The royals, kings and queen, in this 21st century may not enjoy the luxury of unreserved admiration, adulation and loyalty from their subjects like it used to be not so long ago. But certainly they still enjoy the luxury of “unlimited” wealth to enjoy the extravagant lives money can buy. In its 20th August edition, Forbes magazine published the list of richest existing royals, not the richest ordinary people, two of whom are coming from South East Asian countries, Thailand and Brunei. Surprisingly, King Bumiphol of Thailand got the “gold medal.” Please watch carefully the list below, who knows you are among those top list kings and queens.

This list of the 100 wealthiest people is a list of the world’s 100 richest people as of February 11, 2008, based on each person’s total net worth according to Forbes Magazine.

1 Warren Buffett $62.0 billion United States
2 Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion Mexico
3 Bill Gates $58.0 billion United States
4 Lakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion India
5 Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion India
6 Anil Ambani $42.0 billion India
7 Rinat Akhmetov $31.1 billion Ukraine
8 Ingvar Kamprad and family $31.0 billion Sweden
9 Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion India
10 Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion Russia
11 Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion Germany
12 Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion Hong Kong
13 Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion United States
14 Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion France
15 Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion United States
16 Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion Russia
17 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah $23.1 billion Brunei
18 Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion Germany
19 Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion France
20 Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion Russia
21 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion Saudi Arabia
22 Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion Russia
23 Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion Russia
24 Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion Spain
25 Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion ? 56, 57, and 58 Hong Kong
26 Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion Russia
27 Vladimir Potanin $19.3 billion Russia
28 Christy Walton $19.2 billion United States
29 Jim Walton $19.2 billion United States
29 S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion United States
31 Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion Hong Kong
31 Alice Walton $19.0 billion United States
33 David Thomson and family $18.9 billion Canada
34 Sergey Brin $18.7 billion United States
35 Larry Page $18.6 billion United States
36 Michael Otto and family $18.2 billion Germany
37 Stefan Persson $17.7 billion Sweden
38 Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion Russia
39 Charles Koch $17.0 billion United States
40 David H. Koch $17.0 billion United States
41 François Pinault and family $16.9 billion France
42 Michael Dell $16.4 billion United States
43 Paul Allen $16.0 billion United States
43 Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion United States
45 Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion United States
45 Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion United States
45 Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion India
48 Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $14.0 billion Kuwait
48 The Duke of Westminster and family $14.0 billion United Kingdom
48 Carl Icahn $14.0 billion United States
48 Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion United States
48 Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion United States
48 John Mars $14.0 billion United States
48 Birgit Rausing and family $14.0 billion Sweden
48 Jack C. Taylor and family $14.0 billion United States
56 German Khan $13.9 billion Russia
57 Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion Germany
58 Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion Russia
59 Donald Bren $13.0 billion United States
60 Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion ? 59 and 58 France United States
61 Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion ? 41 Russia
62 Azim Premji $12.7 billion India
63 Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion ? 53 Egypt
64 Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion United States
65 Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion Russia
66 Sunil Mittal and family $11.8 billion India
67 Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion Russia
68 Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion United States
69 Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion Russia
70 Michele Ferrero and family $11.0 billion Italy
70 George Kaiser $11.0 billion United States
70 Spiro Latsis and family $11.0 billion Greece
70 Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion Egypt
74 Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion Russia
75 Philip Knight $10.4 billion United States
75 Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion Russia
77 Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion Switzerland
78 Kumar Mangalam Birla $10.2 billion India
79 Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion Italy
79 Antônio Ermírio de Moraes and family $10.0 billion Brazil
79 Iris Fontbona and family $10.0 billion Chile
79 Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion United States
79 Hans Rausing $10.0 billion Sweden
79 Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion Russia
79 Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion Russia
86 Serge Dassault and family $9.9 billion France
87 Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion Mexico
88 Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion India
89 Charles Ergen $9.5 billion United States
89 John Kluge $9.5 billion United States
89 Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion United States
92 Silvio Berlusconi and family $9.4 billion Italy
93 Gautam Adani $9.3 billion India
93 Petr Kellner $9.3 billion Czech Republic
93 Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion Russia
96 Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion Germany
96 August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion Germany
98 Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion Egypt
98 Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.1 billion Saudi Arabia
99 Robert Kuok $9.0 billion Malaysia
99 George Soros $9.0 billion United States

