The 2007 Forbes Fictional 15

Businessmallard/adventurer Scrooge McDuck leads the pack of the richest fake personalities in the universe.
Disney's Scrooge McDuck is the first non-mammal to rank as fiction's richest character.

DAVID M. EWALT and MICHAEL NOER recently posted the 2007 edition of "The Forbes Fictional 15,"
which is the annual listing of fiction's richest.

To qualify for the Fictional 15, Forbes requires that candidates be an authored fictional creation, a rule that excludes mythological and folkloric characters. Net worth estimates are based on an analysis of the fictional character's source material, and are valued against known real-world commodity and share price movements. All prices are as of market close, Dec. 10, 2007.

The characters of this year's Forbes Fictional 15 boast an aggregate net worth of $137 billion.

Born penniless in Glasgow, Scotland, Scrooge McDuck (often voiced in animation by Mister Ed's Alan Young) built an empire from scratch in America, and today boasts a net worth of $28.8 billion.

Last year's richest fictional character, defense contractor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, was killed in an explosion during a March visit to Iraq. Adopted daughter Lil' Orphan Annie is now in court fighting for control of the company and estate.

Six billionaires fell off the list this year, including Atlantic City real estate magnate Mr. Monopoly (subprime mortgage crash), Archaeologist Lara Croft (missing in the Congolese jungle and presumed dead), and narco-capitalist Tony "Scarface" Montana (confirmed dead by CIA/FBI task force).

The Forbes Fictional 15 for 2007 are: Scrooge McDuck,
Ming The Merciless, Richie Rich, Mom, Jed Clampett, C. Montgomery Burns, Carter Pewterschmidt, Bruce Wayne, Thurston Howell III, Tony Stark, Fake Steve Jobs, Gomez Addams, Willy Wonka, Lucius Malfoy, and Princess Peach.

This year also saw the first annual ranking of the largest fictional companies in the universe.

In the #1 spot is Dune author Frank Herbert's creation Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles (CHOAM), the pharmaceuticals corporation headquarterd on the planet Kaitain. Estimated 2007 sales: $1.7 trillion.

The 25 Largest Fictional Companies are: CHOAM, Acme Corp, Sirius Cybernetics Corp, MomCorp, Rich Industries, Soylent Corp, The Very Big Corp of America, Frobozz Magic Co, Warbucks Industries, Tyrell Corp, Wayne Enterprises, Virtucon, Globex, Umbrella Corp, Wonka Industries, Stark Industries, Clampett Oil, Oceanic Airlines, Yoyodyne Propulsion, Cyberdyne Systems Corp, d'Anconia Copper, Gringotts, Oscorp, Nakatomi Trading Corp, Spacely Space Sprockets.
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12/31/2007
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