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world's richest 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.
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No.  ↓
Name  ↓
Net worth(USD)  ↓
Age  ↓
Citizenship  ↓
Residence  ↓
Sources of wealth  ↓
Ref.
1
William Henry Gates III
$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
 Mexico
TelmexAmérica 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 NordTrader 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
 China
 Canada
Cheung Kong HoldingsHutchison 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
 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 KwokThomas 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
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
 Ethiopia/ Saudi Arabia
 Saudi Arabia/ Ethiopia
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
EBX Group
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
MaxisAstro
62
Robert Kuok
$7.0 billion 
85
 Malaysia
 Hong Kong
Perlis Plantations Bhd,Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
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 (widow of Andronico Luksic) and family
$6.0 billion 
 Chile
 Chile
Antofagasta PLCQuiñenco
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
$5.6 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 & Anheuser-Busch InBev
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 Würth
$5.2 billion 
73
 Germany
 Germany
Würth 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
[citation needed]
99
Mian Mohammad Mansha
$4.5 billion 
62
 Pakistan
 Pakistan
Nishat GroupMuslim Commercial Bank
[18][19]
100
Steve Jobs
$3.4 billion 
54
 United States
 United States
Apple Inc.
[20]


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