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J.K. Rowling would have been on the list but she gave away a lot of her money taking away her billionaire status.

No, it's the top 100, not just anyone with a billion dollars. So, eg, Steven Spielberg (~4 billion) isn't on the list either.

Nor were British billionaires Mike Ashley or Richard Branson.

Not a single self-made woman makes the top 100

Ever consider orthogonal strategies?

There's a world in the sun. Go hide! But: worth it. Show you to rely on the night.

My markov text came from scraped lyrics to a couple hundred hair metal songs. What did yours come from? :)

Rinehart inherited a $100m company and grew it to a $18.5b fortune. Looks like that's as close as it gets.

The fifteenth vs the nineteenth

And only one black man.

Where is Oprah?

From what I can tell, this is a top 100 list. She's a billionaire, but below the ranking threshold.

Yet.