{"id":237,"date":"2007-03-09T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T23:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/09\/worlds-richest-people\/"},"modified":"2007-03-10T02:14:25","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T10:14:25","slug":"worlds-richest-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/worlds-richest-people\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Richest People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forbes recently published its world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s richest people list and for the most part the people who you would expect to be there are there. In total there were about 178 new people who became billionaires and apparently there are about 946 billionaires around the world. This is a brief sample of some:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/td>\nNet Worth <\/td>\nSource of Wealth <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Gates <\/strong><\/td>\n$56,000,000,000<\/td>\nMicrosoft
\n (Software) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren Buffet <\/strong><\/td>\n$52,000,000,000<\/td>\nBerkshire Hathaway (Investments) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Slim Helu<\/strong><\/td>\n$49,000,000,000<\/td>\nTelecom Holdings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingvar Kamprad & family<\/strong><\/td>\n$33,000,000,000<\/td>\nIkea
\n (Furniture) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lakshmi Mittal<\/strong><\/td>\n$32,000,000,000<\/td>\n\n

Lakshmi Mittal
\n (Metal) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sheldon Adelson<\/strong><\/td>\n$26,500,000,000<\/td>\n\n

Las Vegas Sands Corp
\n (Casinos and Hotels) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Bernard Arnault<\/strong><\/td>\n$26,000,000,000<\/td>\nLVMH
\n (Luxury Goods) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amancio Ortega<\/strong><\/td>\n$24,000,000,000<\/td>\nZara
\n (Clothing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Li Ka-shing<\/strong><\/td>\n$23,000,000,000<\/td>\nHutchison Whampoa
\n (Multiple Investments and Operations) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Thomson & family<\/strong><\/td>\n$22,000,000,000<\/td>\nThomson Corp
\n (Media and Entertainment)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lawrence Ellison<\/strong><\/td>\n$21,500,000,000<\/td>\nOracle Systems
\n (Software)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liliane Bettencourt<\/strong><\/td>\n$20,700,000,000<\/td>\nL’Oreal
\n (Cosmetics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud<\/strong><\/td>\n$20,300,000,000<\/td>\nInvestments
\n (Most from Citigroup)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mukesh Ambani<\/strong><\/td>\n$20,100,000,000<\/td>\nReliance Industries
\n (Petrochemicals)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karl Albrecht<\/strong><\/td>\n$20,000,000,000<\/td>\nAldi
\n (Supermarket)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roman Abramovich<\/strong><\/td>\n$18,700,000,000<\/td>\nSibneft
\n (Oil)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stefan Persson<\/strong><\/td>\n$18,400,000,000<\/td>\nHennes & Mauritz
\n (Clothing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anil Ambani<\/strong><\/td>\n$18,200,000,000<\/td>\nReliance Communications
\n (Telecom)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Allen<\/strong><\/td>\n$18,000,000,000<\/td>\nMicrosoft
\n (Software)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theo Albrecht<\/strong><\/td>\n$17,500,000,000<\/td>\nAldi
\n (Supermarket)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azim Premji<\/strong><\/td>\n$17,100,000,000<\/td>\nWipro
\n (Technology Services)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lee Shau Kee<\/strong><\/td>\n$17,000,000,000<\/td>\nHenderson Land
\n (Real Estate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Walton<\/strong><\/td>\n$16,800,000,000<\/td>\nWal-Mart
\n (Retail Store) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Kind of makes a millionaire look like peanuts in comparison huh?<\/p>\n

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