10. Phil Knight
Philip Hanson Knight or better
known as Phil Knight was born on February 24, 1938 and is a
philanthropist and a business magnate. He is the chairman and co-founder
of Nike, Inc and has served as the CEO of the company. In 2011, Knight
has an estimated net worth of $14.4 billion and claimed the 47th
position in the list of world’s richest people. He is a humble
billionaire and has already donated hundreds of million of dollars to
different schools. Despite his billion net worth, he owns an Audi R8 costing only $120,000.
9. Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is a
financial data mogul and the 108th mayor of New York. He was born in
1942, began his career and built a securities brokerage company in 1981.
He served as one of the chairman of the board at Johns Hopkins
University from 1996 to 2002. He has a net worth of $27 billion and has
been known as the 7th-richest person in the United States. He was pushed
to run as an independent candidate for the US presidential elections
but chose not to seek presidency and decided to give his time and serve
New York instead. Mayor Bloomberg drives and Audi R8 worth $120,000 that
goes from 0 to 60 mph in approximately 3.2 seconds.
8. Michael Dell
Michael Dell is an author,
philanthropist, and a business magnate. He is known to be the CEO and
founder of Dell Inc., which is one of the leading personal computers
sellers in the world. Dell has 243 million shares of stocks in the
company that is worth $3.5 billion, which represents 12% of the company.
He has other assets worth approximately $10 billion and had it invested
in other companies. He then made a bid to make the company private for
$24.4 billion. An with all his assets, he chose to drive an edgy 2004
Porsche Boxter with a price tag of only $80,000.
7. Warren Buffet
Although he is often accuse of
being a miser, Warren Buffet still holds the third spot in the list of
world’s richest people. He is the CEO, chairman, and the primary
shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffet is coined as the “Wizard of
Omaha” because of his frugality and his adherence to the value investing
philosophy. Buffet donates some of Berkshire’s profits to several
charity organizations. He drives a Cadillac DTS but don’t be intimidated
with the car brand; it costs only $45,000.
6. Francois-Henri Pinault
Francois-Henri Pinault was born
in 1962 and is a renowned French businessman. He is also the CEO of PPR.
He started as the company’s manager in 1988 and was appointed CEO in
1993 after being the CompagnieFrançaise
de l’AfriqueOccidentale or CFAO for three years. In 1997, he became the
CEO of Fnac. His love for computers led him to develop the company’s
Internet activities in the 1990s. On top of it, he also happens to be
married to the lovely Salma Hayek. This super rich clothier drives a
Lexus SUV worth only $40,000.
5. Laurene Powell Jobs
Born in 1963, Laurene Powell
Jobs is the wife of the late Steve Jobs. She is an American business
executive and is the co-founder and President of the Board of College
Track. She also became a co-founder and the CEO of Apple Inc. Not
everybody knows that she controls the $3.9 billion worth of stake in the
Steven P. Jobs Trust in the Walt Disney Company. She drives a silver Audi A5 with the price of approximately $40,000.
4. Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the one and only
heiress of the Wal-Mart fortune. She also owns the second spot in the
list of the world’s richest women. Walton did have her own fair share of
extravagant living as she owned a lot of Porsches over the past years.
But because of an incident where she accidently ran over a woman, she
decided to stay away from those luxurious cars. She now uses a 2006 Ford
F-150 King Ranch, which costs only $40,000.
3. Mark Zuckerberg
Who wouldn’t know Facebook’s CEO
and founder, right? Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionaires
in the planet. But he definitely does not want to show the world all
his wealth, as seen in the car that he chooses to drive. In fact, he is
the youngest billionaire in the list who owns a very inexpensive car –
an Acura TSX that costs only $30,000.
2. Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer, born in 1956, is
considered one of the wealthiest men in the world. He is an American
businessman and is currently Microsoft’s CEO. As of 2012, his net worth
was estimated to be approximately $15.7 billion, landing him on the 19th
spot on the Forbes 400. As humble as he is, he decided to go for a
fairly modest automobile, driving a Ford’s Hybrid Fusion that retails
for about $19,000.
1.Ingvar Kamprad
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