LIST OF BILLIONAIRES (2007)

This 'list of billionaires' is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by ''Forbes'' magazine on March 8, 2007.^[1] There are altogether 946 billionaires on this list, with 178 newcomers and 17 returning after some period of absence. The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the closing stock prices and exchange rates on 9 February, 2007.
On April 11, 2007, ''Forbes'' reported that telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim Helú had risen to become the world's second richest man.^[2] Later, the ''Wall Street Journal'' on August 4, 2007 and ''Fortune Magazine'' on August 6, 2007 reported that Carlos Slim Helú had topped Bill Gates' position as the wealthiest person in the world.^[3][4][5] Due to exchange rates, stock valuations, and the overall impossibility of selling all shares at an equal price, the top three placeholders are statistically indistinguishable. The combined net worth of the list is US$3.5 trillion, a US$900 billion increase from 2006.^[6]

Bill Gates

Warren Buffett

Carlos Slim Helú

Ingvar Kamprad

Lakshmi Mittal

Contents

Top billionaires

See also

References

Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on February 9, 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.

#	Name	Net Worth	Citizenship	Source
1	Bill Gates[7]	US$56.0 billion		Microsoft, investment
2	Warren Buffett	US$52.0 billion		Berkshire Hathaway, investment
3	Carlos Slim Helú	US$49.0 billion		Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA
4	Ingvar Kamprad	US$33.0 billion		IKEA, IKANO, real estate
5	Lakshmi Mittal	US$32.0 billion		Arcelor Mittal
6	Sheldon Adelson	US$26.5 billion		Las Vegas Sands
7	Bernard Arnault	US$26.0 billion		LVMH
8	Amancio Ortega	US$24.0 billion		Inditex Group, real estate
9	Li Ka-shing	US$23.0 billion		Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
10	David Thomson and family	US$22.0 billion		Thomson Corporation
11	Lawrence Ellison	US$21.5 billion		Oracle Corporation
12	Liliane Bettencourt	US$20.7 billion		L'Oréal, Nestle
13	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	US$20.3 billion		Kingdom Holding Company
14	Mukesh Ambani	US$20.1 billion		Reliance Industries Ltd
15	Karl Albrecht	US$20.0 billion		ALDI
16	Roman Abramovich	US$18.7 billion		Millhouse Capital
17	Stefan Persson	US$18.4 billion		Hennes & Mauritz
18	Anil Ambani	US$18.2 billion		Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
19	Paul Allen	US$18.0 billion		Microsoft, Vulcan Ventures, investment
20	Theo Albrecht	US$17.5 billion		ALDI, Trader Joes, Albertsons
21	Azim Premji	US$17.1 billion		Wipro Technologies
22	Lee Shau Kee	US$17.0 billion		Henderson Land Development
23	Jim Walton	US$16.8 billion		Wal-Mart
24	Christy Walton and family	US$16.7 billion		Wal-Mart Inheritance
24	S. Robson Walton	US$16.7 billion		Wal-Mart
26	Sergey Brin	US$16.6 billion		Google
26	Larry Page	US$16.6 billion		Google
26	Alice Walton	US$16.6 billion		Wal-Mart
29†[8]	Helen Walton	US$16.4 billion		Wal-Mart
30	Michael Dell	US$15.8 billion		Dell, investment
31	Steven Ballmer	US$15.0 billion		Microsoft
31	Kirk Kerkorian	US$15.0 billion		Tracinda Corporation
31	Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok	US$15.0 billion		Sun Hung Kai & Company
34	François Pinault	US$14.5 billion		PPR
35	Suleiman Kerimov	US$14.4 billion		Gazprom, Sberbank
36	Vladimir Lisin	US$14.3 billion		Novolipetsk Steel
37	Jack C. Taylor and family	US$13.9 billion		Enterprise Rent-A-Car
38	Vladimir Potanin	US$13.5 billion		Interros
38	Mikhail Prokhorov	US$13.5 billion		Interros
40	Oleg Deripaska	US$13.3 billion		Rusal
40	Michael Otto and family	US$13.3 billion		Otto GmbH
42	Carl Icahn	US$13.0 billion		TWA
42	Abigail Johnson	US$13.0 billion		Fidelity Investments
44	Adolf Merckle	US$12.8 billion		Phoenix Pharmahandel
45	Barbara Cox Anthony	US$12.6 billion		Cox Enterprises
45	Anne Cox Chambers	US$12.6 billion		Cox Enterprises
45	Mikhail Fridman	US$12.6 billion		Alfa Group
48	Vagit Alekperov	US$12.4 billion		LUKoil
49	Charles Koch	US$12.0 billion		Koch Industries
