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This list ranks the top 50 of the World's Billionaires by net worth according to Forbes Magazine as of March 5, 2008. It takes 27 billion dollars to make the top ten "most wealthy" this year. Last year it "only" took $22 billion to make the top ten list.  This year it takes $14 billion  to make the top fifty richest men and women list.  A billion dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to go!

The  top 10 richest men in the World are:

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Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
1 Warren Buffett United States 77 62.0 United States
2 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 68 60.0 Mexico
3 William Gates III United States 52 58.0 United States
4 Lakshmi Mittal India 57 45.0 United Kingdom
5 Mukesh Ambani India 50 43.0 India
6 Anil Ambani India 48 42.0 India
7 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 81 31.0 Switzerland
8 KP Singh India 76 30.0 India
9 Oleg Deripaska Russia 40 28.0 Russia
10 Karl Albrecht Germany 88 27.0 Germany



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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 Warren Buffett United States 77 62.0 United States
2 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 68 60.0 Mexico
3 William Gates III United States 52 58.0 United States
4 Lakshmi Mittal India 57 45.0 United Kingdom
5 Mukesh Ambani India 50 43.0 India
6 Anil Ambani India 48 42.0 India
7 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 81 31.0 Switzerland
8 KP Singh India 76 30.0 India
9 Oleg Deripaska Russia 40 28.0 Russia
10 Karl Albrecht Germany 88 27.0 Germany
11 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 79 26.5 Hong Kong
12 Sheldon Adelson United States 74 26.0 United States
13 Bernard Arnault France 59 25.5 France
14 Lawrence Ellison United States 63 25.0 United States
15 Roman Abramovich Russia 41 23.5 Russia
16 Theo Albrecht Germany 85 23.0 Germany
17 Liliane Bettencourt France 85 22.9 France
18 Alexei Mordashov Russia 42 21.2 Russia
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 51 21.0 Saudi Arabia
20 Mikhail Fridman Russia 43 20.8 Russia
21 Vladimir Lisin Russia 51 20.3 Russia
22 Amancio Ortega Spain 72 20.2 Spain
23 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong NA 19.9 Hong Kong
24 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 42 19.5 Russia
25 Vladimir Potanin Russia 47 19.3 Russia

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Next 25 positions:
Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
26 Christy Walton & family United States 53 19.2 United States
26 S Robson Walton United States 64 19.2 United States
26 Jim Walton United States 60 19.2 United States
29 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 80 19.0 Hong Kong
29 Alice Walton United States 58 19.0 United States
31 David Thomson & family Canada 50 18.9 Canada
32 Sergey Brin United States 34 18.7 United States
33 Larry Page United States 35 18.6 United States
34 Michael Otto & family Germany 64 18.2 Germany
35 Stefan Persson Sweden 60 17.7 Sweden
36 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 42 17.5 Russia
37 Charles Koch United States 72 17.0 United States
37 David Koch United States 67 17.0 United States
39 Francois Pinault & family France 71 16.9 France
40 Michael Dell United States 43 16.4 United States
41 Paul Allen United States 55 16.0 United States
41 Kirk Kerkorian United States 90 16.0 United States
43 Steven Ballmer United States 52 15.0 United States
43 Shashi & Ravi Ruia India NA 15.0 India
43 Abigail Johnson United States 46 15.0 United States
46 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family Kuwait 64 14.0 Kuwait
46 Jacqueline Mars United States 68 14.0 United States
46 Birgit Rausing & family Sweden 84 14.0 Switzerland
46 Jack Taylor & family United States 85 14.0 United States
46 John Mars United States 71 14.0 United States

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