Buffet beats Gates in rich list – answers
Buffet beats Gates in rich list – answers
true/false
- Warren Buffet makes money from dogs. F: he is ‘top dog’ i.e. at the top of the list
- He is the richest man in the US. F: probably, but this is world-wide so in the world
- Bill Gates has been the richest man in the world for the past 30 years. F: 13 years
- Buffet has increased his wealth by 2 billion over the past year. F: Bill Gates has, Buffet’s was 10 billion
- The founder of Facebook is the youngest billionaire. T: he’s 23
- There were 562 billionaires four years ago. T: today there are 1,125 twice as many as 4 years ago
- The combined wealth of these millionaires is $44 trillion. F: 4.4 trillion
- It is similar to the period before the First World War. F: that can’t match this period of economic growth
- Oprah Winfrey has been on the list for some years.T: ‘an old favourite’
- ‘small change’ means she earned in cash. F: it is a small amount comparatively