Saturday, April 30, 2011

Top 5 Financial Facts about Royal Wedding 2011 – COST

5) Wedding Ring cost Prince William $11,000


At fifth spot of this list, we have the Wedding Ring given by Prince William to Kate Middleton which cost him $11000. That is not too expensive however the engagement ring worn by Kate Middleton is of her late mother in law Princess Diana and is worth $1 Million now.

4) Royal Wedding Cakes cost $80,000

At fourth place in this list, we have the royal wedding cakes. First one of them was multi-tiered fruit cake covered in white cream and icing, decorated with flowers and was designed by using the Joseph Lambert technique. The second one was Prince William’s favorite, a chocolate biscuit cake made using a royal family recipe.

3) Wedding Dress of Kate Middleton cost $450,000



The third most notable financial fact about the royal wedding is the money spent on the dresses of bride. Kate Middleton’s wedding gown and other outfits that she’ll wear to receptions have cost around $450,000 and this sum of money was reportedly paid by Kate’s parents.

2) About $800,000 spent Flowers
At second spot of this financial facts list on royal wedding 2011 is the money spent on flowers. The Queen and Prince Charles shared the responsibility to beautify Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace and spent about $800,000 on flowers.

1) $32 Million spent on Security

Thousands of police officers accompanied the bridal procession and armed military personnel escorted the couple from church service. Since, it was a national holiday the officers were paid double time and that makes the security expenses top the list of financial facts about royal wedding 2011.

Worlds People In Technology: These are men of TECH



Rank

Name

Net Worth



Age

Source


Country of Citizenship
2
Bill Gates

Bill Gates

$56 B 55 Microsoft United States
5

Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

$39.5 B 66 Oracle United States
24
Larry Page

Larry Page

$19.8 B 38 Google United States
24

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin

$19.8 B 37 Google United States
30
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

$18.1 B 47 Amazon United States
36

Azim Premji

Azim Premji

$16.8 B 65 Software India
44
Michael Dell

Michael Dell

$14.6 B 46 Dell United States
46

Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer

$14.5 B 55 Microsoft United States
52
Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

$13.5 B 26 Facebook United States
57

Paul Allen

Paul Allen

$13 B 58 Microsoft, investments United States
95
Robin Li

Robin Li

$9.4 B 42 Internet China
110

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

$8.3 B 56 Apple, Pixar United States
136
Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

$7 B 56 Google United States
141

Hasso Plattner

Hasso Plattner

$6.9 B 67 SAP Germany
141
James Goodnight

James Goodnight

$6.9 B 68 SAS Institute United States
143

Cher Wang & Wenchi Chen

Cher Wang & Wenchi Chen

$6.8 B 53 electronics Taiwan
145
Pierre Omidyar

Pierre Omidyar


$6.7 B 43 Ebay United States
179
Terry Gou

Terry Gou

$5.7 B 60 electronics Taiwan
182
Hiroshi Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani

$5.6 B 46 online retailing Japan
182
Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar

$5.6 B 65 Information technology India
208

Ma Huateng

Ma Huateng

$5 B 39 Internet China
268
Walter Haefner

Walter Haefner

$4 B 100 Software Switzerland
268

Gordon Moore

Gordon Moore

$4 B 82 Intel United States
297
Xavier Niel

Xavier Niel

$3.7 B 43 internet, telecom France
310

Ray Dolby

Ray Dolby

$3.5 B 78 Dolby Laboratories United States
323
Henry Ross Perot Sr

Henry Ross Perot Sr

$3.4 B 80 computer services, real estate United States
323

John Sall

John Sall

$3.4 B 63 SAS Institute United States
347
Jeffrey Skoll

Jeffrey Skoll

$3.2 B 46 Ebay Canada
376

Barry Lam

Barry Lam

$3 B 62 electronics Taiwan
420
Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz

$2.7 B 26 Facebook United States
440

David Sun

David Sun

$2.6 B 59 computer memory United States
440
John Tu

John Tu

$2.6 B 69 computer memory United States
440

William Ding

William Ding

$2.6 B 39 Internet China
488
Jay Y. Lee

Jay Y. Lee

$2.4 B 42 Samsung South Korea
512

Andreas von Bechtolsheim

Andreas von Bechtolsheim

$2.3 B 55 Google Germany
540
John Doerr

John Doerr

$2.2 B 59 venture capital United States
540

Yoshikazu Tanaka

Yoshikazu Tanaka

$2.2 B 34 social networking Japan
540
Hans-Werner Hector

Hans-Werner Hector

$2.2 B 71 SAP Germany
540

Bharat Desai

Bharat Desai & family

$2.2 B 58 Syntel United States
540
Jack Dangermond

Jack Dangermond


$2.2 B 65 mapping software United States
564
Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff

