RE: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world

[Josh Lulewicz]

Top Ten:   1)       Bill Gates - microsoft 2)       Warren Buffet - investments 3)       Karl Albrecht – retailing (supermarkets) 4)       Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - investments 5)       Paul Allen - microsoft 6)       Alice Walton - walmart 7)       Helen Walton - walmart 8)       Jim Walton - walmart 9)       John Walton - walmart 10)   S Robson Walton - walmart   -josh   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] Richest people in the world   Well Gates is #1 of course (although I think at one time he was surpassed). I don't remember #2 but guessing it is the founder of Cisco. Here is what surprised me, #3. The founder of ALDI, the discount food chain here in USA. Barebones, you have to rent shopping cart (25 cents, you get back when you return it), bring your own bags (or buy for 5-10 cents each, paper or plastic), bag your own groceries, no credit cards or checks accepted, cash or debit card only. No "short" line either, if buying only a few items you have to wait behind people with huge carts full of stuff. But lines move fast. ALDI very big in Germany, here is info from a German freind of mine "This guy from ALDI (ALbrecht DIscount) in fact they are brothers (Theo and Karl Albrecht) starts im the sixties with very simple shops (no decoration, no cost-intensiv fresh-goods, no promotion) and now... their shops are very popular in germany and their products are always best in the Test-Magazins, especially the computers! Their technical supplier "Medion" starts in the seventies as a copy shop (one man band) and now they are a big trading group." As Jim knows I just bought a nice Medion camera, 2MP with hardware interpolation to 3.1MP for $70 at ALDI. And I grocery shop there too, great prices, I am bargain hunter with food as well as my "collection" ;)  Heck women send me shopping for them, I usually come back with better items and spend less money than planned (got to check those sales and compare price per ounce etc etc) ;) Mom taught me well!!! Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash,  Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page