| World’s Richest Woman Calls Environmentalists, ‘Eco-Nuts’ |
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| by Tom McGregor | Sun, Jul 8, 2012, 08:47 PM |
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Apparently, ‘Enemy Number One’ for global environmentalists appears to be the world’s richest woman, an Australian mining tycoon, who mocks her rivals as ‘eco-nuts.’ She may soon become a true heroine of conservatives from all over the globe.
According to the BBC News, “the richest woman in the world, according to a respected business magazine, is not Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth II or L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. It’s a relatively unknown Australian mining magnate. So who exactly is Gina Rinehart?” Ms. Rinehart is noted for comments that reveal her business acumen and conservative political philosophy. When a fashion magazine asked her to describe beauty, she answered, “beauty is an iron mine.” According to the BBC, “with an estimated net personal wealth of $29.3 billion, Rinehart has in recent years gone from being Australia’s richest woman to arguably the world’s.” She considers her intellectual hero, free market economist Milton Friedman. To read the entire article from the BBC News, link here: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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