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x Vince McMahon Vince McMahon 2 US$ 485,700,000 2008
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American promoter, professional wrestler, in-ring announcer, play-by-play commentator and film producer. McMahon currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of...
US$ 1,100,000,000 2000
x Azim Premji _41331841_premji203_ap.jpg US$ 17,100,000,000 2007
Azim Premji (Gujarati: અઝીમ પ્રેમજી) (born July 24, 1945), is an Indian engineer and businessman. He is the Chairman of Wipro, one of the largest software companies in India. Azim Premji was rated the richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005...
US$ 12,700,000,000 2008
US$ 13,300,000,000 2006
x Bill Gates Bill Gates US$ 59,000,000,000 2007
William Henry Gates is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
US$ 58,000,000,000 2008
US$ 52,000,000,000 2006
x Warren Buffett Warren Buffett KU Visit US$ 52,000,000,000 2007
Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in history, the primary shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and in 2008 was ranked by Forbes as...
US$ 62,000,000,000 2008
US$ 42,000,000,000 2006
x Carlos Slim Helú Carlos Slim Helú US$ 49,000,000,000 2007
Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman and entrepreneur working primarily in the telecommunications industry.  He is arguably the world's second richest man with an estimated net worth of $60 billion US.
US$ 60,000,000,000 2008
US$ 30,000,000,000 2006
x Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar Kamprad US$ 33,000,000,000 2007
Ingvar Feodor Kamprad ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born March 30, 1926) is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA. As of 2009 he is the richest person in Europe and the 5th wealthiest person in the world...
US$ 31,000,000,000 2008
US$ 28,000,000,000 2006
x Lakshmi Mittal lakshmi-mittal.jpg US$ 32,000,000,000 2007
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (Hindi: लक्ष्मि मित्तल; born 15 June 1950), is an Indian born industrialist based in the United Kingdom. He was born in Sadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India. He is the CEO and founder of and has been the...
US$ 45,000,000,000 2008
US$ 23,500,000,000 2006
x Sheldon Adelson sheldon.jpg US$ 26,500,000,000 2007
Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 1, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. He is a property developer and public company CEO based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent...
US$ 26,000,000,000 2008
US$ 16,100,000,000 2006
x Bernard Arnault 070526_Le_Monde_arnault_contexte.jpg US$ 26,000,000,000 2007
Bernard Arnault (born 5 March 1949 in Roubaix) is a French businessman. He is the 14th richest person in the world, the 3rd in the European Union and France's richest person with an estimated net worth of $16.5 billion US dollars, according to a...
US$ 25,500,000,000 2008
US$ 21,500,000,000 2006
x Amancio Ortega Gaona Amancio Ortega Gaona.jpg US$ 24,000,000,000 2007
Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936, Busdongo de Arbas, León) is a Spanish fashion entrepreneur. Ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man and the 10th richest man in the World in 2009. He is the founder, with his then-wife Rosalía Mera, and...
US$ 20,200,000,000 2008
US$ 14,800,000,000 2006
x David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet Picture 10.png US$ 22,000,000,000 2007
David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957) is a Canadian businessman. 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...
x Larry Ellison Larryellisonsm.jpg US$ 21,500,000,000 2007
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company. He is currently listed on the Forbes list of billionaires as the fourth richest...
US$ 25,000,000,000 2008
US$ 16,000,000,000 2006
x Liliane Bettencourt 20070604.WWW000000541_26285_1.jpg US$ 20,700,000,000 2007
Liliane Bettencourt (born 21 October 1922(1922-10-21) in Paris, France) is a French heiress, socialite, and businesswoman. She is the principal shareholder of L'Oréal and the wealthiest woman in Europe. She is the second richest person in France,...
US$ 22,900,000,000 2008
US$ 16,000,000,000 2006
x Al-Waleed bin Talal Kingdom 5KR US$ 20,300,000,000 2007
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Arabic: الوليد بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎) (born 7 March 1955) is a member of the Saudi Royal Family. He is the nephew of the Saudi Arabian King Abdullah . An entrepreneur and international...
US$ 21,000,000,000 2008
x Mukesh Ambani mukesh_ambani2.jpg US$ 20,100,000,000 2007
Mukesh Ambani (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden,Yemen) is a Indian engineer and businessman. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company,...
US$ 43,000,000,000 2008
US$ 8,500,000,000 2006
x Karl Albrecht Karl Albrecht.jpg US$ 20,000,000,000 2007
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 2009 of $21.5 billion according to...
