5 PEOPLE RICHER THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Queen Elizabeth II) is The Queen of United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and other realms and territories. She was born on April 21st, 1926, in London. She became the Queen in 1952, and so far she is the longest sovereign in British history, earning herself a lot of respect, admiration and love across the world.
According to the latest research carried out, Queen Elizabeth’s worth is estimated to be 530 million USD. The Queen owns numerous cars, precious jewels, horses, cars and other historical items that are of high value. Most of the Queen’s income which covers her personal and family expenses comes from an annual government grant.
As much as the Queen is considered to be rich, there are other people who by far surpass her worth. These include;
- Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos was born on January 12th, 1964, in New Mexico, United States.
He is the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon. He is also a media proprietor, investor and an industrialist. His worth is estimated to be around 112 billion USD, making him by far richer than the Queen of England.
In 1994, he founded Amazon, which started as an online bookstore. Since then, it has delved into other various e-commerce products and services among them, cloud computing, audio and video streaming. As it stands, Amazon is the world’s largest online sales company, the largest provider of virtual assistants, and by far the largest internet company in terms of revenue.
- Roman Abramovich
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on October 24th 1966 in Saratov, Russia. He is a businessman and a politician.
He is the owner of Chelsea Football Club, based in London. He is also the sole owner of Millhouse LLC, an investment company. During his army service, he ventured into his multibillion-dollar business. He sold imported rubber ducks, traded in timber, sugar and foodstuffs, which have contributed significantly to growth in his wealth. He also got a controlling interest in Sibneft, a large oil company, which as of 2000, it produced approximately 3 billion USD worth of oil annually. His fortune is approximated to be 11.5 billion USD.
- Bill Gates
William Henry Gates was born on October 28th 1955 in Seattle, United States. He is a powerful industrialist, a software developer, philanthropist and also an investor. He co-founded the Microsoft Corporation in 1975, together with Paul Allen, which has gone on to become the most significant personal computer software company in the world
Most of his assets are at Cascade Investment LLC, through which he owns stakes in several businesses among them the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Corbis Corp. He is Estimated to be worth 92.8 billion USD.
- Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14th, 1984 in White Plains, United States. He is well known as an internet entrepreneur, a philanthropist, software developer and a media mogul.
He is the founder of Facebook, which he serves as the chairman. He also co-founded the Solar Sail spacecraft development project Breakthrough Starshot, and he makes it in the list of the wealthiest people in the world.
He launched the internet.org project in 2013, whose main objective is to provide internet access to over 5 billion people who are not connected to Facebook. The project also created new jobs and opened up new markets, which in turn generate plenty of income. His worth is estimated to be around 71 billion USD.
- Richard Branson
Born on July 18th 1950, Richard Charles Nicholas Branson in Blackheath, England, is an author, investor, business mogul and a philanthropist. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which controls over 400 companies in a variety of fields, for example, health, radio, space travel, tourism, hotels and much more.
He has invested in drone company 3D Robotics. In 2018, he bought the Hard Rock Casino Hotel. He has also starred in various films and television shows. His net worth is approximately 5.1 billion USD.
Conclusion
As time goes, the world is getting accustomed to the emergence of wealthy people in different parts. The individuals mentioned above can be termed as a great source of influence and motivation to other people. New ideas, new inventions and innovations are becoming the order of the day. Evident is the fact that every business or investment has its risks; therefore, it is always good to have alternative ideas to help in dealing with them.