I was dreaming today about how cool it would be to have a lot of money…actually I think about that every day! But that got me wondering today who the richest person in the Magic Valley is. A quick search on Google gave me no results, so I am left wondering who has all the money here. In a semi-related train of though - thanks to Forbes I don’t have to wonder who the richest fictional characters are.

"Forbes" just released their annual list of the 15 richest FICTIONAL characters.  This year the richest is Smaug, the dragon from "The Hobbit", who has $62 BILLION in gold and treasure.  Other characters on the list are from "Twilight", "Iron Man", "Batman", "The Simpsons", "Downton Abbey", "Game of Thrones", and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo".

Here's the list for this year -

#1.)  Smaug, the dragon from "The Hobbit", $62 billion in gold and treasure.

#2.)  Flintheart Glomgold, Scrooge McDuck's rival in the comics and cartoons, $51.9 billion in diamonds.

#3.)  Carlisle Cullen, from "Twilight", $36.3 billion he's been earning interest since 1670.

#4.)  Jed Clampett, from "The Beverly Hillbillies", $9.8 billion in oil.

#5.)  Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, $9.3 billion in defense.

#6.)  Richie Rich, $8.9 billion.

#7.)  Charles Foster Kane, from "Citizen Kane", $8.3 billion from his media empire.

#8.)  Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman, $6.9 billion from inheritance and weapons manufacturing.

#9.)  Forrest Gump, $5.7 billion from investing in Apple in 1980.

#10.)  Mr. Monopoly, $2.5 billion in real estate.

#11.) Lisbeth Salander, from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", $2.4 billion from computer hacking.

#12.) Tywin Lannister, from "Game of Thrones", $2.1 billion in inheritance.

#13.)  C. Montgomery Burns, from "The Simpsons", $1.3 billion in nuclear power.

#14.)  Robert Crawley, from "Downton Abbey", $1.1 billion from inheritance and through marriage.

#15.)  Jo Bennett, from "The Office", $1 BILLION in electronics and inheritance.

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