The World's Billionaires Rank 1 to 25

The World's Billionaires


200903.11.09, 06:00 PM EST The World's Billionaires 2009


Name* Citizenship* Age* Net Worth ($bil)* Residence*


1. William Gates III United States 53 40.0 United States


2. Warren Buffett United States 78 37.0 United States


3. Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 69 35.0 Mexico


4. Lawrence Ellison United States 64 22.5 United States


5. Ingvar Kamprad Sweden 83 22.0 Switzerland


6. Karl Albrecht Germany 89 21.5 Germany


7. Mukesh Ambani India 51 19.5 India


8. Lakshmi Mittal India 58 19.3 United Kingdom


9. Theo Albrecht Germany 87 18.8 Germany


10. Amancio Ortega Spain 73 18.3 Spain


11. Jim Walton United States 61 17.8 United States


12. Alice Walton United States 59 17.6 United States


12. Christy Walton United States 54 17.6 United States


12. S Robson Walton United States 65 17.6 United States


15. Bernard Arnault France 60 16.5 France


16. Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 80 16.2 Hong Kong


17.Michael Bloomberg United States 67 16.0 United States


18. Stefan Persson Sweden 61 14.5 Sweden


19. Charles Koch United States 73 14.0 United States


19. David Koch United States 68 14.0 United States


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 States 44 12.3 United States

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