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Billionaire Playboy by: Elvis Preston King Forbes magazine's annual survey of billionaires reveals that of the 691 names on the list (up from 587 last year), only 10 are single guys. So who is this mystery Billionaire Playboy anyway? The single boys include 21-year-old German prince Albert von Turn und Taxis; Stefan Quandt, the 39-year-old heir to the BMW fortune; and Google boys Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The billionaires' combined net worth was $US2.2 trillion ($A2.78 trillion). Microsoft's William Gates III topped the list for the 11th year, with $US46.5 billion. Close behind was investment guru Warren Buffett with $US44 billion. It couldn't be Warren he has made arrangements to take his money with him and he is probably getting to old anyway and I don't think he ever had an eye for the ladies. Media mogul Kerry Packer, worth $US5 billion, is the richest Australian and ranks 94th. Shopping centre king Frank Lowy ranks 151st, with $US3.6 billion, and Richard Pratt, at No. '321
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