Thursday, September 29, 2011

The World's Billionaires.... 2011 by Forbes.com

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Net Worth Calculated March 2011
Rank Name Net Worth Age Source Country of Citizenship
1 Carlos Slim Helu

Carlos Slim Helu & family

$74 B 71 telecom Mexico
2 Bill Gates

Bill Gates

$56 B 55 Microsoft United States
3 Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

$50 B 81 Berkshire Hathaway United States
4 Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault

$41 B 62 LVMH France
5 Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

$39.5 B 67 Oracle United States
6 Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi Mittal

$31.1 B 61 Steel India
7 Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega

$31 B 75 Zara Spain
8 Eike Batista

Eike Batista

$30 B 54 mining, oil Brazil
9 Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani

$27 B 54 petrochemicals, oil & gas India
10 Christy Walton

Christy Walton & family

$26.5 B 56 Walmart United States
11 Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing

$26 B 83 Diversified Hong Kong
12 Karl Albrecht

Karl Albrecht

$25.5 B 91 Aldi Germany
13 Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson

$24.5 B 63 H&M Sweden
14 Vladimir Lisin

Vladimir Lisin

$24 B 55 Steel Russia
15 Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt

$23.5 B 88 L'Oreal France
16 Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson

$23.3 B 78 casinos United States
17 David Thomson

David Thomson & family

$23 B 54 media Canada
18 Charles Koch

Charles Koch

$22 B 75 Diversified United States
18 David Koch

David Koch

$22 B 71 Diversified United States
20 Jim Walton

Jim Walton

$21.3 B 63 Walmart United States
21 Alice Walton

Alice Walton

$21.2 B 61 Walmart United States
22 S. Robson Walton

S. Robson Walton

$21 B 67 Walmart United States
23 Thomas & Raymond Kwok

Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family

$20 B N/A real estate Hong Kong
24 Larry Page

Larry Page

$19.8 B 38 Google United States
24 Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin

$19.8 B 38 Google United States
26 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

$19.6 B 56 Investments Saudi Arabia
27 Iris Fontbona

Iris Fontbona & family

$19.2 B N/A Mining Chile
28 Lee Shau Kee

Lee Shau Kee

$19 B 83 real estate Hong Kong
29 Alexei Mordashov

Alexei Mordashov

$18.5 B 46 Steel Russia
30 Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

$18.1 B 69 Bloomberg United States
30 Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

$18.1 B 47 Amazon United States
32 Michele Ferrero

Michele Ferrero & family

$18 B 84 chocolates Italy
32 Mikhail Prokhorov

Mikhail Prokhorov

$18 B 46 Investments Russia
34 Vladimir Potanin

Vladimir Potanin

$17.8 B 50 nonferrous metals Russia
35 Alisher Usmanov

Alisher Usmanov

$17.7 B 58 steel, telecom, stocks Russia
36 Azim Premji

Azim Premji

$16.8 B 66 Software India
36 Oleg Deripaska

Oleg Deripaska

$16.8 B 43 aluminum Russia
38 Michael Otto

Michael Otto & family

$16.6 B 68 Retail Germany
39 German Larrea Mota Velasco

German Larrea Mota Velasco & family

$16 B 57 Mining Mexico
39 Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Akhmetov

$16 B 45 steel, coal mines Ukraine
39 John Paulson

John Paulson

$16 B 55 hedge funds United States
42 Shashi & Ravi Ruia

Shashi & Ravi Ruia

$15.8 B 67 Diversified India
43 Mikhail Fridman

Mikhail Fridman

$15.1 B 47 oil, banking, telecom Russia
44 Michael Dell

Michael Dell

$14.6 B 46 Dell United States
44 Susanne Klatten

Susanne Klatten

$14.6 B 49 BMW, pharmaceuticals Germany
46 Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer

$14.5 B 55 Microsoft United States
46 George Soros

George Soros

$14.5 B 81 hedge funds United States
48 Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht

Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family

$14.4 B N/A Aldi, Trader Joes Germany
49 Birgit Rausing

Birgit Rausing & family

$14 B 87 packaging Sweden
50 Vagit Alekperov

Vagit Alekperov

$13.9 B 61 Lukoil Russia
51 Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote

$13.8 B 54 sugar, flour, cement Nigeria
52 Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