US$ 27,000,000,000 2008
US$ 17,000,000,000 2006
x Roman Abramovich Roman Abramovich US$ 18,700,000,000 2007
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич, pronounced [rʌˈman ʌrˈkadʲɪvʲɪtʃ ʌbrɐˈmovʲɪtʃ]; born on 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian billionaire and the main owner of the private investment...
US$ 23,500,000,000 2008
US$ 18,200,000,000 2006
x Stefan Persson NYHETER-25s28-perss_175678w.jpg US$ 18,400,000,000 2007
Stefan Persson (born October 4, 1947(1947-10-04)) is the son of Erling Persson who founded the Swedish fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M;). Since 1982 Stefan has been the main owner of H&M.; According to Forbes Magazine, Persson was worth $18.4...
x Anil Ambani anil-ambani-reliance.jpg US$ 18,200,000,000 2007
Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian billionaire and a major shareholder in Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is also a billionaire, and owns another company called Reliance Industries. He is a member...
US$ 42,000,000,000 2008
US$ 5,700,000,000 2006
x Paul Allen Paul Allen US$ 18,000,000,000 2007
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which is his private...
US$ 16,000,000,000 2008
US$ 22,000,000,000 2006
x Theo Albrecht Ein typischer Supermarkt von „Aldi Nord“ in Kamen US$ 17,500,000,000 2007
Theodor Paul Albrecht (born 28 March 1922), generally known as Theo Albrecht, is a German entrepreneur, who in 2009 was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 9th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $18.8 billion. He owns and was the CEO of...
US$ 23,000,000,000 2008
US$ 15,200,000,000 2006
x Lee Shau Kee Lee Shau Kee.jpg US$ 17,000,000,000 2007
Lee Shau-kee GBM (Chinese: 李兆基; pinyin: Lǐ Zhàojī; Yale: Lee5 Siu6 Gei1; born January 29, 1928 in Shunde, Guangdong, China) is a property developer and majority owner of Henderson Land Development (HKSE:0012), a property conglomerate with interests...
US$ 19,000,000,000 2008
US$ 11,000,000,000 2006
x Jim C. Walton Jim C. Walton US$ 16,800,000,000 2007
Jim Carr Walton (born 1948 in Newport, Arkansas) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the Chairman of Arvest Bank. With an estimated 2008 net worth of around US$17.8 Billion, Walton is ranked by Forbes as the 11th-richest person in...
US$ 19,200,000,000 2008
US$ 15,900,000,000 2006
x Christy Walton Christy Walton.jpg US$ 16,700,000,000 2007
Christy Ruth Walton is the wife of late John T. Walton. After his death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion . As of March 2009, she is the 12th richest person in the Forbes World's Billionaires , with an estimated net worth of...
US$ 19,200,000,000 2008
US$ 15,900,000,000 2006
x S. Robson Walton S. Robson Walton US$ 16,700,000,000 2007
Samuel Robson (Rob) Walton (born 1945, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is the eldest son of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. He is currently chairman of the worldwide company. According to Forbes, his net worth is $19.2 billion as...
US$ 19,200,000,000 2008
US$ 15,800,000,000 2006
x Sergey Brin sergey.jpg US$ 16,600,000,000 2007
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...
US$ 18,700,000,000 2008
US$ 12,900,000,000 2006
x Larry Page Larry.jpg US$ 16,600,000,000 2007
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...
US$ 18,600,000,000 2008
US$ 12,800,000,000 2006
x Alice Walton Alice Walton.jpg US$ 16,600,000,000 2007
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,...
US$ 19,000,000,000 2008
US$ 15,700,000,000 2006
x Helen Walton HelenWalton US$ 16,400,000,000 2007
Helen Robson Kemper Walton (December 3, 1919 – April 19, 2007) was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She was the eleventh richest American and at one point the richest woman in the world. Helen died with an estimated net worth of $16.4...
US$ 15,600,000,000 2006
x Michael S. Dell Michael Dell, the founder CEO and chairman of Dell, Inc US$ 15,800,000,000 2007
Michael Saul Dell is an American businessman and entrepreneur. Michael, founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. is listed as one of 2009 Forbes Billionaires.
US$ 16,400,000,000 2008
US$ 17,100,000,000 2006
x Steve Ballmer Steve Ballmer US$ 15,000,000,000 2007
Steven Anthony Ballmer (born Detroit, Michigan March 24, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer is the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a...
US$ 15,000,000,000 2008
US$ 13,600,000,000 2006
x Kirk Kerkorian Kirk Kerkorian US$ 15,000,000,000 2007
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an Armenian-American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping...
