America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 292 The richest man in the world! !

  $70 billion?

   is followed by a +.

What does   + mean?

  Abel thought about it carefully, and he was not sure how much net worth he had now.

   Just like what he said in the white house when he faced the curiosity of several bush bosses.

   What he pays more attention to now is not how much money he has, nor the number in his bank card.

  Because it’s just this number. Able, who is talented in finance, feels that he only needs to give himself time, and he can have as much as he wants.

   What Abel wants more now is influence in all aspects.

   It is the power above money, and it is the evolution of money—capital!

  Since this year, he hasn't paid much attention to how much money he has.

  What he pays attention to is how much capital he can influence and use now.

  This number, Abel felt, was the core of his influence on his surroundings, and even the world.

  At that time, when he faced George and the others, he just picked out some things he knew and told them.

  The data he told them at that time, Abel remembered it seemed to be more than 60 billion US dollars.

   Judging from this data, it seems that what Forbes said is not wrong.

  Abel carefully read Forbes' description of his wealth—

  【Abel Smith, this name started last year, and it is obvious that the public around the world is no longer unfamiliar. 】

  【What the public likes to talk about most about this gentleman is that apart from any of his scandal objects that everyone envies, and his appearance as if Apollo is still alive]

  【Other than these, the public is most curious and envious of Mr. Abel Smith. How much money does he have? 】

  【This is a very good question. After about half a year of research, Forbes finally determined the approximate wealth figure of this gentleman】

  【First of all, Mr. Smith has a media company under his name. This media company can be ranked sixth in Forbes’ global media group rankings this year. It is Smith Media, which is worth 17 billion US dollars. 】

  【Mr. Smith also has a real estate company called "New Start Real Estate". 】

  【Xinqidian Real Estate Company is like we go to the supermarket to buy potatoes, buying luxury houses, land, and office buildings like crazy. It has already ranked fourth on the Forbes list of real estate companies in the United States. It is worth 8 billion US dollars..】

  【Mr. Smith also has a Pacific Energy company, which was formerly Sempra Energy. This is the power giant in Southern California and the West Coast, and it has a market value of $17 billion. In the same type of company, he also owns half of California Pacific Electric, worth $8 billion]

  【In addition, Mr. Smith is also the sole owner of Pacific Bank of Commerce. The bank is currently worth $15 billion. 】

  【So far, Mr. Smith already has a wealth of 65 billion US dollars. 】

  【In addition to these large companies, Mr. Smith also has many small and medium-sized companies under his name, as well as the stocks of Internet companies such as Google. We cannot calculate this part of the data. We can only speculate that it is about 5 billion US dollars, which is not low. 】

  【More than 70 billion U.S. dollars, this is the current wealth of Mr. Smith from the data we collected】

  【Attentive readers will definitely find that we have not listed the most important company of Mr. Smith. 】

  【No mistake, Smith Capital. Wall Street's New Investment Banking Giants! 】

  【The reason why Smith Capital is not listed is because it is too exaggerated. 】

  【It is reported that Warren Buffett, PNC Financial Services Group and other giants are shareholders of this company. They paid a huge price for their stake in the company. 】

  【We don't know how much it will cost, we only know that the value of Smith Capital cannot be calculated. 】

  【So here, we don’t list the value of Smith’s capital, we just add a + sign after Mr. Smith’s wealth number. 】

  【+ This symbol here means that Mr. Smith's wealth is definitely more than 70 billion US dollars. He may be richer than all of us imagined. 】

  【What is even more exaggerated is that Mr. Abel Smith is only 21 years old this year, making him the youngest on our list. 】

  【He is eight years younger than the 29-year-old Daniel Ziv who inherited property. This is a living legend. He is the living reality of the American dream. He】

  【.】

  In the second half of the article, Abel looks too familiar.

   It's another set of lighthouses creating and marketing new lamp beads.

  Abel's "$50 to New York" story is re-telled in another way.

  Abel did not continue to read.

   Over $70 billion?

   Abel thought about it for himself, and it seemed to be almost the same.

  He flipped it over again.

  The sixth page is William Henry Gates III, which is the second name of Bill Gates.

  The rich people in front are more important, and everyone has two pages of content on one piece of paper.

  There is only one page left for the rich man in the back, and there are two people squeezed on a piece of paper in the back.

  Bill Gates, who is called the overlord of the times by Forbes, has a fortune of 58.2 billion US dollars this year.

   Compared with last year's more than 60 billion U.S. dollars, it has shrunk by several billion U.S. dollars.

   This is actually very easy to understand. The data used by Forbes last year was the data before the Internet bubble burst.

  The impact of the Internet bubble continued this year, and Microsoft's stock price fell a lot.

   Although strictly speaking, Microsoft is not considered an Internet company, it should be regarded as an IT high-tech company.

  But the stock market does not care about this. In the eyes of ordinary shareholders, Microsoft is one of the largest Internet companies.

  Microsoft's stock price, of course, also plummeted thousands of miles along with the monopoly investigation and the bursting of the Internet bubble.

