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Net Worth Calculated March 2011 | Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Carlos Slim Helu & family | $74 B | 71 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 |  Bill Gates | $56 B | 55 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 |  Warren Buffett | $50 B | 81 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 |  Bernard Arnault | $41 B | 62 | LVMH | France |
| 5 |  Larry Ellison | $39.5 B | 67 | Oracle | United States |
| 6 |  Lakshmi Mittal | $31.1 B | 61 | Steel | India |
| 7 |  Amancio Ortega | $31 B | 75 | Zara | Spain |
| 8 |  Eike Batista | $30 B | 54 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 9 |  Mukesh Ambani | $27 B | 54 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 10 |  Christy Walton & family | $26.5 B | 56 | Walmart | United States |
| 11 |  Li Ka-shing | $26 B | 83 | Diversified | Hong Kong |
| 12 |  Karl Albrecht | $25.5 B | 91 | Aldi | Germany |
| 13 |  Stefan Persson | $24.5 B | 63 | H&M | Sweden |
| 14 |  Vladimir Lisin | $24 B | 55 | Steel | Russia |
| 15 |  Liliane Bettencourt | $23.5 B | 88 | L'Oreal | France |
| 16 |  Sheldon Adelson | $23.3 B | 78 | casinos | United States |
| 17 |  David Thomson & family | $23 B | 54 | media | Canada |
| 18 |  Charles Koch | $22 B | 75 | Diversified | United States |
| 18 |  David Koch | $22 B | 71 | Diversified | United States |
| 20 |  Jim Walton | $21.3 B | 63 | Walmart | United States |
| 21 |  Alice Walton | $21.2 B | 61 | Walmart | United States |
| 22 |  S. Robson Walton | $21 B | 67 | Walmart | United States |
| 23 |  Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family | $20 B | N/A | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 24 |  Larry Page | $19.8 B | 38 | United States | |
| 24 |  Sergey Brin | $19.8 B | 38 | United States | |
| 26 |  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $19.6 B | 56 | Investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 | Iris Fontbona & family | $19.2 B | N/A | Mining | Chile |
| 28 |  Lee Shau Kee | $19 B | 83 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 29 |  Alexei Mordashov | $18.5 B | 46 | Steel | Russia |
| 30 |  Michael Bloomberg | $18.1 B | 69 | Bloomberg | United States |
| 30 |  Jeff Bezos | $18.1 B | 47 | Amazon | United States |
| 32 |  Michele Ferrero & family | $18 B | 84 | chocolates | Italy |
| 32 |  Mikhail Prokhorov | $18 B | 46 | Investments | Russia |
| 34 |  Vladimir Potanin | $17.8 B | 50 | nonferrous metals | Russia |
| 35 |  Alisher Usmanov | $17.7 B | 58 | steel, telecom, stocks | Russia |
| 36 |  Azim Premji | $16.8 B | 66 | Software | India |
| 36 |  Oleg Deripaska | $16.8 B | 43 | aluminum | Russia |
| 38 |  Michael Otto & family | $16.6 B | 68 | Retail | Germany |
| 39 | German Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $16 B | 57 | Mining | Mexico |
| 39 |  Rinat Akhmetov | $16 B | 45 | steel, coal mines | Ukraine |
| 39 |  John Paulson | $16 B | 55 | hedge funds | United States |
| 42 |  Shashi & Ravi Ruia | $15.8 B | 67 | Diversified | India |
| 43 |  Mikhail Fridman | $15.1 B | 47 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 44 |  Michael Dell | $14.6 B | 46 | Dell | United States |
| 44 |  Susanne Klatten | $14.6 B | 49 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 46 |  Steve Ballmer | $14.5 B | 55 | Microsoft | United States |
| 46 |  George Soros | $14.5 B | 81 | hedge funds | United States |
| 48 | Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family | $14.4 B | N/A | Aldi, Trader Joes | Germany |
| 49 |  Birgit Rausing & family | $14 B | 87 | packaging | Sweden |
