100 Richest People in the World

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Top 100 Billionaires

1. Bill Gates $56 billion, US (Microsoft)

2. Warren Buffett $52 billion, US (Berkshire Hathaway)

3. Carlos Slim Helú $49 billion, Mexico, Lebanon (Telmex, Telcel, America Movil)

4. Ingvar Kamprad $33 billion, Sweden (IKEA)

5. Lakshmi Mittal $32 billion, UK, India (Mittal Steel Company)

6. Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion, US (Las Vegas Sands)

7. Bernard Arnault $26 billion, France (Louis Vuitton)

8. Amancio Ortega $24 billion, Spain (Inditex Group)

9. Li Ka-shing $23 billion, Hong Kong (Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa)

10. David Thomson & family $22 billion, Canada (Thomson Corporation)

11. Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion, US (Oracle Corporation)

12. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion, France (L'Oreal)

13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon (Kingdom Holding Company)

14. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion, India (Reliance Industries)

15. Karl Albrecht $20 billion, Germany (ALDI)

16. Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion, Russia (Millhouse Capital)

17. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion, Sweden (Hennes & Mauritz)

18. Anil Ambani $18.2 billion, India (Reliance Communications)

19. Paul Allen $18 billion, US (Microsoft)

20. Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion, Germany (ALDI)

21. Azim Premji $17.1 billion, India (Wipro Technologies)

22. Lee Shau Kee $17 billion, Hong Kong (Henderson Land Development)

23. Jim Walton $16.8 billion, US (Wal-Mart)

24. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)

24. S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)

26. Sergey Brin $16.6 billion, US (Google)

26. Larry Page $16.6 billion, US (Google)

26. Alice Walton $16.6 billion, US (Wal-Mart)

29. Helen Walton $16.4 billion, US (Wal-Mart)

30. Michael Dell $15.8 billion, US (Dell)

31. Steven Ballmer $15 billion, US (Microsoft)

31. Kirk Kerkorian $15 billion, US (Tracinda Corporation)

31. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok $15 billion, Hong Kong (Sun Hung Kai & Company)

34. Francois Pinault $14.5 billion, France (Lagardere Group)

35. Suleiman Kerimov $14.4 billion, Russia

36. Vladimir Lisin $14.3 billion, Russia (Novolipetsk Steel)

37. Jack C. Taylor & family $13.9 billion, US (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)

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