Rank
Name
Citizenship
Age
Net Worth ($bil)
Residence

1
William Gates III
United States
50
50.0
United States

2
Warren Buffett
United States
75
42.0
United States

3
Carlos Slim Helu
Mexico
66
30.0
Mexico

4
Ingvar Kamprad
Sweden
79
28.0
Switzerland

5
Lakshmi Mittal
India
55
23.5
United Kingdom

6
Paul Allen
United States
53
22.0
United States

7
Bernard Arnault
France
57
21.5
France

8
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
49
20.0
Saudi Arabia

9
Kenneth Thomson & family
Canada
82
19.6
Canada

10
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
77
18.8
Hong Kong

11
Roman Abramovich
Russia
39
18.2
United Kingdom

12
Michael Dell
United States
41
17.1
United States

13
Karl Albrecht
Germany
86
17.0
Germany

14
Sheldon Adelson
United States
72
16.1
United States

15
Liliane Bettencourt
France
83
16.0
France

15
Lawrence Ellison
United States
61
16.0
United States

17
Christy Walton
United States
51
15.9
United States

17
Jim Walton
United States
58
15.9
United States

19
S Robson Walton
United States
62
15.8
United States

20
Alice Walton
United States
56
15.7
United States

21
Helen Walton
United States
86
15.6
United States

22
Theo Albrecht
Germany
83
15.2
Germany

23
Amancio Ortega
Spain
70
14.8
Spain

24
Steven Ballmer
United States
50
13.6
United States

25
Azim Premji
India
60
13.3
India

26
Sergey Brin
United States
32
12.9
United States

27
Larry Page
United States
33
12.8
United States

28
Abigail Johnson
United States
44
12.5
United States

29
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family
Kuwait
62
12.4
Kuwait

29
Barbara Cox Anthony
United States
82
12.4
United States

29
Anne Cox Chambers
United States
86
12.4
United States

32
Stefan Persson
Sweden
58
12.3
Sweden

33
Charles Koch
United States
70
12.0
United States

33
David Koch
United States
65
12.0
United States

35
Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok
Hong Kong
NA
11.6
Hong Kong

36
Adolf Merckle
Germany
71
11.5
Germany

37
Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi
Saudi Arabia
86
11.0
Saudi Arabia

