World’s Richest people

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Table of Content:

1. Top 100 World’s Billionaires
2. Top 100 Richest Americans
3. Top 100 Richest British
4. Top 100 Richest Chineese

Top 100 World’s Billionaires

Every year, the business magazine Forbes releases their Top 100 Billionaires List which includes the world’s richest people from the US to Hong Kong. This year’s richest person is Carlos Slim Helu & family from Mexico, followed by computer guru Bill Gates and investment god Warren Buffet.

Winners by category

Top 10 billionaires per country includes:

1. Top billionaire USA: William Gates III, founder Microsoft
2. Top billionaire India: Mukesh Ambani
3. Top billionaire France: Bernard Arnault
4. Top billionaire Brazil: Eike Batista,
5. Top billionaire Spain: Amancio Ortega,
6. Top billionaire Germany: Karl Albrecht
7. Top billionaire Sweden: Ingvar Kamprad & family
8. Top billionaire Hong Kong: Li Ka-shing,
9. Top billionaire Saudi Arabia: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
10. Top billionaire Canada: David Thomson & family

Top 100 billionaires list

1. Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico
2. William Gates III, United States
3. Warren Buffett, United States
4. Mukesh Ambani, India
5. Lakshmi Mittal, India
6. Lawrence Ellison, United States
7. Bernard Arnault, France
8. Eike Batista, Brazil
9. Amancio Ortega, Spain
10. Karl Albrecht, Germany
11. Ingvar Kamprad & family, Sweden
12. Christy Walton & family, United States
13. Stefan Persson, Sweden
14. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong
15. Jim Walton, United States
16. Alice Walton, United States
17. Liliane Bettencourt, France
18. S. Robson Walton, United States
19. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia
20. David Thomson & family, Canada
21. Michael Otto & family, Germany
22. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong
23. Michael Bloomberg, United States
24. Sergey Brin, United States
25. Charles Koch, United States
26. David Koch, United States
27. Larry Page, United States
28. Michele Ferrero & family, Italy
29. Kwok family, Hong Kong
30. Azim Premji, India
31. Theo Albrecht, Germany
32. Vladimir Lisin, Russia
33. Steven Ballmer, United States
34. Robert Kuok, Malaysia
35. George Soros, United States
36. Anil Ambani, India
37. Paul Allen, United States
38. Michael Dell, United States
39. Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia
40. Birgit Rausing & family, Sweden
41. Shashi & Ravi Ruia, India
42. Mikhail Fridman, Russia
43. Jeffrey Bezos, United States
44. Savitri Jindal, India
45. Donald Bren, United States
46. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family, United Kingdom
47. John Paulson, United States
48. Abigail Johnson, United States
49. Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil
50. Roman Abramovich, Russia
51. Susanne Klatten, Germany
52. Iris Fontbona & family, Chile
53. Forrest Mars Jr, United States
54. Jacqueline Mars, United States
55. John Mars, United States
56. Ronald Perelman, United States
57. Oleg Deripaska, Russia
58. Vagit Alekperov, Russia
59. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italy
60. Carl Icahn, United States
61. Vladimir Potanin, Russia
62. Philip Knight, United States
63. Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family, Mexico
64. Mohammed Al Amoudi, Saudi Arabia
65. Ernesto Bertarelli & family, Switzerland
66. Anne Cox Chambers, United States
67. George Kaiser, United States
68. Hans Rausing, Sweden
69. Joseph Safra, Brazil
70. Alexei Mordashov, Russia
71. Viktor Rashnikov, Russia
72. German Larrea Mota Velasco & family, Mexico
73. Sheldon Adelson, United States
74. Silvio Berlusconi & family, Italy
75. Dan Duncan, United States
76. Kushal Pal Singh, India, 78, 9.0, India
77. Nasser Al-Kharafi & family, Kuwait
78. Francois Pinault & family, France
79. Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russia
80. Iskander Makhmudov, Russia
81. James Simons, United States
82. Alberto Bailleres & family, Mexico
83. German Khan, Russia
84. Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte
85. Edward Johnson III, United States
86. Kumar Birla, India
87. Sunil Mittal, India
88. John Fredriksen, Cyprus
89. Serge Dassault & family, France
90. Petr Kellner, Czech Republic
91. Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia
92. Tadashi Yanai & family, Japan
93. Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, Saudi Arabia
94. Len Blavatnik, United States
95. David & Simon Reuben, United Kingdom
96. Nobutada Saji & family, Japan
97. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer, France
98. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russia
99. August von Finck, Germany
100. Lee Kun-Hee, South Korea

