Forbes Announces Top 15 Richest (Fictional) People

In the midst of researching middle age finance and retirement issues, I came across this article in the current issue of Forbes. Essentially, researchers at Forbes took the time to compile a list of the world's wealthiest fictional people. There are the obvious selections such as J.R. Ewing (head of "Dallas" based Ewing Oil), but also several not-so-obvious choices such as Auric Goldfinger (who when not battling James Bond makes his money in gold and commodities trading).

Below is the entire list and follow this link to the Forbes article for a humorous write-up (or more accurately send up) of each one.

1. Santa Claus ($ ∞)
2. Richie Rich (24.7 billion)
3. Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (10 billion)
4. Scrooge McDuck (8.2 billion)
5. Thurston Howell III (8 billion)
6. Willie Wonka (8 billion)
7. Bruce Wayne (6.3 billion)
8. Lex Luthor (4.7 billion)
9. J.R. Ewing 2.8 billion
10. Auric Goldfinger (1.2 billion)
11. C. Montgomery Burns (1 billion)
12. Charles Foster Kane (1 billion)
13. Cruella De Vil (875 million)
14. Gordon Gekko (650 million)
15. Jay Gatsby (600 million)

You will note that there appears to be a glass ceiling when it comes to fictional wealth as there is only one woman (Cruella De Vil) that made the list.

h/t: Free Money Finance