If the Fortune 500 is a joke, then the World's Richest Man is a joke.
For example, the World's Richest Man this year is Mr. Buffett. He had 62.3 billion USD and became the World's Richest Man in 2004.
Speaking of which, we have to thank Boss Jia for this.
Buffett was the World's Richest Man in 2004, and his wealth is 46.5 billion USD.
But Bill Gates, who was ranked number one at that time, with 48 billion USD, had been knocked off his pedestal in this world. Microsoft's market value is still below 30 billion USD, and Bill Gates had cashed out more than 100 billion USD earlier than Microsoft.
But because Bill Gates donated most of his wealth to charity, the actual wealth of Mr. Bill Gates was less than 10 billion USD, and he was ranked 26th on the list of the world's richest people. The world's richest man had completely left the list.
But does Bill Gates's 100 billion USD no longer belong to him?
Other than Bill Gates, Buffett's wealth had increased from 40 billion USD to 60 billion USD. This is all thanks to Boss Jia and Microsoft.
Buffett noticed the dotcom bubble, and he made a lot of money when the dotcom bubble exploded.
But the real problem is still to come.
After Soros's defeat in 1997, Buffett had been paying attention to the situation. He sensed someone behind the scenes had set Soros up.
Although Soros couldn't figure out who the culprit was, as the saying goes, 'a bystander sees a clearer picture'. Buffett, who had been watching from the sidelines, managed to pinpoint Boss Jia based on various simple information and some clues.
But Buffett has no evidence, and he is not interested in exposing the mastermind. So, he chose another path.
This is when Buffett's EQ is shown.
Under normal circumstances, a good villain should be furious and use all his strength and funds to kill the main character. But in the end, the villain is giving experience points and equipment.
But Buffett knows his place. Even Soros had lost to Jia Yapeng, and now Jia Yapeng has the Daqian Group as his backing. It is impossible for Buffett to win.
So, Buffett changed his mindset and follow Jia Yapeng. It is a good choice, just like how many people followed Soros in the past.
So, Buffett started to pay attention to the Daqian Group's competitors, and he noticed Microsoft and Sony at that time.
"Buy Microsoft and Sony's empty orders!" Buffett ordered. In the end, he used most of his funds to buy Microsoft and Sony's share prices.
After buying all the shares, Buffett realized he still had some funds left. So, he bought Enron too.
Then, Buffett laughed like a fool. His funds had made a lot of money, and Buffett's personal wealth had increased by more than 20 billion USD. It could be seen how rich Buffett was this time.
The only thing that made Buffett unhappy was that the US First Foundation made more money. This was because they entered the game earlier than Buffett. They started planning more than a year earlier. As a result, they made hundreds of billions of dollars in the financial market in one go.
Buffett couldn't help but lament that the biggest mistake in his life was firing Harry Potter.
When Harry Potter had just graduated from university and was looking for a job on Wall Street, the first foundation that hired Harry Potter was Buffett's company.
As a result, Buffett felt that although Harry Potter was capable, he was too naive and naive. Moreover, he had a so-called sense of justice and kindness. He was simply a negative example of a financier.
Therefore, Buffett didn't hesitate to find a reason to fire Harry Potter without any hesitation.
But who would have thought that Harry Potter, who had thought he would return home to inherit his family's farm, ended up staying on Wall Street. He even founded and led America First Foundation. Now, America First Foundation has become the world's most profitable foundation. Harry Potter's reputation on Wall Street has surpassed Buffett and Soros. He is now the world's number one financier.
Every time Buffett thought about these changes, he regretted it. If he had trusted Harry Potter a little more, been a little more patient, supported him more, and given him more time to erase the kindness and righteousness in his heart, then this natural financial genius would have been his man, and he would have been able to make more money!
Buffett could only say that this was fate!
Buffett often sighed and compared himself to Cao Mengde. He said that Harry Potter was Emperor Liu's uncle. He had let his biggest rival go!
But Buffett did not think that if he had been kinder, he would not have fired the poor Harry Potter.
Even if he had abandoned all his kindness and righteousness and became the perfect Prime Minister Cao, in the end, wouldn't Sima Yi have taken over his empire?
Ahem, I've gone too far. Let's get back to the topic.
At this time, on the 2004 World's Billionaires List, Buffett was ranked first, and Boss Jia was ranked second with 58.7 billion USD. But this figure was a joke in everyone's eyes.
Unlike the Daqian Group's financial report, Boss Jia's wealth was known to many people. For example, Boss Jia's shares in 51 Search, Amazon, Daqian Movies, and other listed companies added up to more than 60 billion USD.
This was the Da Qian Group, which had already been listed on the market and had a huge annual revenue of 140 billion yuan (wealth data). 100% of the shares were in the hands of Mr. Jia. However, this was not counted as Jia Yapeng's wealth and was not included in the rankings!
In addition, there were many private rumors about Boss Jia's hidden income and so on.
Anyway, everyone on Wall Street knew that Jia Yapeng's wealth was at least 200 billion USD, maybe even 300 billion USD. Because they also knew that the Daqian Group's data was wrong.
But Jia Yapeng was ranked second on the list, and no one in the financial industry pointed out the ridiculousness of this figure. Instead, they all tacitly agreed to this ranking.
It was like everyone tacitly agreed that Ma Yun did not love money, and that his happiest time was when he was a teacher.
Therefore, although the two lists were very recognized in China, and the public criticized the Daqian Group based on it, the Daqian Group's executives all knew that the list was pure nonsense. Boss Jia was the world's richest man.
It was just that those ridiculous Westerners could not face an Eastern enterprise and individual who had completely surpassed the free Western world in wealth. So, they chose to be ostriches and bury themselves in the ground.
Anyway, as long as I don't put the Daqian Group and Jia Yapeng first, then he is not first.
Oh，yeah！
But now, Boss Jia was not going to give them a fig leaf, because Boss Jia was going to personally lead the Daqian Group to Europe to discuss the matter of electric scooters entering Europe!
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