The Richest People On The Planet

The World's Billionaires BROWSE THE LIST Net Worth Calculated March 2011 Country of Citizenship Rank a Name Net Worth Age Source 1 Carlos Slim Helu & $74 B telecom Mexico 71 family Bill Gates $56 B 55 Microsoft United States Warren Buffett $50 B 80 Berkshire Hathaway United States Bernard Arnault $41B 62 LVMH France 4 Larry Ellison $39.5 B Oracle United States 66 Lakshmi Mittal $31.1 B 60 Steel India Amancio Ortega $31 B Spain 74 Zara 8. Eike Batista $30 B 54 mining, oil Brazil 9. Mukesh Ambani $27 B 53 petrochemicals, oil & gas India Christy Walton & family 10 $26.5 B 56 Walmart United States Li Ka-shing $26 B Diversified Hong Kong 82 11 12 Karl Albrecht $25.5 B Aldi Germany 91 13 Stefan Persson $24.5 B 63 Н&м Sweden 14 Vladimir Lisin $24 B Steel Russia 54 Liliane Bettencourt $23.5 B 88 L'Oreal France 15 16 Sheldon Adelson $23.3 B 77 casinos United States David Thonmson & family $23 B media Canada 17 53 18 Diversified Charles Koch $22 B 75 United States 18 David Koch $22 B 70 Diversified United States 20 Jim Walton $21.3 B 63 Walmart United States 21 Alice Walton $21.2 B 61 Walmart United States 22 S. Robson Walton $21 B 67 Walmart United States Kwok Thomas & Raymond & family $20 B N/A real estate Hong Kong 23 $19.8 B Google United States 24 Larry Page 37 $19.8 B Google United States 24 Sergey Brin 37 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 83 real estate Hong Kong Alexei Mordashov $18.5 B Steel Russia 29 45 30 Michael Bloomberg $18.1 B 69 Bloomberg United States 30 Jeff Bezos $18.1 B United States 47 Amazon Michele Ferrero & $18 B 84 chocolates Italy 32 family Mikhail Prokhorov $18 B Investments Russia 32 45 Vladimir Potanin $17.8 B 50 nonferrous metals Russia Alisher Usmanov $17.7 B steel, telecom, stocks Russia 35 57 36 Azim Premji $16.8 B 65 Software India 36 Oleg Deripaska $16.8 B 43 aluminum Russia 38 Michael Otto & family $16.6 B Retail 67 Germany German Larrea Mota $16 B Mining Mexico 39 57 Velasco & family Rinat Akhnmetov $16 B steel, coal mines Ukraine 39 44 John Paulson $16 B hedge funds United States 39 55 Shashi & Ravi Ruia $15.8 B 67 Diversified India 42 43 Mikhail Fridman $15.1 B 46 oil, banking, telecom Russia Michael Dell $14.6 B 46 Dell United States 44 Susanne Klatten $14.6 B 48 BMW, pharmaceuticals Germany 44 46 Steve Ballmer $14.5 B 54 Microsoft United States George Soros $14.5B hedge funds United States 80 46 Berthold & Theo Jr. $14.4 B N/A Aldi, Trader Joes 48 Germany Albrecht & family $14 B 87 packaging Birgit Rausing & family Sweden 49 Vagit Alekperov $13.9 B Lukoil Russia 60 50 51 Aliko Dangote $13.8 B sugar, flour, cement Nigeria 53 52 Mark Zuckerberg $13.5 B Facebook United States 26 Anne Cox Chambers $13.4 B Cox Enterprises United States 53 91 Roman Abramovich $13.4 B steel, investments Russia 53 44 55 Jorge Paulo Lemann $13.3 B beer Brazil 71 56 Savitri Jindal & family $13.2 B 60 Steel India Gerald Cavendish $13 B real estate United Kingdom 57 59 Grosvenor & family Paul Allen $13 B 58 Microsoft, investments United States 57 57 Viktor Vekselberg $13 B oil, metals Russia 53 60 Phil Knight $12.7 B 73 Nike United States 61 Robert Kuok $12.5 B Malaysia 87 Diversified 61 Carl Icahn $12.5B 75 leveraged buyouts United States 63 Mohammed Al Amoudi $12.3 B 66 oil Saudi Arabia 64 Donald Bren $12 B 78 real estate United States 64 Ron Perelman $12 B 68 leveraged buyouts United States 66 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family $11.9 B 79 Mining Mexico 67 Francois Pinault & $11.5 B 74 Retail France family 68 Joseph Safra $11.4 B banking 72 Brazil 69 Abigail Johnson $11.3 B Fidelity United States 49 Viktor Rashnikov $11.2 B 62 Steel Russia 70 Leonardo Del Vecchio $11 B Italy 71 75 eyewear John Fredriksen $10.7 B 66 shipping Cyprus 72 Stefan Quandt $10.7 B BMW Germany 72 44 74 hedge funds James Simons $10.6 B 72 United States Luis Carlos Sarmiento $10.5 B 78 banking Colombia 75 Horst Paulmann & $10.5 B 76 Retail Chile 75 family N/A paper Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte $10.4 B Chile 77 Nasser Al-Kharafi & $10.4 B 67 construction Kuwait 77 family 79 Sammy Ofer & family $10.3 B 89 shipping Israel 80 Len Blavatnik $10.1 B 53 Access Industries United States 81 Hans Rausing 84 packaging $10 B Sweden 81 Ernesto Bertarelli & $10 B 45 biotech Switzerland family 81 John Mars $10 B 74 candy, pet food United States 81 Jacqueline Mars $10 B candy, pet food United States 71 81 Forrest Mars $10 B 79 candy, pet food United States 81 Klaus-Michael Kuhne $10 B 73 shipping Germany 81 Gautam Adani $10 B commodities, infrastructure 48 India 88 47 mining, metals, machinery Iskander Makhmudov $9.9 B Russia 89 Johanna Quandt $9.8 B 84 BMW Germany 89 George Kaiser $9.8 B oil & gas, banking United States 68 89 Maria-Elisabeth & $9.8 B N/A ball bearings Germany Georg Schaeffler 92 oil, banking, telecom Russia German Khan $9.6 B 49 Ananda Krishnan $9.5 B 72 telecom Malaysia 93 93 Dmitry Rybolovlev $9.5B fertilizer Russia 44 Robin Li $9.4 B Internet China 95 42 96 Serge Dassault & family $9.3 B 85 aviation France Kumar Birla $9.2 B commodities India 97 43 Petr Kellner $9.2 B insurance Czech Republic 97 46 Leonid Mikhelson $9.1 B Natural gas Russia 99 55 100 Cheng Yu-tung $9 B 85 real estate Hong Kong 3 6 7. 9. 10 11 12 13 34 2.