   That is to say, Microsoft has indeed achieved a de facto monopoly. After falling for so long, it has now started to rise again and has stabilized.

   This allowed Mr. Bill Gates to maintain this range.

  Abel turned the page again, and Buffett started on the eighth page.

   On this, Buffett's wealth data is 34.5 billion US dollars.

   It is almost exactly half of the first place, and it is much worse than the second place Bill.

  Behind Buffett is Paul Allen, with a wealth of $32.3 billion.

  Behind these two, the fifth place is only 29.5 billion.

   That is to say, in this year's "Forbes" list, there are only these four people with a net worth of more than 30 billion US dollars.

   Abel is no longer interested in the following rankings.

  He threw the thick "2001 Forbes List" on the solid wood desk in front of him.

  Abel raised his head and smiled, and said to the subordinates who were watching him in the room:

   "Look here, take a closer look. The person sitting in front of you now is the richest man on our planet."

   Listening to the words of the very young boss, with a slightly ostentatious tone.

  In the office, the Four King Kong plus David.

  Jed and the others who came in behind all laughed.

   Smiles seem to be contagious, not for a while.

  The employees of Smith Capital (UK) on the 15th floor of the Furui Building also knew about it.

   That is their young boss, who has become the richest man in the world.

  The smiles on the faces of these employees are half sincere and half workplace etiquette.

  The sincere half is that in a capitalist country, it will be more face-saving to work for the richest man in the world.

  The half of workplace etiquette is that the boss is the richest man in the world but you don’t smile. What do you mean?

   And this news, followed by the "Forbes Ranking 2001" in the global multilingual listing, quickly spread to the whole world.

  Ordinary people are of course not very interested in who becomes the new richest man in the world.

   At most, after knowing it, those who hate the rich will curse a few more times, and those who worship money will become fans.

  Ordinary people who are centrists can say a few words at most.

  But among business elites, financial people, media people, and people related to Abel.

  The power of this news is no less than that of the two huge man-made clouds that rose in Lop Nur in China in the 1960s.

  US East Coast,

New York.

  Manhattan, Hearst Media Building.

  In the morning.

   Amanda Hearst, who is working as a summer intern at the Hearst Media Group with her cousin Lydia Hearst.

  She was the first woman to receive the news among the women who had contact with Abel.

   Who is Hearst Group is itself a media giant.

  She just happened to be an intern in the company again today. In fact, the company's elite employees brought the two sisters to familiarize themselves with the work.

  Family business, what if there is hope to take over in the future?

"World 's richest man!"

   "Abel Smith!"

  From a supervisor, after Amanda Hearst heard the news, she almost jumped up in excitement.

   Fortunately, this is a company. She held back, suppressed her excitement, and took her cousin Lydia Hearst by the hand and walked outside.

   "Lydia! Lydia! Lydia! As I said earlier, he is unique!"

  Amanda excitedly said to her cousin:

   "Look. He is only 21 years old, and he is already the richest man in the world! Seventy billion dollars is equivalent to three Hearsts!"

  Lydia thought to herself that no matter how unique he is, what does he have to do with us.

  People are already marrying shrubs.

  Your previous gestures have all come to nothing.

  Looking at the excited cousin, Lydia could only say:

   "It's very good. But."

   She reminds Amanda.

   "The Bush family has approved him. Laura Bush is his girlfriend now, so he has nothing to do with us."

  After hearing what Lydia Hearst said, the hyperactive Amanda calmed down a little.

  Since that time I took the initiative to come to the door in Hawaii.

   Between the two sisters, this person has not been talked about for a long time.

  The reason is because after that, after February of this year.

  Among the upper-class giants in the United States, rumors spread that the shrub family who lived in the white house would marry the Smith family, a small local wealthy family in Texas.

   During this time period, the shrub family is in its prime.

   Gossip about this family spread quickly among the rich and powerful families in the United States, especially among the ladies and ladies who like to gossip the most.

  Everyone is surprised that the shrub family wants to marry a small local rich family in the countryside.

   Later, it was determined that this Smith was the one who was making trouble on Wall Street.

  Everyone came to a sudden, admiring the speed and decisiveness of the bush family.

   Sure enough, it is worthy of being a shrub family who started by marriage and quickly rose by marriage.

  The Hearst family, who originally had some thoughts, also heard the news.

  After a period of investigation and resolution, the Hearst family confirmed the authenticity of the news.

  After that, the two cousins, Amanda, were given a restraining order by the family elders.

   That is to stop getting involved with someone who is already married to a bush.

  No matter how crazy Amanda’s personality is, she is still young after all. She was so active towards Abel at the beginning because of the secret support of her family.

  The family now expressly prohibits it, even if she is dissatisfied, she can only choose to abide by it.

   Not to mention Lydia.

  She is often a small shadow next to Amanda in the family, and she is dispensable in the family.

  Even if there is some affection, it is completely out of her hands.

  The two cousins ​​have not contacted Abel since then.

  Abel was a little afraid of Amanda's madness, so she didn't bother him, and didn't continue to harass him with text messages.

  Abel is too late to be happy, let alone take the initiative to find her.

