The most successful fictional billionaires
I don't work in the city. I don't have a pension. Hell, I don't even have a foot on the property ladder. And now I find out that I can't even compete with fictional characters when it comes to professional success. This list of the ten wealthiest fictional characters has Daddy Warbucks at the top ($36.2 billion), C. Montgomery Burns ($16.8 billion) in second place and - the highest-placed Brit on the list - Scrooge McDuck in third ($10.9 billion).
Oh, and it seems that Batman did take that MBA after all, as Bruce Wayne is a solid seventh with $6.8 billion.
But I can at least console myself with the thought that, were I to become very rich, I might turn into a parsimonious fun-avoider who stopped wanting to have Krug for breakfast. One rich man profiled in ABC News's list of frugal billionaires - a professor who earnt a chunk of Google shares by introducing the founders to a venture capital firm - claims to reuse his teabags.
Say what you really mean this is a anti capitalist blog .
Posted by: norman | 5 Dec 2007 12:26:07
I wouldn't call myself anti-capitalist. More jealous of those who are good at capitalism, which is an entirely different matter.
Posted by: Carly Chynoweth | 6 Dec 2007 11:19:17
Rich Fictional Characters?
What about Father Christmas?
Or, Christ. Jesus Christ.
Posted by: Michael Overy | 10 Dec 2007 07:56:42