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The World's Billionaires
03.05.08, 6:00 PM ET

http://www.forbes.com/lists Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 1 Warren Buffett United States 77 62.0 United States 2 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 68 60.0 Mexico 3 William Gates III United States 52 58.0 United States 4 Lakshmi Mittal India 57 45.0 United Kingdom 5 Mukesh Ambani India 50 43.0 India 6 Anil Ambani India 48 42.0 India 7 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 81 31.0 Switzerland 8 KP Singh India 76 30.0 India 9 Oleg Deripaska Russia 40 28.0 Russia 10 Karl Albrecht Germany 88 27.0 Germany 11 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 79 26.5 Hong Kong 12 Sheldon Adelson United States 74 26.0 United States 13 Bernard Arnault France 59 25.5 France 14 Lawrence Ellison United States 63 25.0 United States 15 Roman Abramovich Russia 41 23.5 Russia 16 Theo Albrecht Germany 85 23.0 Germany 17 Liliane Bettencourt France 85 22.9 France 18 Alexei Mordashov Russia 42 21.2 Russia 19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 51 21.0 Saudi Arabia 20 Mikhail Fridman Russia 43 20.8 Russia 21 Vladimir Lisin Russia 51 20.3 Russia 22 Amancio Ortega Spain 72 20.2 Spain 23 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong NA 19.9 Hong Kong 24 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 42 19.5 Russia 25 Vladimir Potanin Russia 47 19.3 Russia Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 ank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 26 Christy Walton & family United States 53 19.2 United States 26 Jim Walton United States 60 19.2 United States 26 S Robson Walton United States 64 19.2 United States 29 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 80 19.0 Hong Kong 29 Alice Walton United States 58 19.0 United States 31 David Thomson & family Canada 50 18.9 Canada 32 Sergey Brin United States 34 18.7 United States 33 Larry Page United States 35 18.6 United States 34 Michael Otto & family Germany 64 18.2 Germany 35 Stefan Persson Sweden 60 17.7 Sweden 36 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 42 17.5 Russia 37 Charles Koch United States 72 17.0 United States 37 David Koch United States 67 17.0 United States 39 Francois Pinault & family France 71 16.9 France 40 Michael Dell United States 43 16.4 United States 41 Paul Allen United States 55 16.0 United States 41 Kirk Kerkorian United States 90 16.0 United States 43 Steven Ballmer United States 52 15.0 United States 43 Abigail Johnson United States 46 15.0 United States 43 Shashi & Ravi Ruia India NA 15.0 India 46 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family Kuwait 64 14.0 Kuwait 46 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family United Kingdom 56 14.0 United Kingdom 46 Carl Icahn United States 72 14.0 United States 46 Forrest Mars Jr United States 76 14.0 United States 46 Jacqueline Mars United States 68 14.0 United States Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 46 John Mars United States 71 14.0 United States 46 Birgit Rausing & family Sweden 84 14.0 Switzerland 46 Jack Taylor & family United States 85 14.0 United States 54 German Khan Russia 46 13.9 Russia 55 Susanne Klatten Germany 45 13.2 Germany 56 Vagit Alekperov Russia 57 13.0 Russia 56 Donald Bren United States 75 13.0 United States 58 Alain & Gerard Wertheimer France NA 12.9 United States 59 Dmitry Rybolovlev Russia 41 12.8 Russia 60 Azim Premji India 62 12.7 India 60 Naguib Sawiris Egypt 53 12.7 Egypt 62 Anne Cox Chambers United States 88 12.6 United States 63 Iskander Makhmudov Russia 44 11.9 Russia 64 Sunil Mittal & family India 50 11.8 India 65 Alexander Abramov Russia 49 11.5 Russia 65 Michael Bloomberg United States 66 11.5 United States 67 Viktor Vekselberg Russia 50 11.2 Russia 68 Michele Ferrero & family Italy 81 11.0 Monaco 68 George Kaiser United States 65 11.0 United States 68 Spiro Latsis & family Greece 61 11.0 Switzerland 68 Nassef Sawiris Egypt 46 11.0 Egypt 72 Alexei Kuzmichev Russia 45 10.8 Russia 73 Philip Knight United States 70 10.4 United States 73 Viktor Rashnikov Russia 59 10.4 Russia 75 Ernesto Bertarelli Switzerland 42 10.3 Switzerland Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 76 Kumar Birla India 40 10.2 India 77 Leonardo Del Vecchio Italy 72 10.0 Italy 77 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family Brazil 79 10.0 Brazil 77 Iris Fontbona & family Chile NA 10.0 Chile 