WORLD'S RICHEST MAN
—_*_ — HENRY FORD SUPPLANTS J. D. ROCKEFELLER. (B¥ CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPXBIGH7 ) (AUSTRALIAN AKB N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATIOH.) (Received May oth, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 5. Mr Henry Ford lias displaced itr John D. Eockfoller as the world's richest man. Taking the Ford Company's balance-sheets and other figures a3 a basis, Wall street authorities estimate Mr Ford's personal wealth at 750,000,000 dollars. They believe that Mr Eockfeller, who has given away one billion dollars, has no more than 300,000,000 million dollars left.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17756, 7 May 1923, Page 8
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83WORLD'S RICHEST MAN Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17756, 7 May 1923, Page 8
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