37
Vagit Alekperov
Russia
55
11.0
Russia

37
Silvio Berlusconi
Italy
69
11.0
Italy

37
Lee Shau Kee
Hong Kong
78
11.0
Hong Kong

41
Vladimir Lisin
Russia
49
10.7
Russia

42
Michael Otto & family
Germany
62
10.4
Germany

43
Pierre Omidyar
United States
38
10.1
United States

44
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Italy
70
10.0
Italy

44
Michele Ferrero & family
Italy
79
10.0
Monaco

44
Forrest Mars Jr
United States
74
10.0
United States

44
Jacqueline Mars
United States
66
10.0
United States

44
John Mars
United States
69
10.0
United States

44
Viktor Vekselberg
Russia
48
10.0
Russia

50
Mikhail Fridman
Russia
41
9.7
Russia

51
Spiro Latsis & family
Greece
59
9.1
Switzerland

52
John Kluge
United States
91
9.0
United States

53
Carl Icahn
United States
70
8.7
United States

53
Kirk Kerkorian
United States
88
8.7
United States

55
Birgit Rausing & family
Sweden
82
8.6
Switzerland

56
Mukesh Ambani
India
48
8.5
India

56
Serge Dassault & family
France
80
8.5
France

56
Hans Rausing
Sweden
80
8.5
United Kingdom

59
Galen Weston & family
Canada
65
8.4
Canada

60
Susanne Klatten
Germany
43
8.1
Germany

61
Rudolf August Oetker & family
Germany
89
8.0
Germany

62
Oleg Deripaska
Russia
37
7.8
Russia

63
Sumner Redstone
United States
82
7.7
United States

64
Alexei Mordashov
Russia
40
7.6
Russia

65
Donald Newhouse
United States
76
7.5
United States

65
Samuel Newhouse Jr
United States
78
7.5
United States

65
Alain & Gerard Wertheimer
France
NA
7.5
France

65
Reinhold Würth
Germany
70
7.5
Germany

69
Joseph & Moise Safra
Brazil
NA
7.4
Brazil

70
Philip Knight
United States
68
7.3
United States

71
George Soros
United States
75
7.2
United States

72
Ernesto Bertarelli
Switzerland
40
7.1
Switzerland

72
Suleiman Kerimov
Russia
40
7.1
Russia

74
Philip & Cristina Green
United Kingdom
NA
7.0
Monaco

74
Francois Pinault
France
69
7.0
France

74
 August von Finck
Germany
76
7.0
Switzerland

77
Mohammed Al Amoudi
Saudi Arabia
60
6.9
Saudi Arabia

77
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family
United Arab Emirates
52
6.9
United Arab Emirates

79
Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler
Germany
NA
6.8
Germany

80
Charles Ergen
United States
53
6.7
United States

80
Edward Johnson III
United States
75
6.7
United States

82
Kun-Hee Lee & family
South Korea
64
6.6
South Korea

82
Stefan Quandt 
Germany
40
6.6
Germany

84
Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
Saudi Arabia
94
6.5
Saudi Arabia

84
Rafael del Pino & family
Spain
85
6.5
Spain

84
Stanley Ho
Hong Kong
84
6.5
Hong Kong

84
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
Denmark
92
6.5
Denmark

84
Keith Murdoch
United States
75
6.5
United States

89
Philip Anschutz
United States
66
6.4
United States

89
Hasso Plattner
Germany
62
6.4
Germany

89
Vladimir Potanin
Russia
45
6.4
Russia

89
Mikhail Prokhorov
Russia
40
6.4
Russia

93
Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Russia
57
6.3
Russia

94
Micky Arison
United States
56
6.1
United States

94
Curt Engelhorn
Germany
79
6.1
Switzerland

94
Friedrich Flick Jr
Germany
79
6.1
Austria

94
German Khan
Russia
44
6.1
Russia

94
Ronald Perelman
United States
63
6.1
United States

94
Johanna Quandt
Germany
78
6.1
Germany

100
Dan Duncan
United States
73
6.0
United States

List of world billionaires 2006

Rank
Name
Net Worth ($mil)
Age

1
Sukanto Tanoto & family
2,800
56

2
Putera Sampoerna & family
2,100
58

3
Eka Tjipta Widjaja & family
2,000
83

4
Rachman Halim & family
1,800
59

5
R. Budi Hartono & family
1,400
65

6
Aburizal Bakrie & family
1,200
59

7
Eddy William Katuari & family
1,000
55

8
Trihatma Haliman
900
54

9
Arifin Panigoro
815
61

10
Liem Sioe Liong & family
800
91

11
Mochtar Riady & family
570
76

12
Peter Sondakh
530
54

13
Prajogo Pangestu
510
55

14
Martua Sitorus
475
46

15
Paulus Tumewu
440
54

16
Murdaya Poo and Siti Hartati Cakra
430
65/60

17
Husein Djojonegoro & family
360
57

18
Chairul Tanjung
310
44

19
Hadi Surya
305
70

20
Tan Kian
300
48

21
Sjamsul Nursalim
295
64

22
George and Sjakon Tahija
265
48/53

23
Edwin Soeryadjaya
230
57

24
Kartini Muljadi and Dian Paramita Tamzil
225
NA

25
Harjo Sutanto & family
220
NA

26
Soegiharto Sosrodjojo
215
72

27
Tan Siong Kie
200
90

28
Aksa Mahmud
195
61

29
Soetjipto Nagaria
150
66

30
Ciputra & family
145
74

31
Kris Wiluan
140
56

32
Sutanto Djuhar & family
135
77

33
Husein Sutjiadi
120
52

34
Boenjamin Setiawan & family
115
73

35
Tomy Winata
110
48

36
Jusuf Kalla
105
64

37
Soedarpo Sastrosatomo & family
100
86

38
Alim Markus & family
95
55

39
Jakob Oetama
90
75

40
Tjandra Kusuma
80
NA

Courtesy: forbes.com

1
William Gates III
49
46.5
United States
United States , WA , Medina

2
Warren Buffett
74
44.0
United States
United States , NE , Omaha

3
Lakshmi Mittal
54
25.0
India
United Kingdom , London

4
Carlos Slim Helu
65
23.8
Mexico
Mexico , Mexico City

5
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
48
23.7
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia , Riyadh

