http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires/gallery It's incredible the amount of money these people control.
That Carlos Slim is a greedy slimy sh!tstain. I'm surprised Gates and Buffett are still up there since they give away billions.
old families, namely those in western europe, have spread their wealth out so quietly over generations that it is impossible for an outside entity like forbes to quantify their total worth. but undoubtedly, there are families whose holdings would utterly dwarf the rooks/MIP's sitting smug at the top of this list
That may be true, but unless all the members of the family act together, which seems unlikely to me, they can't wield as much power collectively as these individuals with the high net worth.
Not going to give any love to Warren Buffett in that pic? He's the O G, I guess. And is that Charlie Munger next to him? Can't tell...