the billionaires
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Fortune magazine)
-Sultan Haji hasannar bolkia muizaddin vadaola, 46, Brunei, and family Bandar Seri bergavan $37. 0 Investments;
Global real estate;
Oil and gas fields
Brunei\'s Sultan, a small country that has shared Borneo with Malaysia and Indonesia for 25 years, certainly knows how to spend the world\'s greatest wealth.
Almost everything in oil.
His stamps are rich.
In addition to the usual paintings and jewelry, he also has a single --
Maximum collection of volumes-Royces: 153.
But like many of his children
The prosperous contemporaries, Sudan, may wonder if life is more than just a style.
So he made his third pilgrimage to Mecca. -
Most Muslims have only been there once in their lives ---last March. HELEN R.
Walton, 72, Bentonville, Arkansas
Robertson Walton, 47 Bentonville, Arkansas
James C Walton, San Diego, California, 45
Walton, No. 43 Bentonville, Arkansas
Walton, 42 Bentonville, Arkansas $24. 0 -38% of Wal-Mart.
A folk businessman who completely changes the retail industry.
When Sam opened his first Wal-Mart, he was 44 years old. Mart.
But he perfected the concept of discount and self.
Ben Franklin\'s service, he helped to become the largest independent variety store operator in the United StatesS. With Mr.
Sam is gone, he will be hovering on a small plane in traffic mode looking for potential Wal-MartMart locations?
Probably his son Rob, the new chairman of Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart is Jim, president of Walton.
But it may not be John who built the ship in San Diego, or Alice who founded Llama Co, an investment banking company.
Finance companies in neglected areas such as Arkansas and Oklahoma City.
Mori, 88, and a $14 family in Tokyo.
0 Senda Building Co. , Ltd. ; real estate.
The richest people in Japan began to rent out all the yen to the West.
Tall buildings in Tokyo after World War II.
Mori, who lives simply, is always confused on Fortune\'s list of billionaires.
\"I saw the lifestyle of foreign billionaires on TV,\" he said . \"
\"They all have such beautiful houses.
So even if you say I\'m the biggest billionaire in Japan, I think it\'s a little weird.
Old Forrest Mars
Mars 88 Forrest, Nevada
61 MacLean Virginia John Mars, 56 MacLean Virginia Jacqueline Mars Vogel, 51 Bedminster New Jersey $13.
Mars 100%: M & M/Mars, Uncle Ben\'s rice, pet food of origin, Mars Electronics.
Members of the Mars family run their business, just as they run their lives: a little weird. Co-
Ceo John and Forrest Jr.
Share a secretary, avoid a private office, and punch in every morning.
They even tasted it.
Test dog food. Woof! Woof!
Their father used to call his son from his retirement quarters near Las Vegas and complain to them about their shortcomings as managers. SAMUEL I. NEWHOUSE JR. , 64 DONALD E.
A 62-year-old New York House and a $13 New York family.
100% of Advance Publications and Newhouse radio.
It is reported that an employee had mistaken him for an office carpenter, so his implicit clueless made him feel his presence.
Recently, by bringing in a spectacular Tina Brown, a new editor, Vanity Fair, he detonated a bomb on the respected New Yorker.
He manages the company\'s magazines and books, while brother Tang is in charge of newspapers and radio.
Queen Elizabeth II, 66