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This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on 8 March, 2007.[1] There are altogether 946 billionaires on this list, with 178 newcomers and 17 returning after some period of absence. The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the closing stock prices and exchange rates on 9 February 2007.





On 11 April, 2007, Forbes reported that telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim Helú had risen to become the world's second richest man.[2] Later, the Wall Street Journal on 4 August, 2007 and Fortune Magazine on 6 August, 2007 reported that Carlos Slim Helú had topped Bill Gates' position as the wealthiest person in the world.[3][4][5] Subsequently, on CNBC, Warren Buffett is referred to as the world's third richest man on the December 24 special on him. However, proper accounting methodology requires that all people on the list be ranked on the same date. This list reflects the ranking of the world's billionaires on 9 February, 2007, prior to Carlos Slim Helú becoming the world's richest man.





Due to exchange rates and stock valuations the real ranking is changing every day. The combined net worth of the list is US$3.5 trillion, a US$900 billion increase from 2006.[6]





The world's wealthiest people Bill Gates Warren Buffett Carlos Slim Helú Ingvar Kamprad Lakshmi Mittal








[edit] Top billionaires


The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on 9 February 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.





# Name Net Worth Citizenship Source


1▬ Bill Gates[7] US$56.0 billion ▲ United States Microsoft, Corbis


2▬ Warren Buffett[7] US$52.0 billion ▲ United States Investments


3▬ Carlos Slim Helú[7] US$49.0 billion ▲ Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA


4▬ Ingvar Kamprad US$33.0 billion ▲ Sweden IKEA, IKANO, 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 LVMH


8▲ Amancio Ortega US$24.0 billion ▲ Spain Inditex Group, real estate


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, Nestle


13▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud US$20.3 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup


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 %26amp; Mauritz


18▲ Anil Ambani US$18.2 billion ▲ India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group


19▼ Paul Allen US$18.0 billion ▼ United States Microsoft, Vulcan Ventures, Portland Trailblazers, investment


20▲ Theo Albrecht US$17.5 billion ▲ Germany ALDI, Trader Joes, Albertsons


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 inheritance


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 inheritance


29▼ Helen Walton†[8] US$16.4 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance


30▼ Michael Dell US$15.8 billion ▼ United States Dell, investment


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 %26amp; 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 investments, 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 %26amp; 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 European Financial Group


55▬ Birgit Rausing and family US$11.0 billion ▲ Sweden 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, BMW


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 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 Group


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 George Weston Limited, 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








[edit] See also


List of billionaires (2007) 102-946


List of billionaires (2006)


List of billionaires (2005)


List of billionaires (2004)





[edit] References


^ "The World's Billionaires", Forbes, 8 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.


^ Coster, Helen. "Carlos Slim Helu Now World's Second-Richest Man", Forbes, 11 April, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.


^ Luhnow, David. "The Secrets of the World's Richest Man", The Wall Street Journal, 4 August, 2007, p. A1. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.


^ Mehta, Stephanie. "Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world", Fortune, 6 August, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.


^ Walsh, Fiona. "Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man", The Guardian, 2007-07-03.


^ Kroll, Luisa; Fass, Allison (Editors). "The World's Richest People", Forbes, 8 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.


^ a b c On 11 April, 2007, Forbes Magazine reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Warren Buffett to become the world's second richest person.[1] Later, in early August, 2007, the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Aaru to become the world's richest person.[2][3] However, proper accounting methodology requires that all people on the list be ranked on the same date. This list reflects the ranking of the world's billionaires on 9 February, 2007, prior to Carlos Slim Helú becoming the world's richest man.


^ † Died since the publication of the Forbes list.


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Who is in the top 100 people in the world?
I wish i had one million dollars, not the billions these people have..
Reply:That's an old list, it's from February 2007, Carlos Slim Helu is now worth around 67 billion dollars making him the richest man in the world now.
Reply:hey....im not on the list...there must be some mistake..lol