The World's Billionaires

03.08.07, 6:00 PM ET

RANK
NAME
CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
1
William Gates III
United States 51
56.0
United States
2
Warren Buffett
United States 76
52.0
United States
3
Carlos Slim Helu
Mexico 67
49.0
Mexico
4
Ingvar Kamprad & family
Sweden 80
33.0
Switzerland
5
Lakshmi Mittal
India 56
32.0
United Kingdom
6
Sheldon Adelson
United States 73
26.5
United States
7
Bernard Arnault
France 58
26.0
France
8
Amancio Ortega
Spain 71
24.0
Spain
9
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
78
23.0
Hong Kong
10
David Thomson & family
Canada 49
22.0
Canada
11
Lawrence Ellison
United States 62
21.5
United States
12
Liliane Bettencourt
France 84
20.7
France
13
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
50
20.3
Saudi Arabia
14
Mukesh Ambani
India 49
20.1
India
15
Karl Albrecht
Germany 87
20.0
Germany
16
Roman Abramovich
Russia 40
18.7
United Kingdom
17
Stefan Persson
Sweden 59
18.4
Sweden
18
Anil Ambani
India 47
18.2
India
19
Paul Allen
United States 54
18.0
United States
20
Theo Albrecht
Germany 84
17.5
Germany
21
Azim Premji
India 61
17.1
India
22
Lee Shau Kee
Hong Kong
79
17.0
Hong Kong
23
Jim Walton
United States 59
16.8
United States
24
Christy Walton & family
United States 52
16.7
United States
24
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63

16.7

United States

RANK
NAME
CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
26
Sergey Brin
United States 33
16.6
United States
26
Larry Page
United States 34
16.6
United States
26
Alice Walton
United States 57
16.6
United States
29
Helen Walton
United States 87
16.4
United States
30
Michael Dell
United States 42
15.8
United States
31
Steven Ballmer
United States 51
15.0
United States
31
Kirk Kerkorian
United States 89
15.0
United States
31
Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok
Hong Kong
NA
15.0
Hong Kong
34
Francois Pinault
France 70
14.5
France
35
Suleiman Kerimov
Russia 41
14.4
Russia
36
Vladimir Lisin
Russia 50
14.3
Russia
37
Jack Taylor & family
United States 84
13.9
United States
38
Vladimir Potanin
Russia 46
13.5
Russia
38
Mikhail Prokhorov
Russia 41
13.5
Russia
40
Oleg Deripaska
Russia 39
13.3
Russia
40
Michael Otto & family
Germany 63
13.3
Germany
42
Carl Icahn
United States 71
13.0
United States
42
Abigail Johnson
United States 45
13.0
United States
44
Adolf Merckle
Germany 72
12.8
Germany
45
Barbara Cox Anthony
United States 83
12.6
United States
45
Anne Cox Chambers
United States 87
12.6
United States
45
Mikhail Fridman
Russia 42
12.6
Russia
48
Vagit Alekperov
Russia 56
12.4
Russia
49
Charles Koch
United States 71
12.0
United States
49
David Koch
United States 66
12.0
United States

RANK
NAME
CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
51
Silvio Berlusconi & family
Italy 70
11.8
Italy
52
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family
Kuwait 63
11.5
Kuwait
52
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Italy 71
11.5
Italy
54
Alexei Mordashov
Russia 41
11.2
Russia
55
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
United Kingdom 55
11.0
United Kingdom
55
Spiro Latsis & family
Greece 60
11.0
Switzerland
55
Birgit Rausing & family
Sweden 83
11.0
Switzerland
58
Forrest Mars Jr
United States 75
10.5
United States
58
Jacqueline Mars
United States 67
10.5
United States
58
John Mars
United States 70
10.5
United States
61
Viktor Vekselberg
Russia 49
10.4
Russia
62
Serge Dassault & family
France 81
10.0
France
62
Charles Ergen
United States 54
10.0
United States
62
Michele Ferrero & family
Italy 80
10.0
Monaco
62
Naguib Sawiris
Egypt 52
10.0
Egypt
62
Kushal Pal Singh
India 75
10.0
India
62
Alain & Gerard Wertheimer
France NA
10.0
NA
68
Susanne Klatten
Germany 44
9.6
Germany
69
Philip Knight
United States 69
9.5
United States
69
Sunil Mittal & family
India 49
9.5
India
71
John Kluge
United States 92
9.1
United States
71
Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Russia 58
9.1
Russia
73
Rupert Murdoch
United States 76
9.0
United States
73
Hans Rausing
Sweden 81
9.0
United Kingdom
73
Reinhold Wrth
Germany 71
9.0
Germany
RANK

NAME

CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
76
Ernesto Bertarelli
Switzerland
41
8.8
Switzerland
76
Pierre Omidyar
United States 39
8.8
United States
78
Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler
Germany NA
8.7
Germany
79
Rafael del Pino & family
Spain 86
8.6
Spain
80
Donald Bren
United States 74
8.5
United States
80
George Kaiser
United States 64
8.5
United States
80
George Soros
United States 76
8.5
United States
83
Nikolai Tsvetkov
Russia 46
8.4
Russia
83
August von Finck
Germany 77
8.4
Switzerland
85
Dan Duncan
United States 74
8.2
United States
86
Mohammed Al Amoudi
Saudi Arabia
61
8.0
Saudi Arabia
86
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family
United Arab Emirates
53
8.0
United Arab Emirates
86
Kumar Birla
India 39
8.0
India
86
German Khan
Russia 45
8.0
Russia
86
Iskander Makhmudov
Russia 43
8.0
Russia
86
Sumner Redstone
United States 83
8.0
United States
86
Shashi & Ravi Ruia
India NA
8.0
India
93
Philip Anschutz
United States 67
7.9
United States
93
Galen Weston & family
Canada 66
7.9
Canada
95
Enrique Bauelos
Spain 41
7.7
Spain
96
Stefan Quandt
Germany 41
7.6
Germany
97
Maan Al-Sanea
Saudi Arabia
52
7.5
Saudi Arabia
97
Edward Johnson III
United States 76
7.5
United States
99
Sulaiman Al Rajhi
Saudi Arabia
87
7.4
Saudi Arabia
100
Donald Newhouse
United States 77
7.3
United States