Top 100 Richest Americans

1. William Gates III, Microsoft
2. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway
3. Lawrence Ellison, Oracle
4. Christy Walton & family, Wal-Mart
5. Jim C. Walton, Wal-Mart
6. Alice Walton, Wal-Mart
7. S. Robson Walton,  Wal-Mart
8. Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg
9. Charles Koch, manufacturing, energy
10. David Koch, manufacturing, energy
11. Sergey Brin, Google
12. Larry Page, Google
13. Michael Dell, Dell
14. Steven Ballmer, Microsoft
15. George Soros, hedge funds
16. Donald Bren, real estate
17. Paul Allen, Microsoft, investments
18. Abigail Johnson, Boston    Fidelity
19. Forrest Edward Mars, candy, pet food
20. Jacqueline Mars, candy, pet food
21. John Mars, candy, pet food
22. Carl Icahn, leveraged buyouts
23. Ronald Perelman, leveraged buyouts
24. George B. Kaiser, oil & gas, banking
25. Philip Knight, Nike
26. Sheldon Adelson, casinos, hotels
27. Anne Cox Chambers,  Cox Enterprises
28. Jeffrey Bezos, Amazon
29. James Simons, hedge funds
30. Dan Duncan, energy
31. Edward C. Johnson III, Fidelity
32. Jack Crawford Taylor & family, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
33. James Goodnight, SAS Institute
34. John Paulson, hedge funds
35. John Kluge, Metromedia
36. Steven Cohen, hedge funds
37. Philip Anschutz, investments
38. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp
39. Harold Hamm, Continental Resources
40. Pierre Omidyar, Ebay
41. Eric Schmidt, Google
42. Eli Broad, investments
43. Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Pixar
44. Len Blavatnik, Access Industries
45. David Geffen, movies, music
46. Frederik Meijer & family, supermarkets
47. John Menard, home improvement stores
48. Ira Rennert, investments
49. Charles Ergen, EchoStar
50. Charles Schwab, Atherton
51. Stephen Schwarzman, investments
52. Andrew Beal, Beal Bank, real estate
53. James Kennedy, Cox Enterprises
54. Samuel I. (Si) Newhouse Jr., publishing
55. Blair Parry-Okeden, Cox Enterprises
56. Micky Arison, Carnival Cruises
57. Pauline MacMillan Keinath, inheritance
58. Cargill MacMillan Jr, inheritance
59. Whitney MacMillan, inheritance
60. Marion MacMillan Pictet, inheritance
61. Richard DeVos, Alticor
62. Ralph Lauren, fashion
63. Dennis Washington, construction, mining
64. Robert Rowling, oil & gas, investments
65. Robert M. Bass, oil, investments
66. Charles Butt, supermarkets
67. Lester Crown & family, investments
68. Ray Dalio, hedge funds
69. John Paul DeJoria, hair products, tequila
70. Charles Johnson, Franklin Resources
71. Richard LeFrak & family, real estate
72. Donald Newhouse, publishing
73. Patrick Soon-Shiong, generic drugs
74. Daniel Zif, inheritance, hedge funds
75. Dirk Ziff, inheritance, hedge funds
76. Robert Ziff, hedge funds
77. Henry Kravis, leveraged buyouts
78. Paul Milstein & family, Emigrant, real estate
79. Samuel Zell, real estate, private equity
80. Rupert Johnson, Franklin Resources
81. Gordon Moore, Intel
82. David Murdock, real estate
83. Harold Simmons, nvestments
84. Leonard N. Stern, real estate
85. William Cook, medical devices
86. Stanley Druckenmiller, hedge funds
87. Bradley Wayne Hughes & family, Public Storage
88. Bruce Kovner, hedge funds
89. Henry Ross Perot, real estate
90. George Roberts, leveraged buyouts
91. John Arnold, hedge funds
92. John Sall, SAS Institute
93. Robert Earl Holding, energy, resorts, ranching
94. Ronald Burkle, upermarkets, investments
95. Richard Kinder, pipelines
96. Ty Warner, Beanie Babies
97. Riley P. Bechtel, engineering, construction
98. Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., engineering, construction
99. Ray Lee Hunt, oil, real estate
100. Peter R. Kellogg, Short Hills

