Billionaire Boys Club
According to Forbes there are nine billionaires in Washington. Damn, nine! Would you believe that of those nine not a single one are Seattlest or a friend, acquaintance or associate of Seattlest? We would. Stay tuned next week when Seattlest compiles a list of Washington's nine poorest residents which may actually include Seattlest and/or friends, acquaintances or associates of Seattlest.
Forbes lists 793 billionaires, but that's just the beginning of the money porn list love. There's "Top 10 Vehicles Owned by Billionaires" and a list of bachelors or "newshounds" or "Women We Envy." Puget Sound Business Journal has done the work of separating the Washington nine from the crowd.
1.) We have the Gates, obviously, as the richest man in the world at $50 billion this year. Hell of a year, Gates. The undisputed geek.
2.) Paul Allen is the second richest in Seattle, with a bullet. Imagine what this man can do after he sheds the dead weight of multiple sports franchises.
3.) Steve Ballmer, also of Microsoft renown, at $13.6 billion. Our experts predict he's topping out.
4.) Jeff Bezos has a bank account that contains $4.3 billion. That's a lot of books.
5.) Craig McCaw? Who the hell is that? $2.1 billion.
6.) James Jannard has made $1.3 billion making tasteless sunglasses that people seem to love. Oaklies.
7.) John Edson is our personal favorite even though we just learned of his existence mere seconds ago. Owner of Bayliner Marine Corp and worth a cool billion. We're pulling for you next year, Edson.
8.) Charles Simonyi, also a billionaire, also a Microsoftie.
9.) John Stanton also made a billion doing something with the cell phone. Way to hang in there, John.
There's also a "Do you have what it takes to be a billionaire" quiz at Forbes and we're posting our Seattlest version of that after the jump.
Do you have a billion dollars? yes___ no___
