The filthy rich

Glossary of difficult words

filthy - obscene and offensive;  disgustingly dirty; 

rabble-rouser - a person who speaks with the intention of inflaming emotions of a crowd; 

to amass - to gather together or accumulate over a period of time;

heist - a robbery; 

uber - (from German) denoting an outstanding or supreme example; 

to stoke - to encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency).

Our calculation: We used the Forbes figures for 2009 (not 2010), because 2010 net worth figures for Czech households are not yet available. Kellner, Bakala and Babiš had combined 2009 net worth of $9.8bn, or Kc 186bn. Czech households had total 2009 net worth of Kč 5.79 trillion, and the Czech population was 10.34m, so net worth per person was Kč 560,000. According to Týden, the total net worth of the 111 richest Czechs was Kč 537.95bn, based always on the low figure in the range given.