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"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."
Who said that? Some destitute retiree in Florida?
Nope. None other than oil man John D. Rockefeller, the wealthiest man the world has ever known. On inflation-adjusted terms, Rockefeller's early-20th-century fortune is estimated by Forbes to be the equivalent of more than $300 billion today -- roughly five times the wealth of today's richest man (Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, or Mukesh Ambani, depending on the time of day and whom you ask).
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