Nepal's First Billionaire Explains His Success
A man who turned noodles into a multi-million dollar business has become the first Nepalese to make it into the Forbes magazine rich list.

Only 14 of World's 1,000 Billionaires Are Self-made Women
THE TELEGRAPH: Only 14 of the world's 1,000 billionaires are self-made women, and only nine of them had no help from relatives, a new list has found.

In a list of the world's richest self-made women, American business magazine Forbes published the names of 14 women who have accrued $1 billion or more thanks to their own entrepreneurship rather than inheriting part or all of their fortune.

Seven of the women on the list were Chinese, Harry Potter author JK Rowling was the only British-born woman, and of the fourteen, at least five built their business empires with the help of husbands and brothers or sometimes both.

By contrast, Forbes said that 665 of the world's 1,011 dollar billionaires, including the three wealthiest men on the planet, Carlos Slim, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, were self-made men. That, it said, meant that the 'female billionaires' club' accounted for two per cent of the total number of self-made billionaires.

"All of these self-made female billionaires have impressive personal stories, but the dearth of them is itself a story, and begs the question of why so few?" Forbes wrote. >>> Andrew Osborn in Moscow | Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The World’s Richest Self-made Women >>> | Tuesday, June 15, 2010

C’est officiel: Pour la 15e année consécutive, le milliardaire est sur la première marche du podium
GALA.fr: Pas de doute pour le magazine Forbes. Avec son compte en banque frisant les 57 milliards de dollars, Bill Gates est bien l’homme le plus riche du monde depuis 1993!

Bill Gates est indétronable. Le fondateur de Microsoft est depuis quinze ans l’homme le plus riche de la planète. Bien que son pécule ait diminué 2 milliards de dollars depuis l’année dernière, selon Forbes, le tout jeune retraité reste à la tête de 57 milliards de dollars. C’est sûr, avec une somme pareille, Dr Bill va pouvoir continuer avec sa femme sa croisade contre la misère dans le monde! 
Pour la 15e année consécutive, le milliardaire est sur la première marche du podium >>> | Jeudi 18 septembre 2008

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For the Third Year Running, Angela Merkel Tops the Forbes List of the Most Powerful Women in the World
Photo of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, courtesy of Google Images
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the third year running, while U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice slipped to seventh from fourth last year.

Ms. Merkel, who became Chancellor in November, 2005, was cited by the magazine in its latest edition for her efforts to streamline Europe's biggest economy, increasing the national retirement age and putting more women in senior government posts.

The magazine was impressed with her because she “bulldozes through controversy,” referring to her meeting with the Dalai Lama last year, her chastising of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and her push “to make the euro a bigger player in global financial markets as the dollar wanes.” Merkel Tops Forbes List of Powerful Women >>> Associated Press | August 28, 2008

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