Favourite billionaire?

[CanuckAmok]

I like Arthur Fortune. He gave ma a dollar.

Plus he climbed Niagara Falls.

[Omphaloskepsis]

1. Steve Jobs

[Awsi Dooger]

15. Definitely Steve Jobs

Although I liked him better a couple of weeks ago when the stock was $8 higher :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. gates

for the work he is doing with the melind and bill gates foundation

[Deja Q]

5. I'll give my wealth to charities too...

But you won't mind if I exploit, badger, extort, lie, and "borrow", in order to make it to the top first?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. lots of rich people do the same

and still dont donate to charity


: also i have yet to see a truly honest/good/non-scheming/completely ethical rich person


and i do know a large number of wealthy people....

[Fenris]

3. Even before I opened this thread...

I thought, "Arthur Fortune."

[CanuckAmok]

4. "Books and cocoa in the same shop?! What's next, a talking banana?!"

...

[Fenris]

8. "Oh, look! There's the store where I buy my yarn!"

"But you don't want to buy your buttons there."

[JVS]

7. Burns!

[tjwmason]

9. Conrad Black

He's just a poor innocent newspaperman who has been so unjustly hounded by nasty rivals who can't just let him have a tiny weeny little expense account running; and his wife too (the poor dear) who would never write a mindlessly shrill editorial. Poor poor Conrad.

(As if you had to ask :sarcasm: )

[smirkymonkey]

10. Where's George Soros?

[CanuckAmok]

11. Sailing, I believe.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

12. Wilbur Ross, Jr.

Not only is he the billionaire behind International Coal Group, the company whose criminal negligence and anti-union policies resulted in the deaths of 12 miners in Upshur County, West Virginia, he's also a Democrat and a pal of Senator John Kerry.

[DanCa]

13. Bruce Wayne......nuft said.

[Wapsie B]

14. Ted Turner would be mine.

Wonder what he's been up to lately?

[KitchenWitch]

16. I am inclined to agree!

:hi:

[peekaloo]

17. Thurston Howell III......slummed on the island as a millionaire.

[CanuckAmok]

21. Except....

the whole "shipwreck" was actually sabotage. One of the members of Howell's board of directors hired Pinkerton's to attach a limpet mine to the Minnow.

The plan was to kill Howell and take control of his interests.

Within three days of the loss of the Minnow, Howell's fortune was converted into junk bonds and investments in "ContraCo" and "Air America" (not the good one).

[AllieB]

18. Where's Warren Buffett?

http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Warren_Buffett.php

[President Jesus]

25. Awesome campaign contribution list. Thanks!

[LSK]

19. Warren Buffett

[bridgit]

20. seconded...

:thumbsup:

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

22. What about,

Vince McMahon, the wrestling promoter, a few years ago he was a legit Billionare. His wealth has went down in the last few years but he's still very rich. Not alot of Billionares I like so I pick him. You can't go wrong with a billionare who will make an complete ass out of himself multiple times on live TV to make a buck.

[maveric]

23. Where's George Soros?

A lefty billionaire that should be on this list.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Since you said "favoUrite", do you mean 10^9 or 10^12 by billion?

[gristy]

26. Gates get my vote

for his fight for education and global health.

Plus he puts up with Steve Ballmer.

[yellowdogmi]

27. Here is George Soro's

I probably should have read the other posts first but I have heard that he has done good things for the cause.

[CBHagman]

28. George Soros.

Pick the Hungarian.