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Unit 30　　Meet the Ten Richest People in the World in 2000 (I)　　10. Michael Dell　　Age: 34. Nationality: American. Marital Status: Married. Children: 4. Worth: $16.5 Billion.　　Just barely squeezing in at number ten is the youngest of all of our billionaires, the young pup who founded Dell Computers. Mike dropped out of University of Texas at 19, and started selling PC s by mail order. The day his former classmates were graduating, his sales had already hit $70 million a year. Today he sells $2 million a day, and has passed IBM? in annual sales. The bastard.　　9. Phillip F. Anschutz　　Age: 59. Nationality: American. Marital Status: Married. Children: 3. Worth: $16.5 Billion.　　Phil the kind of guy whose father was a rich oil billionaire, but decided he didnt like the family business. Phil preferred real estate and railroads. Rather than just being born lucky, Anschutz is a savvy businessman. He has interests in fiber optics companies, huge cattle ranches, and lots of downtown Denver real estate interests. But lets face it: the biggest chunk was inherited.　　8. Amir Jaber Al-Ahamed Al-Jaber Alsabah　　Age: 77. Nationality: Kuwaiti. Worth: $17 Billion.　　The mans money is in oil, investments, property, and the sweat of his people. And this is just whats left over since we kicked Saddam Hussein out of the neighborhood. Imagine the filthy stinking riches that he had prior to the burning of thousands of his oil wells. This is why we recommend Microsoft or oil baron as the best way to becoming a billionaire. Youre born, you inherit oil fields, you live the easy life in the Middle East... you just cant beat it.　　7. Steven Anthony Ballmer　　Age: 43. Nationality: American. Marital status: Married. Children: 2. Worth: $19.5 Billion.　　Steven actually lived down the hall from Bill Gates at Harvard, and is now the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mr. Bills little venture. Many revere im for the supposed monopoly Microsoft Corp. now holds, because of his perseverance an