The world's richest people

The world's richest people

2012 Top 10

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim	$69.0 billion	72	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
&100000000000000020000002	Gates, BillBill Gates	$61.0 billion	56	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000030000003	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$44.0 billion	81	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000040000004	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$41.0 billion	63	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
&100000000000000050000005	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$37.5 billion	75	Spain	Inditex Group
&100000000000000060000006	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$36.0 billion	67	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000070000007	Batista, EikeEike Batista	$30.0 billion	55	Brazil	EBX Group
&100000000000000080000008	Stefan Persson	$26.0 billion	64	Sweden	H&M
&100000000000000090000009	Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing	$25.5 billion	83	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings
&1000000000000001000000010	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$25.4 billion	92	Germany	Aldi

 

 

2011 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim	$74.0 billion	72	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
&100000000000000020000002	Gates, BillBill Gates	$56.0 billion	56	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000030000003	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$50.0 billion	81	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000040000004	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$41.0 billion	62	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
&100000000000000050000005	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$39.5 billion	66	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000060000006	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$31.1 billion	60	India	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000070000007	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$31.0 billion	74	Spain	Inditex Group
&100000000000000080000008	Batista, EikeEike Batista	$30.0 billion	53	Brazil	EBX Group
&100000000000000090000009	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$27.0 billion	53	India	Reliance Industries
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, ChristyChristy Walton	$26.5 billion	55	United States	Walmart

 

 

2010 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim	$53.5 billion	70	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
&100000000000000020000002	Gates, BillBill Gates	$53.0 billion	54	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000030000003	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$47.0 billion	80	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000040000004	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$29.0 billion	53	India	Reliance Industries
&100000000000000050000005	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$28.7 billion	60	India	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000060000006	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$28.0 billion	66	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000070000007	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$27.5 billion	61	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
&100000000000000080000008	Batista, EikeEike Batista	$27.0 billion	53	Brazil	EBX Group
&100000000000000090000009	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$25.0 billion	74	Spain	Inditex Group
&1000000000000001000000010	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$23.5 billion	90	Germany	Aldi Süd

 

 

2009 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$40.0 billion	53	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$37.0 billion	78	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$35.0 billion	69	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil
&100000000000000040000004	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$22.5 billion	64	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000050000005	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad	$22.0 billion	83	Sweden	IKEA
&100000000000000060000006	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$21.5 billion	89	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000070000007	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$19.5 billion	51	India	Reliance Industries
&100000000000000080000008	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$19.3 billion	58	India	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000090000009	Albrecht, TheoTheo Albrecht	$18.8 billion	87	Germany	Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's
&1000000000000001000000010	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$18.3 billion	73	Spain	Inditex Group

 

 

2008 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$62.0 billion	78	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000020000002	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$60.0 billion	68	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil
&100000000000000030000003	Gates, BillBill Gates	$58.0 billion	52	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000040000004	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$45.0 billion	57	India	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000050000005	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$43.0 billion	50	India	Reliance Industries
&100000000000000060000006	Ambani, AnilAnil Ambani	$42.0 billion	48	India	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
&100000000000000070000007	Akhmetov, Rinat Rinat Akhmetov	$31.1 billion	41	Ukraine	SCM Holdings
&100000000000000080000008	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad	$31.0 billion	81	Sweden	IKEA
&100000000000000090000009	Pal Singh, KushalKushal Pal Singh	$30.0 billion	76	India	DLF Group
&1000000000000001000000010	Deripaska, OlegOleg Deripaska	$28.0 billion	40	Russia	Rusal

 

 

2007 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$56.0 billion	51	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$52.0 billion	76	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Slim Helú, CarlosCarlos Slim Helú	$49.0 billion	67	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
&100000000000000040000004	Ingvar Kamprad	$33.0 billion	80	Sweden	IKEA
&100000000000000050000005	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$32.0 billion	56	India	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000060000006	Adelson, SheldonSheldon Adelson	$26.5 billion	73	United States	Las Vegas Sands
&100000000000000070000007	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$26.0 billion	58	France	LVMH
&100000000000000080000008	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$24.0 billion	71	Spain	Inditex Group
&100000000000000090000009	Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing	$23.0 billion	78	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
&1000000000000001000000010	David Thomson	$22.0 billion	49	Canada	Thomson Corporation

 

 

