Forbes World Richest People 2009
List of top 100 billionaries 2009 according to Forbes Magazine.
| No. | Name | Net worth | Age | Citizenship | Sources of wealth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gates | $40.0 billion | 53 | United States | Microsoft | ||
| 2 | Warren Buffett | $37.0 billion | 78 | United States | Berkshire Hathaway | ||
| 3 | Carlos Slim Helú | $35.0 billion | 69 | Mexico Lebanon |
Telmex, América Móvil | ||
| 4 | Lawrence Ellison | $22.5 billion | 64 | United States | Oracle Corporation | ||
| 5 | Ingvar Kamprad and family | $22.0 billion | 83 | Sweden | IKEA | ||
| 6 | Karl Albrecht | $21.5 billion | 89 | Germany | Aldi Süd | ||
| 7 | Mukesh Ambani | $19.5 billion | 51 | India | Reliance Industries | ||
| 8 | Lakshmi Mittal | $19.3 billion | 58 | India | Arcelor Mittal | ||
| 9 | Theo Albrecht | $18.8 billion | 87 | Germany | ALDI Nord, Trader Joe’s | ||
| 10 | Amancio Ortega | $18.3 billion | 73 | Spain | Inditex Group | ||
| 11 | Jim Walton | $17.8 billion | 61 | United States | Wal-Mart | ||
| 12 | Alice Walton | $17.6 billion | 59 | United States | Wal-Mart | ||
| 12 | Christy Walton | $17.6 billion | 54 | United States | Wal-Mart | ||
| 12 | S. Robson Walton | $17.6 billion | 65 | United States | Wal-Mart | ||
| 15 | Bernard Arnault | $16.5 billion | 60 | France | LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton | ||
| 16 | Li Ka-shing | $16.2 billion | 80 | Hong Kong | Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa | ||
| 17 | Michael Bloomberg | $16.0 billion | 67 | United States | Bloomberg L.P. | ||
| 18 | Stefan Persson | $14.5 billion | 61 | Sweden | Hennes & Mauritz | ||
| 19 | Charles Koch | $14.0 billion | 73 | United States | Koch Industries | ||
| 19 | David H. Koch | $14.0 billion | 68 | United States | Koch Industries | ||
| 21 | Liliane Bettencourt | $13.4 billion | 86 | France | L’Oréal | ||
| 22 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $13.3 billion | 54 | Saudi Arabia Lebanon |
Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup | ||
| 23 | Michael Otto and family | $13.2 billion | 65 | Germany | Otto GmbH | ||
| 24 | David Thomson and family | $13.0 billion | 51 | Canada | The Thomson Corporation | ||
| 25 | Michael Dell | $12.3 billion | 44 | United States | Dell | ||
| 26 | Donald Bren | $12.0 billion | 76 | United States | Irvine Company | ||
| 26 | Sergey Brin | $12.0 billion | 35 | United States | |||
| 26 | Larry Page | $12.0 billion | 36 | United States | |||
| 29 | Steven Ballmer | $11.0 billion | 53 | United States | Microsoft | ||
| 29 | Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family | $11.0 billion | 57 | United Kingdom | Grosvenor Group | ||
| 29 | George Soros | $11.0 billion | 78 | United States | Soros Fund Management | ||
| 32 | Paul Allen | $10.5 billion | 56 | United States | Microsoft | ||
| 32 | Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok | $10.5 billion | 57, 58, and 59 | Hong Kong | Sun Hung Kai | ||
| 34 | Anil Ambani | $10.1 billion | 49 | India | Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | ||
| 35 | Abigail Johnson | $10.0 billion | 47 | United States | Fidelity Investments | ||
| 35 | Susanne Klatten | $10.0 billion | 46 | Germany | BMW | ||
| 35 | Ronald Perelman | $10.0 billion | 66 | United States | Revlon | ||
| 35 | Hans Rausing | $10.0 billion | 83 | Sweden | Tetra Laval | ||
| 39 | Birgit Rausing and family | $9.9 billion | 85 | Sweden | Tetra Laval | ||
| 40 | Michele Ferrero and family | $9.5 billion | 82 | Italy | Ferrero SpA | ||
| 40 | Mikhail Prokhorov | $9.5 billion | 43 | Russia | Interros | ||
| 40 | Jack C. Taylor and family | $9.5 billion | 86 | United States | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | ||
| 43 | Mohammed Al Amoudi | $9.0 billion | 63 | Saudi Arabia | Corral Petroleum Holdings | ||
| 43 | Anne Cox Chambers | $9.0 billion | 89 | United States | Cox Enterprises | ||
| 43 | Carl Icahn | $9.0 billion | 73 | United States | American Car and Foundry Company | ||
| 43 | George Kaiser | $9.0 billion | 66 | United States | BOK Financial Corporation | ||
| 43 | Lee Shau Kee | $9.0 billion | 81 | Hong Kong | Henderson Land Development | ||
| 43 | Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. | $9.0 billion | 77 | United States | Mars, Incorporated | ||
| 43 | Jacqueline Mars | $9.0 billion | 69 | United States | Mars, Incorporated | ||
| 43 | John Mars | $9.0 billion | 72 | United States | Mars, Incorporated | ||
| 51 | Roman Abramovich | $8.5 billion | 42 | Russia | Millhouse Capital | ||
| 52 | Ernesto Bertarelli | $8.2 billion | 43 | Switzerland | Serono | ||
| 52 | Philip Knight | $8.2 billion | 71 | United States | Nike | ||
| 54 | Nasser Al-Kharafi and family | $8.1 billion | 65 | Kuwait | M. A. Kharafi & Sons | ||
