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• Apr 17, 2006
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Yesterday, I saw the Forbes’ rich list. It has always been wonderful to read about the successful juntas across the world. I explored web world to find out some facts and trivias about these billionaires. I picked names of the top 200 guys, and I couldn’t stop my analytical skills to get something interesting facts that was unknown to me before. Mebbe….some KPO juntas find me, processing knowledges here… Well, whatever, I’m posting few findings over here….

Facts behind Top 200 Richest People across the World

The findings are divided into 4 categories (no more, I guess)…. Educational Background, Age group, Professions, and the source of Fortune.

Education

I. Drop Outs

1. Total number is 17 (out of 200)
2. “Microsoft” rulez…as its 2 founders and CEO, all 3 are dropouts.
3. 6 (from17) are from “IT industry” and have founded the best copanies of sillicon valley, viz-a-viz, Microsoft, Dell, Apple, and Oracle.
4. After IT, 5 are in “investments” and 4 have acquintance with “media/entertainment” industry.
5. 5 were dropped out after studying hign schools.

II. Study-Area

1). 25 —– MBA (Master of Business Administration)
2). 101 —– Bachelor’s degree (Arts/Science)
3). 9 —– Master of Science
4). 18 —– Doctorate
5). 12 —– High School
6). 1 —– Medical Doctor

II. Study-Location

1). 77 have completed their education in “United States(US)”
2). 10 —– Harvard University
3). 9 —– Stanford University
4). 5 —– Yale University
5). 4 —– Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Texas-Austin
6). 3 —– Columbia University; Princeton University

Age-Group

30-40 —– 14
40-50 —– 40*
50-60 —– 26
60-70 —– 43*
70-80 —– 39
80-90 —– 27
90+ —– 5

I. Geographic Distribution
If we pick the list of top-200 and take the countries having more than 5 billionaires in the top-200 list—

Country Average Age No of Billionaires(out of 200)

Russia 46 21
India 56 8
Saudi Arabia 56 8
Canada 58 7
United States 65 66
Japan 69 7
Germany 70 22
France 71 6
Sweden 72 5
Hongkong 78 8

—- The youngest breed of billionaires came from Russia. India, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and US are successors.
—- United States(66) has the largest number of billionaires. The others in the list are Germany(22) and Russia(21)
—- The software and technology industry has the lowest average age — 53 yrs

II. Age below 50 and Professions

Total 53

Software and Technology 10
Oil/Gas 8
Mining/Lumber 6
Manufacturing 4
Finance, Diversified(each) 3
Investments, Pharmaceuticals(each) 2

Professions

Software & Technology 22
Retailing 19
Manufacturing 17
Media/Entertain 17
Oil/Gas 17
Finance 15
Real Estate 13
Investments 12
Diversified 12
Mining/Lumber 9
Pharmaceuticals 7
Food 6
Apparel 5
Service 5
Engineering/Construction 5
Beverages 4
Gambling /Leisure 4
Shipping/Transport 3
Communications 2

—— In the list of 21 Russian richest juntas, 9 are from Oil/Gas industry and 7 are from Mining industry
—— In the list of 22 richest juntas fro Softaware & Technology industry, 13 are from US and 3 are from India

Fortune

Self-made 117
Inherited & Growing 43
Inherited 40

—— Most self-made billionaires come from the age group of “Below 50″ — 43

Suggestions …….. 2 become a billionaire

1. Drop your education or make a situation to be dropped out……. and start a career in Software/ Technology or Investments……. and try to make acquintance with media industry
2. Study in United State.
3. Do MBA….
4. Must complete your bachelor’s degree
5. Go to Harvard/Stanford
6. If ur age is below 50, u hv more chances; otherwise u’ll have to wait until 60….. if crossed 80 or 90… u r having least chance
7. Don’t stare at the records and leave the plan to move Russia… all young juntas made money in the 90’s
8. Young juntas move to India, Saudi Arabia, and Canada or US………old juntas go to Japan, Germany, France, and Sweden.
9. Software & Technology industry has more chances …… for young juntas and for gonna-be-self-made-billionaire-juntas
10. If u can find Time-machine somewhere, make sure u move to Russia, 15 years back, and being placed in oil/gas or mining industry.
11. Otherwise……..be dropped out after ur high schools
12. Never go to Denmark/Colombia and start Agriculture/Chemical company…..u’ll hv to wait until u become 90.

And take my wishes to make an entry in the list……..
Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!