The Richest People in The World
I bought the latest issue of Forbes Magazine which is their special Billionaires Issue. I figured the list would be a couple hundred people long but come to find out there are 793 people in the world with over a billion dollars in assets. $1,000,000,000, now that’s a lot of money. United States leads the world with the most billionaires at 371 with Germany coming a distant second at 55, followed by Russia and Japan with 33 and 27 people respectively.
There were 102 more billionaires than last year with countries like India and China adding 10 and 6 new billionaires due to huge gains in stock markets and outsourcing. Millionaires are becoming old hat around the world. It’s just not the same when thousands around the US become millionaires yearly.
Here is a list of the top 25 Richest People in the World.
1. Bill Gates $50
2. Warren Buffet $42
3. Carlos Slim Helu $30
4. Ingvar Kamprad $28
5. Lakshmi Mittal $23.5
6. Paul Allen $22
7. Bernard Arnault $21.5
8. Prince Alwaleed $20
9. Kenneth Thomson $19.6
10. Li Ka-Shing $18.8
11. Roman Abramovich $18.2
12. Michael Dell $17.1
13. Karl Albrecht $17
14. Sheldon Adelson $16.1
15. Larry Ellison $16
15. Liliane Bettencourt $16
17. Christy Walton $15.9
17. Jim Walton $15.9
19. S Robson Walton $15.8
20. Alice Walton $15.7
21. Helen Walton $15.6
22. Theo Albrecht $17.0
23. Amancio Ortega $14.8
24. Steven Ballmer $13.6
25. R, T & W Kwok $11.6
Two other notables are Sergey Brin and Larry page or Google coming in at 26 and 27 respectively with $12.9 and $12.8. Dollars are in Billion of Dollars. Good Luck all you chasing the dream.