List of billionaires (2005)

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What follows is the list of billionaires, in US dollars, worldwide for 2005 by Forbes, not including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth).[1]

1st - Bill Gates - U.S.

2nd - Warren Buffett - U.S.

3rd - Lakshmi Mittal - India

6th - Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden

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# Name Nationality Net Worth
1 Bill Gates  United States $46.5 billion
2 Warren Buffett  United States $44.0 billion
3 Lakshmi Mittal  India $25.0 billion
4 Carlos Slim Helú  Mexico $23.8 billion
5 Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud  Saudi Arabia $23.7 billion
6 Ingvar Kamprad  Sweden $23.0 billion
7 Paul Allen  United States $21.0 billion
8 Karl Albrecht  Germany $18.5 billion
9 Larry Ellison  United States $18.4 billion
10 S. Robson Walton  United States $18.3 billion
11 Jim Walton  United States $18.2 billion
12 Alice Walton  United States $18.0 billion
13 Helen Walton  United States $18.0 billion
14 Lord Thomson of Fleet and family  Canada $17.9 billion
15 Liliane Bettencourt  France $17.2 billion
16 Bernard Arnault  France $17.0 billion
17 Michael Dell  United States $16.0 billion
18 Sheldon Adelson  United States $15.6 billion
19 Theo Albrecht  Germany $15.5 billion
20 Roman Abramovich  Russia $13.3 billion
21 Li Ka-shing  Hong Kong $13.0 billion
22 Amancio Ortega Gaona  Spain $12.6 billion
23 Steve Ballmer  United States $12.1 billion
24 Silvio Berlusconi  Italy $12.0 billion
25 Abigail Johnson  United States $12.0 billion
26 Barbara Cox Anthony  United States $11.7 billion
27 Anne Cox Chambers  United States $11.7 billion
28 Stefan Persson  Sweden $11.2 billion
29 John Kluge  United States $11.0 billion
30 Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok  Hong Kong $10.9 billion
31 Forrest Mars, Jr.  United States $10.4 billion
32 Jacqueline Mars  United States $10.4 billion
33 John Mars  United States $10.4 billion
34 Luciano Benetton and family  Italy $9.9 billion
35 Pierre Omidyar  United States $9.9 billion
36 Galen Weston and family  Canada $9.9 billion
37 Lee Shau Kee  Hong Kong $9.3 billion
38 Azim Premji  India $9.3 billion
39 Nasser Al-Kharafi and family  Kuwait $9.0 billion
40 Kirk Kerkorian  United States $8.9 billion
41 Sumner Redstone  United States $8.8 billion
42 Leonardo Del Vecchio  Italy $8.5 billion
43 Michele Ferrero and family  Italy $8.5 billion
44 Michael Otto and family  Germany $8.3 billion
45 Susanne Klatten  Germany $8.2 billion
46 Philip Knight  United States $8.2 billion
47 Hans Rausing  Sweden $8.0 billion
48 Serge Dassault and family  France $7.8 billion
49 Carl Icahn  United States $7.8 billion
50 Rupert Murdoch  United States $7.8 billion
51 Rudolf August Oetker and family  Germany $7.7 billion
52 Birgit Rausing and family  Sweden $7.6 billion
53 Spiro Latsis and family  Greece $7.5 billion
54 Sergey Brin  United States $7.2 billion
55 Charles Ergen  United States $7.2 billion
56 Larry Page  United States $7.2 billion
57 George Soros  United States $7.2 billion
58 Reinhold Würth  Germany $7.2 billion
59 Mukesh & Anil Ambani  India $7.0 billion
60 Mikhail Fridman  Russia $7.0 billion
61 Vladimir Lisin  Russia $7.0 billion
62 Donald Newhouse  United States $7.0 billion
63 Samuel Newhouse, Jr.  United States $7.0 billion
64 Adolf Merckle  Germany $6.9 billion
65 Stefan Quandt  Germany $6.7 billion
66 Micky Arison  United States $6.5 billion
