Forbes Russia just put out its 100 Wealthiest Russians lists and in the spirit of Glasnost, I thought I’d open up the discussion here. The numbers are out and the news is uglier than that thing on Gorbachev‘s head for Russia’s billionaire oligarch class… From Forbes Russia via The Guardian UK: The number…
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Modern Day Gomorrah: Goodbye Greenwich Culture
If NYC’s Meatpacking District was Sodom, with it’s teeming masses of 20-something investment bankers running across cobblestone streets waving Amex Black Cards and puking off the side of luxury hotel rooftop bars, then surely, Greenwich, Connecticut was the modern-day equivalent of Gomorrah. One of the particularly offensive attributes of the 2003-2007 bull market was the rise…
Forbes 400 List: Out of Date, But Still Interesting
The just-published 27th annual Forbes 400 list, a ranking of the wealthiest people in the world, does not disappoint. Buffett, Gates, Carlos Slim, the Ikea guy, Page and Brin, Ellison, Bloomberg, the Koch’s…all your faves are here again this year although the order of the top 25 has seen quite a bit of jostling and adjustment. One minor…