| 55 | James Simons | $8.0 billion | 70 | United States | Renaissance Technologies | ||
| 55 | Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer | $8.0 billion | 60 and 59 | France | Chanel | ||
| 57 | Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family | $7.8 billion | 55 | United Arab Emirates | Mashreq Bank | ||
| 57 | Vahid Alakbarov | $7.8 billion | 58 | Russia | LUKoil | ||
| 59 | Sunil Mittal and family | $7.7 billion | 51 | India | Bharti Airtel | ||
| 60 | François Pinault and family | $7.6 billion | 72 | France | PPR | ||
| 61 | Eike Batista | $7.5 billion | 51 | Brazil | |||
| 62 | Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber | $7.0 billion | 50 | Saudi Arabia | |||
| 62 | Maan Al-Sanea | $7.0 billion | 54 | Saudi Arabia | Saad Group | ||
| 62 | Edward Johnson, III | $7.0 billion | 78 | United States | Fidelity Investments | ||
| 62 | Ananda Krishnan | $7.0 billion | 70 | Malaysia | Maxis, Astro | ||
| 62 | Robert Kuok | $7.0 billion | 85 | Malaysia | Perlis Plantations Bhd | ||
| 62 | Joseph Safra | $7.0 billion | 70 | Brazil | Safra Group | ||
| 68 | Jeffrey Bezos | $6.8 billion | 45 | United States | Amazon.com | ||
| 69 | August von Finck, Jr. | $6.7 billion | 79 | Germany | Allianz | ||
| 70 | Silvio Berlusconi and family | $6.5 billion | 72 | Italy | Fininvest | ||
| 71 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $6.3 billion | 73 | Italy | Luxottica | ||
| 71 | Curt Engelhorn | $6.3 billion | 82 | Germany | Roche | ||
| 71 | Mikhail Fridman | $6.3 billion | 44 | Russia | Alfa Group | ||
| 74 | Sulaiman Al Rajhi | $6.2 billion | 89 | Saudi Arabia | Al-Rajhi Bank | ||
| 75 | James Goodnight | $6.1 billion | 66 | United States | SAS Institute | ||
| 76 | Iris Fontbona and family | $6.0 billion | Chile | Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco | |||
| 76 | Petr Kellner | $6.0 billion | 44 | Czech Republic | PPF Group | ||
| 76 | John Kluge | $6.0 billion | 94 | United States | Metromedia | ||
| 76 | John Paulson | $6.0 billion | 53 | United States | |||
| 76 | Tadashi Yanai & family | $6.0 billion | 60 | Japan | Fast Retailing | ||
| 81 | Dan Duncan | $5.9 billion | 76 | United States | Enterprise Products | ||
| 81 | Eliodoro Matte & family | $5.9 billion | 63 | Chile | Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones | ||
| 83 | Alberto Bailleres & family | $5.7 billion | 76 | Mexico | Grupo Bal | ||
| 83 | Azim Premji | $5.7 billion | 63 | India | Wipro Technologies | ||
| 83 | Hansjorg Wyss | $5.7 billion | 74 | Switzerland | Synthes | ||
| 86 | Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia | $15.0 billion | 65 | India | Essar | ||
| 87 | Steven A. Cohen | $5.5 billion | 53 | United States | SAC Capital Partners | ||
| 87 | Ng Teng Fong | $5.5 billion | 80 | Singapore | Sino Group | ||
| 87 | Patrick Soon-Shiong | $5.5 billion | 57 | United States | American Pharmaceutical Partners | ||
| 90 | Serge Dassault and family | $5.4 billion | 83 | France | Dassault Group | ||
| 90 | Erivan Haub & family | $5.4 billion | 76 | Germany | Tengelmann Group | ||
| 92 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $5.3 billion | 69 | Brazil | Investment Bank & Inbev beverages | ||
| 93 | Eli Broad | $5.2 billion | 75 | United States | KB Home | ||
| 93 | Kunio Busujima & family | $5.2 billion | 83 | Japan | Sankyo | ||
| 93 | Karl-Heinz Kipp | $5.2 billion | 85 | Germany | Massa | ||
| 93 | Vladimir Lisin | $5.2 billion | 52 | Russia | Novolipetsk Steel | ||
| 93 | Reinhold Wurth | $5.2 billion | 73 | Germany | Wurth Group | ||
| 98 | Philip Anschutz | $5.0 billion | 69 | United States | The Anschutz Corporation | ||
| 98 | Kirk Kerkorian | $5.0 billion | 91 | United States | Tracinda Corporation | ||
| 98 | Nicky Oppenheimer & family | $5.0 billion | 63 | South Africa | De Beers & Anglo American | ||
| 98 | David and Simon Reuben | $5.0 billion | NA | United Kingdom | real estate | ||
| 98 | Kushal Pal Singh | $5.0 billion | 77 | India | DLF Group | ||
| 98 | Galen Weston & family | $5.0 billion | 68 | Canada | George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods |
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Source: forbes.com
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orang indonesia gak masuk gara2 uangya disembunyiin semua, jadi takut ketahuaan kalo korupsi…
wah kalo indonesia kayanya banyak karena korupsi heheh
Waaahhh….
Semoga Nama Kita terdaftar disana….
Amiinn…..!!!!!!!
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Mr.Gates still dominates the first spot
We can know how rich someone is through the total money and asset he or she has. Perhaps we should also consider on how well someone uses or manages his or her money and asset for better life of many people especially the unfortunate people.
Many asians….
kapan ya nama gue bisa nyempil di situ