77 Edward Johnson III United States 77 10.0 United States 77 Hans Rausing Sweden 82 10.0 United Kingdom 77 Vladimir Yevtushenkov Russia 59 10.0 Russia 77 Igor Zyuzin Russia 47 10.0 Russia 84 Serge Dassault & family France 82 9.9 France 85 Alberto Bailleres & family Mexico 75 9.8 Mexico 86 Ramesh Chandra India 68 9.6 India 87 Charles Ergen United States 55 9.5 United States 87 John Kluge United States 93 9.5 United States 87 Ronald Perelman United States 65 9.5 United States 90 Silvio Berlusconi & family Italy 71 9.4 Italy 91 Gautam Adani India 45 9.3 India 91 Petr Kellner Czech Republic 43 9.3 Czech Republic 91 Alisher Usmanov Russia 54 9.3 Russia 94 Adolf Merckle Germany 73 9.2 Germany 94 August von Finck Germany 78 9.2 Switzerland 96 Onsi Sawiris Egypt 78 9.1 Egypt 97 Mohammed Al Amoudi Saudi Arabia 62 9.0 Saudi Arabia 97 Robert Kuok Malaysia 84 9.0 Hong Kong 97 George Soros United States 77 9.0 United States 100 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family United Arab Emirates 54 8.9 United Arab Emirates Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 101 Joseph Safra Brazil 69 8.8 Brazil 102 James Goodnight United States 65 8.7 United States 102 Reinhard Mohn & family Germany 86 8.7 Germany 104 Donald Newhouse United States 78 8.5 United States 104 Samuel Newhouse Jr United States 80 8.5 United States 104 Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler Germany NA 8.5 Germany 107 Sulaiman Al Rajhi Saudi Arabia 88 8.4 Saudi Arabia 107 Philip & Cristina Green United Kingdom 56 8.4 United Kingdom 109 Rupert Murdoch United States 77 8.3 United States 110 Jeffrey Bezos United States 44 8.2 United States 110 Savitri Jindal & family India 58 8.2 India 112 Maan Al-Sanea Saudi Arabia 53 8.1 Saudi Arabia 113 Leonard Blavatnik United States 50 8.0 United Kingdom 113 John Fredriksen Cyprus 63 8.0 United Kingdom 113 Stanley Ho Hong Kong 86 8.0 Hong Kong 113 Nikolai Tsvetkov Russia 47 8.0 Russia 117 Dan Duncan United States 75 7.9 United States 117 Eliodoro Matte & family Chile 62 7.9 Chile 119 Erivan Haub & family Germany 75 7.8 Germany 120 Cheng Yu-tung Hong Kong 82 7.7 Hong Kong 120 Pierre Omidyar United States 40 7.7 United States 120 Tsai Hong-tu & family Taiwan 55 7.7 Taiwan 120 Reinhold Wurth Germany 72 7.7 Germany 124 Akira Mori & family Japan 70 7.5 Japan 125 Philip Anschutz United States 68 7.4 United States Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 125 Yang Huiyan China 26 7.4 China 127 Rinat Akhmetov Ukraine 41 7.3 Ukraine 127 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken Netherlands 53 7.3 United Kingdom 127 German Larrea Mota-Velasco & family Mexico 54 7.3 Mexico 127 John Menard Jr United States 68 7.3 United States 131 Ananda Krishnan Malaysia 69 7.2 Malaysia 132 Americo Amorim Portugal 73 7.0 Portugal 132 Antonia Johnson Sweden 64 7.0 Sweden 132 Ng Teng Fong Singapore 79 7.0 Singapore 132 Galen Weston & family Canada 67 7.0 Canada 136 Harold Simmons United States 76 6.9 United States 137 Steven Cohen United States 52 6.8 United States 137 Stefan Quandt Germany 42 6.8 Germany 137 Sumner Redstone United States 84 6.8 United States 140 James, Arthur & John Irving Canada NA 6.7 Canada 140 Sammy Ofer & family Israel 86 6.7 Monaco 142 Eike Batista Brazil 51 6.6 Brazil 142 Curt Engelhorn Germany 81 6.6 Switzerland 142 Eric Schmidt United States 52 6.6 United States 145 Eli Broad United States 74 6.5 United States 145 Andrew Forrest Australia 46 6.5 Australia 145 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Denmark 60 6.5 Denmark 145 Stephen Schwarzman United States 61 6.5 United States 149 Leonid Fedun Russia 51 6.4 Russia 149 Boris Ivanishvili Russia 52 6.4 Georgia Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 149 Klaus-Michael Kuhne Germany 70 6.4 Switzerland 149 Sergei Popov Russia 36 6.4 Russia 149 Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan 80 6.4 Japan 154 James Kennedy United States 60 6.3 United States 154 Karl-Heinz Kipp Germany 84 6.3 Switzerland 154 Blair Parry-Okedon United States 57 6.3 Australia 154 Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family Mexico 52 6.3 Mexico 158 Andrey Melnichenko Russia 36 6.2 Russia 158 Robert Rowling United States 54 6.2 United States 160 Terry Gou Taiwan 57 6.1 Taiwan 160 Kirill Pisarev Russia 38 6.1 Russia 160 Dorothea Steinbruch & family Brazil NA 6.1 Brazil 160 Yuri Zhukov Russia 38 6.1 Russia 164 Anil Agarwal India 54 6.0 United Kingdom 164 David