5: Presenting You... | 2009-01-30 - 12:42 p.m.

The Forbes Fictional 15
1) Uncle Sam (infinite)
2) Scrooge McDuck (29.1b)
3) Richie Rich (12.3b)
4) Gordon Gekko (8.5b)
5) Jabba the Hutt (8.4b)
6) Ebenezer Scrooge (8.0b)
7) Tony Stark (7.9b)
8) Thurston Howell III (6.5b)
9) Bruce Wayne (5.8b)
10) Adrian "Ozymandias" Veidt (5.4b)
11) Jed Clampett (3.6b)
12) Artemis Fowl II (1.6b)
13) C. Montgomery Burns (996m)
14) Lara Croft (900m)
15) Mr. Monopoly (800m)

"We still estimate Claus's net worth as infinite, but we excluded him from this year's rankings after being bombarded by letters from outraged children insisting that Claus is "real." We don't claim to have settled the ongoing controversy concerning Claus's existence, but after taking into account the physical evidence--toys delivered, milk and cookies devoured--we felt it was safer to remove him from consideration."







Also,
Eight former billionaires dropped off the list, including Willy Wonka , whose candy company was hit hard by the rising cost of cocoa beans. Dark wizard Lucius Malfoy lost big investing in cauldron derivative swaps. And Princess Peach, heir to the Mushroom Kingdom, fled abroad after a revolution toppled her regime. Peach is reportedly in close consultation with advisers, hoarding fire flowers and invincibility stars, and plotting return to power.

Times are tough--even if you're imaginary.


credit: Forbes


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