No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth Ref.
1Increase Warren Buffett $62.0 billion Increase 77  United States  United States Berkshire Hathaway [1]
2Increase Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion Increase 68  Mexico  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil [1]
3Decrease Bill Gates $58.0 billion Increase 52  United States  United States Microsoft [1]
4Increase Lakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion Increase 57  India  United Kingdom Arcelor Mittal [2]
5Increase Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion Increase 50  India  India Reliance Industries [2]
6Increase Anil Ambani $42.0 billion Increase 48  India  India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [2]
7Decrease Ingvar Kamprad and family $31.0 billion Decrease 81  Sweden  Switzerland IKEA [2]
8Increase Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion Increase 76  India  India DLF Group [2]
9Increase Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion Increase 40  Russia  Russia Rusal [2]
10Increase Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion Increase 88  Germany  Germany ALDI [2]
11Decrease Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion Increase 79  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa [3]
12Decrease Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion Decrease 74  United States  United States Las Vegas Sands [4]
13Decrease Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion Decrease 59  France  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton [5]
14Decrease Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion Increase 63  United States  United States Oracle Corporation [1]
15Increase Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion Increase 41  Russia  United Kingdom Millhouse Capital, Chelsea F.C. [6]
16Increase Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion Increase 85  Germany  Germany ALDI, Trader Joe's [7]
17Decrease Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion Increase 85  France  France L'Oréal [1]
18Increase Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Severstal [6]
19Decrease Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion Increase 51  Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup [8]
20Increase Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion Increase 43  Russia  Russia Alfa Group
21Increase Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion Increase 51  Russia  Russia Novolipetsk Steel [9]
22Decrease Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion Decrease 72  Spain  Spain Inditex Group [10]
23Increase Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion Increase  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai
24Increase Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Interros [9]
24Increase Vladimir Potanin $19.5 billion Increase 47  Russia  Russia Interros [9]
26Decrease Christy Walton and family $19.2 billion Increase 53  United States  United States Wal-Mart [11]
26Decrease Jim Walton $19.2 billion Increase 60  United States  United States Wal-Mart [11]
26Decrease S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion Increase 64  United States  United States Wal-Mart [11]
29Increase Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion Increase 80  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
29Decrease Alice Walton $19.0 billion Increase 58  United States  United States Wal-Mart [11]
31Decrease David Thomson and family $18.9 billion Decrease 50  Canada  Canada The Thomson Corporation [12]
32Decrease Sergey Brin $18.7 billion Increase 34  United States  United States Google [1]
33Decrease Larry Page $18.6 billion Increase 35  United States  United States Google [1]
34Increase Michael Otto and family $18.2 billion Increase 64  Germany  Germany Otto GmbH
35Decrease Stefan Persson $17.7 billion Decrease 60  Sweden  Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
36Decrease Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Gazprom, Sberbank
37Increase Charles Koch $17.0 billion Increase 72  United States  United States Koch Industries [13]
37Increase David H. Koch $17.0 billion Increase 67  United States  United States Koch Industries [13]
39Decrease François Pinault and family $16.9 billion Increase 71  France  France PPR
40Decrease Michael Dell $16.4 billion Increase 43  United States  United States Dell
41Decrease Paul Allen $16.0 billion Decrease 55  United States  United States Microsoft [8]
41Decrease Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion Increase 90  United States  United States Tracinda Corporation [4]
43Decrease Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion Steady 52  United States  United States Microsoft [14]
43Decrease Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion Increase 46  United States  United States Fidelity Investments
43Increase Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion Increase  India  India Essar
46Increase Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $14.0 billion Increase 64  Kuwait  Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons
46Increase The Duke of Westminster and family $14.0 billion Increase 56  United Kingdom  United Kingdom Grosvenor Group [15]
46Decrease Carl Icahn $14.0 billion Increase 72  United States  United States American Car and Foundry Company [4]
