The World’s 100 Billionaires
Posted by Richard Daniels on Feb 7, 2012 in General | 9 comments
The Richest People On The Planet
This year’s list broke records in size (1,210 billionaires) and total net worth ($4.5 trillion). China doubled its number of 10-figure fortunes, and Moscow now has more billionaires than any other city. Mexico’s Carlos Slim widened his lead at No. 1.
1. Carlos Slim Helu & family
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
$74 B | 72 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 | 
Bill Gates |
$56 B | 56 | 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 | 55 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 9 | 
Mukesh Ambani |
$27 B | 54 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 10 | 
Christy Walton & family |
$26.5 B | 57 | 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 | 64 | H&M | Sweden |
| 14 | 
Vladimir Lisin |
$24 B | 55 | Steel | Russia |
| 15 | 
Liliane Bettencourt |
$23.5 B | 89 | 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 | 76 | Diversified | United States |
| 18 | 
David Koch |
$22 B | 71 | Diversified | United States |
| 20 | 
Jim Walton |
$21.3 B | 64 | Walmart | United States |
| 21 | 
Alice Walton |
$21.2 B | 62 | Walmart | United States |
| 22 | 
S. Robson Walton |
$21 B | 68 | 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 | 84 | 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 | 48 | Amazon | United States |
| 32 | 
Michele Ferrero & family |
$18 B | 85 | chocolates | Italy |
| 32 | 
Mikhail Prokhorov |
$18 B | 46 | Investments | Russia |
| 34 | 
Vladimir Potanin |
$17.8 B | 51 | 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 | 44 | aluminum | Russia |
| 38 | 
Michael Otto & family |
$16.6 B | 68 | Retail | Germany |
| 39 | 
Rinat Akhmetov |
$16 B | 45 | steel, coal mines | Ukraine |
| 39 |
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
$16 B | 58 | Mining | Mexico |
| 39 | 
John Paulson |
$16 B | 56 | hedge funds | United States |
| 42 | 
Shashi & Ravi Ruia |
$15.8 B | 68 | 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 | 88 | 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 | 92 | Cox Enterprises | United States |
| 53 | 
Roman Abramovich |
$13.4 B | 45 | 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 | 60 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 57 | 
Paul Allen |
$13 B | 59 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 57 | 
Viktor Vekselberg |
$13 B | 54 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 60 | 
Phil Knight |
$12.7 B | 73 | Nike | United States |
| 61 | 
Carl Icahn |
$12.5 B | 75 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 61 | 
Robert Kuok |
$12.5 B | 88 | Diversified | Malaysia |
| 63 | 
Mohammed Al Amoudi |
$12.3 B | 67 | oil | Saudi Arabia |
| 64 | 
Donald Bren |
$12 B | 79 | real estate | United States |
| 64 |
Ronald Perelman |
$12 B | 69 | 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 | 73 | banking | Brazil |
| 69 | 
Abigail Johnson |
$11.3 B | 50 | Fidelity | United States |
| 70 | 
Viktor Rashnikov |
$11.2 B | 63 | Steel | Russia |
| 71 | 
Leonardo Del Vecchio |
$11 B | 76 | eyewear | Italy |
| 72 | 
John Fredriksen |
$10.7 B | 67 | 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 | 79 | banking | Colombia |
| 75 | 
Horst Paulmann & family |
$10.5 B | 77 | Retail | Chile |
| 77 | 
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family |
$10.4 B | 68 | construction | Kuwait |
| 77 |
Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte |
$10.4 B | N/A | paper | Chile |
| 79 | 
Sammy Ofer & family |
$10.3 B | 90 | shipping | Israel |
| 80 | 
Len Blavatnik |
$10.1 B | 54 | Access Industries | United States |
| 81 | 
Forrest Mars |
$10 B | 80 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Klaus-Michael Kuhne |
$10 B | 74 | shipping | Germany |
| 81 |
John Mars |
$10 B | 75 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Jacqueline Mars |
$10 B | 72 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Hans Rausing |
$10 B | 85 | packaging | Sweden |
| 81 | 
Ernesto Bertarelli & family |
$10 B | 46 | biotech | Switzerland |
| 81 | 
Gautam Adani |
$10 B | 49 | commodities, infrastructure | India |
| 88 | 
Iskander Makhmudov |
$9.9 B | 48 | mining, metals, machinery | Russia |
| 89 | 
Johanna Quandt |
$9.8 B | 85 | BMW | Germany |
| 89 | 
Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler |
$9.8 B | N/A | ball bearings | Germany |
| 89 | 
George Kaiser |
$9.8 B | 69 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 92 | 
German Khan |
$9.6 B | 50 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 93 | 
Dmitry Rybolovlev |
$9.5 B | 45 | fertilizer | Russia |
| 93 | 
Ananda Krishnan |
$9.5 B | 73 | telecom | Malaysia |
| 95 | 
Robin Li |
$9.4 B | 43 | 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 |
Source: Forbes
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