   Gradually, the cousins ​​and sisters have not contacted Abel for several months.

   This is exactly what Lydia is talking to Amanda about now.

   It’s just that Lydia underestimated her cousin’s madness. Amanda pursed her beautiful lips silently, and suddenly said to Lydia:

"It's just a girlfriend. They're not engaged yet, and even if they are, they're still not married! Besides, he still has so many women, and the bush may not be able to marry him in the end! Lydia, I don't think I can give up !"

   Lydia felt a terrible headache.

  Lydia wondered in her heart, did she and Amanda get hugged wrong?

   I am Aunt Anne's daughter, and Amanda is my mother's child?

   Otherwise, how could Amanda be as crazy as her mother?

  Lydia had no choice but to persuade: "Amanda! Do you want to make Aunt Annie angry?! The elders will not allow it!"

   "Maybe." Amanda Hearst said:

"But he's only twenty-one years old, and he already has 70 billion! 70 billion! God, two Buffetts can keep up with him! Lydia, do you think mom and the others won't be moved? I'm going to Find mom!"

  While talking, Amanda shook off Lydia and walked forward by herself.

  Lydia showed a headache expression, gritted her teeth and followed.

  Amanda, in Lydia's eyes, started to "go crazy" again.

  The other end of New York, in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

  Ikana is packing things with her best friend Paris.

  After thinking about it, Ikana finally decided to go to the west coast to raise a fetus and have a baby.

  The weather on the west coast is much better than that on the east coast in many places.

  The climate and weather in the Greater Los Angeles area and the Greater Bay Area are very suitable for human beings.

  Ekana has already chosen the city where she will raise her baby, and she finally chose Santa Barbara, California.

  Paris will accompany her during the pregnancy and childbirth.

   One is to take care of Ikana, and the other is to have Paris to help and the secretary team after arriving there.

  Ikana can also remotely control the development of her own YKM company.

  At this time, a pair of girlfriends are preparing their luggage for Santa Barbara.

  There is a lot of luggage, and there are several lists alone.

  Some things that are not so personal and not so important have been sent before.

  Two people are checking now, it is more important things, or luggage that has not been delivered yet.

   "I said. Ikana, don't you think it's too early?"

  Paris pointed to several boxes of diapers on the ground, "The baby hasn't come out yet. Why are you buying these? You can also buy them over there!"

   "Ah" Ikana smiled embarrassedly, "Sorry, I saw them beautiful and cute when I was shopping, so I bought them by the way. You're right, I won't take these with me."

  Paris nodded in satisfaction, but complained in her heart—

  【This Ikana, after having a child in her belly, she put all her energy on the child, and her IQ has dropped a lot, really.】

   I'm really envious.

  This is not pregnant with a child, this is a listed company.

  Paris only regrets that she didn't give Abel a big belly.

  Suddenly, the cell phone that Paris threw on the table next to her rang.

   "Pick up the phone. Let me see what else I haven't brought." Ikana took a few luggage lists and began to check.

  Paris connected to her phone, "It's me, Paris."

   "Respect dear Paris, it's me!" A young girl's voice came.

  Paris thought to herself who are you, not a big shot, how can I remember your voice.

   "Are you?" Paris asked.

   "I'm Kim, it's Kim. Oh, I'm Kim Kardashian!"

   "Oh, it's gold."

  Paris remembered, this is a "little girl" she recently adopted in New York.

  Because of her good looks and figure, the other party was selected by YKM as one of the long-term cooperation clothing models.

  Paris is also the design director of the company, and has met with her a lot.

  Because Kim Kardashian is very obedient and sensible, Paris thinks she is very good, and took her to several fashion shows and some receptions.

  Kim Kardashian has officially become her bag-carrying girl, so of course she has Paris's contact number.

   "What's the matter? Kim, Ikana and I are busy. We are going to California tomorrow. By the way, your workplace will also be moved to California." Paris said.

   "Oh oh, ok." Kim Kardashian also knew of Ikana's existence.

   That's her big sister's big sister

   In addition, Kim Kardashian also knows that her big sister is one of the girlfriends of a super big shot!

  Kim Kardashian called Paris at this time today to talk about something related to that big shot.

   "Dear and respected Paris!" Kim Kardashian's voice was full of excitement, longing and longing, "I made this call to tell you some news. I think you may not know it yet."

  Kim Kardashian sounds a little excited.

   Even Paris was a little curious at the moment, "What is it?"

   "It's about the Forbes Billionaires List."

   "Then what does it matter to me?" Paris said dissatisfiedly, "It's not a celebrity ranking. And even if it is a celebrity ranking, I may not be able to make it now. Ikana may be able to go up."

   "No no no no no!"

  Kim Kardashian said excitedly:

   "What I want to say is that in this rich list, Mr. Abel Smith is the richest man in the world."

   ""Forbes" said that he has a fortune of more than 70 billion U.S. dollars!"

"what?"

  Paris thought she had heard wrong.

"Can you say that again?"

   "Abel Smith?"

   "Property of more than 70 billion U.S. dollars?!"

  (end of this chapter)