list of Billionaires in the World

Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on 9 February 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.

# Name Net Worth Citizenship Source

1▬ Bill Gates[7] US$56.0 billion ▲ United States Microsoft, Corbis

2▬ Warren Buffett[7] US$52.0 billion ▲ United States Investments

3▬ Carlos Slim Helú[7] US$49.0 billion ▲ Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA

4▬ Ingvar Kamprad US$33.0 billion ▲ Sweden IKEA, IKANO, real estate

5▬ Lakshmi Mittal US$32.0 billion ▲ India Arcelor Mittal

6▲ Sheldon Adelson US$26.5 billion ▲ United States Las Vegas Sands

7▬ Bernard Arnault US$26.0 billion ▲ France LVMH

8▲ Amancio Ortega US$24.0 billion ▲ Spain Inditex Group, real estate

9▲ Li Ka-shing US$23.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa

10▼ David Thomson and family US$22.0 billion ▲ Canada Thomson Corporation

11▲ Lawrence Ellison US$21.5 billion ▲ United States Oracle Corporation

12▲ Liliane Bettencourt US$20.7 billion ▲ France L'Oréal, Nestle

13▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud US$20.3 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup

14▲ Mukesh Ambani US$20.1 billion ▲ India Reliance Industries Ltd

15▼ Karl Albrecht US$20.0 billion ▲ Germany ALDI

16▼ Roman Abramovich US$18.7 billion ▲ Russia Millhouse Capital

17▲ Stefan Persson US$18.4 billion ▲ Sweden Hennes & Mauritz

18▲ Anil Ambani US$18.2 billion ▲ India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

19▼ Paul Allen US$18.0 billion ▼ United States Microsoft, Vulcan Ventures, Portland Trailblazers, investment

20▲ Theo Albrecht US$17.5 billion ▲ Germany ALDI, Trader Joes, Albertsons

21▲ Azim Premji US$17.1 billion ▲ India Wipro Technologies

22▲ Lee Shau Kee US$17.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Henderson Land Development

23▼ Jim Walton US$16.8 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart

24▼ Christy Walton and family US$16.7 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance

24▼ S. Robson Walton US$16.7 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart

26▬ Sergey Brin US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Google

26▬ Larry Page US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Google

26▼ Alice Walton US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance

29▼ Helen Walton†[8] US$16.4 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance

30▼ Michael Dell US$15.8 billion ▼ United States Dell, investment

31▼ Steven Ballmer US$15.0 billion ▲ United States Microsoft

31▲ Kirk Kerkorian US$15.0 billion ▲ United States Tracinda Corporation

31▲ Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok US$15.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai & Company

34▲ François Pinault US$14.5 billion ▲ France PPR

35▲ Suleiman Kerimov US$14.4 billion ▲ Russia Gazprom, Sberbank

36▲ Vladimir Lisin US$14.3 billion ▲ Russia Novolipetsk Steel

37▲ Jack C. Taylor and family US$13.9 billion ▲ United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car

38▲ Vladimir Potanin US$13.5 billion ▲ Russia Interros

38▲ Mikhail Prokhorov US$13.5 billion ▲ Russia Interros

40▲ Oleg Deripaska US$13.3 billion ▲ Russia Rusal

40▲ Michael Otto and family US$13.3 billion ▲ Germany Otto GmbH

42▲ Carl Icahn US$13.0 billion ▲ United States investments, TWA

42▼ Abigail Johnson US$13.0 billion ▲ United States Fidelity Investments

44▼ Adolf Merckle US$12.8 billion ▲ Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel

45▼ Barbara Cox Anthony US$12.6 billion ▲ United States Cox Enterprises

45▼ Anne Cox Chambers US$12.6 billion ▲ United States Cox Enterprises

45▲ Mikhail Fridman US$12.6 billion ▲ Russia Alfa Group

48▼ Vagit Alekperov US$12.4 billion ▲ Russia LUKoil

49▼ Charles Koch US$12.0 billion ▬ United States Koch Industries

49▼ David Koch US$12.0 billion ▬ United States Koch Industries

51▼ Silvio Berlusconi and family US$11.8 billion ▲ Italy Fininvest

52▼ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family US$11.5 billion ▲ Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons

