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R AN K NAME C IT I Z ENSH I P AG E ($ BI L) R ESI DEN CE wealthy
1 William Gates III United 53 40.0 United States billionaire
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2 Warren Buffett United 78 37.0 United States
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3 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 69 35.0 Mexico Not a member yet?
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5 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 83 22.0 Switzerland
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6 Karl Albrecht Germany 89 21.5 Germany
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7 Mukesh Ambani India 51 19.5 India
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10 Amancio Ortega Spain 73 18.3 Spain
11 Jim Walton United 61 17.8 United States
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12 Alice Walton United 59 17.6 United States
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12 Christy Walton & family United 54 17.6 United States
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12 S Robson Walton United 65 17.6 United States
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15 Bernard Arnault France 60 16.5 France
16 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 80 16.2 Hong Kong
17 Michael Bloomberg United 67 16.0 United States
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18 Stefan Persson Sweden 61 14.5 Sweden
19 Charles Koch United 73 14.0 United States
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19 David Koch United 68 14.0 United States
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21 Liliane Bettencourt France 86 13.4 France
22 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 54 13.3 Saudi Arabia
23 Michael Otto & family Germany 65 13.2 Germany
24 David Thomson & family Canada 51 13.0 Canada
25 Michael Dell United 44 12.3 United States
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For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using
share prices and exchange rates from February 13, 2009.

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