BILLIONAIRES OF THE WORLD

List of billionaires "Men In Billions" MIB worth
1. Bill Gates - USA - $46.5 billion
2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion
3. Carlos Slim Helú - Mexico - $23.8 billion
4. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Saudi Arabia - $23.7 billion
5. Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
6. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion
7. Karl Albrecht - Germany - $18.5 billion
8. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion
9. S. Robson Walton - USA - $18.3 billion
10. Jim Walton - USA - $18.2 billion
11. Alice Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
12. Helen Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
13. The Lord Thomson of Fleet and family - Canada - $17.9 billion
14. Liliane Bettencourt - France - $17.2 billion
15. Bernard Arnault - France - $17.0 billion
16. Michael Dell - USA - $16.0 billion
17. Sheldon Adelson - USA - $15.6 billion (was 311 in 2004)
18. Theo Albrecht - Germany - $15.5 billion
19. Roman Abramovich - Russia - $13.3 billion (lives both in Russia and UK)
20. Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong - $13.0 billion
21. Amancio Ortega Gaona - Spain - $12.6 billion
22. Steve Ballmer - USA - $12.1 billion
23. Silvio Berlusconi - Italy - $12.0 billion
24. Abigail Johnson - USA - $12.0 billion
25. Barbara Cox Anthony - USA - $11.7 billion
26. Anne Cox Chambers - USA - $11.7 billion
27. Stefan Persson - Sweden - $11.2 billion
28. John Kluge - USA - $11.0 billion
29. Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok - Hong Kong - $10.9 billion
30. Forrest Mars, Jr. - USA - $10.4 billion
31. Jacqueline Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
32. John Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
33. Luciano Benetton and family - Italy - $9.9 billion
34. Pierre Omidyar - USA - $9.9 billion
35. Galen Weston and family - Canada - $9.9 billion
36. Lee Shau Kee - Hong Kong - $9.3 billion
37. Azim Premji - India - $9.3 billion
38. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family - Kuwait - $9.0 billion
39. Kirk Kerkorian - USA - $8.9 billion
40. Sumner Redstone - USA - $8.8 billion
41. Leonardo Del Vecchio - Italy - $8.5 billion
42. Michele Ferrero and family - Belgium - $8.5 billion
43. Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion
44. Susanne Klatten - Germany - $8.2 billion
45. Philip Knight - USA - $8.2 billion
46. Hans Rausing - Sweden - $8.0 billion (living in UK)
47. Serge Dassault and family - France - $7.8 billion
48. Carl Icahn - USA - $7.8 billion
49. Rupert Murdoch - USA - $7.8 billion
50. Rudolf August Oetker and family - Germany - $7.7 billion
51. Birgit Rausing and family - Sweden - $7.6 billion (living in Switzerland)
52. Spiro Latsis and family - Greece - $7.5 billion (living in Switzerland)
53. Sergey Brin - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
54. Charles Ergen - USA - $7.2 billion
55. Larry Page - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
56. George Soros - USA - $7.2 billion
57. Reinhold Würth - Germany - $7.2 billion
58. Mukesh & Anil Ambani - India - $7.0 billion
59. Mikhail Fridman - Russia - $7.0 billion
60. Vladimir Lisin - Russia - $7.0 billion
61. Donald Newhouse - USA - $7.0 billion
62. Samuel Newhouse, Jr. - USA - $7.0 billion
63. Adolf Merckle - Germany - $6.9 billion
64. Stefan Quandt - Germany - $6.7 billion
65. Micky Arison - USA - $6.5 billion
66. Philip Green - UK - $6.3 billion
67. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler - Germany - $6.3 billion
68. August von Finck - Germany - $6.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
69. Eli Broad - USA - $6.1 billion
70. Curt Engelhorn - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
71. Friedrich Flick, Jr. - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Austria)
72. Edward Johnson, III - USA - $6.0 billion
73. Nicky Oppenheimer and family - South Africa - $6.0 billion
74. Francois Pinault - France - $5.9 billion
