http://clipmarks.com/tags/rich+snobs/http://rss.clipmarks.com/tags/rich+snobs/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/23BC60F5-04FF-46C4-B3AC-BB585600FADC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Antara/">Antara</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Russia's super-rich love to flaunt their wealth. Soon they will have a magazine called Snob to help them<br/><br/>Prokhorov, 42, made his fortune in the chaotic 1990s when businessmen bought up parts of former Soviet industries for a fraction of their real value.<br/><br/>The Forbes Rich List ranked Prokhorov as the 24th richest person in the world. He is one of the owners of Norilsk Nickel, the world's biggest nickel producer, and Polyus Gold, Russia's biggest gold producer.<br/><br/>According to the Oxford English Dictionary's online edition, <a href="http://www.askoxford.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.askoxford.com</a>, a snob is: "A person who has an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth and who looks down on those regarded as socially inferior."<br/><br/>Shmarov said Russians attach a different meaning to the word,<br/><br/>"Snob to us means a person who is a 'self-made man', a person who has gained a right to snobbishness," he said emphasizing the main difference with the British meaning which he said referred to inherited wealth. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2335906320080423" title="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2335906320080423">www.reuters.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Mikhail Prokhorov -- whose wealth is estimated at around $22 billion -- plans to spend $150 million setting up a magazine, website and television station called Snob, the general director of the new venture told Reuters on Wednesday.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/rich+snobs/" rel="tag">rich snobs</a></div>http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2335906320080423Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:42:14 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4C1EE1A5-CDD8-4D4A-9186-EAF9AF381D72/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ianschneider/">ianschneider</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Paul McCartney's personal wealth is estimated at $1.6 billion. British press reports have speculated that McCartney has offered his wife around $50 million, while she is seeking at least double that amount. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071122/ap_en_ot/people_mills_mccartney_6" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071122/ap_en_ot/people_mills_mccartney_6">news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="ynneck"><DIV class="searchbar" id="searchbartop"><FORM method="get" action="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTcUCvNEZH61YBWwhY24cA/SIG=11bsq3fhi/*-http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search"><STRONG></STRONG> <INPUT type="text" size="30" name="p" /> <SELECT name="c"> <OPTION value="">All News</OPTION> <OPTION value="yahoo_news">Yahoo! 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