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Oliver Shepard (born 1946) is a British explorer. He participated in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole. [1] [2] Shepard was educated at Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, followed by Eton College (also in Berkshire).
Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22. This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001.
The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton , that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
More than ten years after Michael Jackson's death, the King of Pop has returned to the top of the 2023 highest-earning list for the first time since 2019.
On Forbes, Buffett has a net worth of $106.2 billion as the fifth-richest person in the world. On Bloomberg, Buffett's net worth is $105 billion and he ranks in sixth place.
Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [6] As the United States became the world's leading economic power by the late 19th century, the wealthiest people in America were often also the wealthiest people in the world.
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It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1]