The World's Billionaires List Directory Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 1 Warren Buffett United States 77 62.0 United States 2 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 68 60.0 Mexico 3 William Gates III United States 52 58.0 United States 4 Lakshmi Mittal India 57 45.0 United Kingdom 5 Mukesh Ambani India 50 43.0 India 6 Anil Ambani India 48 42.0 India 7 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 81 31.0 Switzerland 8 KP Singh India 76 30.0 India 9 Oleg Deripaska Russia 40 28.0 Russia 10 Karl Albrecht Germany 88 27.0 Germany 11 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 79 26.5 Hong Kong 12 Sheldon Adelson United States 74 26.0 United States 13 Bernard Arnault France 59 25.5 France 14 Lawrence Ellison United States 63 25.0 United States 15 Roman Abramovich Russia 41 23.5 Russia 16 Theo Albrecht Germany 85 23.0 Germany 17 Liliane Bettencourt France 85 22.9 France 18 Alexei Mordashov Russia 42 21.2 Russia 19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 51 21.0 Saudi Arabia 20 Mikhail Fridman Russia 43 20.8 Russia 21 Vladimir Lisin Russia 51 20.3 Russia 22 Amancio Ortega Spain 72 20.2 Spain 23 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong NA 19.9 Hong Kong 24 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 42 19.5 Russia 25 Vladimir Potanin Russia 47 19.3 Russia Top 1-25 Billionaires, 25-50 Top Billionaires, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim Helu & family, William Gates III References: "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. DeBare, Ilana (2008-03-06). "47 Bay Area billionaires on Forbes list". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Ambani brothers, L N Mittal among top 10 billionaires". The Times of India (2008-03-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Ukrainiana: Akhmetov, Net Worth $31.1B, Named Richest Man in Ukraine, CIS, EU Korrespondent Names Akhmetov Ukraine’s Richest Man UNIAN Asia's booming billionaires". Agence France Press (2008-03-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Robison, Jennifer (2008-03-07). "Hard times: LV billionaires take a beating in Forbes magazine's current list". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 25 most powerful people in business". Fortune (2007-11-30). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Moscow: World's 'Billionaire' Capital". One India. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. The richest royals in the world: It’s good to be the king — or queen — when you inherit these fortunes". Forbes.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Pair of Grocery Giants Remain Germany's Richest Businessmen". Deutsche Welle (2008-03-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Boughey, Steve (2007-06-29). "Philanthropy a common theme among the filthy rich". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Halpin, Tony (2007-02-13). "Abramovich must keep his crown but is relegated in oligarch league". The Times Online. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Forbes ranks "intriguing" heiresses". China Daily (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Number of Billionaires Up to Record 793". FOX News (2006-03-10). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Buffett ousts Gates as world's richest man". CBC News (2008-03-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Knapp, Adam (2008-03-06). "Koch brothers tied for 37th on Forbes list". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Moore, Heidi (2008-03-06). "Microsoft-Yahoo: Ballmer, Gates Take $7.9 Billion Hit for the Team". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Low, Valentine (2008-03-06). "Billionaire London is home to 36 on Forbes richest list". Evening Standard. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Russia Profile - Stanislav Belkovsky: Putin Will Leave Power Completely Story of the Day / PressPATROL / Media Monitoring Agency WPS Anders Åslund Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed, 2007, ISBN 978-0-88132-409-9, PDF http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C11%5Cstory_11-8-2008_pg1_1 http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=112652&d=11&m=8&y=2008 http://thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNewsT.aspx?fbshortid=3283&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current

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