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Princess Turandot

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15. "Net Worth" is traditionally defined as the difference...
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 11:33 PM
Mar 2017

between total assets and total liabilities for a business or individual, which means that outstanding loans and other debt are taken into account.

That being said, all financial information for individuals will not be directly attainable from public sources. Wikipedia has a description of Forbes' methodology here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires#Methodology

Trump has insisted in the past that he is worth more than what these surveys generally estimate, because he imputes a great financial value to the 'Trump Name', which Forbes of course does not include. Last year, he insisted that he was worth twice as much as Forbes estimated because of the 'name'.

If there is anything he cares about more anything else, it is his money. infidelsavant Mar 2017 #1
do they take into account debt when doing this ? JI7 Mar 2017 #2
Good question. nt zentrum Mar 2017 #3
"Net Worth" is traditionally defined as the difference... Princess Turandot Mar 2017 #15
He's doing his best to climb up the list via the office of presidency. Kittycow Mar 2017 #4
554?! EarthFirst Mar 2017 #5
Does it include the Rosneft deal? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #6
And just think for him to just make the list he used oligrapghy mafia money from Russia turbinetree Mar 2017 #7
pretty soon he is going to be quoting Nixon............ 'I am not a crook' Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #8
The top 543 ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #9
Bill Gates leads the list for the fourth year in a row, with a fortune of $86 billion, $11 billion m riversedge Mar 2017 #10
Fewer People want anything to do with this AssHole! Cryptoad Mar 2017 #11
The world would be a better place without apparently over 500 billionaires. PSPS Mar 2017 #12
+1 dalton99a Mar 2017 #13
+1000 Raster Mar 2017 #16
Their paychecks, their inflated rent or mortgages, their inflated health care costs... meadowlander Mar 2017 #17
Uh oh...incoming! NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #14
I bet his brand and reputation have gone down the shitter IronLionZion Mar 2017 #18
Have his people contact me. I'll make an offer on one of his failing midtown properties. Coventina Mar 2017 #19
Loser lunatica Mar 2017 #20
I've been looking at the list Locutusofborg Mar 2017 #21
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