Who are the top 20 richest people in the world?

Answer 1

Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009, and does not reflect changes since then.LegendIcon Description▬ Has not changed from the list for 2008.▲ Has increased from the list for 2008.▼ Has decreased from the list for 2008.No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth Ref.1▲ Bill Gates $40.0 billion ▼ 53 United States United States Microsoft [3]2▼ Warren Buffett $37.0 billion ▼ 78 United States United States Berkshire Hathaway [3]3▼ Carlos Slim Helú $35.0 billion ▼ 69 Mexico Lebanon Mexico Telmex, América Móvil [3]4▲ Lawrence Ellison $22.5 billion ▼ 64 United States United States Oracle Corporation [3]5▲ Ingvar Kamprad and family $22.0 billion ▼ 83 Sweden Switzerland IKEA [4]6▲ Karl Albrecht $21.5 billion ▼ 89 Germany Germany Aldi Süd [4]7▼ Mukesh Ambani $19.5 billion ▼ 51 India India Reliance Industries [4]8▼ Lakshmi Mittal $19.3 billion ▼ 58 India United Kingdom Arcelor Mittal [4]9▲ Theo Albrecht $18.8 billion ▼ 87 Germany Germany ALDI Nord, Trader Joe's [5]10▲ Amancio Ortega $18.3 billion ▼ 73 Spain Spain Inditex Group [6]11▲ Jim Walton $17.8 billion ▼ 61 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ Alice Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 59 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ Christy Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 54 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]12▲ S. Robson Walton $17.6 billion ▼ 65 United States United States Wal-Mart [7]15▼ Bernard Arnault $16.5 billion ▼ 60 France France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton [8]16▼ Li Ka-shing $16.2 billion ▼ 80 Hong Kong Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa [9]17▲ Michael Bloomberg $16.0 billion ▲ 67 United States United States Bloomberg L.P. [6]18▲ Stefan Persson $14.5 billion ▼ 61 Sweden Sweden Hennes & Mauritz 19▲ Charles Koch $14.0 billion ▼ 73 United States United States Koch Industries [10]19▲ David H. Koch $14.0 billion ▼ 68 United States United States Koch Industries [10]21▼ Liliane Bettencourt $13.4 billion ▼ 86 France France L'Oréal [3]22▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $13.3 billion ▼ 54 Saudi Arabia Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup [11]23▲ Michael Otto and family $13.2 billion ▼ 65 Germany Germany Otto GmbH 24▲ David Thomson and family $13.0 billion ▼ 51 Canada Canada The Thomson Corporation [12]25▲ Michael Dell $12.3 billion ▼ 44 United States United States Dell 26▲ Donald Bren $12.0 billion ▼ 76 United States United States Irvine Company 26▲ Sergey Brin $12.0 billion ▼ 35 United States United States Google [3]26▲ Larry Page $12.0 billion ▼ 36 United States United States Google [3]29▲ Steven Ballmer $11.0 billion ▼ 53 United States United States Microsoft [13]29▲ The Duke of Westminster and family $11.0 billion ▼ 57 United Kingdom United Kingdom Grosvenor Group [14]29▲ George Soros $11.0 billion ▲ 78 United States United States Soros Fund Management 32▲ Paul Allen $10.5 billion ▼ 56 United States United States Microsoft [11]32▼ Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $10.5 billion ▼ 57, 58, and 59 Hong Kong Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai 34▼ Anil Ambani $10.1 billion ▼ 49 India India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [4]35▲ Abigail Johnson $10.0 billion ▼ 47 United States United States Fidelity Investments 35▲ Susanne Klatten $10.0 billion ▼ 46 Germany Germany BMW 35▲ Ronald Perelman $10.0 billion ▲ 66 United States United States Revlon 35▲ Hans Rausing $10.0 billion ▬ 83 Sweden United Kingdom Tetra Laval [14]39▲ Birgit Rausing and family $9.9 billion ▼ 85 Sweden Switzerland Tetra Laval 40▲ Michele Ferrero and family $9.5 billion ▼ 82 Italy Monaco Ferrero SpA 40▼ Mikhail Prokhorov $9.5 billion ▼ 43 Russia Russia Interros [15]40▲ Jack C. Taylor and family $9.5 billion ▼ 86 United States United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car 43▲ Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.0 billion ▬ 63 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings 43▼ Anne Cox Chambers $9.0 billion ▼ 89 United States United States Cox Enterprises 43▲ Carl Icahn $9.0 billion ▼ 73 United States United States American Car and Foundry Company [16]43▲ George Kaiser $9.0 billion ▼ 66 United States United States BOK Financial Corporation 43▼ Lee Shau Kee $9.0 billion ▼ 81 Hong Kong Hong Kong Henderson Land Development 43▲ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $9.0 billion ▼ 77 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]43▲ Jacqueline Mars $9.0 billion ▼ 69 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]43▲ John Mars $9.0 billion ▼ 72 United States United States Mars, Incorporated [16]51▼ Roman Abramovich $8.5 billion ▼ 42 Russia Russia Millhouse Capital [17]52▲ Ernesto Bertarelli $8.2 billion ▼ 43 Switzerland Switzerland Serono 52▲ Philip Knight $8.2 billion ▼ 71 United States United States Nike 54▼ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $8.1 billion ▼ 65 Kuwait Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons 55▲ James Simons $8.0 billion ▲ 70 United States United States Renaissance Technologies 55▲ Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $8.0 billion ▼ 60 and 59 France United States Switzerland Chanel 57▲ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family $7.8 billion ▲ 55 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank 57▲ Vahid Alakbarov $7.8 billion ▼ 58 Russia Russia LUKoil 59▲ Sunil Mittal and family $7.7 billion ▼ 51 India India Bharti Airtel 60▼ François Pinault and family $7.6 billion ▼ 72 France France PPR 61▲ Eike Batista $7.5 billion ▲ 51 Brazil Brazil 62▲ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber $7.0 billion ▲ 50 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 62▲ Maan Al-Sanea $7.0 billion ▼ 54 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saad Group 62▲ Edward Johnson, III $7.0 billion ▼ 78 United States United States Fidelity Investments 62▲ Ananda Krishnan $7.0 billion ▼ 70 Malaysia Malaysia Maxis, Astro 62▲ Robert Kuok $7.0 billion ▼ 85 Malaysia Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd 62▲ Joseph Safra $7.0 billion ▼ 70 Brazil Brazil Safra Group 68▲ Jeffrey Bezos $6.8 billion ▼ 45 United States United States Amazon.com 69▲ August von Finck, Jr. $6.7 billion ▼ 79 Germany Switzerland Allianz 70▲ Silvio Berlusconi and family $6.5 billion ▼ 72 Italy Italy Fininvest 71▲ Leonardo Del Vecchio $6.3 billion ▼ 73 Italy Italy Luxottica 71▲ Curt Engelhorn $6.3 billion ▼ 82 Germany Switzerland Roche 71▼ Mikhail Fridman $6.3 billion ▼ 44 Russia Russia Alfa Group 74▲ Sulaiman Al Rajhi $6.2 billion ▼ 89 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Rajhi Bank 75▲ James Goodnight $6.1 billion ▼ 66 United States United States SAS Institute 76▲ Iris Fontbona and family $6.0 billion ▼ Chile Chile Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco 76▲ Petr Kellner $6.0 billion ▼ 44 Czech Republic Czech Republic PPF Group 76▲ John Kluge $6.0 billion ▼ 94 United States United States Metromedia [6]76▲ John Paulson $6.0 billion ▲ 53 United States United States 76▲ Tadashi Yanai & family $6.0 billion ▲ 60 Japan Japan Fast Retailing 81▲ Dan Duncan $5.9 billion ▼ 76 United States United States Enterprise Products 81▲ Eliodoro Matte & family $5.9 billion ▼ 63 Chile Chile Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones 83▲ Alberto Bailleres & family $5.7 billion ▼ 76 Mexico Mexico Grupo Bal 83▼ Azim Premji $5.7 billion ▼ 63 India India Wipro Technologies 83▲ Hansjorg Wyss $5.7 billion ▼ 74 Switzerland United States Synthes 86▼ Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion ▲ 65 India India Essar 87▲ Steven A. Cohen $5.5 billion ▼ 53 United States United States SAC Capital Partners 87▲ Ng Teng Fong $5.5 billion ▼ 80 Singapore Singapore Sino Group 87▲ Patrick Soon-Shiong $5.5 billion ▲ 57 United States United States American Pharmaceutical Partners 90▼ Serge Dassault and family $5.4 billion ▼ 83 France France Dassault Group 90▲ Erivan Haub & family $5.4 billion ▼ 76 Germany Germany Tengelmann Group 92▲ Jorge Paulo Lemann $5.3 billion ▼ 69 Brazil Brazil Investment Bank & Inbev beverages 93▲ Eli Broad $5.2 billion ▼ 75 United States United States KB Home 93▲ Kunio Busujima & family $5.2 billion ▼ 83 Japan Japan Sankyo 93▲ Karl-Heinz Kipp $5.2 billion ▼ 85 Germany Switzerland Massa 93▼ Vladimir Lisin $5.2 billion ▼ 52 Russia Russia Novolipetsk Steel [15]93▲ Reinhold Wurth $5.2 billion ▼ 73 Germany Germany Wurth Group 98▲ Philip Anschutz $5.0 billion ▼ 69 United States United States The Anschutz Corporation 98▼ Kirk Kerkorian $5.0 billion ▼ 91 United States United States Tracinda Corporation [16]98▲ Nicky Oppenheimer & family $5.0 billion ▼ 63 South Africa South Africa De Beers & Anglo American 98▲ David and Simon Reuben $5.0 billion ▼ NA United Kingdom United Kingdom real estate 98▼ Kushal Pal Singh $5.0 billion ▼ 77 India India DLF Group [4]98▲ Galen Weston & family $5.0 billion ▼ 68 Canada Canada George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods See also