$2.1 B 46 Salesforce.com United States
595
Zhang Zhidong

Zhang Zhidong

$2 B 39 Internet China
595
N.R. Narayana Murthy

N.R. Narayana Murthy & family

$2 B 64 Software India
595
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

$2 B 79 construction, telecom United States
595
Henry Samueli

Henry Samueli


$2 B 56 Broadcom United States
595
Klaus Tschira

Klaus Tschira

$2 B 70 SAP Germany
651
Mike Lazaridis

Mike Lazaridis

$1.9 B 50 Research in Motion Canada
651
Lin Xiucheng

Lin Xiucheng & family

$1.9 B 55 electronics China
692
James Balsillie

James Balsillie

$1.8 B 50 Research in Motion Canada
692
Henry Nicholas

Henry Nicholas


$1.8 B 51 Broadcom United States
692
David Cheriton

David Cheriton

$1.8 B 59 Google Canada
692
Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani & family

$1.8 B 55 Software India
692
Gong Hongjia

Gong Hongjia & family

$1.8 B 46 electronics Hong Kong
692
Michael Moritz

Michael Moritz

$1.8 B 56 venture capital United States
736
Thomas Siebel

Thomas Siebel


$1.7 B 58 Siebel Systems United States
782
Eric Lefkofsky

Eric Lefkofsky

$1.6 B 41 technology United States
782
James Kim

James Kim & family

$1.6 B 75 microchips United States
782
Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo Saverin

$1.6 B 29 Facebook United States
782

Sean Parker

Sean Parker

$1.6 B 31 Facebook United States
782
Kavitark Ram Shriram

Kavitark Ram Shriram

$1.6 B 54 Venture capital, Google United States
782

Jack Ma

Jack Ma

$1.6 B 46 Internet China
782
Senapathy Gopalakrishnan

Senapathy Gopalakrishnan & family

$1.6 B 56 Software India
782
Irwin Jacobs

Irwin Jacobs

$1.6 B 77 Qualcomm United States
782
Gil Shwed

Gil Shwed


$1.6 B 43 Software Israel
833
Ralph Dommermuth

Ralph Dommermuth

$1.5 B 47 internet service provider Germany
833
Michael Chiang

Michael Chiang

$1.5 B 58 TPK Holdings Taiwan
879
David Filo

David Filo

$1.4 B 45 Yahoo United States
879

Romesh T. Wadhwani

Romesh T. Wadhwani

$1.4 B 63 Software United States
879
Scott Cook

Scott Cook

$1.4 B 58 Intuit United States
879

Henry Ross Perot Jr

Henry Ross Perot Jr

$1.4 B 52 computer services, real estate United States
879
Jiang Bin

Jiang Bin

$1.4 B 44 electronics China
879

Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

$1.4 B 56 Sun Microsystems, venture capital United States
879
Michael Federmann

Michael Federmann & family

$1.4 B 67 defense, hotels Israel
938
David Duffield

David Duffield

$1.3 B 70 PeopleSoft United States
938
Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang


$1.3 B 42 Yahoo United States
938
Steve Case

Steve Case

$1.3 B 52 AOL United States
938
Meg Whitman

Meg Whitman

$1.3 B 54 Ebay United States
938
Tsai Ming-kai

Tsai Ming-kai

$1.3 B N/A semiconductors Taiwan
993
Chen Tianqiao

Chen Tianqiao

$1.2 B 38 entertainment China
993
John Morgridge

John Morgridge


$1.2 B 77 Cisco United States
993
K Dinesh

K Dinesh & family

$1.2 B 56 Software India
1057
Michael Krasny

Michael Krasny

$1.1 B 57 CDW Corp United States
1057
S.D. Shibulal

S.D. Shibulal & family

$1.1 B 56 Software India
1140
Li Zhongchu

Li Zhongchu

$1 B 48 Information technology China
1140
Wang Wenjing

Wang Wenjing


$1 B 46 Software China
1140
Mark Pincus

Mark Pincus

$1 B 45 Zynga United States
1140
Yuri Milner

Yuri Milner

$1 B 49 social networking Russia
1140
Marius Nacht

Marius Nacht

$1 B 45 Software Israel
1140

Morris Kahn

Morris Kahn

$1 B 81 Software Israel