Top 100 Richest British

1. Lakshmi Mittal and family, Steel
2. Roman Abramovich, Oil, Industry
3. The Duke of Westminster, Property
4. Sri and Gopi Hinduja, Industry, Finance
5. Alisher Usmanov, Steel, Mining
6. Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, Pharmaceuticals
7. Hans Rausing and family, Packaging
8. John Fredriksen, Shipping
9. Sir Philip and Lady Green, Retailing
10. David and Simon Reuben, Property
11. Leonard Blavatnik, Industry
12. Sean Quinn and family, Property, Insurance
13. Charlene and Michel de Carvalho, Inheritance, Brewing, Banking
14. Kirsten and Jorn Rausing, Inheritance, Investments
15. Sammy and Eyal Ofer, Shipping, Property
16. Vladimir Kim,       Mining
17. Earl Cadogan and family, Property
18. Nicky Oppenheimer, Diamonds, Mining
19. Joe Lewis, Foreign exchange, Investments
20. Sir Richard Branson, Transport, Internet, Mobile phones
21. David Khalili, Art, Property
22. Lev Leviev, Property, Diamonds
23. Anil Agarwal, Mining
24. Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone, Motor racing
25. Jim Ratcliffe, Chemicals
26. Mahdi al-Tajir, Oil, Water
27. Nadhmi Auchi, Finance
28. Alan Parker, Duty-free shopping
29. Thor Bjorgolfsson, Pharmaceuticals, Telecoms
30. Mikhail Gutseriyev, Industry
31. Laurence Graff, Diamonds
32. Poju Zabludowicz, Property, Hotels
33. Simon Halabi, Property, Health clubs
34. Sir Anthony Bamford and family, Construction equipment
35. Eddie and Malcolm Healey, Property, Kitchens
36. Richard Desmond, Media, Property
37. Roddie Fleming and family, Finance
38. Ian and Richard Livingstone, Property
39. Benny Steinmetz, Diamonds, Mining
40. Peter Cullum, Insurance
41. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, Property, Media
42. Eugene Shvidler, Oil, Gas, Investments
43. Bernard Lewis and family, Fashion, Property
44. Baroness Howard de Walden and family, Property
45. John Caudwell, Mobile phones
46. Sir Adrian and Sir John Swire and family, Transport, Property, Trade
47. Alki David and the Leventis family, Industry
48. Eddie and Sol Zakay, Property
49. John Whittaker, Property
50. Lord Paul and family, Industry
51. Mark Pears and family, Property
52. Sir Ken Morrison and family, Supermarkets
53. Lord and Nat Rothschild, Finance
54. Mike Ashley, Sports goods
55. Viscount Portman and family, Property
56. Clive Calder, Music
57. Lord Sainsbury and family, Supermarkets
58. Bruno Schroder and family, Finance
59. The Aga Khan, Leader of the Ismaili people
60. Lady Grantchester and David Moores and family, Retailing, Football pools
61. Peter Cruddas and family, Finance
62. Michael Spencer, Finance
63. Eduard Shifrin, Industry
64. Philippe Foriel-Destezet, Recruitment services
65. Lord Ashcroft, Business services
66. 6Michael Lemos, Inheritance
67. The Jatania brothers, Toiletries
68. Sir Tom Hunter, Sports goods, Property
69. Jean Claude Gandur, Industry
70. Trevor Hemmings, Property
71. George Weston and family, Retailing
72. Gerald Hines, Property
73. Hourieh Peramaa, Property
74. The Juffali family, Commerce
75. Wafic Said, Finance
76. Sir Donald Gordon and family, Property
77. Benzion Freshwater, Property
78. Mark Coombs, Finance
79. Sir Terry Matthews, Computers
80. Jack Petchey, Property
81. Kevin and Michael Lagan, Construction
82. Alexander Knaster, Finance
83. Charles Dunstone, Mobile phones
84. Yong Keu Cha, Mining
85. Sir Ian Wood and family, Oil services, Fishing
86. The Grant and Gordon family, Spirits
87. David Ross, Mobile phones, Property
88. Urs Schwarzenbach, Finance
89. Philippe Niarchos, Inheritance
90. Robert Miller, Duty-free shopping
91. Roger and Peter De Haan, Leisure
92. Sir Alan Sugar, Consumer electronics, Property
93. The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness family, Brewing, Property
94. Anurag Dikshit, Internet gambling
95. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and family, Aviation
96. Phillip Sheppard and family, Scrap metal
97. Russell De Leon and Ruth Parasol, Internet gambling
98. Simon Keswick and family, Finance
99. Sir James Dyson and family, Household appliances
100. David Bromilow, Sports goods, Media

