The 10 Richest People in Aspen
Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by admin in Aspen, Lifestyle Writing
April 2009 – Aspen.com: The 10 Richest People in Aspen
For most of us bottom-of-the-money-food-chain commoners – meaning the wage-paid hungry, tired, and poor – it can be difficult to fully envision one billion dollars, particularly if you’ve never stepped foot in a Red Mountain estate or flown first class, much less in a private jet where the stewardess was offering caviar instead of airline peanuts or Dom Perignon for mouthwash. For the mathematically handicapped, a billion dollars is a one followed by nine zeros. A little unscientific research from around the Internet concludes that a billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was still in its prime, with one billion minutes equaling somewhere in the ballpark of 1,900 years. In pennies, a billion dollars would cover almost 14 square miles, an area four times the size of the downtown Aspen municipality.
All this begs one question: Who are these mysterious and faceless billionaires?
