100 Richest People in the world 2007

June 22nd, 2007


1. Bill Gates $56 billion, US (Microsoft)
2. Warren Buffett $52 billion, US (Berkshire Hathaway)
3. Carlos Slim Helú $49 billion, Mexico, Lebanon (Telmex, Telcel, América Móvil)
4. Ingvar Kamprad $33 billion, Sweden (IKEA)
5. Lakshmi Mittal $32 billion, UK, India (Mittal Steel Company)
6. Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion, US (Las Vegas Sands)
7. Bernard Arnault $26 billion, France (Louis Vuitton)
8. Amancio Ortega $24 billion, Spain (Inditex Group)
9. Li Ka-shing $23 billion, Hong Kong (Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa)
10. David Thomson & family $22 billion, Canada (Thomson Corporation)
11. Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion, US (Oracle Corporation)
12. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion, France (L’Oréal)
13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon (Kingdom Holding Company)
14. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion, India (Reliance Industries)
15. Karl Albrecht $20 billion, Germany (ALDI)
16. Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion, Russia (Millhouse Capital)
17. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion, Sweden (Hennes & Mauritz)
18. Anil Ambani $18.2 billion, India (Reliance Communications)
19. Paul Allen $18 billion, US (Microsoft)
20. Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion, Germany (ALDI)
21. Azim Premji $17.1 billion, India (Wipro Technologies)
22. Lee Shau Kee $17 billion, Hong Kong (Henderson Land Development)
23. Jim Walton $16.8 billion, US (Wal-Mart)
24. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)
24. S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)
26. Sergey Brin $16.6 billion, US (Google)
26. Larry Page $16.6 billion, US (Google)
26. Alice Walton $16.6 billion, US (Wal-Mart)
29. Helen Walton $16.4 billion, US (Wal-Mart)
30. Michael Dell $15.8 billion, US (Dell)
31. Steven Ballmer $15 billion, US (Microsoft)
31. Kirk Kerkorian $15 billion, US (Tracinda Corporation)
31. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok $15 billion, Hong Kong (Sun Hung Kai & Company)
34. Francois Pinault $14.5 billion, France (Lagardère Group)
35. Suleiman Kerimov $14.4 billion, Russia
36. Vladimir Lisin $14.3 billion, Russia (Novolipetsk Steel)
37. Jack C. Taylor & family $13.9 billion, US (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
38. Vladimir Potanin $13.5 billion, Russia (Interros)
38. Mikhail Prokhorov $13.5 billion, Russia (Interros)
40. Oleg Deripaska $13.3 billion, Russia (Rusal)
40. Michael Otto & family $13.3 billion, Germany (Otto GmbH)
42. Carl Icahn $13 billion, US
42. Abigail Johnson $13 billion, US (Fidelity Investments)
44. Adolf Merckle $12.8 billion, Germany (Phoenix Pharmahandel)
45. Barbara Cox Anthony $12.6 billion, US (Cox Enterprises)
45. Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion, US (Cox Enterprises)
45. Mikhail Fridman $12.6 billion, Russia (Alfa Group)
48. Vagit Alekperov $12.4 billion, Russia (LUKoil)
49. Charles Koch $12 billion, US (Koch Industries)
49. David Koch $12 billion, US (Koch Industries)
51. Silvio Berlusconi & family $11.8 billion, Italy
52. Nasser Al-Kharafi & family $11.5 billion, Kuwait (M. A. Kharafi & Sons)
52. Leonardo Del Vecchio $11.5 billion, Italy (Luxottica)
54. Alexei Mordashov $11.2 billion, Russia (Severstal)
55. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family $11 billion, UK
55. Spiro Latsis & family $11 billion, Greece
55. Birgit Rausing & family $11 billion, Switzerland (Tetra Laval)
58. Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)
58. Jacqueline Mars $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)
58. John Mars $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)
61. Viktor Vekselberg $10.4 billion, Russia (Renova Group)
62. Serge Dassault & family $10 billion, France (Dassault Group)
62. Charles Ergen $10 billion, US (EchoStar Communications Corporation)
62. Michele Ferrero & family $10 billion, Monaco., Italy
62. Naguib Sawiris $10 billion, Egypt (Orascom Telecom Holding)
62. Kushal Pal Singh $10 billion, India (DLF Group, DLF Group Official Website)
62. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer $10 billion, France (Chanel)
68. Susanne Klatten $9.6 billion, Germany
69. Philip Knight $9.5 billion, US (Nike Inc.)
69. Sunil Mittal & family $9.5 billion, India (Bharti Telecom)
71. John Kluge $9.1 billion, US (Metromedia)
71. Vladimir Yevtushenkov $9.1 billion, Russia (Sistema)
73. Rupert Murdoch $9 billion, US (News Corporation)
73. Hans Rausing $9 billion, UK (Tetra Laval)
73. Reinhold Würth $9 billion, Germany
76. Ernesto Bertarelli $8.8 billion, Switzerland, Italy (Serono)
76. Pierre Omidyar $8.8 billion, Iran, France, US (eBay)
78. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler $8.7 billion, Germany (Schaeffler Group)
79. Rafael del Pino & family $8.6 billion, Spain (Ferrovial)
80. Donald Bren $8.5 billion, US
80. George Kaiser $8.5 billion, US
80. George Soros $8.5 billion, US
83. Nikolai Tsvetkov $8.4 billion, Russia
83. August von Finck $8.4 billion, Switzerland
85. Dan Duncan $8.2 billion, US
86. Mohammed Al Amoudi $8 billion, Saudi Arabia., Ethiopia
86. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family $8 billion, United Arab Emirates
86. Kumar Birla $8 billion, India (Aditya Birla Group)
86. German Khan $8 billion, Russia
86. Iskander Makhmudov $8 billion, Russia
86. Sumner Redstone $8 billion, US
86. Shashi & Ravi Ruia $8 billion, India
93. Philip Anschutz $7.9 billion, US
93. Galen Weston & family $7.9 billion, Canada
95. Enrique Bañuelos $7.7 billion, Spain
96. Stefan Quandt $7.6 billion, Germany
97. Maan Al-Sanea $7.5 billion, Saudi Arabia (Saad Group)
97. Edward Johnson III $7.5 billion, US
99. Sulaiman Al Rajhi $7.4 billion, Saudi Arabia (Al-Rajhi Bank)
100. Donald Newhouse $7.3 billion, US
100. Samuel Newhouse Jr $7.3 billion, US