US$ 16,000,000,000 2008
US$ 8,700,000,000 2006
x François Pinault François Pinault.jpg US$ 14,500,000,000 2007
François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a billionaire French businessman who runs the retail company PPR. He is a friend of former French President Jacques Chirac. According to Forbes List of billionaires (2008) he is ranked 39th in the world,...
US$ 16,900,000,000 2008
US$ 7,000,000,000 2006
x Suleyman Kerimov   US$ 14,400,000,000 2007
Suleyman Abusaidan xva Kerimov (Lezgian: Сулейман Абусаидан хва Керимов, Russian: Сулейман Абусаидович Керимов) (Lezgi, born March 12, 1966 in Derbent, Dagestan, USSR) is a member of the Federation Council of Russia. He is a member of United Russia,...
US$ 17,500,000,000 2008
x Vladimir Lisin Vladimir Lisin.jpg US$ 14,300,000,000 2007
Vladimir Lisin (born 7 May 1956, Ivanovo) is a Russian businessman specialised in the steel industry. He is considered by the Forbes magazine to be the fifth richest man in Russia with an estimated net worth of USD5.2 billion in 2009 (USD20.3...
US$ 20,300,000,000 2008
US$ 10,700,000,000 2006
x Jack C. Taylor Jack C. Taylor.jpg US$ 13,900,000,000 2007
Jack Crawford Taylor (born 1923) is an American businessman and the founder of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated current net worth of around $9.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 18th-richest American and the 40th-richest...
US$ 14,000,000,000 2008
US$ 6,000,000,000 2006
x Vladimir Potanin   US$ 13,500,000,000 2007
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (Владимир Олегович Потанин in Russian) (born January 3, 1961, Moscow, former USSR), is a Russian oligarch. He was born into a high-ranking communist family . His partner has been Mikhail Prokhorov. He acquired his wealth...
US$ 19,300,000,000 2008
US$ 6,400,000,000 2006
x Mikhail Prokhorov Mikhail Prokhorov US$ 13,500,000,000 2007
Mikhail Prokhorov (Russian: Михаил Прохоров; born May 3, 1965) is a Russian self-made billionaire. After graduation from Moscow Finance Institute he made his name in the financial sector and went on to become one of Russia's leading industrialists...
US$ 19,500,000,000 2008
US$ 6,400,000,000 2006
x Oleg Deripaska Deripaska US$ 13,300,000,000 2007
Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (Russian: Олег Владимирович Дерипаска, /Olyég Vladímirovich Dyeripáska/, born 2 January 1968, Dzerzhinsk, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) is a Russian billionaire, Chief executive officer of Basic Element company and a...
US$ 28,000,000,000 2008
US$ 7,800,000,000 2006
x Michael Otto Michael Otto.jpg US$ 13,300,000,000 2007
Michael Otto (born 12 April 1943, in Chełmno (Kulm) in the Nazi occupied Poland), is the head of German Otto Group, the world's largest mail order company, with $24 billion in sales in fiscal year 2003. Thanks to a 30% rise in Internet sales last...
US$ 18,200,000,000 2008
US$ 10,400,000,000 2006
x Carl Icahn carl-icahn.jpg US$ 13,000,000,000 2007
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. In 2008 his net worth was US$14 billion, putting him in an eight way tie for the 46th richest man in the world. In 2009...
US$ 14,000,000,000 2008
US$ 8,700,000,000 2006
x Abigail Johnson 340x.jpg US$ 13,000,000,000 2007
Abigail Pierrepont 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 Johnson. In September 2008, her net worth was...
US$ 15,000,000,000 2008
US$ 12,500,000,000 2006
x Adolf Merckle 2ORL.jpg US$ 12,800,000,000 2007
Dr. Adolf Merckle was born on March 18, 1934. He is a businessman and one of the richest people in Germany. Although most of his wealth comes from inheritance, Adolf developed his grandfather's chemical wholesale company, Phoenix Pharmahandel, into...
US$ 9,200,000,000 2008
US$ 11,500,000,000 2006
x Barbara Cox Anthony Barbara Cox Anthony US$ 12,600,000,000 2007
Barbara Cox Anthony (1922 – May 28, 2007) was the youngest daughter of James M. Cox, a Democratic governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sister Anne Cox Chambers and brother James M. Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust,...
US$ 12,400,000,000 2006
x Anne Cox Chambers anne cox.jpg US$ 12,600,000,000 2007
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,...
