List of 50 Wealthiest People in The World
The net worth of the richest people in the world is the worth of the total assets that each person owns. The net worth includes the assets minus the liabilities. In general, it is the worth of all the person’s assets, whether or not they are liquid. The 50 richest people in the world are:
- William Gates III (Bill Gates), United States, net worth $40 billion from software. One of the founders of Microsoft, Bill Gates has been the richest person in the world for most of the years from 1995 to 2009.
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Warren Buffett, United States, net worth $37 billion from investments. Investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Warren Buffet has pledged much of his wealth to philanthropic pursuits.
- Carlos Slim Helu & Family, Mexico, net worth $35 billion from telecommunications. Helu is one of the major influences over Mexican telecommunications. In 2007, he was briefly considered the richest person in the world.
- Lawrence Ellison – United States – Net worth $22.5B from software. Oracle CEO Ellison began in very humble circumstances and built up Oracle form a small business in 1977 to an enormous computer corporation.
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Ingvar Kamprad & Family – Sweden – Net worth $22B from furniture retail. The founder of IKEA, Kamprad started selling matches as a child and built up his retail business into the multinational corporation that IKEA is today.
- Karl Albrecht, Germany, net worth $21.5B from supermarket retail
- Mukesh Ambani, India, net worth $19.5B from petrochemicals
- Lakshmi Mittal, India, net worth $19.3B from steel
- Theo Albrecht, Germany, net worth $18.8B from supermarket retail
- Amancio Ortega , Spain, net worth $9.0B from apparel retail
- Jim Walton, United States, net worth $17.8 billion from discount retail
- Alice Walton, United States, net worth $17.6 billion from discount retail
- Christy Walton and family, Untied States, net worth $17.6 billion from discount retail
- S. Robson Walton, United States, net worth $17.6 billion from discount retail
- Bernard Arnault, France, net worth $16.5 billion from luxury goods
- Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, net worth $16.2 billion from diversified sources
- Michael Bloomberg, United States, net worth $16 billion from media ownership
- Stefan Persson, Sweden, net worth $14.5 billion from fashion retail
- David Koch, United States, net worth $14 billion from energy and manufacturing
- Charles Koch, United States, net worth $14 billion from energy and manufacturing
- Liliane Beterncourt, Germany, net worth $13.4 billion from consumer products
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, net worth $13.3 billion from investments
- Michael Otto and family, Germany, net worth $13.2 billion from retail
- David Thomson and family, Canada, net worth $13 billion from media ownership
- Michael Dell, United States, net worth $12.3 billion from electronics
- Donald Bren net worth $12 billion from real estate
- Larry Page, United States, net worth $12 billion from real estate
- Sergey Brin, United States, net worth $12 billion from internet
- George Soros, United States, net worth $11 billion from hedge funds
- Stephen Ballmer, United States, net worth $11 billion from software
- Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and Family, net worth United Kingdom, $11 billion from real estate
- Paul Allen, United States, net worth $10.5 billion from software
- Kwok Family, Hong Kong, net worth $10.5 billion from real estate
- Anil Ambani, India, net worth $10.1 billion from diversified sources
- Ronald Perelman, net worth United States, $10 billion from investments
- Susanne Klatten, net worth United States, $10 billion from pharmaceuticals
- Hans Rausing, Sweden, net worth $10 billion from manufacturing
- Abigail Johnson, net worth United States, $10 billion from finance
- Birgit Rausing and family, net worth Sweden, $9.9 billion from manufacturing
- Jack Taylor and family, net worth United States, $9.5 billion from automotive
- Mikhail Prokhorov, net worth Russia, $9.5 billion from investments
- Michele Ferrero and family, net worth Italy, f$9.5 billion from chocolate
- Jacqueline Mars, United States, net worth $9 billion from candy and pet food
- Mohammed Al Amoudi, net worth Saudi Arabia, $9 billion from oil
- Forest Mars Jr., United States, net worth $9 billion from candy and pet food
- John Mars, United States, net worth $9 billion from candy and pet food
- Anne Cox Chambers, United States, net worth $9 billion from media ownership
- Carl Icahn, United States, net worth $9 billion from investments
- Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, net worth $9 billion from real estate
- George Kaiser, United States, net worth $9 billion from oil and gas.
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Very cool inforgraphic, thank you!
Number 35 is incorrect!!!
Susanne Klatten is German and it’s not from pharmaceuticals (it’s from investments, e.g. BMW with about 12,5% of all stock)
So the Fererros made $9.5 billion from chocolate. Mmm, my kinda people….
Susanne Klatten (nr. 35) is most assuredly a German resident (and part of her money comes from owning 12.5% of BMW), not from the USA. Cheers and keep up the good work!
I hope and wish them success will follow at a later
As I read this, it only again reminds me of why life sucks for most of us working poor taxpaying suckers…..
Wow what a list!
great infograph. planning to link to it on my blog.
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I need a link to a larger and clearer map before I can make much sense from this graphic.
What would be more interesting is if this could be overlayed onto the mean incomes of the Countries where they richest people live and maps of Billionare and Millionare distribution.
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this map/graph/illustration is horrendously bad
interesting? maybe if i could read it
fun? yawn
easy to understand? no more so than what the cat dragged in
it is nothing more than a monstrous piece of crap masquerading as information
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well i guess software dominates all..i mean i think i will suggest to any budding businessman to try to engaged in computer/software business or telecommunications..
mmmmm
No one is worth this kind of money they should be in a 90% tax bracket
hello
Actually Dennis, this is exactly what these people are worth, considering it is a “net worth” graphic, and it’s wonderful to see what people with vision and skill can create. I wonder how many jobs these people create for the world? Many. Not only do they employ people in their organizations – Jack Taylor employs 40,000 people alone, The Waltons many more than that. They also spend money which creates even more jobs.
Additionally, many of these people make the world a better place. How much wealth has Bill Gates created for people? Untold billions.
Dennis, while most of us are satisfied with equality of opportunity, you apparently would like equality in result. That will never happen, nor should it. We didn’t all get the same grades in school. Not everybody won first place in a sporting competition, and we certainly will never all make the same money. If you want to see the devastating effects of taking from the rich and giving to the poor, see USSR in the mid-20th century.
to ‘dealer’ you are so right. we can all go out and make our own cash as they did. Its called freedom in the usa.
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wow great people,
l like to become enter in this list