高中英语真题-unit31 meetthetenrichestpeopleintheworldin.pdfVIP

高中英语真题:Unit31 MeettheTenRichestPeopleintheWorldin2000(II) 5. King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Age: 77. Nationality: Saudi Arabian. Marital Status: Married. Childre n: 1. Worth: $28 Billion. Born in Riyadh in 1923, the King has spent his life on one diplo matic mission after another. He came to power in 1982, and all of his money is in oil, investments, property, and the swe at of his people. All because of the great defining factor of birth. Yes, birth and dumb luck. 4. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Age: 53. Nationality: Bruneian. Marital Status: Married. Children : 10. Worth: $30 Billion. The money of the 29th Sultan of Brunei is in, say it with me now , oil, gas, investments, and yes, the ever-popular sweat of his people. Especially that oil thing, which has made so many billio naires in the Middle East. The illustrious Sultan also has two wi ves and ten kids. 3. Gardner Paul Allen Age: 46. Nationality: American. Marital S tatus: Single. Children: 0. Worth: $30 Billion Another Microsoft billionaire, Paul Allen is the buddy who dropp ed out with Bill Gates to build the software company that now holds a monopolistic stranglehold on the wo rld. Paul dropped out of Microsoft some time ago to spend his ti me privately investing his money. He pursues his dream of a w ired world by buying up cable operators and other technology- related companies. Its not all tedious te ch stuff, though. Paul was also smart enough to invest in sports teams. Single guy, $30 billion, owns a couple of sports teams, knows Bill Gates personally... 2. Warren Edward Buffet Age: 68. Nationality: American. Marital Status: Married. Childre n: 3. Worth: $36 Billion. Strangely enough, Buffets investment style is conservative, lea ning more to the long- term buy. Warren owns about 40 percent of the investment con glomerate Berkshire Hathawa, and at over $47,000 a share, it will be a while before anyone bu