52▼ Leonardo Del Vecchio US$11.5 billion ▲ Italy Luxottica

54▲ Alexei Mordashov US$11.2 billion ▲ Russia Severstal

55▲ Duke of Westminster and family US$11.0 billion ▲ United Kingdom Grosvenor Group

55▲ Spiro Latsis and family US$11.0 billion ▲ Greece EFG Bank European Financial Group

55▬ Birgit Rausing and family US$11.0 billion ▲ Sweden Tetra Laval

58▼ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated

58▼ Jacqueline Mars US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated

58▼ John Mars US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated

61▼ Viktor Vekselberg US$10.4 billion ▲ Russia Renova Group

62▼ Serge Dassault and family US$10.0 billion ▲ France Dassault Group

62▲ Charles Ergen US$10.0 billion ▲ United States EchoStar Communications Corporation

62▼ Michele Ferrero and family US$10.0 billion ▲ Italy Ferrero SpA

62▲ Naguib Sawiris US$10.0 billion ▲ Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding

62▲ Kushal Pal Singh US$10.0 billion ▲ India DLF Group

62▲ Alain and Gerard Wertheimer US$10.0 billion ▲ France Chanel

68▼ Susanne Klatten US$9.6 billion ▲ Germany Altana, BMW

69▲ Philip Knight US$9.5 billion ▲ United States Nike Inc.

69▲ Sunil Mittal and family US$9.5 billion ▲ India Bharti Telecom

71▼ John Kluge US$9.1 billion ▲ United States Metromedia

71▲ Vladimir Yevtushenkov US$9.1 billion ▲ Russia Sistema

73▲ Rupert Murdoch US$9.0 billion ▲ United States News Corporation

73▼ Hans Rausing US$9.0 billion ▲ Sweden Tetra Laval

73▼ Reinhold Würth US$9.0 billion ▲ Germany Würth

76▼ Ernesto Bertarelli US$8.8 billion ▲ Switzerland Serono

76▼ Pierre Omidyar US$8.8 billion ▲ United States eBay

78▲ Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler US$8.7 billion ▲ Germany Schaeffler Group

79▲ Rafael del Pino and family US$8.6 billion ▲ Spain Ferrovial

80▲ Donald Bren US$8.5 billion ▲ United States Irvine Company

80▲ George Kaiser US$8.5 billion ▲ United States BOK Financial Corporation

80▼ George Soros US$8.5 billion ▲ United States Soros Fund Management

83▲ Nikolai Tsvetkov US$8.4 billion ▲ Russia Nikoil Financial

83▼ August von Finck US$8.4 billion ▲ Germany Allianz

85▲ Dan Duncan US$8.2 billion ▲ United States Enterprise Products

86▼ Mohammed Al Amoudi US$8.0 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings

86▼ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family US$8.0 billion ▲ United Arab Emirates MashreqBank

86▲ Kumar Birla US$8.0 billion ▲ India Aditya Birla Group

86▲ German Khan US$8.0 billion ▲ Russia Alfa Group

86▲ Iskander Makhmudov US$8.0 billion ▲ Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya

86▼ Sumner Redstone US$8.0 billion ▲ United States National Amusements

86▲ Shashi and Ravi Ruia US$8.0 billion ▲ India Essar

93▼ Philip Anschutz US$7.9 billion ▲ United States The Anschutz Corporation

93▼ Galen Weston and family US$7.9 billion ▼ Canada George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods

95▲ Enrique Bañuelos US$7.7 billion ▲ Spain Astroc

96▼ Stefan Quandt US$7.6 billion ▲ Germany BMW

97▲ Maan Al-Sanea US$7.5 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Saad Group

97▼ Edward Johnson III US$7.5 billion ▲ United States Fidelity Investments

99▼ Sulaiman Al Rajhi US$7.4 billion ▼ Saudi Arabia Al-Rajhi Bank

100▼ Donald Newhouse US$7.3 billion ▼ United States Condé Nast Publications

100▼ Samuel Newhouse Jr US$7.3 billion ▲ United States Condé Nast Publications