Sunday Times Rich List

I think it is embargoed for web release at least until the end of the day. Someone will update Wikipedia soon no doubt.
 
I have to say I fail to comprehend the mentality of anyone who takes the remotest interest in this kind of thing :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by Desert Orchid@Apr 29 2007, 01:15 PM
I have to say I fail to comprehend the mentality of anyone who takes the remotest interest in this kind of thing :rolleyes:
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Given the many different purposes that a list like this has - some admittedly more likeable than others - that is some lack of comprehension you are having to deal with.
 
How about helping to determine the reasons why the Uber-rich choose to locate here - or at least to map the patterns of them doing so.

How about to contrast our national born and educated Industry leaders with those developed elsewhere.

How about so that Jealous, Inquisitive, Aspirational, Greedy [insert any of a hundred] people can get out of it whatever they want.

How about to help to measure the success of someone's career?

I find it fascinating on many levels.
 
Fascinating take on it, BM.

Presumably the uber-rich locate here because they get to keep more of their money. I don't need a list to tell me that.

I don't care where anyone was born.

The third point is probably what sells the paper and why I wouldn't buy it.

I don't see wealth as a measure of success. (Relationships with others are what counts for me.)
 
I guess we are starting from very different viewpoints hence our different opinion, which is fine.

Re: your point about not caring where people are born. Neither do I on a geographical level. However it may be reflective of something that is important (it may not be - but that is why it interests me). When viewed in the context of a few years it is interesting to track the progress of "groups" of people and try and figure out the reasons. Are they educated in a different way, from a different culture? Is there anything that we can learn fom them?

Do trends in the list begin to represent underlying factors in this country (It is a UK rich list)?

As for wealth as a measure of success: you may not like it, but your first post intimates that you don't understand it. I don't believe that.
 
I wouldn't buy a paper to read it BUT would have a quick scan through on the internet if it were there. Personally, I am intrigued to see who is on it, and how could anyone possibly know how much they are really worth. I bet the egos of many of those appearing on the list go into orbit once the list is published, and I bet some also find friends and relations they never previously knew they had! :suspect: :D
 
I just don't see why people are interested in knowing who's got how much. Obviously they are interested otherwise the newspapers wouldn't publish it but I just don't see why.
 
Originally posted by Desert Orchid@Apr 29 2007, 01:15 PM
I have to say I fail to comprehend the mentality of anyone who takes the remotest interest in this kind of thing :rolleyes:
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I'm interested so I know who's daughter to chat up (rather attempt to) :D
 
Originally posted by Irish Stamp+Apr 29 2007, 06:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Irish Stamp @ Apr 29 2007, 06:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Desert Orchid@Apr 29 2007, 01:15 PM
I have to say I fail to comprehend the mentality of anyone who takes the remotest interest in this kind of thing :rolleyes:
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I'm interested so I know who's daughter to chat up (rather attempt to) :D [/b][/quote]
Mine is obviously well below your radar.
 
:laughing: :laughing: You'd think he'd change it to Dipshit, wouldn't you?

I don't envy anyone their wealth, on the contrary, I'm pleased for people doing well, particularly when the gains have sprung from personal intelligence, brilliance at seeing and seizing opportunities, and most particularly when they've had to buck humble beginnings. Provided they haven't been total pigs and knocked down a lot of decent people to get where they are, then I don't see the problem.

Huge wealth on this scale implies enormous non-cash assets, though - organisations and corporations worth £xxx, properties, all kinds of solid assets, rather than a personal bank balance. Not that one of them couldn't throw cash on the desk for a swish car, but I'm sure everything is highly structured through a rigorous accounting system and a battery of tax specialists. It'd take a lot of the pleasure out of being madly rich if I couldn't just hoik £10,000 out of my pocket for the next Big Ishooo seller I saw, and had to account for every damn penny.

And on the plus side, think of all the jobs these people support through their businesses. Families kept going by them, children educated, homes bought or improved, a healthier lifestyle, etc., etc. What would balance the seeming admiration of wealth for wealth's sake would be a note of how many people they employ, average salaries, benefits (pensions, bonuses, healthcare schemes, education schemes, etc.), etc. to show who's the No.1 Best Employer.
 
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