list of heads of government and state by net worth

Answer 2

The top 20 richest people in the world currently include individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg. Their wealth is primarily from ownership stakes in companies like Tesla, Amazon, LVMH, Microsoft, and Facebook.

For an up-to-date list of the richest people in the world, you can refer to resources like Forbes' Billionaires list or Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Answer 3

1. Carlos Slim Helu, $53.5 billion2. Bill Gates, $53 billion3. Warren Buffett, $47 billion4. Mukesh Ambani, $29 billion5. Lakshmi Mittal, $28.7 billion6. Lawrence Ellison, $28 billion7. Bernard Arnault, $27.5 billion8. Eike Batista, $27 billion9. Amancio Ortega, $25 billion10. Karl Albrecht, $23.5 billion

Answer 4

(1) VARWA BALA -$80 BILLION - (BARCELONA)

(2) DAUDA YAKUBU- $70 BILLION -(CHELSEA)

(3) PASCAL DATI - $69.6 BILLION -( MAN. CITY)

(4) ZAMAN ABBASIRYUZ -$60 BILLION -(BARCELONA)

(5) MOSES MA'AJI - $58 BILLION- (BARCELONA)

(6) YASSAH TUMBA- $40 BILLION- (CHELSEA)

(7) EPHRAIM LAZARUS- $38 BILLION - (ARSENAL)

(8) ABDULHAMID MOHAMMED- $20 BILLION - (ARSENAL)

(9) Lionel Messi- $19-BILLION -(BARCELONA)

(10) DIDIER DROGBA-$18 BILLION - (CHELSEA)

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