thats peanuts where Im from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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