World's Richest People

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Name
Net Worth
Citizenship
Source
1
William H. Gates III
US$56.0 billion
United States
Microsoft
2[2][5]
Carlos Slim Helú
US$53.1[2] billion
Mexico
Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
3[2]
Warren Buffett
US$52.4[2] billion
United States
Berkshire Hathaway, Investments
4
Ingvar Kamprad
US$33.0 billion
Sweden
IKEA, 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
Louis Vuitton
8
Amancio Ortega
US$24.0 billion
Spain
Inditex Group
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
13
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
US$20.3 billion
Saudi Arabia
Kingdom Holding Company
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
20
Theo Albrecht
US$17.5 billion
Germany
ALDI, Trader Joes
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
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
29†[6]
Helen Walton
US$16.4 billion
United States
Wal-Mart
30
Michael Dell
US$15.8 billion
United States
Dell
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
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 Group
55
Birgit Rausing and family
US$11.0 billion
Switzerland
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
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 Ethiopia
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-Eco
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
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