BROWSE THE LIST
Net Worth Calculated March 2012| 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 | 81 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 |  Bernard Arnault | $41 B | 63 | LVMH | France |
| 5 |  Amancio Ortega | $37.5 B | 75 | Zara | Spain |
| 6 |  Larry Ellison | $36 B | 67 | Oracle | United States |
| 7 |  Eike Batista | $30 B | 55 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 8 |  Stefan Persson | $26 B | 64 | H&M | Sweden |
| 9 |  Li Ka-shing | $25.5 B | 83 | 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 | 71 | diversified | United States |
| 14 |  Sheldon Adelson | $24.9 B | 78 | 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 | 62 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 |  S. Robson Walton | $23.1 B | 68 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 19 |  Mukesh Ambani | $22.3 B | 54 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 20 |  Michael Bloomberg | $22 B | 70 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 21 |  Lakshmi Mittal | $20.7 B | 61 | steel | India |
| 22 |  George Soros | $20 B | 81 | hedge funds | United States |
| 23 |  Michele Ferrero & family | $19 B | 85 | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 |  Sergey Brin | $18.7 B | 38 | United States | |
| 24 |  Larry Page | $18.7 B | 39 | United States | |
| 26 |  Jeff Bezos | $18.4 B | 48 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 27 |  Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family | $18.3 B | 0 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 28 |  Alisher Usmanov | $18.1 B | 58 | 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 | 0 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany |
| 32 | Iris Fontbona & family | $17.8 B | 69 | mining | Chile |
| 34 |  Michael Otto & family | $17.6 B | 68 | retail, real estate | Germany |
| 35 |  David Thomson & family | $17.5 B | 54 | media | Canada |
| 35 |  Mark Zuckerberg | $17.5 B | 27 | United States | |
| 37 |  Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family | $17.4 B | 56 | retail, media | Mexico |
| 38 |  Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family | $16.5 B | 80 | mining | Mexico |
| 39 |  Rinat Akhmetov | $16 B | 45 | steel, coal | Ukraine |
| 39 |  Cheng Yu-tung | $16 B | 86 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 41 |  Michael Dell | $15.9 B | 47 | Dell | United States |
| 41 |  Vladimir Lisin | $15.9 B | 55 | steel, transport | Russia |
| 41 |  Azim Premji | $15.9 B | 66 | software | India |
| 44 |  Steve Ballmer | $15.7 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 45 |  Alexey Mordashov | $15.3 B | 46 | 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 Rausing & family | $14 B | 88 | packaging | Sweden |
| 52 |  Forrest Mars Jr | $13.8 B | 80 | candy | United States |
| 52 |  Jacqueline Mars | $13.8 B | 72 | candy | United States |
| 52 | John Mars | $13.8 B | 75 | candy | United States |
| 52 |  Joseph Safra | $13.8 B | 73 | banking | Brazil |
| 56 |  Vagit Alekperov | $13.5 B | 61 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 57 |  Mikhail Fridman | $13.4 B | 47 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 58 |  Mikhail Prokhorov | $13.2 B | 46 | investments | Russia |
| 59 |  Susanne Klatten | $13 B | 49 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 59 |  Francois Pinault & family | $13 B | 75 | retail | France |
| 61 |  Mohammed Al Amoudi | $12.5 B | 67 | oil, diversified | Saudi Arabia |
| 61 |  Anne Cox Chambers | $12.5 B | 92 | media | United States |
| 61 |  John Paulson | $12.5 B | 56 | hedge funds | United States |
| 64 |  Robert Kuok | $12.4 B | 88 | diversified | Malaysia |
| 64 |  Luis Carlos Sarmiento | $12.4 B | 79 | banking | Colombia |
| 64 |  Viktor Vekselberg | $12.4 B | 54 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 67 |  Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family | $12.2 B | 83 | diversified | Brazil |
| 68 |  Roman Abramovich | $12.1 B | 45 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 69 |  Donald Bren | $12 B | 79 | real estate | United States |
| 69 |  Jorge Paulo Lemann | $12 B | 72 | beer | Brazil |
| 69 |  Ronald Perelman | $12 B | 69 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 72 |  Len Blavatnik | $11.9 B | 54 | diversified | United States |
| 72 |  Leonid Mikhelson | $11.9 B | 56 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| 74 |  Leonardo Del Vecchio | $11.5 B | 76 | eyewear | Italy |
| 75 |  John Fredriksen | $11.3 B | 67 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 76 |  Aliko Dangote | $11.2 B | 54 | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria |
| 76 |  Stefan Quandt | $11.2 B | 45 | BMW | Germany |
| 78 |  Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family | $11 B | 60 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 78 |  Harold Hamm | $11 B | 66 | oil & gas | United States |
| 80 |  Savitri Jindal & family | $10.9 B | 62 | steel | India |
| 81 |  Andrey Melnichenko | $10.8 B | 40 | coal, fertilizers | Russia |
| 82 |  James Simons | $10.7 B | 73 | hedge funds | United States |
| 83 |  Ernesto Bertarelli & family | $10.6 B | 46 | biotech, investments | Switzerland |
| 84 |  Jack Taylor & family | $10.4 B | 89 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | United States |
| 85 |  Abigail Johnson | $10.3 B | 50 | Fidelity | United States |
| 86 |  Robin Li | $10.2 B | 43 | Technology | China |
| 86 | Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte | $10.2 B | 0 | paper | Chile |
| 88 |  Ray Dalio | $10 B | 62 | hedge funds | United States |
| 88 |  George Kaiser | $10 B | 69 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 88 |  Johanna Quandt | $10 B | 85 | BMW | Germany |
| 88 |  Hans Rausing | $10 B | 86 | packaging | Sweden |
| 88 |  Tadashi Yanai & family | $10 B | 63 | retail | Japan |
| 93 |  Serge Dassault & family | $9.9 B | 86 | aviation | France |
| 93 |  Ananda Krishnan | $9.9 B | 73 | telecoms | Malaysia |
| 95 |  Klaus-Michael Kuhne | $9.8 B | 74 | shipping | Germany |
| 96 | Pallonji Mistry | $9.7 B | 82 | construction | Ireland |
| 97 |  Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila | $9.5 B | 35 | beer | Colombia |
| 98 |  Horst Paulmann & family | $9.3 B | 77 | retail | Chile |
| 99 |  Gennady Timchenko | $9.1 B | 59 | oil & gas | Russia |
| 100 |  Laurene Powell Jobs & family | $9 B | 48 | Apple, Disney | United States |