6
Ingvar Kamprad
78
23.0
Sweden
Switzerland , Lausanne

7
Paul Allen
52
21.0
United States
United States , WA , Seattle

8
Karl Albrecht
85
18.5
Germany
Germany , Mülheim an der Ruhr

9
Lawrence Ellison
60
18.4
United States
United States , CA , Silicon Valley

10
S Robson Walton
61
18.3
United States
United States , AR , Bentonville

11
Jim Walton
57
18.2
United States
United States , AR , Bentonville

11
John Walton
59
18.2
United States
United States , AR , Bentonville

13
Alice Walton
56
18.0
United States
United States , TX , Fort Worth

13
Helen Walton
85
18.0
United States
United States , AR , Bentonville

15
Kenneth Thomson & family
81
17.9
Canada
Canada , Toronto

16
Liliane Bettencourt
82
17.2
France
France , Paris

17
Bernard Arnault
56
17.0
France
France , Paris

18
Michael Dell
40
16.0
United States
United States , TX , Austin

19
Sheldon Adelson
71
15.6
United States
United States , NV , Las Vegas

20
Theo Albrecht
83
15.5
Germany
Germany , Foehr

21
Roman Abramovich
38
13.3
Russia
United Kingdom , London

22
Li Ka-shing
76
13.0
Hong Kong
Hong Kong , Hong Kong

23
Amancio Ortega
69
12.6
Spain
Spain , La Coruna

24
Steven Ballmer
49
12.1
United States
United States , WA , Redmond

25
Silvio Berlusconi
68
12.0
Italy
Italy , North of Milan

25
Abigail Johnson
43
12.0
United States
United States , MA , Boston

27
Barbara Cox Anthony
81
11.7
United States
United States , HI , Honolulu

27
Anne Cox Chambers
85
11.7
United States
United States , GA , Atlanta

29
Stefan Persson
57
11.2
Sweden
Sweden , Stockholm

30
John Kluge
90
11.0
United States
United States , FL , Palm Beach

31
Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok
–
10.9
Hong Kong
Hong Kong , Hong Kong

32
Forrest Mars Jr
73
10.4
United States
United States , VA , McLean

32
Jacqueline Mars
65
10.4
United States
United States , NJ , Bedminster

32
John Mars
68
10.4
United States
United States , VA , Arlington

35
Luciano Benetton & family
69
9.9
Italy
Italy , Treviso

35
Pierre Omidyar
37
9.9
United States
United States , NV , Henderson

35
Galen Weston & family
64
9.9
Canada
Canada , Toronto

38
Lee Shau Kee
77
9.3
Hong Kong
Hong Kong , Hong Kong

38
Azim Premji
59
9.3
India
India , Bangalore

40
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family
61
9.0
Kuwait
Kuwait , Kuwait City