46Increase Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion Increase 76  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46Increase Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion Increase 68  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46Increase John Mars $14.0 billion Increase 71  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46Increase Birgit Rausing and family $14.0 billion Increase 84  Sweden  Switzerland Tetra Laval
46Decrease Jack C. Taylor and family $14.0 billion Increase 85  United States  United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car
54Increase German Khan $13.9 billion Increase 46  Russia  Russia TNK-BP
55Increase Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion Increase 45  Germany  Germany BMW
56Decrease Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion Increase 57  Russia  Russia LUKoil
56Increase Donald Bren $13.0 billion Increase 75  United States  United States Irvine Company
58Increase Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion Increase  France  United States Chanel
59Increase Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion Increase 41  Russia  Russia Mobile TeleSystems
60Decrease Azim Premji $12.7 billion Decrease 62  India  India Wipro Technologies
60Increase Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion Increase 53  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
62Decrease Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion Steady 88  United States  United States Cox Enterprises
63Increase Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion Increase 44  Russia  Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
64Increase Sunil Mittal and family $11.8 billion Increase 50  India  India Bharti Airtel
65Increase Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion Increase 49  Russia  Russia Evraz Group
65Increase Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion Increase 66  United States  United States Bloomberg L.P. [10]
67Decrease Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion Increase 50  Russia  Russia Renova Group
68Decrease Michele Ferrero and family $11.0 billion Increase 81  Italy  Monaco Ferrero SpA
68Increase George Kaiser $11.0 billion Increase 65  United States  United States BOK Financial Corporation
68Decrease Spiro Latsis and family $11.0 billion Steady 61  Greece  Switzerland EFG Bank European Financial Group
68Increase Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion Increase 46  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
72Increase Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion Increase 45  Russia  Russia Alfa Group
73Increase Philip Knight $10.4 billion Increase 70  United States  United States Nike
73Increase Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion Increase 59  Russia  Russia Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
75Increase Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion Increase 42  Switzerland  Switzerland Serono
76Increase Kumar Birla $10.2 billion Increase 40  India  India Aditya Birla Group
77Decrease Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion Decrease 72  Italy  Italy Luxottica
77Increase Antônio Ermírio de Moraes and family $10.0 billion Increase 79  Brazil  Brazil Votorantim Group
77Increase Iris Fontbona and family $10.0 billion Increase  Chile  Chile Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco
77Increase Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion Increase 77  United States  United States Fidelity Investments
77Decrease Hans Rausing $10.0 billion Increase 82  Sweden  United Kingdom Tetra Laval [15]
77Decrease Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion Increase 59  Russia  Russia Sistema
77Increase Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion Increase 47  Russia  Russia Mechel
84Decrease Serge Dassault and family $9.9 billion Decrease 82  France  France Dassault Group
85Increase Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion Increase 75  Mexico  Mexico Grupo Bal
86Increase Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion Increase 68  India  India Unitech Group
87Decrease Charles Ergen $9.5 billion Decrease 55  United States  United States Dish Network Corporation
87Decrease John Kluge $9.5 billion Increase 93  United States  United States Metromedia [10]
87Increase Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion Increase 65  United States  United States Revlon
90Decrease Silvio Berlusconi and family $9.4 billion Decrease 71  Italy  Italy Fininvest
91Increase Gautam Adani $9.3 billion Increase 45  India  India Adani Group [3]
91Increase Petr Kellner $9.3 billion Increase 43  Czech Republic  Czech Republic PPF Group
91Increase Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion Increase 54  Russia  Russia Metalloinvest
94Decrease Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion Decrease 73  Germany  Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
94Decrease August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion Increase 78  Germany  Switzerland Allianz
96Increase Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion Increase 78  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
97Decrease Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.0 billion Increase 62  Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings
97Increase Robert Kuok $9.0 billion Increase 84  Malaysia  Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd
97Decrease George Soros $9.0 billion Increase 77  United States  United States Soros Fund Management
100Decrease Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair $8.9 billion Increase 54  United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank [16]
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