A. Fatih Syuhud » forbes http://www.fatihsyuhud.com A blog on news and blogging SEO tips & tutorial, Indonesia, Islam and more Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:29:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Forbes’ World Richest Royals http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/forbes-world-richest-royals/ http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/forbes-world-richest-royals/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:38 +0000 A. Fatih Syuhud http://fatihsyuhud.com/?p=819 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. :)

Following is Forbes’ ranking of the world’s richest royals:

1. King Buhimol Adulyadej (Thailand)
2. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan (United Arab Emirates)
3. King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
4. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei)
5. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum (Dubai)
6. Prince Hans Adam II (Liechtenstein)
7. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Qatar)
8. King Mohammed VI (Morocco)
9. Prince Albert II (Monaco)
10. Sultan Qaboos bin Said (Oman)
11. Prince Karim Al Husseini (Agha Khan)
12. Queen Elizabeth (Britain)
13. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (Kuwait)
14. Queen Beatrix (Netherlands)
15. King Mswati III (Swaziland)

]]> http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/forbes-world-richest-royals/feed/ 28 Top 100 Richest People Forbes 2008 http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/top-100-richest-people-forbes-2008/ http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/top-100-richest-people-forbes-2008/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:02:39 +0000 A. Fatih Syuhud http://fatihsyuhud.com/?p=822 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

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