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Don't you just hate pop-ups? They have a tendency to appear when you right in the middle of something important/ interesting on the web, and it doesn't matter if you try blocking them, they have an uncanny way of working around it, and still appearing on your screen.... But, sometimes, a pop-up of note can appear, and that's what happened today...

The Forbes Billionaires List popped up as some as I sat down today, and it got me reading all about the most wealthiest men on earth. I was personally impressed because of the ten men, that I read up on, four of them have degrees in Science, and two actually have Masters degrees in Science. Now, I know, that all science degrees are not related, but, please, let me just delude myself this once by believing that if they can do it, so can I... Who knows, this blog may one day belong to not only a
F-A-M-O-U-S person but a F-A-M-O-U-S B-I-L-L-I-O-N-A-I-R-E .... NAMELY ... ME

so, without further ado... The top Ten Billionaires
1) Bill Gates , 50 yrs old, Self made in the software industry, net worth 50 B
2) Warren Buffet, 75, Self made, Investments in well known brands like Coca cola, Dairy Queen, American Express, and Gillette amongst others, 42 B
3)Carlos Slim Helu , 66, Inherited wealth and growing, Telecommunications, 30 B I was really amazed by this guy, and he could be considered a modern day version of the Emperor Shah Jahan since he has had the Mexico City's Museo Soumaya built, which he has founded and namely after his late wife .. awwwwhhhh, isn't that so romantic....
moving on..
4) Ingvar Kamprad, 79, self-made, owns the chain of IKEA across US and Europe, 28B
5) Lakshmi Mittal , 55, Inherited and growing wealth, Owns 78% of Mittal Steel,23.5 B
6) Paul Allen , 53, self made in Software (Microsoft) , 22B
7) Bernad Arnault, 57, Self made in diversified areas, A year of celebration for the "Pope of fashion." His high-end luxury goods empire LVMH, with brands including Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Christian Dior and Mokt & Chandon, posted record sales of $16.6 billion.21.5 B
8) Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsuad, 49, Self made in investments, This nephew of the Saudi king is one of the world's wealthiest investors, with a big stake in Citigroup. Received much publicity–some of it negative–in December 2005 for the $20 million gifts he made to Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies departments. In January 2006, with a partner, announced a $3.9 billion deal to buy Fairmont Hotel & Resorts. In February listed his hotel holdings on the Dubai stock exchange. Planning to take his main investment group, Kingdom Holdings, public on the Saudi exchange later this year.20B
9) Kenneth Thompson and family, 82, inherited and growing wealth, Media, 19.6B
and number ten on the list is
Li Ka-Shing, 77, self made, Asia's richest and most influential investor's fortune is centered on conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa. Real estate developer, cell phone provider, retailer, major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong and the world's largest operator of container terminals. In June donated $180 million to University of Hong Kong; $40 million to University of California, Berkeley. Son Victor helps father run his massive empire. 18.8B