Top 100 Richest Chineese

1. Wang Chuanfu, BYD
2. Liu Yongxing, East Hope Group
3. Zong Qinghou, Wahaha Group
4. Lu Xiangyang, Guangzhou Youngy Mgt & Investment Group
5. Yang Huiyan, Country Garden
6. Hui Wing Mau (Xu Rongmao), Shimao Group
7. Ma Huateng, Tencent Holdings
8. Liu Zhongtian, China Zhongwang Holdings
9. Zhang Jindong, Suning Appliances
10. Wang Jianlin, Dalian Wanda Group
11. Chen Fashu, Newhuadu Industrial Group
12. Liang Wengen, Sany
13. Zhou Chengjian, Shanghai Metersbonwe Fashion & Accessories
14. Robin Li, Baidu Inc
15. He Xiangjian, Midea Group
16. Lu Zhiqiang, Oceanwide Group
17. Liu Yonghao, New Hope Group
18. Zhang Zhirong, Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries/Glorious Proper
19. Huang Wei, Xinhu Zhongbao
20. Guo Guangchang, Fosun International
21. Lu Guanqiu, Wanxiang Group
22. Zhang Xin, Soho China
23. William Ding Lei, NetEase.com
24. Zhang Guiping, Suning Universal
25. Chu Lam Yiu, Huabao International Holdings
26. Zhang Li, Guangzhou R & F Properties
27. Zhu Yicai, China Yurun Food Group
28. Chen Yihong,  China Dongxiang Group
29. Wu Yajun, Longfor Group
30. Zhou Furen, Xiyang Group
31. Yan Cheung, Nine Dragons Paper
32. Zhang Zhixiang, Jianlong Steel
33. Chu Mang Yee (Zhu Mengyi), Hopson Development
34. Cho Tak Wong, Fuyao Glass Industry Group
35. Shi Yuzhu, Giant Interactive Group, Shanghai Jiante
36. Shen Guojun, Yintai Investment
37. Zhu Gongshan, GCL Poly Energy Holdings Ltd
38. Tong Jinquan, Changfeng Group
39. Qi Jinxing, Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group
40. Fang Wei, Fangda Carbon New Material/Fangda Group
41. Shen Wenrong, CITIC Pacific
42. Larry Yung, Jiangsu Shagang Group
43. Zhang Zhidong,  Tencent Holdings
44. Chen Lihua, Fu Wah International
45. Chen Tianqiao, Shanda Interactive Entertainment
46. Li Shufu, Geely Automoe Holdings
47. Lin Li, Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd
48. Jack Ma, Alibaba.com
49. Xia Zuoquan, BYD
50. Xian Yang, Hidili Industry International Development
51. Du Shuanghua, Rizhao Steel
52. Gao Dekang, Bosideng International Holdings
53. Geng Jianming, RiseSun Real Estate Development
54. Huang Maoru, Maoye International Holdings
55. Ke Xiping, Xiamen Hengxing Industrial Company
56. Wang Jiufang, Rongan Property
57. Zhang Keqiang, Huamei International Investment Group
58. Chen Jinshi, Yongjin Group
59. Chen Jinxia, Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group
60. Chen Zhuolin, Agile Property Holdings
61. He Jinming, Renrenle Commercial Group
62. He Zhusheng, Haicheng Houying Trading Group Co., Ltd
63. Huang Rulun, Century Golden Resources Group
64. Huang Wenzai, Star River Property Holding
65. Shi Zhengrong,  Suntech Power Holdings
66. Wang Yusuo, Xinao Gas Holdings
67. Yao Juhuo, Meijin Group
68. Yuan Kaifei, New Century Shipbuilding Corporation
69. Zhang Cheng Fei, Nine Dragons Paper
70. Chen Ningning, Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine Co.,Ltd
71. Hoi Kin Hong, Excellence Group
72. Lei Jufang, Haixin Steel
73. Li Hua, Fujian Sanan Group/Sanan Optoelectronics
74. Li Zhaohui, Smart Triumph
75. Lin Xiucheng,  Wuhan Fingu Electronic Technology
76. Meng Qingnan, Xinjiang Guanghui Industry
77. Sun Guangxin, Powerlong Real Estate Holdings
78. Ye Chenghai, Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals
79. Zhatng Xiangqing, Tianjin Rockcheck Steel Group
80. Li San Yim & wife, China Infrastructure Machinery Holdings
81. Liu Zhiqiang and wife, Heung Kong Group
82. Liu Canglong, Sichuan Hongda Group/Sichuan Hongda Chemical Indus
83. Zhu Baoguo & family,  Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industrial
84. An Kang & family, Hualan Biological Engineering Inc.
85. Zhang Hongwei, Orient Group
86. Xu Jiayin, Hengda
87. Kong Jian Min, KWG Property Holdings
88. Zhu Qingyi, Zhujiang Investment
89. Que Wenbin & wife, Gansu Duyiwei Biological Pharmaceutical/Sichuan We
90. Niu Yishun, Hixih Group
91. Yu Minhong, New Oriental Educatioin and Technology
92. Chau Chak Wing, Kingold Group
93. Ni Zhaoxing & family, Zhong Rong Group
94. Liang Xinjun, Fosun International
95. Chun Chi-wai, China Metal Recycling (Holdings)
96. Sun Piaoyang, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine
97. Sze Man Bok, Hengan International Group
98. Wang Shuifu, Xizi UHC
99. Hui Chi Ming, Sino Union Petroleum & Chemical International
100. Ma Xingtian & family, Kangmei Pharmaceutical

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