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| x Bill Gates |
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William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American business magnate, computer programmer and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and current chairman of Microsoft, the software...
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US$ | 4E+10 | 2009 |
| x Warren Buffett |
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Warren Edward Buffett (pronounced /ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often introduced as "legendary investor,...
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US$ | 3.7E+10 | 2009 |
| x Larry Ellison |
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Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17, 1944 in The Bronx, New York City, New York) is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2012, he is the third...
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US$ | 2.25E+10 | 2009 |
| x Ingvar Kamprad |
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Ingvar Feodor Kamprad ( pronunciation (help·info); born 30 March 1926) is a Swedish business magnate and the founder of IKEA, a retail company.
According to Swedish business weekly Veckans Affärer, he is the wealthiest person in the world with an...
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US$ | 2.2E+10 | 2009 |
| x Karl Albrecht |
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Karl Hans Albrecht (born 20 February 1920) is a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He is among the richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth in 2011 of $25.4 billion according to...
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US$ | 2.15E+10 | 2009 |
| x Mukesh Ambani |
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Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: મુકેશ ધીરુભાઈ અંબાની) (born on 19 April 1957) is an Indian business magnate who is the chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the foremost company of the Indian...
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US$ | 1.95E+10 | 2009 |
| x Lakshmi Mittal |
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Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (born 15 June 1950) is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. Mittal owns 41 percent of ArcelorMittal and holds a 34 percent stake in...
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US$ | 5.13E+10 | 2009 |
| x Theo Albrecht |
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Theodor Paul Albrecht (28 March 1922, Essen, Rhine Province – 24 July 2010), generally known as Theo Albrecht, was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He...
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US$ | 1.88E+10 | 2009 |
| x Amancio Ortega Gaona |
Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936) is a Spanish fashion executive and founding chairman (1985) of the Spanish clothing merchandiser Inditex. He is ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man; Europe's second richest man; and the fifth richest...
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US$ | 1.83E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Jim C. Walton |
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James Carr Walton (born July 7, 1948) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the Chairman of Arvest Bank.
With an estimated 2012 net worth of around US$21.1 billion, Walton is currently ranked by Forbes as the 9th-richest person in...
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US$ | 1.78E+10 | 2009 |
| x Alice Walton |
Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949 in Newport, Arkansas) is an American heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune. She is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton and Jim Walton. Another brother, John...
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US$ | 1.76E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Christy Walton |
Christy Ruth Walton (born 1955) is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. After John's death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion.
As of December 2011, she is the 6th richest person...
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US$ | 1.76E+10 | 2009 | |
| x S. Robson Walton |
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Samuel Robson "Rob" Walton (born October 28, 1944) is the eldest son of Helen Walton and Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. He is currently (as of 2012) chairman of the worldwide company. According to Forbes, his net...
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US$ | 1.76E+10 | 2008 |
| x Bernard Arnault |
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Bernard Arnault (pronounced: [bɛʁnaːʁ aʁno]) (born 5 March 1949) is a French business magnate best known as the chairman and CEO of the LVMH, the largest luxury-products company in the world. According to Forbes magazine, Arnault is the world's 4th...
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US$ | 1.65E+10 | 2009 |
| x Li Ka Shing |
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Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, JP (born 13 June 1928 in Chaozhou, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate and philanthropist, widely considered one of the most influential businessmen in Asia. His companies were involved in real estate, ports, and...
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US$ | 1.62E+10 | 2009 |
| x Michael Bloomberg |
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States. He is the founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg L.P., a...
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US$ | 1.6E+10 | 2009 |
| x Stefan Persson |
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Stefan Persson (born 4 October 1947) is the chairman and main shareholder in fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M;), which was founded by his father Erling Persson. Stefan took over the company in 1982 and served as its chief executive officer...
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US$ | 1.45E+10 | 2009 |
| x Charles G. Koch |
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Charles de Ganahl Koch ( /ˈkoʊk/; born November 1, 1935) is co-owner, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries Inc., the second-largest privately held company by revenue in the United States according to a 2010 Forbes...
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US$ | 1.4E+10 | 2009 |
| x David H. Koch |
David Hamilton Koch ( /ˈkoʊk/; born May 3, 1940) is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He is a co-owner (with older brother Charles) and an executive vice president of Koch Industries, a conglomerate...
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US$ | 1.4E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Liliane Bettencourt |
Liliane Bettencourt (French pronunciation: [li.li.jan be.tɑ̃.kuːʁ], born 21 October 1922) is a French heiress, socialite, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal and, with a fortune estimated at US$23.5...
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US$ | 1.34E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Al-Waleed bin Talal |
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Al-Waleed Bin Talal (also spelled Waleed Bin Talal) (Arabic: الوليد بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian business tycoon and investor. A nephew of King Abdullah, he is a member of the Saudi royal family. As...
