How Rich is Smaug?

[GrayMouser]

8.6 billion US dollars

According to calculations by Forbe's magazine, publisher of lists of the world's wealthiest people in various categories, Smaug is number 7 on their "Fictional 15" richest list.

http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelnoer/...-dragon-worth/

Favorite line:

At one point, Bilbo Baggins, the book’s hero, addresses him as “O Smaug, the unassessably wealthy” and his gold is described as being “beyond price and count.” But how much, exactly, is that dragon worth? (Forget the “unassessably wealthy” nonsense; I once valued Donald Trump for the Forbes 400, so I’m used to billionaires that blow a lot of smoke.)

See how he compares to Tony Stark, Scrooge McDuck and others:


http://www.forbes.com/lists/fictiona...tional-15.html