$13.5 B 27 Facebook United States
53 Anne Cox Chambers

Anne Cox Chambers

$13.4 B 91 Cox Enterprises United States
53 Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich

$13.4 B 44 steel, investments Russia
55 Jorge Paulo Lemann

Jorge Paulo Lemann

$13.3 B 72 beer Brazil
56 Savitri Jindal

Savitri Jindal & family

$13.2 B 61 Steel India
57 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family

$13 B 59 real estate United Kingdom
57 Paul Allen

Paul Allen

$13 B 58 Microsoft, investments United States
57 Viktor Vekselberg

Viktor Vekselberg

$13 B 54 oil, metals Russia
60 Phil Knight

Phil Knight

$12.7 B 73 Nike United States
61 Robert Kuok

Robert Kuok

$12.5 B 87 Diversified Malaysia
61 Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn

$12.5 B 75 leveraged buyouts United States
63 Mohammed Al Amoudi

Mohammed Al Amoudi

$12.3 B 66 oil Saudi Arabia
64 Donald Bren

Donald Bren

$12 B 79 real estate United States
64 Ronald Perelman

Ronald Perelman

$12 B 68 leveraged buyouts United States
66 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez

Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family

$11.9 B 80 Mining Mexico
67 Francois Pinault

Francois Pinault & family

$11.5 B 75 Retail France
68 Joseph Safra

Joseph Safra

$11.4 B 72 banking Brazil
69 Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson

$11.3 B 49 Fidelity United States
70 Viktor Rashnikov

Viktor Rashnikov

$11.2 B 62 Steel Russia
71 Leonardo Del Vecchio

Leonardo Del Vecchio

$11 B 76 eyewear Italy
72 John Fredriksen

John Fredriksen

$10.7 B 66 shipping Cyprus
72 Stefan Quandt

Stefan Quandt

$10.7 B 45 BMW Germany
74 James Simons

James Simons

$10.6 B 73 hedge funds United States
75 Luis Carlos Sarmiento

Luis Carlos Sarmiento

$10.5 B 78 banking Colombia
75 Horst Paulmann

Horst Paulmann & family

$10.5 B 76 Retail Chile
77 Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte

Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte

$10.4 B N/A paper Chile
77 Nasser Al-Kharafi

Nasser Al-Kharafi & family

$10.4 B 68 construction Kuwait
79 Sammy Ofer

Sammy Ofer & family

$10.3 B 89 shipping Israel
80 Len Blavatnik

Len Blavatnik

$10.1 B 54 Access Industries United States
81 Hans Rausing

Hans Rausing

$10 B 85 packaging Sweden
81 Ernesto Bertarelli

Ernesto Bertarelli & family

$10 B 46 biotech Switzerland
81 John Mars

John Mars

$10 B 75 candy, pet food United States
81 Jacqueline Mars

Jacqueline Mars

$10 B 71 candy, pet food United States
81 Forrest Mars

Forrest Mars

$10 B 80 candy, pet food United States
81 Klaus-Michael Kuhne

Klaus-Michael Kuhne

$10 B 74 shipping Germany
81 Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani

$10 B 49 commodities, infrastructure India
88 Iskander Makhmudov

Iskander Makhmudov

$9.9 B 47 mining, metals, machinery Russia
89 Johanna Quandt

Johanna Quandt

$9.8 B 85 BMW Germany
89 George Kaiser

George Kaiser

$9.8 B 69 oil & gas, banking United States
89 Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler

Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler

$9.8 B N/A ball bearings Germany
92 German Khan

German Khan

$9.6 B 49 oil, banking, telecom Russia
93 Ananda Krishnan

Ananda Krishnan

$9.5 B 73 telecom Malaysia
93 Dmitry Rybolovlev

Dmitry Rybolovlev

$9.5 B 44 fertilizer Russia
95 Robin Li

Robin Li

$9.4 B 42 Internet China
96 Serge Dassault

Serge Dassault & family

$9.3 B 86 aviation France
97 Kumar Birla

Kumar Birla

$9.2 B 44 commodities India
97 Petr Kellner

Petr Kellner

$9.2 B 47 insurance Czech Republic
99 Leonid Mikhelson

Leonid Mikhelson

$9.1 B 56 Natural gas Russia
100 Cheng Yu-tung

Cheng Yu-tung

$9 B 86 real estate Hong Kong