67 Philip Green  United Kingdom $6.3 billion
68 Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler  Germany $6.3 billion
69 August von Finck  Germany $6.3 billion
70 Eli Broad  United States $6.1 billion
71 Curt Engelhorn  Germany $6.0 billion
72 Friedrich Flick, Jr.  Germany $6.0 billion
73 Edward Johnson, III  United States $6.0 billion
74 Nicky Oppenheimer and family  South Africa $6.0 billion
75 Francois Pinault  France $5.9 billion
76 Philip Anschutz  United States $5.8 billion
77 Ernesto Bertarelli  Switzerland $5.8 billion
78 Nobutada Saji and family  Japan $5.8 billion
79 Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi  Saudi Arabia $5.6 billion
80 Yoshitaka Fukuda and family  Japan $5.6 billion
81 The Duke of Westminster  United Kingdom $5.6 billion
82 Reinhard Mohn and family  Germany $5.6 billion
83 Shari Arison  Israel $5.5 billion
84 Oleg Deripaska  Russia $5.5 billion
85 Yasuo Takei and family  Japan $5.5 billion
86 Jean-Claude Decaux and family  France $5.4 billion
87 Antonia Johnson  Sweden $5.4 billion
88 Johanna Quandt  Germany $5.4 billion
89 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller  Denmark $5.3 billion
90 Joseph & Moise Safra  Brazil $5.2 billion
91 Onsi Sawiris and family  Egypt $5.2 billion
92 Dan Duncan  United States $5.1 billion
93 Michael Bloomberg  United States $5.0 billion
94 Gustavo Cisneros and family  Venezuela $5.0 billion
95 Rafael del Pino and family  Spain $5.0 billion
96 Robert Kuok  Malaysia $5.0 billion
97 Hasso Plattner  Germany $5.0 billion
98 James Packer  Australia $5.0 billion
99 Jeffrey Skoll  Canada $5.0 billion
100 Viktor Vekselberg  Russia $5.0 billion
101 Ty Warner  United States $5.0 billion
102 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken  Netherlands $4.9 billion
103 Eitaro Itoyama  Japan $4.9 billion
104 Rahmi Koç and family  Turkey $4.9 billion
105 Ronald Perelman  United States $4.9 billion
106 Karl-Heinz Kipp  Germany $4.8 billion
107 Alexei Mordashov  Russia $4.8 billion
108 Jim Pattison  Canada $4.8 billion
109 Alain and Gerard Wertheimer  France $4.8 billion
110 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and family  Netherlands $4.7 billion
111 Kunio Busujima and family  Japan $4.7 billion
112 Michael Kadoorie and family  Hong Kong $4.7 billion
113 Kyosuke Kinoshita and family  Japan $4.7 billion
114 Ferit Sahenk and family  Turkey $4.7 billion
115 Robert Bosch, Jr. and family  Germany $4.6 billion
116 Giorgio Armani  Italy $4.5 billion
117 David Geffen  United States $4.4 billion
118 James, Arthur and John Irving  Canada $4.4 billion
119 Fukuzo Iwasaki  Japan $4.4 billion
120 Vladimir Potanin  Russia $4.4 billion
121 Mikhail Prokhorov  Russia $4.4 billion
122 Vagit Alekperov  Russia $4.3 billion
123 Donald Bren  United States $4.3 billion
124 Walter Haefner  Switzerland $4.3 billion
125 Erivan Haub & family  Germany $4.3 billion
126 Kun-Hee Lee & family  South Korea $4.3 billion
127 Gordon Moore  United States $4.3 billion
128 Ross Perot and family  United States $4.3 billion
129 The Lord Sainsbury of Turville and family  United Kingdom $4.3 billion
130 Masayoshi Son  Japan $4.3 billion
131 William Wrigley, Jr.  United States $4.3 billion
132 John Abele  United States $4.2 billion
133 Cheng Yu-tung  Hong Kong $4.2 billion
134 Andrónico Luksic and family  Chile $4.2 billion
135 George Kaiser  United States $4.2 billion
136 Jeffrey Bezos  United States $4.1 billion
137 Lorenzo Mendoza and family  Venezuela $4.1 billion
138 Charles Koch  United States $4.0 billion
