Broomsticks And Owls

by **azn wizard** » Sunday 27 April 2003 6:52:15am

herez an article i got from aol...

LONDON (April 26) - Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is now richer than the Queen, according to an annual survey that estimates the fortunes of Britain's wealthiest people.

Rowling, 37, has more than quadrupled her personal fortune in the past two years, according to the survey by The Sunday Times newspaper.

The newspaper survey, posted Saturday on its Web site and to be published in its Sunday editions, estimates Rowling's fortune at $444 million - based on what is believed to be her earnings from the sales of her books, the two Harry Potter movies and merchandising.

That placed her at 122 in the ``Rich List,'' 11 places ahead of the Queen, whose worth was estimated by the newspaper to be $397 million.

The extent of the Queen's wealth is widely disputed, mostly because many of her personal assets cannot be liquidated or are priceless and therefore difficult to evaluate.

With the fifth book in the Harry Potter series due out in June, Rowling's current financial circumstances are very different from those she faced after the birth of her first child, Jessica, just 10 years ago.

After her first marriage broke down, the single mother lived on welfare in a two-bedroom apartment in Scotland, writing most of her first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,'' in a cafe.

Since then sales of the Harry Potter series have topped 190 million copies worldwide, making her the richest female author in the world.

The newspaper said Rowling first entered the ``Rich List'' in 2001, four years after the publication of her first book, with personal wealth of $103 million. In 2002, she had accumulated $359 million, the newspaper estimated.

The Duke of Westminster, who owns huge swaths of land in central London and elsewhere, topped the list for the third successive year, with $7.7 billion.

04/26/03 22:01 EDT

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by **Kyle** » Sunday 27 April 2003 3:34:30pm

ooh, someone's gonna be jealous.

by **Sacred Guardian** » Sunday 27 April 2003 4:01:09pm

hopefully she won't be beheaded for it

by **Kyle** » Sunday 27 April 2003 4:09:25pm

lol

heh...off with her head. JK better hire some guards.

by **RavenEye** » Sunday 27 April 2003 4:30:06pm

Wow. I think it's safe to say that she's in a much different spot than only a few years ago.

by **TDM** » Sunday 27 April 2003 11:26:30pm

yeah she is. from going off welfare to having 444 million. i wish i had one million...

by **Rebecca Spinnet** » Sunday 27 April 2003 11:52:53pm

WoW

that is a lot of money and she is only 122 on the list!

by **Kyle** » Monday 28 April 2003 2:10:58am

imagine the people that are way ahead of her? Hey! Rowling! Your so poor all of your money added up together is just spare change for me!

(hey, no offense to J.K. Rowling)

by **Beccaroo** » Monday 28 April 2003 11:40:47am

so..kyle. Ahem...are you single?

Tee hee...just kidding! :grin:

by **Yoshi420** » Monday 28 April 2003 2:07:18pm

her money is spaer change to bill gates who is in the billions. :eek:

by **Sacred Guardian** » Monday 28 April 2003 10:14:33pm

yeah, i hate bill gates, he should give everyone in the world one hundred dollars

by **Yoshi420** » Monday 28 April 2003 10:48:14pm

Well when there are people like you that hate him why would he want to give you $100? :razz:

by **Sacred Guardian** » Monday 28 April 2003 11:40:18pm

because he wants me to like him

by **TDM** » Monday 28 April 2003 11:45:08pm

actually, Bill Gates donates billions to charaties every year.

by **Neo** » Tuesday 29 April 2003 5:35:49am

Yeah, but avoids some taxes that way.

Broomsticks And Owls

JKR richer than the queen...

JKR richer than the queen...

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