| 50 |  Vagit Alekperov | $13.9 B | 61 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 51 |  Aliko Dangote | $13.8 B | 54 | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria |
| 52 |  Mark Zuckerberg | $13.5 B | 27 | United States | |
| 53 |  Anne Cox Chambers | $13.4 B | 91 | Cox Enterprises | United States |
| 53 |  Roman Abramovich | $13.4 B | 44 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 55 |  Jorge Paulo Lemann | $13.3 B | 72 | beer | Brazil |
| 56 |  Savitri Jindal & family | $13.2 B | 61 | Steel | India |
| 57 |  Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family | $13 B | 59 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 57 |  Paul Allen | $13 B | 58 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 57 |  Viktor Vekselberg | $13 B | 54 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 60 |  Phil Knight | $12.7 B | 73 | Nike | United States |
| 61 |  Robert Kuok | $12.5 B | 87 | Diversified | Malaysia |
| 61 |  Carl Icahn | $12.5 B | 75 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 63 |  Mohammed Al Amoudi | $12.3 B | 66 | oil | Saudi Arabia |
| 64 |  Donald Bren | $12 B | 79 | real estate | United States |
| 64 | Ronald Perelman | $12 B | 68 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 66 |  Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family | $11.9 B | 80 | Mining | Mexico |
| 67 |  Francois Pinault & family | $11.5 B | 75 | Retail | France |
| 68 |  Joseph Safra | $11.4 B | 72 | banking | Brazil |
| 69 |  Abigail Johnson | $11.3 B | 49 | Fidelity | United States |
| 70 |  Viktor Rashnikov | $11.2 B | 62 | Steel | Russia |
| 71 |  Leonardo Del Vecchio | $11 B | 76 | eyewear | Italy |
| 72 |  John Fredriksen | $10.7 B | 66 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 72 |  Stefan Quandt | $10.7 B | 45 | BMW | Germany |
| 74 |  James Simons | $10.6 B | 73 | hedge funds | United States |
| 75 |  Luis Carlos Sarmiento | $10.5 B | 78 | banking | Colombia |
| 75 |  Horst Paulmann & family | $10.5 B | 76 | Retail | Chile |
| 77 | Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte | $10.4 B | N/A | paper | Chile |
| 77 |  Nasser Al-Kharafi & family | $10.4 B | 68 | construction | Kuwait |
| 79 |  Sammy Ofer & family | $10.3 B | 89 | shipping | Israel |
| 80 |  Len Blavatnik | $10.1 B | 54 | Access Industries | United States |
| 81 |  Hans Rausing | $10 B | 85 | packaging | Sweden |
| 81 |  Ernesto Bertarelli & family | $10 B | 46 | biotech | Switzerland |
| 81 | John Mars | $10 B | 75 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 |  Jacqueline Mars | $10 B | 71 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 |  Forrest Mars | $10 B | 80 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 |  Klaus-Michael Kuhne | $10 B | 74 | shipping | Germany |
| 81 |  Gautam Adani | $10 B | 49 | commodities, infrastructure | India |
| 88 |  Iskander Makhmudov | $9.9 B | 47 | mining, metals, machinery | Russia |
| 89 |  Johanna Quandt | $9.8 B | 85 | BMW | Germany |
| 89 |  George Kaiser | $9.8 B | 69 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 89 |  Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler | $9.8 B | N/A | ball bearings | Germany |
| 92 |  German Khan | $9.6 B | 49 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 93 |  Ananda Krishnan | $9.5 B | 73 | telecom | Malaysia |
| 93 |  Dmitry Rybolovlev | $9.5 B | 44 | fertilizer | Russia |
| 95 |  Robin Li | $9.4 B | 42 | Internet | China |
| 96 |  Serge Dassault & family | $9.3 B | 86 | aviation | France |
| 97 |  Kumar Birla | $9.2 B | 44 | commodities | India |
| 97 |  Petr Kellner | $9.2 B | 47 | insurance | Czech Republic |
| 99 |  Leonid Mikhelson | $9.1 B | 56 | Natural gas | Russia |
| 100 |  Cheng Yu-tung | $9 B | 86 | real estate | Hong Kong |
