Sunday, 11 March 2007

Google Trumps The Donald

google out trumps donald trumpDonald Trump may have more than 40 buildings and a vast empire of Trump-branded golf courses, casinos, and cufflinks, but one little white webpage - Google - has made its founders about $30 billion richer than all that brick, mortar and ego have made the Donald.

Forbes magazine has released their annual list of billionaires around the world, and His Hairness - never one to let you forget that he's a billionaire - clocked in at modest 314th place out of the 946 nine-figured names, with an estimated net worth of $2.9 billion. Not too shabby.

But Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who are both about half Trump's age (60), are worth a whopping $16.6 billion a piece - and together, more than 10 times the worth of Trump.

Even Oprah is practically a beggar in this club, with a $1.5 billion fortune. But Sergey and Larry have a long way to go to get into the same league as top billionaire Bill Gates, who's estimated wealth is $56 billion.

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