Runescape owners are in the 5th youngest richest people in Britain

[2hd.]

It's hard to word but, in The Daily Mail today, it named Andrew 28, and Paul Gower 30, as the 5th youngest people in the 100 Richest People list. Founders and stakeholders in Jagex, who run runescape, they were valued at £106M!

[Seren]

what nerds.

[--ss--]

Pfft 30 is young?
Ermm well done to them i guess.

[Cwmbran]

I hope they are not talking about Rs cash.

[Matty]

Nice, atleast they have the brain to create something.

[runetrinity]

I hope they are not talking about Rs cash.
LOL JOKER! That was funny, thats alot if its real cash lol

[Ed.]

thats coz they made runescape :p

I could become a millionaire if i could make such a neeky (coding wise etc) game

[Scott™]

Meh bill gates still pwns them ;) :P

[HabboIsKrouts]

Bill gates makes millions while sleeping, must be a great feeling knowing you'll wake up richer without doing nothing.

[OMGitsaROSS]

someone is richer than BG ;)

[HabboIsKrouts]

Enlighten me? :S

[Scott™]

The Top 20


William Gates III
Warren Buffett
Carlos Slim Helú
Ingvar Kamprad
Lakshmi Mittal
Sheldon Adelson
Bernard Arnault
Amancio Ortega
Li Ka-shing
David Thomson
Larry Ellison
Liliane Bettencourt
Prince Alwaleed
Mukesh Ambani
Karl Albrecht
Roman Abramovich
Stefan Persson
Anil Ambani
Paul Allen
Theo Albrecht

[HabboIsKrouts]

I'm the 16th richest person in the world hehe, Stefan :D

[Cwmbran]

Hell I wouldn't mind being the 100th richist peron in the world tbh.
You could become rich off runescape if you know how to make big cash.

100Mil - £250 ($499) Maybe more.
Think of it if you could make 100's of millions in a month and sold it all by ebay or something you would be well off.

[Kardan]

Hell I wouldn't mind being the 100th richist peron in the world tbh.
You could become rich off runescape if you know how to make big cash.

100Mil - £250 ($499) Maybe more.
Think of it if you could make 100's of millions in a month and sold it all by ebay or something you would be well off.

Not rich enough to be in the rich list :)

But on topic, good for them ^^

[Barkseh2131]

they should sell it and spend their dosh!

[micky.blue.eyes]

thats coz they made runescape :p

I could become a millionaire if i could make such a neeky (coding wise etc) game

But unfortunatly for you, you can't make a game like that abd become a millionaire.;)


The Top 20


William Gates III
Warren Buffett
Carlos Slim Helú
Ingvar Kamprad
Lakshmi Mittal
Sheldon Adelson
Bernard Arnault
Amancio Ortega
Li Ka-shing
David Thomson
Larry Ellison
Liliane Bettencourt
Prince Alwaleed
Mukesh Ambani
Karl Albrecht
Roman Abramovich
Stefan Persson
Anil Ambani
Paul Allen
Theo Albrecht

Lol! Li Ka-shing, I love the sound of Ka-shing lol.

[HabboIsKrouts]

Is'nt one of those people on that list a person who lives in the U.K and hes worth about 10Bill. I think he's asian though, just saying, lol.

EDIT: yeh it's Lakshmi Mittal who lives in the U.K. Also Roman Abramovich Lives in U.K but none of the people on that list are pure british =[

[2hd.]

I don't play RS, so wouldn't know how they make thier money. Do they sell credits? Or is it through advertising?

[Cwmbran]

I don't play RS, so wouldn't know how they make thier money. Do they sell credits? Or is it through advertising?

I guess advertising, also they have membership feature which averages on is £5 a month unsure about the USA.

[:Jamie]

Not bad id say..

[Bun]

Nice for them. It makes me sad though, even if those guys just tipped in a TINY percent of their cash they could end world poverty. Before anyone says anything, I WOULD do it, so don't suggest otherwise.

[Xiwl]

what nerds.
Why are they nerds, they've made something big and earnt ALOT of money, that makes them nerds how..?

[Cwmbran]

they were valued at £106M!
Just wondering, is that both? Or each?

[:Delirium]

Cwnbran, theyre brothers ;)

[--ss--]

Someone post a link to an actual lsit of all the rich people :p

On the official forums they said they have no plans in selling rs :p

[Neil]

Someone post a link to an actual lsit of all the rich people :p

On the official forums they said they have no plans in selling rs :p

Yea they're not really that stupid, they probably make almost as much as Blizzard from WoW, well maybe not almost cause £9*8 million is a hell of alot more than £5*200k or whatever it is xD

[Cwmbran]

Cwnbran, theyre brothers ;)

Ye, what I ment was would the £106mil be for them both shared 50/50 or £106mil each?

[Seren]

Why are they nerds, they've made something big and earnt ALOT of money, that makes them nerds how..?
someone needs to learn what a joke is.

[Axel]

They should make rune a disc game with all that money.

[Vito2O1]

someone is richer than BG ;)

No one is richer in income... alot are richer in acctual money because he gave a load away...

anyway... only read page 1... lol... of 4 xD


Erm... Good for them =]

[:Delirium]

Cwmbran, maybe they own the business together? so they have a bank together? oh i dunno lol.

[Vibes]

Cwmbran, maybe they own the business together? so they have a bank together? oh i dunno lol.
I reckon 50/50, cos there share in da business would be equal unless there are seperate partners.
So i fink dat da company is currently worth 108 mil

[Jackboy]

I hope they are not talking about Rs cash.

I did actually laugh irl at that lol!

:P

[Mitch4?]

Well 3million a month, 36mil a year, but thats only recently. So they've probably took in about 110million just from members ;o
With the advertising of 200k people online and seeing their ads when they log in, flippin heck no wonder they are so rich And they dont have to pay for many staff cause most of them are just Silver mods i think :]

[-:Undertaker:-]

what nerds.


rofl agreed.

[Neil]

Well 3million a month, 36mil a year, but thats only recently. So they've probably took in about 110million just from members ;o
With the advertising of 200k people online and seeing their ads when they log in, flippin heck no wonder they are so rich And they dont have to pay for many staff cause most of them are just Silver mods i think :]

Silver mods are basically like mods on Habbox, they have very little input when it comes to features etc. they just have more power than normal users
But yea JaGex earn a hell of alot, you gotta remember some people pay with SMS which is £5


rofl agreed.

So they're nerds for making a good online game and earning millions from it because they're doing something they're good at and passionate about?

[Mitch4?]

rofl agreed.

Not exactly, they code some stuff, which might of took them a few years, and now have more cash and i doubt anyone with that amount of cash would stay in playing the game they made. They're probably out partying all the time, and so they should. They did well, your the one playing their game, under their rules and loosing money if you pay for members. So they outsmarted you, nerd.

[Neil]

Not exactly, they code some stuff, which might of took them a few years, and now have more cash and i doubt anyone with that amount of cash would stay in playing the game they made. They're probably out partying all the time, and so they should. They did well, your the one playing their game, under their rules and loosing money if you pay for members. So they outsmarted you, nerd.

Exactly, they do more than just make RS, this is a fairly old pic of JaGex but it was posted on Runescape quite a long time ago xD

http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/Jagex_Paintball.jpg

[Axel]

Andrew doesn't want to reveal his true face.

[UnholyJess]

Good for them :)

[danny-dyer]

Good for them :)
LOL !!