2006 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$52.0 billion	50	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$42.0 billion	75	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$30.0 billion	66	Mexico	Telmex
&100000000000000040000004	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad	$28.0 billion	79	Sweden	IKEA
&100000000000000050000005	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$23.5 billion	55	India	Mittal Steel Company
&100000000000000060000006	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$22.0 billion	53	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000070000007	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$21.5 billion	57	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
&100000000000000080000008	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$20.0 billion	49	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000090000009	Thomson, KennethKenneth Thomson	$19.6 billion	82	Canada	The Thomson Corporation
&1000000000000001000000010	Shing, Li KaLi Ka Shing	$18.8 billion	77	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Group, Hutchison Whampoa

 

 

2005 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$46.5 billion	49	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$44.0 billion	74	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$25.0 billion	54	India	Mittal Steel Company
&100000000000000040000004	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$23.8 billion	65	Mexico	Telmex
&100000000000000050000005	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$23.7 billion	49	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000060000006	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad	$23.0 billion	79	Sweden	IKEA
&100000000000000070000007	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$21.0 billion	52	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000080000008	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$18.5 billion	85	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000090000009	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$18.4 billion	60	United States	Oracle Corporation
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton	$18.3 billion	61	United States	Walmart

 

 

2004 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$46.6 billion	48	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$42.9 billion	73	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$23.0 billion	84	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000040000004	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$21.5 billion	47	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000050000005	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$21.0 billion	51	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000060000006	Walton, AliceAlice Walton*	$20.0 billion	55	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000070000007	Walton, HelenHelen Walton*	$20.0 billion	84	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000080000008	Walton, JimJim Walton*	$20.0 billion	56	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000090000009	Walton, JohnJohn Walton*	$20.0 billion	58	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton*	$20.0 billion	60	United States	Wal-Mart

• Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

 

 

2003 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$40.7 billion	47	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$30.5 billion	72	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$25.6 billion	83	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000040000004	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$20.1 billion	50	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000050000005	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$17.7 billion	46	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000060000006	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$16.6 billion	58	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000070000007	Walton, AliceAlice Walton*	$16.5 billion	54	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000080000008	Walton, HelenHelen Walton*	$16.5 billion	83	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000090000009	Walton, JimJim Walton*	$16.5 billion	55	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, JohnJohn Walton*	$16.5 billion	57	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton*	$16.5 billion	59	United States	Wal-Mart

• Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

 

 

2002 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$52.8 billion	46	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$35.0 billion	71	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$26.8 billion	82	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000040000004	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$25.2 billion	49	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000050000005	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$23.5 billion	57	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000060000006	Walton, JimJim Walton*	$20.8 billion	54	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000070000007	Walton, JohnJohn Walton*	$20.7 billion	56	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000080000008	Walton, AliceAlice Walton*	$20.5 billion	53	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000090000009	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton*	$20.5 billion	58	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, HelenHelen Walton*	$20.4 billion	82	United States	Wal-Mart

• Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

 

 

2001 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$58.7 billion	45	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$32.3 billion	70	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000030000003	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$30.4 billion	48	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000040000004	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$26.0 billion	56	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000050000005	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$25.0 billion	81	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000060000006	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$20.0 billion	44	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000070000007	Walton, JimJim Walton*	$18.8 billion	53	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000080000008	Walton, JohnJohn Walton*	$18.7 billion	55	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000090000009	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton*	$18.6 billion	57	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, AliceAlice Walton*	$18.5 billion	52	United States	Wal-Mart
&1000000000000001000000010	Walton, HelenHelen Walton*	$18.5 billion	81	United States	Wal-Mart

• Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

 

 

2000 Top 10

 

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
&100000000000000010000001	Gates, BillBill Gates	$60.0 billion	44	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000020000002	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$47.0 billion	55	United States	Oracle Corporation
&100000000000000030000003	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$28.0 billion	47	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000040000004	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$25.6 billion	69	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000050000005	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$20.0 billion	80	Germany	Aldi Süd
&100000000000000060000006	Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed	$20.0 billion	43	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
&100000000000000070000007	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton	$20.0 billion	57	United States	Wal-Mart
&100000000000000080000008	Son, MasayoshiMasayoshi Son	$19.4 billion	43	Japan	Softbank Capital, SoftBank Mobile
&100000000000000090000009	Dell, MichaelMichael Dell	$19.1 billion	46	United States	Dell
&1000000000000001000000010	Thomson, KennethKenneth Thomson	$16.1 billion	77	Canada	The Thomson Corporation

 

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