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This list ranks the top 50 of the World's Billionaires by net worth. It takes 22 billion dollars to make the top ten this year.  Ten billion dollars is not enough to make the top fifty richest men and women list these days!
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The list was complied by Forbes Magazine, one of my favorite magazines to read.  Below is the list of the top 50 richest men and women according to Forbes.
Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
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 Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 50 20.3 Saudi Arabia
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
21 Azim Premji India 61 17.1 India
22 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 79 17.0 Hong Kong
23 Jim Walton United States 59 16.8 United States
24 Christy Walton & family United States 52 16.7 United States
24 S Robson Walton United States 63 16.7 United States

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26 Sergey Brin United States 33 16.6 United States
26 Larry Page United States 34 16.6 United States
26 Alice Walton United States 57 16.6 United States
29 Helen Walton United States 87 16.4 United States
30 Michael Dell United States 42 15.8 United States
31 Steven Ballmer United States 51 15.0 United States
31 Kirk Kerkorian United States 89 15.0 United States
31 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong NA 15.0 Hong Kong
34 Francois Pinault France 70 14.5 France
35 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 41 14.4 Russia
36 Vladimir Lisin Russia 50 14.3 Russia
37 Jack Taylor & family United States 84 13.9 United States
38 Vladimir Potanin Russia 46 13.5 Russia
38 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 41 13.5 Russia
40 Oleg Deripaska Russia 39 13.3 Russia
40 Michael Otto & family Germany 63 13.3 Germany
42 Carl Icahn United States 71 13.0 United States
42 Abigail Johnson United States 45 13.0 United States
44 Adolf Merckle Germany 72 12.8 Germany
45 Barbara Cox Anthony United States 83 12.6 United States
45 Anne Cox Chambers United States 87 12.6 United States
45 Mikhail Fridman Russia 42 12.6 Russia
48 Vagit Alekperov Russia 56 12.4 Russia
49 Charles Koch United States 71 12.0 United States
49 David Koch United States 66 12.0 United States
  




 
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