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The World’s Richest People

There are about 946 total billionaires in the world. According to Forbes magazine, their combined worth in 2007 was $3.5 trillion.

Rank Name Country of Age Worth Residence

Citizenship ($billions)

1 William Gates III United States 51 56.0 United States

2 Warren Buffett United States 76 52.0 United States

3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 67 49.0 Mexico

4 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 80 33.0 Switzerland

5 Lakshmi Mittal India 56 32.0 United Kingdom

6 Sheldon Adelson United States 73 26.5 United States

7 Bernard Arnault France 58 26.0 France

8 Amancio Ortega Spain 71 24.0 Spain

9 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 78 23.0 Hong Kong

10 David Thomson & family Canada 49 22.0 Canada

11 Lawrence Ellison United States 62 21.5 United States

12 Liliane Bettencourt France 84 20.7 France

13 Prince Alwaleed Bin Saudi Arabia 50 20.3 Saudi Arabia

Talal Alsaud

14 Mukesh Ambani India 49 20.1 India

15 Karl Albrecht Germany 87 20.0 Germany

16 Roman Abramovich Russia 40 18.7 United Kingdom

17 Stefan Persson Sweden 59 18.4 Sweden

18 Anil Ambani India 47 18.2 India

19 Paul Allen United States 54 18.0 United States

20 Theo Albrecht Germany 84 17.5 Germany

How do these modern billionaires stack up against tycoons of the past? Using inflation adjusted dollars, the ten richest men of all time are listed below.

Inflation-Adjusted

Rank Name Source of Wealth Wealth

1. John D. Rockefeller (Oil tycoon, 1839-1937) $200 billion

2. Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie Steel, 1835-1919) $110 billion

3. Cornelius Vanderbilt (Railroad magnate 1794-1877) $100 billion

4. John Jacob Astor (American Fur Co., 1763-1848) $85 billion

5. William Gates III (Chairman Microsoft) $60 billion

6. Lawrence J. Ellison (CEO, Oracle) $55 billion

7. King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud (King, Saudi Arabia) $30 billion

8. Warren Buffett (Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway) $28 billion

9. Paul Allen (Co-founder, Microsoft) $25 billion

10. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Investor, United Arab Emirates) $23 billion[i]

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[i] Source: “The World’s Billionaires,” Luisa Kroll and Allison Fass (editors,) Forbes, March 8, 2007 and information at .

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