Who are the top 20 richest people in the world?

Answer 1

Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009, and does not reflect changes since then.LegendIcon Description▬ Has not changed from the list for 2008.▲ Has increased from the list for 2008.▼ Has decreased from the list for 2008.No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth Ref.1▲ Bill Gates $40.0 billion ▼ 53 United States United States Microsoft [3]2▼ Warren Buffett $37.0 billion ▼ 78 United States United States Berkshire Hathaway [3]3▼ Carlos Slim Helú $35.0 billion ▼ 69 Mexico Lebanon Mexico Telmex, América Móvil [3]4▲ Lawrence Ellison $22.5 billion ▼ 64 United States United States Oracle Corporation [3]5▲ Ingvar Kamprad and family $22.0 billion ▼ 83 Sweden Switzerland IKEA [4]6▲ Karl Albrecht $21.5 billion ▼ 89 Germany Germany Aldi Süd [4]7▼ Mukesh Ambani $19.5 billion ▼ 51 India India Reliance Industries [4]8▼ Lakshmi Mittal $19.3 billion ▼ 58 India United Kingdom Arcelor Mittal [4]9▲ Theo Albrecht $18.8 billion ▼ 87 Germany Germany ALDI Nord, Trader Joe's [5]10▲ Amancio Ortega $18.3 billion ▼ 73 Spain Spain Inditex Group [6]11▲ Jim Walton $17.8 billion ▼ 61 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ Alice Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 59 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ Christy Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 54 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ S. Robson Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 65 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]15▼ Bernard Arnault $16.5 billion ▼ 60 France France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton [8]16▼ Li Ka-shing $16.2 billion ▼ 80 Hong Kong Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa [9]17▲ Michael Bloomberg $16.0 billion ▲ 67 United States United States Bloomberg L.P. [6]18▲ Stefan Persson $14.5 billion ▼ 61 Sweden Sweden Hennes & Mauritz 19▲ Charles Koch $14.0 billion ▼ 73 United States United States Koch Industries [10]19▲ David H. Koch $14.0 billion ▼ 68 United States United States Koch Industries [10]21▼ Liliane Bettencourt $13.4 billion ▼ 86 France France L'Oréal [3]22▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $13.3 billion ▼ 54 Saudi Arabia Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup [11]23▲ Michael Otto and family $13.2 billion ▼ 65 Germany Germany Otto GmbH 24▲ David Thomson and family $13.0 billion ▼ 51 Canada Canada The Thomson Corporation [12]25▲ Michael Dell $12.3 billion ▼ 44 United States United States Dell 26▲ Donald Bren $12.0 billion ▼ 76 United States United States Irvine Company 26▲ Sergey Brin $12.0 billion ▼ 35 United States United States Google [3]26▲ Larry Page $12.0 billion ▼ 36 United States United States Google [3]29▲ Steven Ballmer $11.0 billion ▼ 53 United States United States Microsoft [13]29▲ The Duke of Westminster and family $11.0 billion ▼ 57 United Kingdom United Kingdom Grosvenor Group [14]29▲ George Soros $11.0 billion ▲ 78 United States United States Soros Fund Management 32▲ Paul Allen $10.5 billion ▼ 56 United States United States Microsoft [11]32▼ Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $10.5 billion ▼ 57, 58, and 59 Hong Kong Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai 34▼ Anil Ambani $10.1 billion ▼ 49 India India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [4]35▲ Abigail Johnson $10.0 billion ▼ 47 United States United States Fidelity Investments 35▲ Susanne Klatten $10.0 billion ▼ 46 Germany Germany BMW 35▲ Ronald Perelman $10.0 billion ▲ 66 United States United States Revlon 35▲ Hans Rausing $10.0 billion ▬ 83 Sweden United Kingdom Tetra Laval [14]39▲ Birgit Rausing and family $9.9 billion ▼ 85 Sweden Switzerland Tetra Laval 40▲ Michele Ferrero and family $9.5 billion ▼ 82 Italy Monaco Ferrero SpA 40▼ Mikhail Prokhorov $9.5 billion ▼ 43 Russia Russia Interros [15]40▲ Jack C. Taylor and family $9.5 billion ▼ 86 United States United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car 43▲ Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.0 billion ▬ 63 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings 43▼ Anne Cox Chambers $9.0 billion ▼ 89 United States United States Cox Enterprises 43▲ Carl Icahn $9.0 billion ▼ 73 United States United States American Car and Foundry Company [16]43▲ George Kaiser $9.0 billion ▼ 66 United States United States BOK Financial Corporation 43▼ Lee Shau Kee $9.0 billion ▼ 81 Hong Kong Hong Kong Henderson Land Development 43▲ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $9.0 billion ▼ 77 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]43▲ Jacqueline Mars $9.0 billion ▼ 69 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]43▲ John Mars $9.0 billion ▼ 72 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]51▼ Roman Abramovich $8.5 billion ▼ 42 Russia Russia Millhouse Capital [17]52▲ Ernesto Bertarelli $8.2 billion ▼ 43 Switzerland Switzerland Serono 52▲ Philip Knight $8.2 billion ▼ 71 United States United States Nike 54▼ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $8.1 billion ▼ 65 Kuwait Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons 55▲ James Simons $8.0 billion ▲ 70 United States United States Renaissance Technologies 55▲ Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $8.0 billion ▼ 60 and 59 France United States Switzerland Chanel 57▲ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family $7.8 billion ▲ 55 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank 57▲ Vahid Alakbarov $7.8 billion ▼ 58 Russia Russia LUKoil 59▲ Sunil Mittal and family $7.7 billion ▼ 51 India India Bharti Airtel 60▼ François Pinault and family $7.6 billion ▼ 72 France France PPR 61▲ Eike Batista $7.5 billion ▲ 51 Brazil Brazil 62▲ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber $7.0 billion ▲ 50 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 62▲ Maan Al-Sanea $7.0 billion ▼ 54 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saad Group 62▲ Edward Johnson, III $7.0 billion ▼ 78 United States United States Fidelity Investments 62▲ Ananda Krishnan $7.0 billion ▼ 70 Malaysia Malaysia Maxis, Astro 62▲ Robert Kuok $7.0 billion ▼ 85 Malaysia Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd 62▲ Joseph Safra $7.0 billion ▼ 70 Brazil Brazil Safra Group 68▲ Jeffrey Bezos $6.8 billion ▼ 45 United States United States Amazon.com 69▲ August von Finck, Jr. $6.7 billion ▼ 79 Germany Switzerland Allianz 70▲ Silvio Berlusconi and family $6.5 billion ▼ 72 Italy Italy Fininvest 71▲ Leonardo Del Vecchio $6.3 billion ▼ 73 Italy Italy Luxottica 71▲ Curt Engelhorn $6.3 billion ▼ 82 Germany Switzerland Roche 71▼ Mikhail Fridman $6.3 billion ▼ 44 Russia Russia Alfa Group 74▲ Sulaiman Al Rajhi $6.2 billion ▼ 89 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Rajhi Bank 75▲ James Goodnight $6.1 billion ▼ 66 United States United States SAS Institute 76▲ Iris Fontbona and family $6.0 billion ▼ Chile Chile Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco 76▲ Petr Kellner $6.0 billion ▼ 44 Czech Republic Czech Republic PPF Group 76▲ John Kluge $6.0 billion ▼ 94 United States United States Metromedia [6]76▲ John Paulson $6.0 billion ▲ 53 United States United States 76▲ Tadashi Yanai & family $6.0 billion ▲ 60 Japan Japan Fast Retailing 81▲ Dan Duncan $5.9 billion ▼ 76 United States United States Enterprise Products 81▲ Eliodoro Matte & family $5.9 billion ▼ 63 Chile Chile Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones 83▲ Alberto Bailleres & family $5.7 billion ▼ 76 Mexico Mexico Grupo Bal 83▼ Azim Premji $5.7 billion ▼ 63 India India Wipro Technologies 83▲ Hansjorg Wyss $5.7 billion ▼ 74 Switzerland United States Synthes 86▼ Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion ▲ 65 India India Essar 87▲ Steven A. Cohen $5.5 billion ▼ 53 United States United States SAC Capital Partners 87▲ Ng Teng Fong $5.5 billion ▼ 80 Singapore Singapore Sino Group 87▲ Patrick Soon-Shiong $5.5 billion ▲ 57 United States United States American Pharmaceutical Partners 90▼ Serge Dassault and family $5.4 billion ▼ 83 France France Dassault Group 90▲ Erivan Haub & family $5.4 billion ▼ 76 Germany Germany Tengelmann Group 92▲ Jorge Paulo Lemann $5.3 billion ▼ 69 Brazil Brazil Investment Bank & Inbev beverages 93▲ Eli Broad $5.2 billion ▼ 75 United States United States KB Home 93▲ Kunio Busujima & family $5.2 billion ▼ 83 Japan Japan Sankyo 93▲ Karl-Heinz Kipp $5.2 billion ▼ 85 Germany Switzerland Massa 93▼ Vladimir Lisin $5.2 billion ▼ 52 Russia Russia Novolipetsk Steel [15]93▲ Reinhold Wurth $5.2 billion ▼ 73 Germany Germany Wurth Group 98▲ Philip Anschutz $5.0 billion ▼ 69 United States United States The Anschutz Corporation 98▼ Kirk Kerkorian $5.0 billion ▼ 91 United States United States Tracinda Corporation [16]98▲ Nicky Oppenheimer & family $5.0 billion ▼ 63 South Africa South Africa De Beers & Anglo American 98▲ David and Simon Reuben $5.0 billion ▼ NA United Kingdom United Kingdom real estate 98▼ Kushal Pal Singh $5.0 billion ▼ 77 India India DLF Group [4]98▲ Galen Weston & family $5.0 billion ▼ 68 Canada Canada George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods See also

