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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
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
 China
 Canada
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
 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
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
Maxis, Astro
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 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
$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 Group, Muslim Commercial Bank
[18][19]
100▲
Steve Jobs
$3.4 billion ▼
54
 United States
 United States
Apple Inc.
[20]


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