75. Philip Anschutz - USA - $5.8 billion
76. Ernesto Bertarelli - Switzerland - $5.8 billion
77. Nobutada Saji and family - Japan - $5.8 billion
78. Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $5.6 billion
79. Yoshitaka Fukuda and family - Japan - $5.6 billion
80. The Duke of Westminster - UK - $5.6 billion
81. Reinhard Mohn and family - Germany - $5.6 billion
82. Shari Arison - Israel - $5.5 billion
83. Oleg Deripaska - Russia - $5.5 billion
84. Yasuo Takei and family - Japan - $5.5 billion
85. Jean-Claude Decaux and family - France - $5.4 billion
86. Antonia Johnson - Sweden - $5.4 billion
87. Johanna Quandt - Germany - $5.4 billion
88. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller - Denmark - $5.3 billion
89. Joseph & Moise Safra - Brazil - $5.2 billion
90. Onsi Sawiris and family - Egypt - $5.2 billion
91. Dan Duncan - USA - $5.1 billion
92. Michael Bloomberg - USA - $5.0 billion
93. Gustavo Cisneros and family - Venezuela - $5.0 billion
94. Rafael del Pino and family - Spain - $5.0 billion
95. Robert Kuok - Malaysia - $5.0 billion (living in Hong Kong)
96. Hasso Plattner - Germany - $5.0 billion
97. James Packer - Australia - $5.0 billion
98. Jeffrey Skoll - Canada - $5.0 billion (living in USA)
99. Viktor Vekselberg - Russia - $5.0 billion
100. Ty Warner - USA - $5.0 billion
101. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken - Netherlands - $4.9 billion (living in UK)
102. Eitaro Itoyama - Japan - $4.9 billion
103. Rahmi Koç and family - Turkey - $4.9 billion
104. Ronald Perelman - USA - $4.9 billion
105. Karl-Heinz Kipp - Germany - $4.8 billion (living in Switzerland)
106. Alexei Mordashov - Russia - $4.8 billion
107. Jim Pattison - Canada - $4.8 billion
108. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer - France - $4.8 billion
109. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and family - Netherlands - $4.7 billion (1997 estimate)
110. Kunio Busujima and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
111. Michael Kadoorie and family - Hong Kong - $4.7 billion
112. Kyosuke Kinoshita and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
113. Ferit Sahenk and family - Turkey - $4.7 billion
114. Robert Bosch, Jr. and family - Germany - $4.6 billion
115. Giorgio Armani - Italy - $4.5 billion
116. David Geffen - USA - $4.4 billion
117. James, Arthur and John Irving - Canada - $4.4 billion
118. Fukuzo Iwasaki - Japan - $4.4 billion
119. Vladimir Potanin - Russia - $4.4 billion
120. Mikhail Prokhorov - Russia - $4.4 billion
121. Vagit Alekperov - Russia - $4.3 billion
122. Donald Bren - USA - $4.3 billion
123. Walter Haefner - Switzerland - $4.3 billion
124. Erivan Haub & family - Germany - $4.3 billion
125. Kun-Hee Lee & family - South Korea - $4.3 billion
126. Gordon Moore - USA - $4.3 billion
127. Ross Perot and family - USA - $4.3 billion
128. The Lord Sainsbury of Turville and family - UK - $4.3 billion
129. Masayoshi Son - Japan - $4.3 billion
130. William Wrigley, Jr. - USA - $4.3 billion
131. John Abele - USA - $4.2 billion
132. Cheng Yu-tung - Hong Kong - $4.2 billion
133. Andrónico Luksic and family - Chile - $4.2 billion
134. George Kaiser - USA - $4.2 billion
135. Jeffrey Bezos - USA - $4.1 billion
136. Lorenzo Mendoza and family - Venezuela - $4.1 billion
137. Charles Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
138. David Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
139. Ananda Krishnan - Malaysia - $4.0 billion
140. Kwek Leng Beng and family - Singapore - $4.0 billion
141. James Sorenson - USA - $4.0 billion
142. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family - UAE - $3.9 billion
143. Lester Crown and family - USA - $3.8 billion
144. John Menard, Jr. - USA - $3.8 billion
145. Thomas Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $3.8 billion
146. Andreas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
147. Thomas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
