Apr
30
2005
Juan Enriquez of the Harvard Business School looks at growth industries in his "As the Future Catches You." The numbers in parenthesis are their wealth in billions. Bill Gate$ (60) billion.
The future is computers, information, biotech and nanotechnology. Smaller, faster, smarter, and organic.
1986 RICHEST
Industry
Sam Walton (4.5)
Retail
Mars family (4,0)
Candy
John Kluge(2.5)
Media
Ross Perot (2.5)
Information
Pritzker family (2.3)
Finance
David Packard (2.0)
Computers
Warren Bullet (1.4)
Value investing
Leslie Wexner (1.4)
Retail
Lester Crown (1.3)
Inheritance, industry
Gordon Getty (1 2)
Inheritance, oil
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2000 RICHEST
Industry
Bill Gates (60)
Software
Larry Ellison (47)
Software
Paul Allen (28)
Software
Warren Buffet (26)
Value investing
Rob Walton (20)
Retailing
Michael Dell (19)
Computers
Phillip Anschutz (15)
Oil. RR, telecom
Steve Balmer (15)
Software
Sumner Redstone (12)
Media
John Kluge (12)
Media
