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|
Rank
|
Name |
Net
Worth
|
Age
|
Source
|
Country
of Citizenship
|
|
1
|
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
$69
B
|
72
|
telecom
|
Mexico
|
|
2
|
Bill Gates |
$61
B
|
56
|
Microsoft
|
United
States
|
|
3
|
Warren Buffett |
$44
B
|
82
|
Berkshire
Hathaway
|
United
States
|
|
4
|
Bernard Arnault |
$41
B
|
63
|
LVMH
|
France
|
|
5
|
Amancio Ortega |
$37.5
B
|
76
|
Zara
|
Spain
|
|
6
|
Larry Ellison |
$36
B
|
68
|
Oracle
|
United
States
|
|
7
|
Eike Batista |
$30
B
|
55
|
mining,
oil
|
Brazil
|
|
8
|
Stefan Persson |
$26
B
|
65
|
H&M
|
Sweden
|
|
9
|
Li Ka-shing |
$25.5
B
|
84
|
diversified
|
Hong
Kong
|
|
10
|
Karl Albrecht |
$25.4
B
|
92
|
Aldi
|
Germany
|
|
11
|
Christy Walton & family |
$25.3
B
|
57
|
Wal-Mart
|
United
States
|
|
12
|
Charles Koch |
$25
B
|
76
|
diversified
|
United
States
|
|
12
|
David Koch |
$25
B
|
72
|
diversified
|
United
States
|
|
14
|
Sheldon Adelson |
$24.9
B
|
79
|
casinos
|
United
States
|
|
15
|
Liliane Bettencourt |
$24
B
|
89
|
L’Oreal
|
France
|
|
16
|
Jim Walton |
$23.7
B
|
64
|
Wal-Mart
|
United
States
|
|
17
|
Alice Walton |
$23.3
B
|
63
|
Wal-Mart
|
United
States
|
|
18
|
S. Robson Walton |
$23.1
B
|
68
|
Wal-Mart
|
United
States
|
|
19
|
Mukesh Ambani |
$22.3
B
|
55
|
petrochemicals,
oil & gas
|
India
|
|
20
|
Michael Bloomberg |
$22
B
|
70
|
Bloomberg
LP
|
United
States
|
|
21
|
Lakshmi Mittal |
$20.7
B
|
62
|
steel
|
India
|
|
22
|
George Soros |
$20
B
|
82
|
hedge
funds
|
United
States
|
|
23
|
Michele Ferrero & family |
$19
B
|
85
|
chocolates
|
Italy
|
|
24
|
Sergey Brin |
$18.7
B
|
39
|
Google
|
United
States
|
|
24
|
Larry Page |
$18.7
B
|
39
|
Google
|
United
States
|
|
26
|
Jeff Bezos |
$18.4
B
|
48
|
Amazon.com
|
United
States
|
|
27
|
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family |
$18.3
B
|
-
|
real
estate
|
Hong
Kong
|
|
28
|
Alisher Usmanov |
$18.1
B
|
59
|
steel,
telecom, investments
|
Russia
|
|
29
|
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud |
$18
B
|
57
|
investments
|
Saudi
Arabia
|
|
29
|
Lee Shau Kee |
$18
B
|
84
|
diversified
|
Hong
Kong
|
|
29
|
Georgina Rinehart |
$18
B
|
58
|
Mining
|
Australia
|
|
32
|
Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht |
$17.8
B
|
-
|
Aldi,
Trader Joe’s
|
Germany
|
|
32
|
Iris Fontbona & family |
$17.8
B
|
69
|
mining
|
Chile
|
|
34
|
Michael Otto & family |
$17.6
B
|
69
|
retail,
real estate
|
Germany
|
|
35
|
David Thomson & family |
$17.5
B
|
55
|
media
|
Canada
|
|
35
|
Mark Zuckerberg |
$17.5
B
|
28
|
Facebook
|
United
States
|
|
37
|
Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family |
$17.4
B
|
56
|
retail,
media
|
Mexico
|
|
38
|
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family |
$16.5
B
|
81
|
mining
|
Mexico
|
|
39
|
Rinat Akhmetov |
$16
B
|
46
|
steel,
coal
|
Ukraine
|
|
39
|
Cheng Yu-tung |
$16
B
|
87
|
diversified
|
Hong
Kong
|
|
41
|
Michael Dell |
$15.9
B
|
47
|
Dell
|
United
States
|
|
41
|
Vladimir Lisin |
$15.9
B
|
56
|
steel,
transport
|
Russia
|
|
41
|
Azim Premji |
$15.9
B
|
67
|
software
|
India
|
|
44
|
Steve Ballmer |
$15.7
B
|
56
|
Microsoft
|
United
States
|
|
45
|
Alexey Mordashov |
$15.3
B
|
47
|
steel,
investments
|
Russia
|
|
46
|
Vladimir Potanin |
$14.5
B
|
51
|
metals
|
Russia
|
|
47
|
Phil Knight |
$14.4
B
|
74
|
Nike
|
United
States
|
|
48
|
Paul Allen |
$14.2
B
|
59
|
Microsoft,
investments
|
United
States
|
|
48
|
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
$14.2
B
|
58
|
mining
|
Mexico
|
|
50
|
Carl Icahn |
$14
B
|
76
|
leveraged
buyouts
|
United
States
|
|
50
|
Birgit Raus |
$14
B
|
88
|
packaging
|
Sweden
|
Sunday, 18 November 2012
List of Richest People in the World 2012
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