Riches and honor somebody said comes from God, but that doesn’t preclude that fact that for both to come your way there must be a convergence of both hard work and luck or blessing as some would like to call it. That’s why John D. Rockefeller, the guy who is considered to have amassed the greatest fortune ever to be gathered by any person then and today attributed his success to strategy and hard work. The phrase ‘’richest people’’ sounds like the who is who in all sectors of the economy in the four corners of the world.

This confirms the universality of hard work and luck as the quintessence principle of success be it in monetary terms or otherwise. Therefore whenever we classify John D. Rockefeller and Warren Buffet as the top cream of the world’s richest people then you can be sure that it’s a matter of unrelenting and unyielding determination which has seen them there. The prosperity of these moguls might not be appreciated until you hear some unbelievable statistics concerning their lots, here is one: According to the reputable actuary, Alexander Forbes, the combined fortunes of the top richest people in the world is greater that the total services and goods sold in the world’s third largest economy or Germany for that matter.

The only consolation that we get from that list is the fact that a number of those in the list like Rockefeller, Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates came from humble backgrounds thereby confirming that riches are for everyone who dares to dream and work towards realizing that dream. On the other hand there are those who were born with a golden spoon, like the Saudi Arabian Prince Al Waleed, and the Indian Mukesh brothers. Other rich people in-between the extremes include Paul Allen, Kenneth Thomson, Ingvar Kamprad, Li Ka-shing and Lakshmi Mittal among others.