The current FORBES lists its "Global Power Elite," a
group of 200 billionaires. FORBES: "Bowing to economic
reality, we have revised our selection process this year. A
billion bucks no longer gets you in. You've got to have
made it yourself, or you've got to be actively managing it."
Among those with a sports interest: BILL GATES, with a net
worth of $36.4B. Gates' Microsoft owns 11.5% of Comcast;
News Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch with a net worth of $2.8B;
Germany's LEO KIRCH at $2.8B; PAUL ALLEN at $14.1B; Nike
CEO PHIL KNIGHT with $5.8B; NHL/MLS team Owner PHILIP
ANSCHUTZ at $5B; LAURENCE & PRESTON TISCH, net worth at
$4.7B. Preston is Chair & co-CEO of NFL Giants; MCCAW
FAMILY, with a net worth of $3.8B. JOHN MCCAW JR. is Chair
of Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment; RICHARD DEVOS, with a
net worth of $2.6B; Devos is Chair of RDV Sports; Heat
Owner MICKY ARISON with a net worth of $2.3B; MLS investor
JOHN KLUGE with a net worth of $7.2B; Time Warner Vice Chair
& Braves/Hawks Chair TED TURNER with a net worth of $2.1B;
WAYNE HUIZENGA with a net worth of $1.7B; Italy's SILVIO
BERLUSCONI, who owns the soccer team AC Milan, with a net
worth of $4.9B; Italy's LUCIANO BENNETON and family, with
net worth of $3.6B; In France, adidas' ROBERT LOUIS-DREYFUS
with a net worth of $700M (FORBES, 7/28 issue).
