Emlyn Scott

Emlyn Scott is the founder of Rich1Percent, investor and wealth creation author. He is a wealth creation and finance expert with 4 post graduate qualifications (BEc, GDAFI, MBA, CFA) from over 10 years of post graduate study and over 15 years of hands-on finance and investment experience. He has amassed a multi-million dollar investment portfolio and is author of Wealth Buys Freedom, which describes the wealth creation formula. For a more detailed biography of Emlyn Scott click here. He can be contacted at emlynscott@rich1percent.com.

Published on 03/30/2008

Interesting facts and figures for April.

April 2008 Interesting Facts & Figures

23 The age of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Source: USA Today	$62 billion The net worth of Warren Buffet, the richest man in the world. Source: Forbes
1% > 90% The richest 1% of Americans own more than the bottom 90%. Source: Office of Social Justice	$37 million The number of poor people in America. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
17% Women working full-time earn, on average, 17% less an hour than men working full-time. For women working part-time the gap is 36% an hour. Source: Fawcett – Money, Money, Money	22% The percent of total tax paid by the top 1% of income earners in the UK. Source: Inland Revenue
4 out of 5 Four of the five richest Americans, Bill Gates, casino owner Sheldon Adelson, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, do not have a college degree. Source: Forbes	$300 billion The value of the richest man who has ever lived, John D. Rockefeller, in inflation adjusted terms. Source: Forbes