Forbe's Billionaire List

The Forbe's magazine released their 2006 Billionaire (World's richest people) list adding 102 names to the list. The new additions set a record of 793 billionaires in the world. Most of the names came from emerging markets outside of the US as the US stock market lagged to only a 1% increase. The richest man in the world (for the past 12th-year in a row) is Bill Gates; his wealth grew 3.5 billion from 46.5 billion last year. The second richest man in the world is Berkshire-Hathaway's chairman Warren Buffet with $42 billion in net worth, down $2 billion from last year.
Billionaires with South Carolina ties:

• No. 258: Martha Ingram-Charleston native, Tennessee resident with $2.7 billion, up $100 million from last year.
• No. 335: Richard Rainwater of Texas with $2.3 billion, up $200 million from last year. Rainwater is married to Darla Moore of Lake City, S.C. (Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.)
• No. 562: USC graduate Bob McNair of Texas with $1.4 billion-last year he ranked 437th with $1.5 billion. The Bob McNair referred to on the list, is not the former Governor of South Carolina and head of McNair Law Firm, P.A., but the owner of the NFL franchise the Houston Texans. Perhaps that lousy investment is the reason his wallet is light $100 million.
  
• No. 746: Jerry Zucker with $1 billion. The Charleston industrialist made his first appearance on the Billionaire list this year.