Robert Kuok Net Worth In May 2011 | Richest Person In Malaysia 2011

Robert Kuok Net Worth In May 2011: $12.5 Million (USD)

Robert Kuok Hock Nien (6 October 1923) is an influential Malaysian Chinese businessman. According to Forbes his net worth is estimated to be around $12.5 billion on May 2011, making him the richest person in Malaysia.

Robert Kuok is media-shy and discreet; most of his businesses are privately held by him or his family. Apart from a multitude of businesses in Malaysia, his companies have investments in many countries throughout Asia. His business interests range from sugarcane plantations, sugar refineries, flour milling, animal feed, oil, mining, finance, hotels, properties, trading, freight and publishing. He was a student from the prestigious school Raffles Institution.

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Top 10 Best Novelists In The World 2011

1. J.K.Rowling – Harry Potter

2. R. L. Stine – Goosebumps

3. Erle Stanley Gardner – Perry Mason

4. Stan and Jan Berenstain – Berenstain Bears

5. Francine Pascal and Ghostwriters – Sweet Valley High

6. Enid Mary Blyton – Noddy

7.Christopher Awdry – The Railway Series

8. Ann Matthews Martin – The Baby Sitters Club

9. Helen Beatrix Potter – Peter Rabbit

10. Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen - Chicken Soup for the Soul

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J.K Rowling Net Worth In May 2011 | Harry Potter Novelist

J.K Rowling Net Worth In May 2011 : $1 Bilion (USD)

Joanne "Jo" Rowling(born 31 July 1965)is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter Novel. Joanne "Jo" Rowling nick name J.K Rowling.

J.K Rowling got a novel idea on train trip from Manchester to London 1990. Now that novel sold out around 400 million copies. Its net worth around $7 billion. J. K. Rowling was named 'Most Influential Woman in Britain' by leading magazine editors.She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and Lumos.

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Super Star Rajinikanth Estimated Net Worth In 2011 | Rajinikanth Net Value

Super Star Rajinikanth Net Worth In 2011 : $112 Million (USD)

Rajinikanth (12 December 1950) is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon.His real name Shivaji Rao Gaekwad.  He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal(1975), directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor.

He became the highest paid actor in Asia after being paid 26 crore (US$5.9 million) for his role in Sivaji (2007) compare to Jackie Chan.

He was bestowed the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in the year 2000 for his contribution to Indian cinema.He was named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek. He was also named by Forbes India as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.

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Sheldon Adelson Net Worth In May 2011 | Sheldon Gary Adelson Net Value

Sheldon Adelson Net Worth In May 2011 : $23.3 Billion (USD)

Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 6, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Adelson vastly increased his net worth upon the initial public offering of Las Vegas Sands in December 2004.

Occupation : Gambling/Leisure businesses.

He is currently the 5th wealthiest American and 16th wealthiest person in the world.

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Show Time : Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Review

We have recently seen Autocar’s  first video review of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Now, its time for British journalists from EVO Magazine who have tested the LP700-4 on Vallelunga race track in Italy. The video also features Maurizio Reggiani, Lamborghini’s Research and Development Technical Director who talked a little about the technical details regarding the Aventador LP700-4.

The Murcielago replacement is powered by 6.5-liter V12 engine with 700 hp and 690 Nm of torque. The power is sent to all four wheels via via a 7 speed ISR transmission. In terms of performance, the Aventador is able to complete 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) sprint in just 2.9 seconds and hits a top speed of 350 km/h.

The Lamborghini Aventador will be available from 379700 USD. Watch Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 test drive video after a jump.

 

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Andrew Christopher Gower Net Worth In 2011 | Youngest Entrepreneurs In The World

Andrew Christopher Gower Net Worth In 2011 : $217 Million (USD)

Andrew Christopher Gower (2 December 1978)  was born in Nottingham, England. He attended The Becket School and then went on to study at Cambridge University.

Andrew Gower is a British video game developer and co-founder of Cambridge-based Jagex Games Studio, the company he founded with Paul Gower and Constant Tedder. He is noted for writing the MMORPG RuneScape with the assistance of his brother Paul Gower. He currently remains its lead developer on paper. In December 2010 he left the Jagex board of directors.

Andrew Christopher Gower is the 11th Richest Young Entrepreneurs In UK.

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LeAnn Margaret Rimes Estimated Net Worth In 2011 | LeAnn Margaret Rimes Net Value In 2011

LeAnn Margaret Rimes  Net Worth In 2011 : $38 Million (USD)

LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982) is an American country singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to country music singer Patsy Cline,and her rise to fame at the age of 13, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996. Her debut album, Blue, reached Number 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified "multi-platinum" in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Roman Abramovich Estimated Net Worth In 2011 | Roman Abramovich Net Value

Roman Abramovich Estimated Net Worth In 2011 : $ 13.4 Billion (USD)

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich ( 24 October 1966) is a Russian businessman and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.

