No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth
1▲ Warren Buffett $62.0 billion ▲ 77 United States United States Berkshire Hathaway
2▲ Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion ▲ 68 Mexico Mexico Telmex, América Móvil
3▼ Bill Gates $58.0 billion ▲ 52 United States United States Microsoft
4▲ Lakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion ▲ 57 India United Kingdom Arcelor Mittal
5▲ Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion ▲ 50 India India Reliance Industries
6▲ Anil Ambani $42.0 billion ▲ 48 India India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
7▼ Ingvar Kamprad and family $31.0 billion ▼ 81 Sweden Switzerland IKEA
8▲ Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion ▲ 76 India India DLF Group
9▲ Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion ▲ 40 Russia Russia Rusal
10▲ Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion ▲ 88 Germany Germany ALDI
11▼ Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion ▲ 79 Hong Kong Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
12▼ Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion ▼ 74 United States United States Las Vegas Sands
13▼ Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion ▼ 59 France France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
14▼ Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion ▲ 63 United States United States Oracle Corporation
15▲ Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion ▲ 41 Russia United Kingdom Millhouse Capital, Chelsea F.C.
16▲ Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion ▲ 85 Germany Germany ALDI, Trader Joe's
17▼ Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion ▲ 85 France France L'Oréal
18▲ Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion ▲ 42 Russia Russia Severstal
19▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion ▲ 51 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup
20▲ Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion ▲ 43 Russia Russia Alfa Group
21▲ Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion ▲ 51 Russia Russia Novolipetsk Steel
22▼ Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion ▼ 72 Spain Spain Inditex Group
23▲ Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion ▲ Hong Kong Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai
24▲ Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion ▲ 42 Russia Russia Interros
24▲ Vladimir Potanin $19.5 billion ▲ 47 Russia Russia Interros
26▼ Christy Walton and family $19.2 billion ▲ 53 United States United States Wal-Mart
26▼ Jim Walton $19.2 billion ▲ 60 United States United States Wal-Mart
26▼ S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion ▲ 64 United States United States Wal-Mart
29▲ Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion ▲ 80 Hong Kong Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
29▼ Alice Walton $19.0 billion ▲ 58 United States United States Wal-Mart
31▼ David Thomson and family $18.9 billion ▼ 50 Canada Canada The Thomson Corporation
32▼ Sergey Brin $18.7 billion ▲ 34 United States United States Google
33▼ Larry Page $18.6 billion ▲ 35 United States United States Google
34▲ Michael Otto and family $18.2 billion ▲ 64 Germany Germany Otto GmbH
35▼ Stefan Persson $17.7 billion ▼ 60 Sweden Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
36▼ Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion ▲ 42 Russia Russia Gazprom, Sberbank
37▲ Charles Koch $17.0 billion ▲ 72 United States United States Koch Industries
37▲ David H. Koch $17.0 billion ▲ 67 United States United States Koch Industries
39▼ François Pinault and family $16.9 billion ▲ 71 France France PPR
40▼ Michael Dell $16.4 billion ▲ 43 United States United States Dell
41▼ Paul Allen $16.0 billion ▼ 55 United States United States Microsoft
41▼ Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion ▲ 90 United States United States Tracinda Corporation
43▼ Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion ▬ 52 United States United States Microsoft
43▼ Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion ▲ 46 United States United States Fidelity Investments
43▲ Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion ▲ India India Essar
46▲ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $14.0 billion ▲ 64 Kuwait Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons
46▲ The Duke of Westminster and family $14.0 billion ▲ 56 United Kingdom United Kingdom Grosvenor Group
46▼ Carl Icahn $14.0 billion ▲ 72 United States United States American Car and Foundry Company
46▲ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion ▲ 76 United States United States Mars, Incorporated
46▲ Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion ▲ 68 United States United States Mars, Incorporated
46▲ John Mars $14.0 billion ▲ 71 United States United States Mars, Incorporated
46▲ Birgit Rausing and family $14.0 billion ▲ 84 Sweden Switzerland Tetra Laval
46▼ Jack C. Taylor and family $14.0 billion ▲ 85 United States United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car
54▲ German Khan $13.9 billion ▲ 46 Russia Russia TNK-BP
55▲ Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion ▲ 45 Germany Germany BMW
56▼ Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion ▲ 57 Russia Russia LUKoil
56▲ Donald Bren $13.0 billion ▲ 75 United States United States Irvine Company
58▲ Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion ▲ France United States Chanel
59▲ Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion ▲ 41 Russia Russia Mobile TeleSystems
60▼ Azim Premji $12.7 billion ▼ 62 India India Wipro Technologies
60▲ Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion ▲ 53 Egypt Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
62▼ Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion ▬ 88 United States United States Cox Enterprises
63▲ Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion ▲ 44 Russia Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
64▲ Sunil Mittal and family $11.8 billion ▲ 50 India India Bharti Airtel
65▲ Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion ▲ 49 Russia Russia Evraz Group
65▲ Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion ▲ 66 United States United States Bloomberg L.P.
67▼ Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion ▲ 50 Russia Russia Renova Group
68▼ Michele Ferrero and family $11.0 billion ▲ 81 Italy Monaco Ferrero SpA
68▲ George Kaiser $11.0 billion ▲ 65 United States United States BOK Financial Corporation
68▼ Spiro Latsis and family $11.0 billion ▬ 61 Greece Switzerland EFG Bank European Financial Group
68▲ Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion ▲ 46 Egypt Egypt Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
72▲ Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion ▲ 45 Russia Russia Alfa Group
73▲ Philip Knight $10.4 billion ▲ 70 United States United States Nike
73▲ Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion ▲ 59 Russia Russia Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
75▲ Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion ▲ 42 Switzerland Switzerland Serono
76▲ Kumar Birla $10.2 billion ▲ 40 India India Aditya Birla Group
77▼ Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion ▼ 72 Italy Italy Luxottica
77▲ Antônio Ermírio de Moraes and family $10.0 billion ▲ 79 Brazil Brazil Votorantim Group
77▲ Iris Fontbona and family $10.0 billion ▲ Chile Chile Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco
77▲ Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion ▲ 77 United States United States Fidelity Investments
77▼ Hans Rausing $10.0 billion ▲ 82 Sweden United Kingdom Tetra Laval
77▼ Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion ▲ 59 Russia Russia Sistema
77▲ Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion ▲ 47 Russia Russia Mechel
84▼ Serge Dassault and family $9.9 billion ▼ 82 France France Dassault Group
85▲ Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion ▲ 75 Mexico Mexico Grupo Bal
86▲ Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion ▲ 68 India India Unitech Group
87▼ Charles Ergen $9.5 billion ▼ 55 United States United States Dish Network Corporation
87▼ John Kluge $9.5 billion ▲ 93 United States United States Metromedia
87▲ Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion ▲ 65 United States United States Revlon
90▼ Silvio Berlusconi and family $9.4 billion ▼ 71 Italy Italy Fininvest
91▲ Gautam Adani $9.3 billion ▲ 45 India India Adani Group
91▲ Petr Kellner $9.3 billion ▲ 43 Czech Republic Czech Republic PPF Group
91▲ Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion ▲ 54 Russia Russia Metalloinvest
94▼ Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion ▼ 73 Germany Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
94▼ August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion ▲ 78 Germany Switzerland Allianz
96▲ Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion ▲ 78 Egypt Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
97▼ Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.0 billion ▲ 62 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings
97▲ Robert Kuok $9.0 billion ▲ 84 Malaysia Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd
97▼ George Soros $9.0 billion ▲ 77 United States United States Soros Fund Management
100▼ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair $8.9 billion ▲ 54 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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