Worlds Richest People: Top 50 Billionaires List

Worlds Richest People: Top 50 Billionaires List. Who is the richest person in the world? The honor goes to Mexican Carlos Slim Helu and family whose wealth was valued by Forbes Magazine at US$53.5 billion.

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Slim Helu is richer than Bill Gates, the richest American, by US$ 500 million. For other World List, check out our post on the World’s Most Powerful Women.

1 Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico, US$ 53.5 billion
2 William Gates III, United States, 53.0 billion
3 Warren Buffett, United States, 47.0 billion
4 Mukesh Ambani, India, 29.0 billion
5 Lakshmi Mittal, India, 28.7 billion
6 Lawrence Ellison, United States, 28.0 billion
7 Bernard Arnault, France, 27.5 billion
8 Eike Batista Brazil, 27.0 billion
9 Amancio Ortega, Spain, 25.0 billion
10 Karl Albrecht, Germany, 23.5 billion

11 Ingvar Kamprad & family, Sweden, 23.0 billion
12 Christy Walton & family, United States, 22.5 billion
13 Stefan Persson, Sweden, 22.4 billion
14 Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 21.0 billion
15 Jim Walton, United States, 20.7 billion
16 Alice Walton, United States, 20.6 billion
17 Liliane Bettencourt, France, 20.0 billion
18 S. Robson Walton, United States, 19.8 billion
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 19.4 billion
20 David Thomson & family, Canada, 19.0 billion

21 Michael Otto & family, Germany, 18.7 billion
22 Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 18.5 billion
23 Michael Bloomberg, United States, 18.0 billion
24 Sergey Brin, United States, 17.5 billion
24 Charles Koch, United States, 17.5 billion
24 David Koch, United States, 17.5 billion
24 Larry Page, United States, 17.5 billion
28 Michele Ferrero & family, Italy, 17.0 billion
28 Kwok family, Hong Kong, 17.0 billion
28 Azim Premji, India, 17.0 billion

31 Theo Albrecht, Germany, 16.7 billion
32 Vladimir Lisin, Russia, 15.8 billion
33 Steven Ballmer, United States, 14.5 billion
33 Robert Kuok , Malaysia, 14.5 billion
35 George Soros, United States, 14.0 billion
36 Anil Ambani, India, 13.7 billion
37 Paul Allen, United States, 13.5 billion
37 Michael Dell, United States, 13.5 billion
39 Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia, 13.4 billion
40 Birgit Rausing & family, Sweden, 13.0 billion
40 Shashi & Ravi Ruia, India, 13.0 billion

42 Mikhail Fridman, Russia, 12.7 billion
43 Jeffrey Bezos, United States, 12.3 billion
44 Savitri Jindal, India, 12.2 billion
45 Donald Bren, United States, 12.0 billion
45 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family, United Kingdom, 12.0 billion
45 John Paulson, United States, 12.0 billion
48 Abigail Johnson, United States, 11.5 billion
48 Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil, 11.5 billion
50 Roman Abramovich, Russia, 11.2 billion

Worlds Richest People: Top 50 Billionaires List. Posted 24 July 2010.