World's Oldest Billionaires
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There's new money, there's old money, then there's really old money. Here's a look at the 16 billionaires in the world who are older than 90. Their ages are current as of Oct. 2007.
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John Simplot
United States
Age: 98
Net Worth: $3.6 billion
Idaho's premier potato man supplies the spuds for the bulk of McDonald's french fries. Simplot was also an original investor in Micron Technology; his holdings in the firm are worth some $200 million.
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Walter Haefner
Switzerland
Age: 97
Net Worth: $4.3 billion
Born in Switzerland, Haefner parlayed profits from a data-processing business he started into a 22% stake in Islandia, N.Y.-based Computer Associates. He also breeds horses and imports cars.
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Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
Denmark
Age: 94
Net Worth: $1.8 billion
The inheritor of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, a Copenhagen consortium of shipping and other businesses, retired as chairman four years ago but reportedly remains active in calling the shots.
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John Kluge
United States
Age: 93
Net Worth: $9.5 billion
For a time, before the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, Kluge was America's wealthiest man. Foremost a media mogul among varied business interests, he cashed in with a $4 billion sale of his Metromedia television stations to 20th Century Fox (now part of News Corp.) in 1986.
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David Rockefeller Sr.
United States
Age: 92
Net Worth: $2.7 billion
The grandson of original Standard Oil Chief John D. Rockefeller, the retired banker now spends the bulk of his time donating money, mostly for educational causes.
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Top musicians may claim they're not in it for the money, but none of them are turning down their tremendous paychecks. According to Forbes, the top five musical acts pulled in more than $360 million from June 2006 to June 2007.
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