41
Kirk Kerkorian
87
8.9
United States
United States , CA , Los Angeles

42
Sumner Redstone
81
8.8
United States
United States , CA , Beverly Hills

43
Leonardo Del Vecchio
69
8.5
Italy
Italy , Milan

43
Michele Ferrero & family
78
8.5
Italy
Belgium , Brussels

45
Michael Otto & family
61
8.3
Germany
Germany , Hamburg

46
Susanne Klatten
43
8.2
Germany
Germany , Bad Homburg

46
Philip Knight
67
8.2
United States
United States , OR , Beaverton

46
Hans Rausing
79
8.2
Sweden
United Kingdom , Wadhurst

49
Serge Dassault & family
80
7.8
France
France , Paris

49
Carl Icahn
69
7.8
United States
United States , NY , New York

49
Keith Murdoch
74
7.8
United States
United States , NY , New York

52
Rudolf August Oetker & family
88
7.7
Germany
Germany , Bielefeld

53
Birgit Rausing & family
81
7.6
Sweden
Switzerland , Vaud

54
Spiro Latsis & family
58
7.5
Greece
Switzerland , Geneva

55
Sergey Brin
31
7.2
United States
United States , CA , San Francisco

55
Charles Ergen
52
7.2
United States
United States , CO , Denver

55
Larry Page
32
7.2
United States
United States , CA , San Francisco

55
George Soros
74
7.2
United States
United States , NY , New York

55
Reinhold Würth
69
7.2
Germany
Germany , Kuenzelsau

60
Mukesh & Anil Ambani
–
7.0
India
India , Mumbai

60
Mikhail Fridman
40
7.0
Russia
Russia , Moscow

60
Vladimir Lisin
48
7.0
Russia
Russia , Moscow

60
Donald Newhouse
75
7.0
United States
United States , NJ , Somerset County

60
Samuel Newhouse Jr
77
7.0
United States
United States , NY , New York

65
Adolf Merckle
70
6.9
Germany
Germany , Manheim

66
Stefan Quandt
39
6.7
Germany
Germany , Bad Homburg

67
Micky Arison
55
6.5
United States
United States , FL , Bal Harbour

68
Philip & Cristina Green
–
6.3
United Kingdom
Monaco

68
Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler
–
6.3
Germany
Germany , Herzogenaurach

68
August von Finck
74
6.3
Germany
Switzerland , Thurgau

71
Eli Broad
71
6.1
United States
United States , CA , Los Angeles

72
Curt Engelhorn
78
6.0
Germany
Switzerland , Gstaad

72
Friedrich Flick Jr
78
6.0
Germany
Austria , Vienna

72
Edward Johnson III
74
6.0
United States
United States , MA , Boston

72
Nicky Oppenheimer & family
59
6.0
South Africa
South Africa , Johannesburg

76
Francois Pinault
68
5.9
France
France , Paris

77
Philip Anschutz
65
5.8
United States
United States , CO , Denver

77
Ernesto Bertarelli
39
5.8
Switzerland
Switzerland , Geneva

77
Nobutada Saji & family
59
5.8
Japan
Japan , Hyogo

80
Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi
85
5.6
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia , Jeddah

80
Yoshitaka Fukuda & family
57
5.6
Japan
Japan , Kyoto

80
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
53
5.6
United Kingdom
United Kingdom , Chester

80
Reinhard Mohn & family
83
5.6
Germany
Germany , Guetersloh

84
Shari Arison
47
5.5
Israel
Israel , Tel Aviv

84
Oleg Deripaska
36
5.5
Russia
Russia , Moscow

84
Yasuo Takei & family
75
5.5
Japan
Japan , Tokyo

87
Jean-Claude Decaux & family
67
5.4
France
France , Paris

87
Antonia Johnson
61
5.4
Sweden
Sweden , Stockholm

87
Johanna Quandt
77
5.4
Germany
Germany , Bad Homburg

90
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
91
5.3
Denmark
Denmark , Copenhagen

91
Joseph & Moise Safra
–
5.2
Brazil
Brazil , Sao Paulo

91
Onsi Sawiris & family
75
5.2
Egypt
Egypt , Cairo

93
Dan Duncan
72
5.1
United States
United States , TX , Houston

94
Michael Bloomberg
62
5.0
United States
United States , NY , New York

94
Gustavo Cisneros & family
59
5.0
Venezuela
Venezuela , Caracas

94
Rafael del Pino
84
5.0
Spain
Spain , Madrid

94
Robert Kuok
81
5.0
Malaysia
Hong Kong , Hong Kong

94
Kerry Packer
67
5.0
Australia
Australia , Sydney

94
Hasso Plattner
61
5.0
Germany
Germany , Heidelberg

94
Jeffrey Skoll
40
5.0
Canada
United States , CA , Los Angeles 

Courtesy: Forbes.com