To many this would have been proof of his good fortune, for a man blessed with two hundred and four family members was a rich man indeed, but abundance gave the ascetically inclined Senior a permanent low-level headache.

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For those following the tale of McAfee, the man who amassed a fortune by running and then selling an antivirus software company named after him, this new twist should come as no surprise.

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His main target was Sergei Lisovsky, a 36-year-old advertising man who made his first fortune from a chain of Moscow discotheques.

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The young man took his fortune to Paris and married a succession of heiresses.

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Once you've amassed a decent fortune, your focus shifts to keeping it from the hands of the tax man and from sharp declines in the market.

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India's wind man Tulsi Tanti and his brothers lost 91% of their fortune, amid reports about the poor quality of Suzlon's wind blades.

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While a good con man can amass a tidy fortune, there is that pesky problem of widows and other sympathetic victims who complain.

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The richest man in France has officially transferred his multi-billion pound fortune out of his homeland to Belgium.

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Romney's departure marks a rare defeat for the man who made his fortune in business and achieved fame with his rescue of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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Rockefeller, for instance, became perhaps the richest man in history, but his fortune pales in comparison to the beneficent effects of his achievements.

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