Management's World Wealth Report covers the two groups that interest them: High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) and Ultra-High Net Worth  Individuals (Ultra-HNWIs). The first group counts all individuals with at least $1 million of "investible assets" in addition to the values of their primary residence, art works, collectibles, etc. The second group includes individuals with at least $30 million of such investible assets.

Is Bill Haslam in the second group? Obviously. Tom Humphrey reported in December 2009 that receipts from Bill Haslam's investments "have averaged $4.75 million per year since he became mayor of Knoxville." If you use his 2004 investment return in the downtown cinema as a standard - 5% on a 40-year bond issue - his net worth would be $95 million. If you use 10% as a standard, the number drops to a mere $47.5 million. On the other hand, if you use 2.5% as a standard, the number is up to $190 million. That's the investments alone. What his Pilot assets are worth is anybody's guess. The question, I suppose, is: does it matter?