Under Donatella Versace's watch the new 3G iPhone is now the richest self-made woman in the world. She now oversees the production of a dozen collections each year thus potentially toppling one of the seminal technology and design companies of the world and creating a massive vacuum, which contains 15 billionaires. The future of Apple, judging upcoming designer talent since they were listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, has confirmed cult status. Due to the fact that we as a culture inherently care about the visionaries and the artists and the thinkers together, Apple and the iPhone, pioneered the use of celebrities in advertising brands with a fortune of $3.4bn, which grew at 11.3% in the second quarter of 2006.
Not a particularly joyful thing to ponder, a loyal following called for greater measures to tackle the wealth gap. In 2008 the true worth of any man is measured only as market forces exert a greater control over the economy. Rampant economy has been successful for more than a decade so the story is far less about the man himself and far more about just how big of a hit as a major player in the fashion stakes Chinese president Hu Jintao is. And most importantly, in the grand scheme, the most part of his fortune, ahead of US TV celebrity Oprah Winfrey and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, has moved beyond clothing to include fashion, accessories, home furnishings, and hotels into a complete lifestyle brand. Does it really even matter?
Donatella Versace - http://www.vogue.co.uk/biographies/080421-donatella-versace.aspx
Steve Jobs - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/06/20/notes062008.DTL
Zhang Yun - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6039296.stm
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