148. Kumar Birla - India - $3.7 billion
149. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi - Japan - $3.7 billion
150. Jerónimo Arango - Mexico - $3.6 billion
151. Bernie Ecclestone and family - UK - $3.6 billion
152. Stanley Ho - Hong Kong - $3.6 billion
153. Frank Lowy and family - Australia - $3.6 billion
154. Victor Rashnikov - Russia - $3.6 billion
155. Jørgen Mads Clausen and family - Denmark - $3.5 billion
156. Willi and Isolde Liebherr and family - Switzerland - $3.5 billion
157. Peter Nicholas - USA - $3.5 billion
158. Julio Mario Santo Domingo - Colombia - $3.5 billion
159. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay - UK - $3.4 billion (living in Guernsey)
160. Otto Beisheim - Germany - $3.4 billion (living in Switzerland)
161. John Fredriksen - Norway - $3.4 billion
162. Preston Robert Tisch - USA - $3.4 billion
163. Robert Bass - USA - $3.3 billion
164. Paul Desmarais - Canada - $3.3 billion
165. Charles B. Johnson - USA - $3.3 billion
166. Sunil Mittal - India - $3.3 billion
167. Robert Rowling - USA - $3.3 billion
168. Rainer and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck - Germany - $3.3 billion
169. Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $3.2 billion
170. Sir Richard Branson - UK - $3.2 billion
171. William Cook - USA - $3.2 billion
172. Aloysio de Andrade Faria - Brazil - $3.2 billion
173. Rolf Gerling - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
174. James Goodnight - USA - $3.2 billion
175. Terry Gou - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.2 billion
176. Maurice Greenberg - USA - $3.2 billion
177. Klaus-Michael Kühne - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
178. Leonard Lauder - USA - $3.2 billion
179. Gérard Louis-Dreyfus and family - France - $3.2 billion (living in USA)
180. Pallonji Mistry - India - $3.2 billion
181. Akira Mori - Japan - $3.2 billion
182. Madeleine Schickedanz - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
183. Charles R. Schwab - USA - $3.2 billion
184. Jack C. Taylor - USA - $3.2 billion
185. Klaus Tschira - Germany - $3.2 billion
186. Tadashi Yanai - Japan - $3.2 billion
187. David Filo - USA - $3.1 billion
188. Heidi Horten - Austria - $3.1 billion
189. Sammy Ofer & Yuli Ofer - Israel - $3.1 billion
190. Nina Wang - Hong Kong - $3.1 billion
191. Y.C. Wang - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.1 billion
192. Leslie Wexner - USA - $3.1 billion
193. Richard DeVos - USA - $3.0 billion
194. Henry Fok - Hong Kong - $3.0 billion
195. Steve Jobs - USA - $3.0 billion
196. Ann Walton Kroenke - USA - $3.0 billion
197. George Lucas - USA - $3.0 billion
198. Sergio Mantegazza - Switzerland - $3.0 billion
199. Miuccia Prada and family - Italy - $3.0 billion
200. Anton Schlecker - Germany - $3.0 billion
201. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi - Thailand - $3.0 billion
202. Anacleto Angelini - Chile - $2.9 billion
203. Masatoshi Ito - Japan - $2.9 billion
204. Barbara Piasecka Johnson - USA - $2.9 billion (living in Monaco)
205. Richard Schulze - USA - $2.9 billion
206. Stefan Schörghuber - Germany - $2.9 billion
207. Tsai Wan Tsai and family - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.9 billion
208. Karl Wlaschek - Austria - $2.9 billion
209. Khalid bin Mahfouz and family - Saudi Arabia - $2.8 billion
210. Charles Bronfman - Canada - $2.8 billion
211. William Davidson - USA - $2.8 billion
212. Jesús de Polanco - Spain - $2.8 billion
213. Rachman Halim and family - Indonesia - $2.8 billion
214. Henry Hillman - USA - $2.8 billion
215. Ralph Lauren - USA - $2.8 billion
216. Stephan Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $2.8 billion
217. Eric Schmidt - USA - $2.8 billion
218. Alberto Baillères - Mexico - $2.7 billion
219. Edgar Bronfman, Sr. - USA - $2.7 billion
220. The Earl Cadogan and family - UK - $2.7 billion
221. Otto Happel - Germany - $2.7 billion (living in Switzerland)
222. Bradley Hughes - USA - $2.7 billion
223. Ronald Lauder - USA - $2.7 billion