list of heads of government and state by net worth

Answer 2

1. Carlos Slim Helu, $53.5 billion2. Bill Gates, $53 billion3. Warren Buffett, $47 billion4. Mukesh Ambani, $29 billion5. Lakshmi Mittal, $28.7 billion6. Lawrence Ellison, $28 billion7. Bernard Arnault, $27.5 billion8. Eike Batista, $27 billion9. Amancio Ortega, $25 billion10. Karl Albrecht, $23.5 billion

Answer 3

(1) VARWA BALA -$80 BILLION - (BARCELONA)

(2) DAUDA YAKUBU- $70 BILLION -(CHELSEA)

(3) PASCAL DATI - $69.6 BILLION -( MAN. CITY)

(4) ZAMAN ABBASIRYUZ -$60 BILLION -(BARCELONA)

(5) MOSES MA'AJI - $58 BILLION- (BARCELONA)

(6) YASSAH TUMBA- $40 BILLION- (CHELSEA)

(7) EPHRAIM LAZARUS- $38 BILLION - (ARSENAL)

(8) ABDULHAMID MOHAMMED- $20 BILLION - (ARSENAL)

(9) Lionel Messi- $19-BILLION -(BARCELONA)

(10) DIDIER DROGBA-$18 BILLION - (CHELSEA)

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