Abramovich is currently the ninth richest person in Russia and the 53rd richest person in the world. In 2003, Abramovich was named Person of the Year by Expert, a Russian business magazine. He shared this title with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He is known outside Russia as the owner of Chelsea Football Club, an English Premier League footbal lteam, and for his wider involvement in European football.

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Damien Steven Hirst Estimated Net Worth In 2011 | Damien Steven Hirst Net Value

Damien Steven Hirst Estimated Net Worth In 2010 : $ 383 Million (USD)

Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s.He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List.

Artist Damien Hirst is known for many things, animals suspended in formaldehyde, a skull covered in diamonds, but one thing he is not known for is working alone. Hirst has employed teams of assistants for years to help him work on his pieces. But Hirst has gone back to basics for his series called 'The Blue Paintings." Done between 2006 and 2008, the 25 paintings mark Hirst's return to solo brush on canvas action. Only for an artist like Hirst would working alone actually be considered newsworthy, for him, it's practically a stunt.

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Ingvar Feodor Kamprad Estimated Net Worth In 2011 | Ingvar Feodor Kamprad Net Value

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad Estimated Net Worth In 2011 : $6 Billion (USD)

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad (30 March 1926) is a Swedish business magnate and the founder of IKEA, a retail (specialty) company.

As of 2011, he is the 162nd wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of around US$6 billion in 2011.However, according to Swedish business weekly Veckans Affärer, he is the wealthiest person in the world with an estimated wealth of between $50bn and $90bn, owning the IKEA franchise through Interogo Foundation and Stichting INGKA Foundation.

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Liliane Bettencourt’s Net Worth In May 2011

Liliane Bettencourt’s Net Worth : $23.5 BIllion (USD)

• Liliane Bettencourt (21 October 1922) is a French heiress, socialite, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal and, with a fortune estimated at US$23.5 billion, is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

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Top 10 - Nuclear Powers of the World 2011

1. United States

First test : 1945

Nuclear stockpile size : 5,113

Last nuclear test : 1992

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2. Russia

First test :1949

Nuclear stockpile size : 2,825, Peak stockpile: 41,000

Last nuclear test : 1990

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3. China

First test : 1964

Nuclear stockpile size : 240

Last nuclear test : 1996

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4. France

First test : 1960

Nuclear stockpile size : 300

Last nuclear test : 1995

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5. United Kingdom

First test :1952

Nuclear stockpile size : 225

Last nuclear test : 1991

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6. Israel

First test : Possibly 1979

Nuclear stockpile size : Up to 400

Last nuclear test : Possibly 1979

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7. India

First test : 1974

Nuclear stockpile size : 40-95

Last nuclear test :1998

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8. Pakistan

First test : 28 May, 1998

Nuclear stockpile size : 70-90

Last nuclear test : 30 May, 1998

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9. North Korea

First test : 2006

Nuclear stockpile size : Less than 10

Last nuclear test : 2009

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10. Iran

First test : Never

Nuclear stockpile size : 2,400 kilogram of low-enriched uranium

Last nuclear test : Never

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Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth In May 2011 | Cristiano Ronaldo Net Value

Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth: $130 million

 

Cristiano Ronaldo Salary for 2011 : £11 million

Full name   :  Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

Date of birth :   5 February 1985 (age 26)

Playing position :   Forward / Winger

Current club :   Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer . He played for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid. Ronaldo is the most expensive football player in  history. Real Madrid  signed a deal worth £80 million. His one year Salary for 2011 is about £11 million. He is the highest-paid football player in the world.

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Tata Nano Diesel Engine Gives 40Kmpl!

Tata is working on the diesel variant of its popular small car Tata Nano for quite sometime. Tata has been developing the Diesel engine for Tata Nano Diesel with Bosch which is a leading automobile component manufacturer. The Petrol version of Tata Nano, which runs on a MPFI engine which is BS4 compatible and delivers 20+ KMPL of mileage.

The upcoming diesel engine of Tata Nano will be even more fuel efficient with an estimated mileage of 40 Km per litre of diesel (official test data not available as yet) per litre of diesel. This will make Tata Nano the cheapest running cost diesel car in probably the whole world ! The running cost will be slightly above 1 rupee per kilometer which is far cheaper than the nearest competing car running on Diesel.

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World's Fastest Cars In 2011 - 2012

World's Fastest Cars

Here are the  list of  Top 10 World’s fastest cars based on top speed.