Geffen United States 65 6.0 United States 164 Dmitry Pumpyansky Russia 44 6.0 Russia 164 Johanna Quandt Germany 81 6.0 Germany 164 Sean Quinn & family Ireland 61 6.0 Ireland 164 Hansjorg Wyss Switzerland 72 6.0 United States 164 Samuel Zell United States 66 6.0 United States 171 Jean-Claude Decaux & family France 70 5.9 France 172 Jorge Paulo Lemann Brazil 68 5.8 Brazil 173 Lee Shin Cheng Malaysia 68 5.7 Malaysia 173 Nicky Oppenheimer & family South Africa 62 5.7 South Africa 173 James Packer Australia 40 5.7 Australia Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 173 Edward Rogers Canada 74 5.7 Canada 177 Charles Schwab United States 70 5.6 United States 178 Pyotr Aven Russia 53 5.5 Russia 178 Robert Bass United States 60 5.5 United States 178 Alexander Frolov Russia 43 5.5 Russia 178 Adi Godrej & family India 65 5.5 India 178 Henry Kravis United States 64 5.5 United States 178 Jim Pattison Canada 79 5.5 Canada 178 David & Simon Reuben United Kingdom NA 5.5 United Kingdom 178 George Roberts United States 64 5.5 United States 178 Luis Carlos Sarmiento Colombia 75 5.5 Colombia 178 James Simons United States 70 5.5 United States 178 YC Wang & family Taiwan 91 5.5 Taiwan 189 Micky Arison United States 58 5.4 United States 189 Steven Jobs United States 53 5.4 United States 189 Michael Kadoorie & family Hong Kong 67 5.4 Hong Kong 189 Hasso Plattner Germany 64 5.4 Germany 189 Julio Mario Santo Domingo Colombia 84 5.4 Colombia 194 Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber Saudi Arabia 49 5.3 Saudi Arabia 194 Hubert Burda Germany 68 5.3 Germany 194 Kunio Busujima & family Japan 82 5.3 Japan 194 Rafael del Pino & family Spain 87 5.3 Spain 198 Alicia Koplowitz Spain 55 5.2 Spain 198 G M Rao India 57 5.2 India 198 Thomas Schmidheiny Switzerland 62 5.2 Switzerland Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 201 Graeme Hart New Zealand 52 5.1 New Zealand 201 Masayoshi Son Japan 50 5.1 Japan 203 Giorgio Armani Italy 73 5.0 Italy 203 Otto Beisheim Germany 84 5.0 Switzerland 203 Michael Herz Germany 62 5.0 Germany 203 Robert Holding United States 81 5.0 United States 203 Saleh Kamel Saudi Arabia 66 5.0 Saudi Arabia 203 Lorenzo Mendoza & family Venezuela 42 5.0 Venezuela 203 Pallonji Mistry Ireland 78 5.0 India 203 Victor Pinchuk Ukraine 47 5.0 Ukraine 211 Wolfgang Herz Germany 57 4.9 Germany 211 Karl Wlaschek Austria 90 4.9 Austria 213 Michael & Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck Germany NA 4.8 Germany 214 Saleh Al Rajhi Saudi Arabia 96 4.7 Saudi Arabia 214 Charles Cadogan & family United Kingdom 71 4.7 United Kingdom 214 Vladimir Kim Kazakhstan 47 4.7 Kazakhstan 214 Patrick McGovern United States 70 4.7 United States 214 Leonid Mikhelson Russia 52 4.7 Russia 214 David Murdock United States 84 4.7 United States 214 Andreas Strungmann Germany 58 4.7 Germany 214 Thomas Strungmann Germany 58 4.7 Germany 222 Gustavo Cisneros & family Venezuela 62 4.6 Venezuela 222 Lester Crown & family United States 82 4.6 United States 222 Paul Desmarais Canada 81 4.6 Canada 222 Frank Lowy & family Australia 77 4.6 Australia Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 222 Stef Wertheimer & family Israel 82 4.6 Israel 227 Martin & Olivier Bouygues France 55/57 4.5 France 227 William Cook United States 76 4.5 United States 227 William Davidson United States 85 4.5 United States 227 Charles Johnson United States 75 4.5 United States 227 Lev Leviev Israel 52 4.5 United Kingdom 227 Paul Milstein & family United States 85 4.5 United States 227 Stephen Ross United States 67 4.5 United States 227 Nobutada Saji & family Japan 62 4.5 Japan 227 Zhang Jindong China 45 4.5 China 236 Richard Branson United Kingdom 57 4.4 United Kingdom 236 Harold Hamm United States 62 4.4 United States 236 Eitaro Itoyama Japan 65 4.4 Japan 236 Indu Jain India 71 4.4 India 236 Pauline MacMillan Keinath United States 76 4.4 United States 236 Cargill MacMillan Jr United States 80 4.4 United States 236 John MacMillan III United States 80 4.4 United States 236 Whitney MacMillan United States 79 4.4 United States 236 Marion MacMillan Pictet United States 76 4.4 Bermuda 236 John Sall United States 58 4.4 United States 236 Peter Woo & family Hong Kong 62 4.4 Hong Kong 247 Jeronimo Arango Mexico 82 4.3 Mexico 247 Stein Erik Hagen & family Norway 51 4.3 Norway 247 Mehmet Emin Karamehmet Turkey 63 4.3 Turkey 247 Joseph Lau Hong Kong 56 4.3 Hong Kong Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45