US$ 12,600,000,000 2008
US$ 12,400,000,000 2006
x Mikhail Fridman Mikhail Fridman.jpg US$ 12,600,000,000 2007
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (Russian: Михаи́л Мара́тович Фри́дман; born 21 April 1964 in Lviv) is a Jewish Russian businessman. He is one of the youngest of Russian oligarchs (Roman Abramovich is younger). In 2009, Forbes assessed his wealth as $6.3...
US$ 20,800,000,000 2008
US$ 9,700,000,000 2006
x Vagit Alekperov alek.jpg US$ 12,400,000,000 2007
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 ...
US$ 13,000,000,000 2008
US$ 11,000,000,000 2006
x Charles G. Koch Charles G. Koch US$ 12,000,000,000 2007
Charles de Ganahl Koch (pronounced "coke") (born 1 November 1935 (1935-11-01) (age 73)) is an engineer and chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries, Inc., the second largest privately held company (after Cargill) by...
US$ 17,000,000,000 2008
US$ 12,000,000,000 2006
x Leonardo Del Vecchio P765.jpg US$ 11,500,000,000 2007
Leonardo Del Vecchio (born 22 May 1935, Milan, Italy) is the founder and chairman of Luxottica, a $3 billion (sales) designer and manufacturer of high-quality eyeglass frames. The firm owns the Sunglass Hut and Lenscrafters chains with a total of...
US$ 10,000,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x Alexei Mordashov Mordashov.jpg US$ 11,200,000,000 2007
Alexei Mordashov was born on September 26, 1965 in Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast. He is a Russian business oligarch and self-made billionaire. He is the main shareholder and the chairman of the board of Severstal, Russia's second largest steel company...
US$ 21,200,000,000 2008
US$ 7,600,000,000 2006
x Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Duke of Westminster US$ 11,000,000,000 2007
Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, CB, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud...
US$ 6,000,000,000 2006
x Spiro Latsis QX6W.jpg US$ 11,000,000,000 2007
In 2006, Dr. Spiro J. Latsis, a Greek businessman, with a fortune of US$9.1 billion, was ranked 51st by Forbes on the World's Billionaires list. He is the son of the Greek shipping magnate, John Latsis, who died in 2003. The family's largest holding...
US$ 11,000,000,000 2008
US$ 9,100,000,000 2006
x Forrest Mars Jr. Forrest Mars Jr..jpg US$ 10,500,000,000 2007
Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. is the son of Forrest Mars Sr. and grandson of Frank C. Mars, founders of the giant American candy company Mars, Incorporated. With his share of the company, he is worth US$14.0 billion as of 2007, making him the 46th...
US$ 14,000,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x Jacqueline Mars Jacqueline_Mars-750_750.jpg US$ 10,500,000,000 2007
Jacqueline Badger Mars is the daughter of Forrest Edward Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the giant American candy company Mars, Incorporated. With her share of the company, she is worth US$14.0 billion as of September 2007...
US$ 14,000,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x John Mars John Mars.jpg US$ 10,500,000,000 2007
John Franklyn Mars is the son of Forrest Mars, Sr., and grandson of Frank C. Mars, founders of the giant American candy company Mars, Incorporated. With his share of the company, he is worth $14.0 billion as of 2007 and is the 19th richest person in...
US$ 14,000,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Vekselberg US$ 10,400,000,000 2007
Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (Russian: Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг, Ukrainian: Віктор Феліксович Вексельберг; born April 14, 1957, Drohobych, Ukraine, Soviet Union) is the owner and president of Renova Group, a large Russian conglomerate. Victor...
US$ 11,200,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x Serge Dassault 8KGW.jpg US$ 10,000,000,000 2007
 
US$ 9,900,000,000 2008
US$ 8,500,000,000 2006
x Charlie Ergen images.jpg US$ 10,000,000,000 2007
Charles "Charlie" Ergen was born March 1, 1953. He is the co-founder and CEO of Echostar Communications Corporation, which is the former parent company of Dish Network. Charles started Echostar in 1980 with his wife, Cantey and Jim...
US$ 9,500,000,000 2008
US$ 6,700,000,000 2006
x Michele Ferrero 20080308---bus_01.jpg US$ 10,000,000,000 2007
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 $4 billion. Ferrero’s brands include Nutella, Mon...
US$ 11,000,000,000 2008
US$ 10,000,000,000 2006
x Naguib Sawiris 4MRK.jpg US$ 10,000,000,000 2007
Naguib Sawiris (15 June 1954) (also: Sawires, Arabic: نجيب ساويرس) is an Egyptian businessman. His father, Onsi Sawiris, founded Orascom Group. He is the Chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom, and was the chairman of Mobinil till August 2008. In 2008,...
US$ 12,700,000,000 2008
US$ 2,600,000,000 2006
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