1. Bugatti Veyron

Top Speed : 267 mph,

Top Speed Time:  0-60 in 2.5 secs.

Engine: Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp,

Price: $1,700,000.

Bugatti Veyron the fastest car in the world at 267 mph.

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2. SSC Ultimate Aero

Top Speed : 257 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 2.7 secs.

Engine: Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp

Price: $654,400

The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world - Guinness World Records, Break By  Bugatti Veyron  2010

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3. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

Top Speed : 248 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.

Engine: Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp

Price: $555,000

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4. Koenigsegg CCX

Top Speed : 245 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.

Engine: 90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp

Price: $545,568

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5. McLaren F1

Top Speed : 240 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.2 secs.

Engine: BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp

Price: $970,000.

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6. Ferrari Enzo

Top Speed : 217 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.4 secs.

Engine: F140 Aluminum V12 Engine with 660 hp

Price:$670,000.

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7. Jaguar XJ220

Top Speed : 217 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.8 secs.

Engine: Twin Turbo V6 Engine with 542 hp

Price:$650,000

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8. Pagani Zonda F

Top Speed : 215 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.5 secs.

Engine: Mercedes Benz M180 V12 Engine with 650 hp

Price: $667,321

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9. Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

Top Speed : 211 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.3 secs.

Engine: V12 Engine with 640 hp

Price: $ 430,000

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10. Porsche Carrera GT

Top Speed : 205 mph,

Top Speed Time: 0-60 in 3.9 secs.

Engine: Aluminum, 68 Degree, Water Cooled V10 Engine with 612 hp

Price: $440,000

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Osama bin Laden Killed on CIA operation in in Pakistan

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is Killed on CIA operation in in Pakistan and recovered his body after a tortuous decade long hunt for the elusive militant leader who commanded the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. government officials said Sunday night.

CIA Director Leon Panetta called key members of Congress late Sunday to describe the killing of the Al Qaeda leader, and President Obama is expected to make the announcement on national TV.

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Prince William and Kate Wedding Photos Collection

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World's Most Qualified Royal Prince In 2011

Here is the list of The world's Most Eligible Royals living the bachelor life.

Prince Harry

Country : England

Prince Harry 26 year-old little brother of William

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Prince Carl Philip

Country : Sweden

Prince Carl Philip the 31-year-old billionaire is studying Agriculture in Sweden,

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Prince Philippos

Country : Greece

Prince Philippos is a 24-year-old

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Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi

Country : Monaco

Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi 26-year-old

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2011 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE! TOUR DATES

2011 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE! TOUR DATES

July 6: West Valley City, UT, Maverik Center
July 8: Everett, WA, Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center
July 9: Portland, OR, Rose Garden
July 11: Sacramento, CA, Power Balance Pavilion
July 12: Oakland, CA, The Oracle Arena
July 13: San Jose, CA, HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 15: Los Angeles, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
July 16: Ontario, CA, Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 17: Phoenix, US Airways Arena
July 19: Oklahoma, OK, Cox Convention Center
July 20: Grand Prairie, TX, Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
July 21: Houston, Reliant Arena
July 22: New Orleans, Lakefront Arena
July 24: Orlando, Amway Center
July 26: Duluth, GA, Arena at Gwinnett Center
July 27: Raleigh, NC, RBC Center
July 28: Charlotte, NC, Time Warner Cable Arena
July 30: Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
July 31: St. Louis, MO, Scottrade Center
Aug. 2: Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
Aug. 3: Minneapolis, Target Center
Aug. 4: Milwaukee, Bradley Center
Aug. 6: Rosemont, IL, Allstate Arena
Aug. 7: Detroit, Joe Louis Arena
Aug. 9: Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
Aug. 10: Pittsburgh, Consol Energy Center
Aug. 11: Baltimore, 1st Mariner Arena
Aug. 13: Atlantic City, NJ, Boardwalk Hall
Aug. 14: Newark, NJ, Prudential Center
Aug. 17: Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
Aug. 19: Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
Aug. 20: Richmond, VA, Richmond Coliseum
Aug. 21: Wilkes-Barre, PA, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
Aug. 23: Long Island, NY, Nassau Coliseum
Aug. 25: Bridgeport, CT, Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard
Aug. 27: Providence, RI, Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Aug. 28: Albany, NY, Times Union Center
Aug. 30: Portland, ME, Cumberland County Civic Center
Aug. 31: Manchester, NH, Verizon Wireless Arena
Sept. 1: Worcester, MA, DCU Center
Sept. 3: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena
Sept. 6: Syracuse, NY, War Memorial Arena at The Oncenter
Sept. 7: Reading, PA, Sovereign Center
Sept. 9: Toronto, Air Canada Centre
Sept. 10: Rochester, NY, Blue Cross Arena

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