224. Eliodoro Matte and family - Chile - $2.7 billion
225. Luis Carlos Sarmiento - Colombia - $2.7 billion
226. Steven Spielberg - USA - $2.7 billion
227. Hubert Burda - Germany - $2.6 billion
228. Michael Hilti and family - Liechtenstein - $2.6 billion
229. Martha Rivers Ingram and family - USA - $2.6 billion
230. Boris Ivanishvili - Russia - $2.6 billion (living in France)
231. Rupert Johnson, Jr. - USA - $2.6 billion
232. Saleh Kamel - Saudi Arabia - $2.6 billion
233. Jorge Paulo Lemann - Brazil - $2.6 billion
234. Lev Leviev - Israel - $2.6 billion
235. Hugo Mann and family - Germany - $2.6 billion
236. Ng Teng Fong and family - Singapore - $2.6 billion
237. Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family - Mexico - $2.6 billion
238. Yasumitsu Shigeta - Japan - $2.6 billion
239. Takemitsu Takizaki - Japan - $2.6 billion
240. Donald Trump - USA - $2.6 billion
241. Jerry Yang - USA - $2.6 billion
242. Mohammad Al Amoudi - Saudi Arabia - $2.5 billion
243. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte - Switzerland - $2.5 billion
244. John Dorrance III - Ireland - $2.5 billion
245. Antônio Ermírio de Moraes - Brazil - $2.5 billion
246. Jeffrey Koo, Jr. - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.5 billion
247. Esther Koplowitz - Spain - $2.5 billion
248. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Denmark - $2.5 billion
249. Edward Lampert - USA - $2.5 billion
250. Nancy Walton Laurie - USA - $2.5 billion
251. Michael Lee-Chin - Canada - $2.5 billion
252. David Rockefeller - USA - $2.5 billion
253. Nicola Brambilla and Family - Canada - $2.5 billion
254. James Simons - USA - $2.5 billion
255. Leonard N. Stern - USA - $2.5 billion
256. Michael Ying - Hong Kong - $2.5 billion
257. Rinat Akhmetov - Ukraine - $2.4 billion
258. Riley Bechtel - USA - $2.4 billion
259. Stephen Bechtel, Jr. - USA - $2.4 billion
260. Leonard Blavatnik - USA - $2.4 billion
261. Martin Bouygues and family - France - $2.4 billion
262. Michael Herz - Germany - $2.4 billion
263. Lee Seng Wee and family - Singapore - $2.4 billion
264. Lim Goh Tong - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
265. Bernard Marcus - USA - $2.4 billion
266. A. Jerrold Perenchio - USA - $2.4 billion
267. Edward Rogers - Canada - $2.4 billion
268. Teh Hong Piow - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
269. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy - USA - $2.4 billion
270. Vladimir Yevtushenkov - Russia - $2.4 billion
271. Alexander Abramov - Russia - $2.3 billion
272. Vladimir Bogdanov - Russia - $2.3 billion
273. Ronald Burkle - USA - $2.3 billion
274. Clive Calder - UK - $2.3 billion (living in Cayman Islands)
275. Jean-Louis Dumas and family - France - $2.3 billion
276. Melinda Esterhazy - Austria - $2.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
277. Tetsuro Funai - Japan - $2.3 billion
278. Frits Goldschmeding - Netherlands - $2.3 billion
279. Stein Erik Hagen - Norway - $2.3 billion
280. Ray Hunt - USA - $2.3 billion
281. Shiv Nadar - India - $2.3 billion
282. Carl Pohlad - USA - $2.3 billion
283. Quek Leng Chan and family - Malaysia - $2.3 billion
284. Johann Rupert and family - South Africa - $2.3 billion
285. Haim Saban - USA - $2.3 billion
286. J. R. Simplot and family - USA - $2.3 billion
287. Clemmie Spangler, Jr. - USA - $2.3 billion
288. Friede Springer - Germany - $2.3 billion
289. Wee Cho Yaw - Singapore - $2.3 billion
290. Tadahiro Yoshida - Japan - $2.3 billion
291. Vincent Bolloré - France - $2.2 billion
292. Charles Butt - USA - $2.2 billion
293. John Calamos - USA - $2.2 billion
294. Wolfgang Herz - Germany - $2.2 billion
295. Leona Helmsley - USA - $2.2 billion
296. Amos Hostetter, Jr. - USA - $2.2 billion
297. Ryoichi Jinnai and family - Japan - $2.2 billion
298. Peter Kellogg - USA - $2.2 billion
299. Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Russia - $2.0 billion (down from #16 and $15.2 billion in 2004 because of the Yukos affair)