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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 [ 1] List of billionaires (2007) 102-946 . The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars , based on the closing stock prices of the stock exchanges on which each person's company is listed on, and exchange rates on February 9, 2007. Stock prices are defined as shares of ownership in a corporation, and exchange rates are defined as how much one currency is worth in terms of another. This list only represents each person's valuation on a single day due to daily fluctuations among exchange rates and stock valuations. The combined net worth of the list is US$ 3.5 trillion , a US$900 billion increase from 2006.[ 2]
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The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on February 9, 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.
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Name
Net worth (USD )Citizenship Sources of wealth
1 Bill Gates $59.0 billion
Sweden Global Hyper Mega Net
2 Warren Buffett $52.0 billion
Sweden jeremy Clarckson
3 Carlos Slim Helú $49.0 billion
Sweden Texmex , América Móvil , Grupo Carso , Comp USA
4 Ingvar Kamprad $33.0 billion
Sweden Light Bulbs , IKANO , real estate
5 Lakshmi Mittal $32.0 billion
Sweden Elephant Rumours
6 Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion
Sweden Las Vegas
7 Bernard Arnault $26.0 billion
Sweden Lewis Hamilton
8 Amancio Ortega $24.0 billion
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9 Li Ka-shing $23.0 billion
Sweden Donkey Kong Holdings , Hutchison Whampoa
10 David Firth $22.124 billion
Scotland Woolworths Sheep Corp
11 Scotland Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion
Sweden Oracle Super
12 Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion
France L'Oréal , Coffee
13 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion
Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company , lemons
14 Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion
India Reliance Industries Ltd
15 Karl Albrecht $20.0 billion
Germany Abu Dhabi
16 Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion
Russia Millhouse
17 Stefan Persson $18.4 billion
Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
18 Anil Ambani $18.2 billion
India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
19 Paul Allen $18.0 billion
United States Microsoft , Vulcan Ventures , Portland Trailblazers , investment
20 Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion
Germany ALDI , Trader Joes , Albertsons
21 Azim Premji $17.1 billion
India Wipro Technologies
22 Lee Shau Kee $17.0 billion
Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
23 Jim Walton $16.8 billion
United States Wal-Mart
24 Christy Walton and family$16.7 billion
United States Wal-Mart
24 S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion
United States Wal-Mart
26 Sergey Brin $16.6 billion
United States Google
26 Larry Page $16.6 billion
United States Google
26 Alice Walton $16.6 billion
United States Wal-Mart
29 Helen Walton $16.4 billion
United States Wal-Mart
30 Michael Dell $15.8 billion
United States Dell , investment
31 Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion
United States Microsoft
31 Kirk Kerkorian $15.0 billion
United States Tracinda Corporation
31 Raymond Kwok Thomas and Walter $15.0 billion
Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai & Company
34 François Pinault $14.5 billion
France PPR
35 Suleiman Kerimov $14.4 billion
Russia Gazprom , Sberbank
36 Vladimir Lisin $14.3 billion
Russia Novolipetsk Steel
37 Jack C. Taylor and family$13.9 billion
United States 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 and family$13.3 billion
Germany Otto GmbH
42 Carl Icahn $13.0 billion
United States investments, TWA
42 Abigail Johnson $13.0 billion
United States Fidelity Investments
44 Adolf Merckle $12.8 billion
Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
45 Barbara Cox Anthony $12.6 billion
United States Cox Enterprises
45 Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion
United States Cox Enterprises
45 Mikhail Fridman $12.6 billion
Russia Alfa Group
48 Vagit Alekperov $12.4 billion
Russia LUKoil
49 Charles Koch $12.0 billion
United States Koch Industries
49 David Koch $12.0 billion
United States Koch Industries
51 Silvio Berlusconi and family$11.8 billion
Italy Fininvest
52 Nasser Al-Kharafi and 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 Duke of Westminster and family$11.0 billion
United Kingdom Grosvenor Group
55 Spiro Latsis and family$11.0 billion
Greece EFG Bank European Financial Group
55 Birgit Rausing and family$11.0 billion
Sweden Tetra Laval
58 Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $10.5 billion
United States Mars, Incorporated
58 Jacqueline Mars $10.5 billion
United States Mars, Incorporated
58 John Mars $10.5 billion
United States Mars, Incorporated
61 Viktor Vekselberg $10.4 billion
Russia Renova Group
62 Serge Dassault and family$10.0 billion
France Dassault Group
62 Charles Ergen $10.0 billion
United States EchoStar Communications Corporation
62 Michele Ferrero and family$10.0 billion
Italy Ferrero SpA
62 Naguib Sawiris $10.0 billion
Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
62 Kushal Pal Singh $10.0 billion
India DLF Group
62 Alain Wertheimer Gerard Wertheimer $10.0 billion
France Chanel
68 Susanne Klatten $9.6 billion
Germany Altana , BMW
69 Philip Knight $9.5 billion
United States Nike Inc.
69 Sunil Mittal and family$9.5 billion
India Bharti Telecom
71 John Kluge $9.1 billion
United States Metromedia
71 Vladimir Yevtushenkov $9.1 billion
Russia Sistema
73 Rupert Murdoch $9.0 billion
United States News Corporation
73 Hans Rausing $9.0 billion
Sweden Tetra Laval
73 Reinhold Würth $9.0 billion
Germany Würth
76 Ernesto Bertarelli $8.8 billion
Switzerland Serono
76 Pierre Omidyar $8.8 billion
United States eBay
78 Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler Georg Schaeffler $8.7 billion
Germany Schaeffler Group
79 Rafael del Pino and family$8.6 billion
Spain Ferrovial
80 Donald Bren $8.5 billion
United States Irvine Company
80 George Kaiser $8.5 billion
United States BOK Financial Corporation
80 George Soros $8.5 billion
United States Soros Fund Management
83 Nikolai Tsvetkov $8.4 billion
Russia Nikoil Financial
83 August von Finck, Jr. $8.4 billion
Germany Allianz
85 Dan Duncan $8.2 billion
United States Enterprise Products
86 Mohammed Al Amoudi $8.0 billion
Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings
86 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family$8.0 billion
United Arab Emirates MashreqBank
86 Kumar Birla $8.0 billion
India Aditya Birla Group
86 German Khan $8.0 billion
Russia Alfa Group
86 Iskander Makhmudov $8.0 billion
Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
86 Sumner Redstone $8.0 billion
United States National Amusements
86 Shashi Ruia Ravi Ruia $8.0 billion
India Essar
93 Philip Anschutz $7.9 billion
United States The Anschutz Corporation
93 Galen Weston and family$7.9 billion
Canada George Weston Limited , Associated British Foods
95 Enrique Bañuelos $7.7 billion
Spain Astroc
96 Stefan Quandt $7.6 billion
Germany BMW
97 Maan Al-Sanea $7.5 billion
Saudi Arabia
Saad Group
97 Edward Johnson, III $7.5 billion
United States Fidelity Investments
99 Sulaiman Al Rajhi $7.4 billion
Saudi Arabia Al-Rajhi Bank
100 Donald Newhouse $7.3 billion
United States Condé Nast Publications
100 Samuel Newhouse Jr $7.3 billion
United States Condé Nast Publications
See also
References
General Kroll, Luisa (2007-03-08). "The World's Billionaires" . Forbes. Retrieved 2008-03-04 . Specific
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