Vol 2 Chapter 623: Rich list announced
After Steve Forbes' efforts, he finally reached an agreement with Zucker on the specific time of the interview.
Well, the interview will be conducted the day before the release of the new "Forbes" rich list.
The interview date has arrived as scheduled!
The interview officially begins~
Steve Forbes, head of the Forbes Group, personally interviewed Zhuke.
"Let me say one extra thing first. As the head of Forbes, you interviewed me personally this time. Is it because my personal wealth has increased tremendously this year?"
Zhu Ke took the lead to ask.
Steve Forbes was taken aback, but he still nodded and said, "Yes. Last year, your personal wealth ranked 27th in the United States and 53rd in the world. Compared with last year, your personal wealth has increased significantly this year."
Zhu Ke smiled: "Can you tell me directly before the list is officially released?"
"No!"
Steve's answer was extremely straightforward.
Hearing this, Zhu Ke spread his hands and made a helpless expression: "Well, I can't convince you, but you have to be polite in the interview later."
Zhuke is also afraid of Steve asking some sensitive topics.
In particular, international political issues have always been the focus of Zhu Ke's taboo.
Only make money, don't talk about politics!
——This is the rule followed by Zhu Ke.
Steve smiled and said: "Then I would like to ask you, do you have a certain understanding of the world's richest families?"
Zhuke: "Of course."
Zhu Ke is also unambiguous at the moment, and directly named the names of many rich and famous families.
The Walton family behind Wal-Mart, the Mars family behind Mars Group, the Koch family behind Koch Industries, the Wertheimer family behind Chanel, the Anheuser family behind Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Xiangjiang Sun Hung Kai Properties The Lee family...
Zhu Ke said more than twenty names in a row, each of which was a super rich family.
Currently it is!
In 2020, too!
And wealth will also double a lot. For example, the Walton family ranked number one, whose family wealth has risen directly to nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars;
The Mars family behind the Mars Group is not bad, with family assets as high as 130 billion U.S. dollars;
The Koch family behind Koch Industries is also the owner of more than 120 billion U.S. dollars.
"Then the problem is coming!"
"The two houses of the U.S. Congress once again had a large-scale discussion on the wealthy tax. What do you think?"
Steve very slyly raised the issue of "the rich man's tax".
Zhuke immediately pointed to Steve and said, "Man, the first question is so crazy, do you think I died fast enough?"
Since the 1950s, the levy point and tax rate of the wealthy tax have been a point of concern and controversy among many wealthy people.
"Mr. Wald? You know. With the global economic slowdown and trade wars between major powers? People are increasingly worried about the global economy falling into recession. For example, the Covent family, the majority shareholder of BMW? In two years? Wealth has shrunk by US$6.7 billion."
Steve Forbes said.
Zhuke nodded and said, "But even so? As far as I know, the daily income of these wealthy families is still amazing? So the problem of huge wealth gap? has become the focus of many people's attention."
"Discussions on the taxation of the rich have intensified as a result."
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In fact, Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the American Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential candidates, has made the collection of the wealthy tax one of the core of her campaign.
She said: “In the future, a 2% rich man’s tax will be levied on wealthy individuals with wealth greater than US$50 million; a 3% rich man’s tax will be levied on wealthy individuals with wealth greater than US$1 billion.”
What is the wealthy tax?
To put it bluntly, the government forced the rich to cut meat.
Yes, it is mandatory, whether you agree or not.
However, her policy is not popular in the United States, and private property is sacred and inviolable.
After some pondering? Zhuke replied: "As far as I know, since the last century, more than 20 European countries have levied wealth tax before? But including Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Most countries, including the Netherlands and Sweden, eventually abolished the wealth tax."
"Why cancel?"
"Because this barbaric, compulsory, almost robbery-style meat cutting behavior? Doesn't solve the problem of wealth inequality? Instead, it will bring many new problems..."
In a word? Zhu Ke does not support the so-called wealth tax.
Want to cut meat?
Of course Zhuke would not agree!
Similarly, the vast majority of the wealthy groups in the United States will not accept it. Whoever dares to brag about this topic is the enemy, and the enemy is endless!
......
In the following time, Steve Forbes asked multiple questions again.
"What do you think of the Internet under the current situation?"
Steve heard it.
Zhu Ke replied: "The current Internet situation is generally severe. First, the Internet bubble in early 2000, and the recent 911 incident, during which batches of Internet companies and technology companies fell. ."
"However, I always insist that the dawn of the Internet will come soon!"
From the Internet to finance;
From finance to real estate;
Including hotels, food, retail, entertainment media, medicine, etc., Zhuke and Steve Forbes have launched a lot of discussions.
This interview should be Zhu Ke's longest interview since he passed through.
Finally, near the end.
Steve asked: "Mr. Wald, tomorrow is the day when the Forbes magazine's rich list is announced. Have you ever predicted your personal wealth ranking?"
Zhuke shrugged and smiled: "It's as much as it should be."
Hearing this, Steve smiled and didn't say much.
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The next day.
The much-anticipated "Forbes" annual rich list is officially released!
[Top 400 richest Americans list]
NO.1: Bill Gates;
Bill Gates, who once again topped the Forbes magazine's global rich list this year, has become the world's richest man for the eighth consecutive year.
Total personal wealth: 58.7 billion US dollars.
Don't think a lot...
You must know that before the Internet bubble burst in 1999, Bill Gates' total personal wealth was as high as more than 120 billion US dollars!
The recent 9/11 incident also caused Bill Gates' personal wealth to shrink severely, otherwise it would definitely exceed $70 billion.
NO.2: Warren Buffett;
Warren Buffett, known as the "stock god", relied on Berkshire Hathaway's shareholding and investments in various industries. The total personal wealth disclosed this year was as high as 32.3 billion U.S. dollars.
NO.3: Paul Allen;
With its status as the second largest shareholder of Microsoft, its total personal wealth is as high as US$30.4 billion.
NO.4: Larry Ellison;
As the chairman of Oracle, his total personal wealth in November 2001 was as high as US$26 billion.
Three of the top four on the top 400 list of the US billionaires ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are Internet giants.
According to "Forbes": In the form of global Internet stocks and technology stocks plummeting, many wealthy people who used to have skyrocketed wealth through the rise of technology and Internet stocks have also shrunk sharply with the explosion of technology and Internet stocks, evaporating hundreds of people. The value of 100 million yuan.
For example, Sun Zhengyi, founder of Softbank, had a personal net worth of US$76 billion at the beginning of last year, but this year it was only worth US$5.6 billion.
The shrinking of personal wealth is appalling.
NO.5: Zhuke Wald;
That's right!
In November 2001, "Forbes" ranked No. 5 on the list of the 400 richest Americans. It was Zhu Ke's classmate.
The total value of personal wealth disclosed is as high as 22.8 billion US dollars!
The list is single, everything is silent!
"" The third update is sent.
