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Wealth, Power, Influence and Philanthropy...
Individuals who have made the list

RICH LISTS BY REGION:

WEALTH AND POWER LISTS (subscriber access only)

METASITES

OTHER RESOURCES

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RICH LISTS BY REGION
*NOTE: there are a number of rich lists available in hard-copy only – this page concentrates primarily on rich lists available online*

Multi-National
ARTnews 200 Top Collectors
Annual list of the world's top art collectors

ArtReview Magazine's 2005 Power 100 List
The 100 most powerful people in the contemporary art scene

Forbes
Home to a number of international lists, including:

Fortune
Home to a number of international lists, including:

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Australia & New Zealand
Forbes

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Belgium
Workers Socialist Party website
Taken from the Workers Socialist Party website (so consider the source...); contains rich lists, salaries of top Belgian executives, etc.; the site can be viewed only in French or Dutch

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Canada
Atlantic Business

Canadian Business

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China
Forbes

Hurun Report
Home to numerous rich lists compiled by Rupert Hoogewerf, former Forbes/Euromoney rich list maker; includes lists of individuals whose wealth is generated from a number of different business sectors:

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Eastern Europe (sites in Polish)
Wprost

Forbes

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India
Business Standard's "Billionaire Club"

Forbes

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Israel
Forbes

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Japan
Forbes

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Korea
Forbes

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Malaysia
Forbes

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Middle East
ArabNews
Top 100 Saudi Companies

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Pakistan
Rich List of 2008

40 Richest Families in Pakistan

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Singapore
Forbes

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Southeast Asia
Forbes

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Turkey
Forbes

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United Kingdom
Birmingham Post

City and Guilds Vocational Rich List
Scroll down to bottom of the page to download the list

Eastern Eye

Football Clubs
Profiles of the largest clubs; free report download after registration to Football Money League 2007

Greek Rich List

Guardian

Hutchinson Consultancy Ltd.
The wealthiest food manufacturers in the UK (2005)

Insider Media Ltd. (warning-FEE)

  • Midlands Business: Go to archives (Dec. '05) to view article.
  • North West Business
  • Yorkshire Business: Go to archives (Feb. '06) "Yorkshire Power 100," and (Jan. '06) "Yorkshire 42 under 42."

Management Today

Real Business

Red Hot Curry

The Scotsman

Street Rankings 2007

Sunday Times (UK) Rich List
List of the 1,000 richest individuals in Britain and Ireland.

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United States
Atlanta (GA) Business Chronicle: 100 Most Influential Atlantans
Part 1 of the list; Part 2 of the list

Boston Magazine

Chicago Magazine

Chicago Sun Times

A Classification of American Wealth
History and geneology of the wealthy families of America

Crain's Chicago Business Lists – page includes a number of lists available for purchase, including Who's Who in the Chicago business community as determined by the Crain's editorial board, The Book of Lists (comprised of 35 lists), commercial real estate brokers, area's 50 largest employers, highest paid CEOs of publicly-traded companies, highest-paid non-CEOs, largest law firms, largest firms owned by women, largest privately-held companies, among others.

Crain's New York Business – page includes a number of lists available for purchase, including 40 under 40, 100 Highest-Paid CEOs

Crosswinds

Electronic Business

Entrepreneur

Forbes
Home to a number of lists, including:

Fortune
Home to a number of lists, including:

Goldsea

Hispanic Business

Howard W. French's A Glimpse of the World
List of most influential people in the media compiled by New York Times senior writer

Human Resource Executive

Los Angeles Almanac

New York

Rolling Stone

TIME

Virginia Business

  • "The Virginia 100" (the 100 wealthiest and most influential individuals in the state)
  • Top-Paid 100 (100 highest-paid executives from public companies in the state, 2004)

Washington Life

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WEALTH AND POWER LISTS*
*subscriber access only*

American City Business Journals' Book of Lists
Information on the leading buyers, businesses and employers in over 60 of the U.S.'s most dynamic markets, with a snapshot of local economies

ArtReview Magazine
"Power 100" – "The most influential people in the international art world"

Business Houses in Nepal
Includes history and list of biggest business houses

BRW Magazine
Includes Rich 200 (ranking of Australia's wealthiest people), The 2007 Fast Starters (Australia's 100 fastest growing start-up businesses), Executive Rich list (ranks the nation's 200 wealthiest executives with Australia's top 500 public companies), Top 50 Sports Earners, Australia's richest people 40 and under

Crain's Chicago Business Lists
Page includes a number of lists available for purchase, including 40 under 40, Chicago's 100 Most Influential Women, Highest-Paid Non-CEOs, Chicago Area's 100 Highest-Paid CEOs, Who's Who in Chicago Business

Crain's New York Business
Includes a number of lists available for purchase, including 40 under 40, 100 Highest-Paid CEOs

Institutional Investor – Alpha

Modern Luxury Magazines
Luxury living for select US cities

The Publican

Worth Magazine

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METASITES (pages with lots of useful links)
Anderson University
Grants and research page, with frequently used resources for development purposes

CEO Express
A useful free resource with a collection of links to resources for business and technology news and information, general news sites, magazines, search engines, lists, portals, travel, and office tools

David Lamb's Prospect Research Page
Lists of sites useful to prospect researchers

Gary Price's List of Lists
Database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available online

Internet Prospector
Produced by a network of volunteers who mine the web for prospect research nuggets; findings are published on the website and via a monthly electronic newsletter

Michigan State University Libraries
Prospect research resource list

Northwestern University Prospect Research Department metasite
Large collection of useful links for researchers

Phil Bradley's metasite
Terrific compilation of country-based search engines

ResearchBuzz
Tara Calishain's excellent metasite and newsletter – all kinds of databases

ResourceShelf
Lists of web-based resources, added to by librarians and researchers and compiled daily by an editorial team headed by Gary Price

Stanford University's Development Research Page
Collection of online resources for researchers

University of Georgia
Advancement research do-it-yourself page; lots of useful links

University of Vermont Prospect Research Site
Another collection of useful links for researchers

University of Virginia's metasite
More great prospect research links

Wheaton College
More prospect research links

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OTHER RESOURCES

Membership Organizations
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP; formerly NSFRE)

Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA)

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE)

New England Development Research Association (NEDRA)

Researchers in Fundraising (UK)

Strategic Partners
Factary

WealthEngine

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