49	David Koch	US$12.0 billion		Koch Industries
51	Silvio Berlusconi and family	US$11.8 billion		Fininvest
52	Nasser Al-Kharafi and family	US$11.5 billion		M. A. Kharafi & Sons
52	Leonardo Del Vecchio	US$11.5 billion		Luxottica
54	Alexei Mordashov	US$11.2 billion		Severstal
55	Duke of Westminster and family	US$11.0 billion		Grosvenor Group
55	Spiro Latsis and family	US$11.0 billion		EFG Bank European Financial Group
55	Birgit Rausing and family	US$11.0 billion		Tetra Laval
58	Forrest Edward Mars, Jr.	US$10.5 billion		Mars, Incorporated
58	Jacqueline Mars	US$10.5 billion		Mars, Incorporated
58	John Mars	US$10.5 billion		Mars, Incorporated
61	Viktor Vekselberg	US$10.4 billion		Renova Group
62	Serge Dassault and family	US$10.0 billion		Dassault Group
62	Charles Ergen	US$10.0 billion		EchoStar Communications Corporation
62	Michele Ferrero and family	US$10.0 billion		Ferrero SpA
62	Naguib Sawiris	US$10.0 billion		Orascom Telecom Holding
62	Kushal Pal Singh	US$10.0 billion		DLF Group
62	Alain and Gerard Wertheimer	US$10.0 billion		Chanel
68	Susanne Klatten	US$9.6 billion		Altana, BMW
69	Philip Knight	US$9.5 billion		Nike Inc.
69	Sunil Mittal and family	US$9.5 billion		Bharti Telecom
71	John Kluge	US$9.1 billion		Metromedia
71	Vladimir Yevtushenkov	US$9.1 billion		Sistema
73	Rupert Murdoch	US$9.0 billion		News Corporation
73	Hans Rausing	US$9.0 billion		Tetra Laval
73	Reinhold Würth	US$9.0 billion		Würth
76	Ernesto Bertarelli	US$8.8 billion		Serono
76	Pierre Omidyar	US$8.8 billion		eBay
78	Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler	US$8.7 billion		Schaeffler Group
79	Rafael del Pino and family	US$8.6 billion		Ferrovial
80	Donald Bren	US$8.5 billion		Irvine Company
80	George Kaiser	US$8.5 billion		BOK Financial Corporation
80	George Soros	US$8.5 billion		Soros Fund Management
83	Nikolai Tsvetkov	US$8.4 billion		Nikoil Financial
83	August von Finck	US$8.4 billion		Allianz
85	Dan Duncan	US$8.2 billion		Enterprise Products
86	Mohammed Al Amoudi	US$8.0 billion		Corral Petroleum Holdings
86	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family	US$8.0 billion		MashreqBank
86	Kumar Birla	US$8.0 billion		Aditya Birla Group
86	German Khan	US$8.0 billion		Alfa Group
86	Iskander Makhmudov	US$8.0 billion		Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
86	Sumner Redstone	US$8.0 billion		National Amusements
86	Shashi and Ravi Ruia	US$8.0 billion		Essar
93	Philip Anschutz	US$7.9 billion		The Anschutz Corporation
93	Galen Weston and family	US$7.9 billion		Associated British Foods
95	Enrique Bañuelos	US$7.7 billion		Astroc
96	Stefan Quandt	US$7.6 billion		BMW
97	Maan Al-Sanea	US$7.5 billion		Saad Group
97	Edward Johnson III	US$7.5 billion		Fidelity Investments
99	Sulaiman Al Rajhi	US$7.4 billion		Al-Rajhi Bank
100	Donald Newhouse	US$7.3 billion		Condé Nast Publications
100	Samuel Newhouse Jr	US$7.3 billion		Condé Nast Publications

See also

★ List of billionaires (2007) 102-946

★ List of billionaires (2006)

★ List of billionaires (2005)

★ List of billionaires (2004)

References

1. The World's Billionaires
2. Carlos Slim Helu Now World's Second-Richest Man Helen Coster
3. The Secrets of the World's Richest Man David Luhnow
4.
Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world Stephanie Mehta
5. Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man Fiona Walsh
6. The World's Richest People
7. On April 11, 2007, ''Forbes Magazine'' reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Warren Buffett to become the world's ''second'' richest person.[1] Later, in early August, 2007, the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''Fortune Magazine'' reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Bill Gates to become the world's richest person.[2][3] However, proper accounting methodology requires that all people on the list be ranked on the same date. This list reflects the ranking of the world's billionaires on February 9, 2007, prior to Carlos Slim Helú becoming the world's richest man.
8. † indicates a person who has died since the publication of the Forbes list.