Careers and Jobs

Well Bill Gates is no longer No1 richest man on the planet. He has been overtaken by Warren Buffet. Below are some of the findings by Forbes List of the world’s top billionaires. These guys have more money than some small countries.

1. $62bn Warren Buffet – American Investor
2. $60bn Carlos Slim Helum – Mexican Telecoms Guru
3. $58bn Bill Gates – Microsoft.

Six Irish made the list. Leading the list was Sean Quinn with $6bn and others include Denis O’Brien, Dermot Desmond, Sir Anthony O’Reilly, John Dorrance and Mr Mistrum. I guess the Celtic Tiger has been good to the Irish after all.

The youngest pretender of the list is of course – Mr Facebook.

Ireland is no longer the “land of the little people” and Darby O’Gill will have to pack his bags and move if he wants to do a sequel to his 1959 movie. The Celtic Tiger helped create a booming racing industry in Ireland but it is now putting pressure on the same industry as teenagers are now too big to become jockeys. Racing academies are now recruiting in regions like Eastern Europe to fill places. Paddy Power and other bookies won’t be laying odds on the new Irish Ruby Walsh in the near future. Having said this, the Guards could prove a solution to the Racing Industry staffing problems as I noted this week that we now have a guard who measures in at 5ft 2 inches.

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