Dr Tony O'Reilly is one of the 200 richest people in the world, according to Forbes, which measures his net worth at $1.2 billion.

Mind you, they throw in Chryss Goulandris's estimated wealth of $300 million to bring him over the magic $1 billion figure. O'Reilly lags behind a surprising figure. Forbes says Fidel Castro has $1.4 billion of Cuba's "battered" economy. But that could be just another example of malicious capitalist propaganda.