Why the Sultan of Brunei might be running out of money...

[stinkaboy]

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Sunday April 4, 11:54 PM

IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest - TV

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday.

Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion).

Gates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said.

Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family.

SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates.

maganda talga IKEA..from furnitures to foods :D
i dotn miss that place when im abroad.

[odell]

wow...

WoW

WOW!!! :D

[theveed]

But Officially, it's still pareng geek Bill

http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/...atatype=Person

Sidenote nung 2003:

Today he is worth a staggering $52.8 billion . To put this inperspective, consider what can be done with that amount of money.

He could pay the salary of President George W. Bush (US$400,000) for 132,000 years
You could win Survivor 52,000 times and still not match up to his fortune
His wealth exceeds the annual budget of Russia

[RedHorse]

$240M plane... wo hoo, talagang barya na lang talaga ang para sa mga chicks!

[BlueBimmer]

pinag-aagawan 'wee-wee' ni sultan sigurado!!

[ts1n1ta]

pinag-aagawan 'wee-wee' ni sultan sigurado!!

ahahah sa halagang $10billion baka nde na. sa 'wee-wee' na ni bill gates. ahahahaha amp

no wonder he is losing money. kelangan ba talaga gold ang sink? hwe? ano feeling mag poo2 sa gold na toilet? hahaha

[yebo]

mas madami pa din kotse si JAMES CHAVEZ dyan ehehehehehe!

[empy]

kawawa naman si sultan. having to live on only $10billion...i feel so sad for him

[chris_d]

The faucet on the toilet bowl is there for washing your "lower sensitive body parts", there are actually also different types of toilet bowls for males and females, making washing your "lower sensitive body parts" easier. You can buy these locally, not made of gold though.

[chris_d]

Higher end toilets would have at least 2 or 3 available urinals, one for males, one for females and a typical standing urinal for males. Also there would be two sinks, one for the husband, one for the wife, completing this would be a large tub and a shower. Building one of these for a regular home would cost about 100-200k but is well worth it for people who can afford these.

[empy]

the right term is "bidet". for those people who are too good to touch their own ass

[luckytruck]

yup, promdi kasi ako, so isang toliet and sink lang. my first party in a house in forbes park, nakita ko, may dalwang toilet at isang urinal pa to complement the sink.

good thing i chose the right toilet (and not the bidet) to take a crap in. that would have been embarassingly hilarious

yup, yung mga sobrang mayayaman, they have separate sinks, toilets and showers and tubs for the husband and wife.

in my house that i am building, the masters bedroom and the kids room share a common (thoug medyo roomy siya) bathroom.

ganyan talaga ang buhay, we just have to make the most of what we have

[zeagle]

My dad was able to buy two MB wagons used by family of Prince Jefri in Manila. Grabe 8 yr old cars pero 3-5k kms lang ang tinakbo. Actually they have 3 wagons all of the same model and color. Para daw iba iba ang plate number. They also have about 20 jet skis in their garage at Forbes. A camper converted into a bathroom for use during out of town trips. A luxury bus for out of town trips with toilet. When they go to subic. They carry about ten jetskis on a truck trailer.

[chieffy]

tindi talaga...kailan kaya tayo gigising tuwing umaga at magkakaproblema kung saan natin gagastusin ang pera tulad nila????

ILD wag mo kami kalilimutan kapag naambunan ka ng $1M ha

[theveed]

Vince; Hanep hehe... local version :D

[zeagle]

Vince; Hanep hehe... local version :D

Dalawa yata pamilya ni Prince Jefri dito. Veed sayang yung isang Benz binili ng friend ni Erpat. Turbo diesel pareho. Hehe

[FrankDrebin]

Well ganyan talaga ang buhay minsan nasa itaas ka minsan nasa ibaba ka. Like here in tsikot, you keep bragging about your high-end vehicles and bashing the lower-end car owners but then time will come and the scenario is the other way around. 'Ika nga ni Erap, "Weder-weder lang ya'an!". So enjoy every blessings you receive today and who knows you might not enjoy it tomorrow. :D

[BlueBimmer]

*** mas reliable pa nga lower end cars than some prestigious hi end cars hehe

[luckytruck]

pangit ng wagon na ferrari...... pero kung binigay sa akin, okay lang.

benta ko kaagad coz i probably can't afford the maintennance

[theveed]

Tsk tsk... bibigay mo daw sakin dapat balita ko hehehhehe...