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US$ | 1.96E+10 | Mar 2011 |
| x Michael Otto |
Michael Otto (born 12 April 1943, in Chełmno (Kulm) in Nazi-occupied Poland), is the head of German Otto Group, the world's largest mail order company, with US$24 billion in sales in fiscal year 2003. Thanks to a 30% rise in Internet sales last year...
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US$ | 1.32E+10 | 2009 | |
| x David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet |
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David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957) is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are actress Taylor Thomson and Peter Thomson. David Thomson...
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US$ | 1.3E+10 | 2009 |
| x Michael S. Dell |
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Michael Saul Dell is an American businessman and entrepreneur. Michael, founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. is listed as one of 2009 Forbes Billionaires.
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US$ | 1.23E+10 | 2009 |
| x Donald Bren |
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Donald Leroy Bren is a US real estate mogul and was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1932. He is the son of Hollywood producer Milton Bren and the stepson of actress Claire Trevor. He attended the University of Washington, and holds a degree in...
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US$ | 1.2E+10 | 2009 |
| x Sergey Brin |
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Sergey Brin, a native of Moscow, received a
bachelor of science degree with honors in mathematics and computer
science from the University of Maryland at College Park. He is
currently on leave from the Ph.D. program in computer science at
Stanford...
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US$ | 1.87E+10 | Mar 2012 |
| x Larry Page |
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Larry Page was Google's founding CEO and grew the
company to more than 200 employees and profitability before moving into
his role as president of products in April 2001. He continues to share
responsibility for Google's day-to-day operations with...
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US$ | 16.7 | 2011 |
| x Steve Ballmer |
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Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer (born March 24, 1956) is the chief executive officer of Microsoft, having held that post since January 2000. As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated at $15.7 billion, ranking number 19 on the Forbes 400.
Ballmer...
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US$ | 1.1E+10 | 2009 |
| x George Soros |
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George Soros ( /ˈsɔroʊs/ or /ˈsɔrəs/; Hungarian: Soros György; Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György) is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros...
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US$ | 1.1E+10 | 2009 |
| x Paul Allen |
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Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American investor and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. He is also the 48th richest...
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US$ | 1.05E+10 | 2009 |
| x Raymond Kwok |
Raymond Kwok Ping Luen JP (born in 1949 in Hong Kong with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China) is the joint-chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He is the chairman of...
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US$ | 1.05E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Thomas Kwok |
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Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong (Chinese: 郭炳江; pinyin: Guō Bǐngjiāng), SBS, JP (born 1947 in Hong Kong) is the joint-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong, with his brother Raymond Kwok.
Thomas is the second son of...
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US$ | 1.05E+10 | 2009 |
| x Walter Kwok |
Kwok Ping-sheung, Walter JP (born 1950 in Hong Kong, with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong) is the eldest son of Kwok Tak Seng and Kwong Siu-hing. Together with brothers Thomas and Raymond, they inherited Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong's...
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US$ | 1.05E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Anil Ambani |
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Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (Gujarati: અનીલ ધીરુભાઈ અંબાની) (born 4 June 1959) is an Indian business magnate. He is the chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. Anil's elder brother Mukesh Ambani, who...
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US$ | 1.01E+10 | 2009 |
| x Abigail Johnson |
Abigail Pierrepont (Abby) Johnson (born December 19, 1961) is an American businesswoman. Johnson is President of Fidelity Investments Personal and Workplace Investing. Fidelity is led by her father, Edward C. (Ned) Johnson III.
Johnson is an alumna...
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US$ | 1E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Susanne Klatten |
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Susanne Klatten (born Susanne Hanna Ursula Quandt on 28 April 1962 in Bad Homburg, Germany) is the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt. As of 2011, she is worth $14.6 billion, and is the richest woman in Germany and the 44th richest person in the...
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US$ | 1E+10 | 2009 |
| x Ronald Perelman |
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Mr. Perelman is the founder of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and its sole owner. He began his career as an investor and financier in 1978 with the purchase of a stake in retail jewelry store chain Cohen-Hatfield Industries....
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US$ | 1E+10 | 2009 |
| x Hans Rausing |
Hans Rausing, KBE, (born 25 March 1926) is a Swedish businessman based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak (later Tetra Laval), a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing and currently the largest food...
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US$ | 1E+10 | 2009 | |
| x Birgit Rausing |
Birgit Rausing (born 1924) is a Swedish art historian and philanthropist, and the widow of Gad Rausing (1922–2000).
In 1944 her father-in-law Ruben Rausing (1895–1983) founded Tetra Pak, which revolutionized the packaging of liquids such as juices...
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US$ | 9,900,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Michele Ferrero |
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Michele Ferrero was born in 1927. An inheritance from his father and Uncle, he is now the owner of Ferrero SpA, one of Europe's largest chocolate maker’s with an estimated 2002 sales of $4 billion. Ferrero’s brands include Nutella, Mon...
