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Sunday 18 November 2012

List of Richest People in the World 2012

Rank
Name
Net Worth
Age
Source
Country of Citizenship
1

Carlos Slim Helu & family

$69 B
72
telecom
Mexico
2

Bill Gates

$61 B
56
Microsoft
United States
3

Warren Buffett

$44 B
82
Berkshire Hathaway
United States
4

Bernard Arnault

$41 B
63
LVMH
France
5

Amancio Ortega

$37.5 B
76
Zara
Spain
6

Larry Ellison

$36 B
68
Oracle
United States
7

Eike Batista

$30 B
55
mining, oil
Brazil
8

Stefan Persson

$26 B
65
H&M
Sweden
9

Li Ka-shing

$25.5 B
84
diversified
Hong Kong
10

Karl Albrecht

$25.4 B
92
Aldi
Germany
11

Christy Walton & family

$25.3 B
57
Wal-Mart
United States
12

Charles Koch

$25 B
76
diversified
United States
12

David Koch

$25 B
72
diversified
United States
14

Sheldon Adelson

$24.9 B
79
casinos
United States
15

Liliane Bettencourt

$24 B
89
L’Oreal
France
16

Jim Walton

$23.7 B
64
Wal-Mart
United States
17

Alice Walton

$23.3 B
63
Wal-Mart
United States
18

S. Robson Walton

$23.1 B
68
Wal-Mart
United States
19

Mukesh Ambani

$22.3 B
55
petrochemicals, oil & gas
India
20

Michael Bloomberg

$22 B
70
Bloomberg LP
United States
21

Lakshmi Mittal

$20.7 B
62
steel
India
22

George Soros

$20 B
82
hedge funds
United States
23

Michele Ferrero & family

$19 B
85
chocolates
Italy
24

Sergey Brin

$18.7 B
39
Google
United States
24

Larry Page

$18.7 B
39
Google
United States
26

Jeff Bezos

$18.4 B
48
Amazon.com
United States
27

Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family

$18.3 B
-
real estate
Hong Kong
28

Alisher Usmanov

$18.1 B
59
steel, telecom, investments
Russia
29

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

$18 B
57
investments
Saudi Arabia
29

Lee Shau Kee

$18 B
84
diversified
Hong Kong
29

Georgina Rinehart

$18 B
58
Mining
Australia
32

Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht

$17.8 B
-
Aldi, Trader Joe’s
Germany
32

Iris Fontbona & family

$17.8 B
69
mining
Chile
34

Michael Otto & family

$17.6 B
69
retail, real estate
Germany
35

David Thomson & family

$17.5 B
55
media
Canada
35

Mark Zuckerberg

$17.5 B
28
Facebook
United States
37

Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family

$17.4 B
56
retail, media
Mexico
38

Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family

$16.5 B
81
mining
Mexico
39

Rinat Akhmetov

$16 B
46
steel, coal
Ukraine
39

Cheng Yu-tung

$16 B
87
diversified
Hong Kong
41

Michael Dell

$15.9 B
47
Dell
United States
41

Vladimir Lisin

$15.9 B
56
steel, transport
Russia
41

Azim Premji

$15.9 B
67
software
India
44

Steve Ballmer

$15.7 B
56
Microsoft
United States
45

Alexey Mordashov

$15.3 B
47
steel, investments
Russia
46

Vladimir Potanin

$14.5 B
51
metals
Russia
47

Phil Knight

$14.4 B
74
Nike
United States
48

Paul Allen

$14.2 B
59
Microsoft, investments
United States
48

German Larrea Mota Velasco & family

$14.2 B
58
mining
Mexico
50

Carl Icahn

$14 B
76
leveraged buyouts
United States
50

Birgit Raus

$14 B
88
packaging
Sweden

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