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US$ | 9,500,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Mikhail Prokhorov |
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Mikhail Dmitrievitch Prokhorov (Russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Прóхоров; born 3 May 1965) is a Russian billionaire and owner of the American basketball team, the Brooklyn Nets. After graduating from the Moscow Finance Institute he made his name in the...
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US$ | 9,500,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Jack C. Taylor |
Jack Crawford Taylor (born 1922) is an American businessman and the founder of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated current net worth of around $7.4 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 18th-richest American and the 40th-richest...
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US$ | 9,500,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Mohammed Al Amoudi |
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi (Ge'ez: ሞሓመድ አልአሙዲ, Arabic: محمد حسين العمودي; is a Saudi Arabian/Ethiopian businessman and billionaire who lives in Ethiopia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2011, his net worth has been estimated by Forbes at ...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Anne Cox Chambers |
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Anne Cox Chambers was born on December 1, 1919. She is a billionaire media proprietor. Anne is the daughter of James M. Cox, and his second wife, Margaretta Parler Blair. She owns and controls equity interest in Cox Enterprises,...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Carl Icahn |
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American business magnate.
Icahn was raised in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, where he attended Far Rockaway High School. His father was a cantor, his mother was a schoolteacher. He was educated...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x George B. Kaiser |
George B. Kaiser (born September 15, 1943) is an American businessman. He is the Chairman of BOK Financial Corporation. He is among the top 100 richest people in the world and one of the top 50 American philanthropists.
Kaiser attended Tulsa public...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Lee Shau Kee |
Lee Shau-kee GBM (Chinese: 李兆基; Yale: Lee5 Siu6 Gei1; born January 29, 1928 in Shunde, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong based real estate tycoon and majority owner of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with interests in properties,...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Forrest Mars Jr. |
Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. (born August 16, 1931) is the eldest son of Forrest Mars Sr. and grandson of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. As a member of the Mars family, his share of the company and other assets...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Jacqueline Mars |
Jacqueline Mars (born October 10, 1940) is the daughter of Forrest Edward Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated.
She attended and graduated from the boarding school Miss Hall's...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x John Mars |
John Mars is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and percussionist.
Mars began his musical training at Sykes Music in Brantford, Ontario where he studied the drums with Carl Lemke. In the late 1960s he played the drums in the band John Mars and the...
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US$ | 9,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Roman Abramovich |
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич, pronounced [rəˈman ərˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ əbrɐˈmovʲɪtɕ]; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian business tycoon and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.
He is known...
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US$ | 8,500,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Ernesto Bertarelli |
Ernesto Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is a Swiss-Italian billionaire and entrepreneur.
Together with his extended family, Bertarelli was ranked 81st in the 2011 annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes...
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US$ | 8,200,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Phil Knight |
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Philip H. Knight was born on February 24, 1938 in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc... Knight attended the University of Oregon, where he received his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1959. In college, Knight...
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US$ | 8,200,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Nasser Al-Kharafi |
Nasser Al-Kharafi (Arabic: ناصر الخرافي) (17 June 1943 – 17 April 2011) was a Kuwaiti businessman of M.A. Kharafi & Sons. His company has performed $4.3 billion in sales. His net worth increased because of rising share prices of several holdings...
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US$ | 8,100,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x James Harris Simons |
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James Harris "Jim" Simons (born 1938) is an American hedge fund manager, mathematician, and philanthropist.
In 1982, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies, a private investment firm based in New York with over $15 billion under management; Simons...
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US$ | 8,000,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Alain Wertheimer |
Alain Wertheimer (b. 1949) is a French businessman based in France who, with his brother Gerard own the controlling interest in the House of Chanel. The son of Jacques Wertheimer and Eliane Fischer, it was his grandfather Pierre who co-founded the...
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US$ | 8,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Gerard Wertheimer |
Gerard Wertheimer (b.c.1950) is a French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in partnership with his brother, Alain.
The son of Jacques Wertheimer and Eliane Fischer, it was his grandfather Pierre...
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US$ | 8,000,000,000 | 2009 | |
| x Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair |
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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair (born 1 July 1954) of the United Arab Emirates, is the Chief Executive Officer of the publicly traded Mashreq Bank, and billionaire. As of 2011 his net worth was estimated by Forbes to be $2.7 billion, making him the 420th...
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US$ | 7,800,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Vagit Alekperov |
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Vagit Alekperov, 52, was born in 1950 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one of the earliest centers of the international petroleum industry. His father worked in the oil fields all his life and inspired ...
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US$ | 7,800,000,000 | 2009 |
| x Sunil Bharti Mittal |
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Sunil Bharti Mittal is the Founder Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises headquartered at New Delhi, India . Bharti Enterprises is one of India 's leading business groups with interests in telecom, financial services, retail, manufacturing,...
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US$ | 7,700,000,000 | 2009 |