139 David Koch  United States $4.0 billion
140 Ananda Krishnan  Malaysia $4.0 billion
141 Kwek Leng Beng and family  Singapore $4.0 billion
142 James Sorenson  United States $4.0 billion
143 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family  United Arab Emirates $3.9 billion
144 Lester Crown and family  United States $3.8 billion
145 John Menard, Jr.  United States $3.8 billion
146 Thomas Schmidheiny  Switzerland $3.8 billion
147 Andreas Strüngmann  Germany $3.8 billion
148 Thomas Strüngmann  Germany $3.8 billion
149 Kumar Birla  India $3.7 billion
150 Yoshiaki Tsutsumi  Japan $3.7 billion
151 Jerónimo Arango  Mexico $3.6 billion
152 Bernie Ecclestone and family  United Kingdom $3.6 billion
153 Stanley Ho  Hong Kong $3.6 billion
154 Frank Lowy and family  Australia $3.6 billion
155 Victor Rashnikov  Russia $3.6 billion
156 Jørgen Mads Clausen and family  Denmark $3.5 billion
157 Willi and Isolde Liebherr and family  Switzerland $3.5 billion
158 Peter Nicholas  United States $3.5 billion
159 Julio Mario Santo Domingo  Colombia $3.5 billion
160 Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay  United Kingdom $3.4 billion
161 Otto Beisheim  Germany $3.4 billion
162 John Fredriksen  Norway $3.4 billion
163 Preston Robert Tisch  United States $3.4 billion
164 Robert Bass  United States $3.3 billion
165 Paul Desmarais  Canada $3.3 billion
166 Charles B. Johnson  United States $3.3 billion
167 Sunil Mittal  India $3.3 billion
168 Robert Rowling  United States $3.3 billion
169 Rainer and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck  Germany $3.3 billion
170 Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi  Saudi Arabia $3.2 billion
171 Sir Richard Branson  United Kingdom $3.2 billion
172 William Cook  United States $3.2 billion
173 Aloysio de Andrade Faria  Brazil $3.2 billion
174 Rolf Gerling  Germany $3.2 billion
175 James Goodnight  United States $3.2 billion
176 Terry Gou  Taiwan $3.2 billion
177 Maurice Greenberg  United States $3.2 billion
178 Klaus-Michael Kühne  Germany $3.2 billion
179 Leonard Lauder  United States $3.2 billion
180 Gérard Louis-Dreyfus and family  France $3.2 billion
181 Pallonji Mistry  India $3.2 billion
182 Akira Mori  Japan $3.2 billion
183 Madeleine Schickedanz  Germany $3.2 billion
184 Charles R. Schwab  United States $3.2 billion
185 Jack C. Taylor  United States $3.2 billion
186 Klaus Tschira  Germany $3.2 billion
187 Tadashi Yanai  Japan $3.2 billion
188 David Filo  United States $3.1 billion
189 Heidi Horten  Austria $3.1 billion
190 Sammy Ofer & Yuli Ofer  Israel $3.1 billion
191 Nina Wang  Hong Kong $3.1 billion
192 Y.C. Wang  Taiwan $3.1 billion
193 Leslie Wexner  United States $3.1 billion
194 Richard DeVos  United States $3.0 billion
195 Henry Fok  Hong Kong $3.0 billion
196 Steve Jobs  United States $3.0 billion
197 Ann Walton Kroenke  United States $3.0 billion
198 George Lucas  United States $3.0 billion
199 Sergio Mantegazza  Switzerland $3.0 billion
200 Miuccia Prada and family  Italy $3.0 billion
201 Anton Schlecker  Germany $3.0 billion
202 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi  Thailand $3.0 billion
203 Anacleto Angelini  Chile $2.9 billion
204 Masatoshi Ito  Japan $2.9 billion
205 Barbara Piasecka Johnson  United States $2.9 billion
206 Richard Schulze  United States $2.9 billion
207 Stefan Schörghuber  Germany $2.9 billion
208 Tsai Wan Tsai and family  Taiwan $2.9 billion
209 Karl Wlaschek  Austria $2.9 billion
210 Khalid bin Mahfouz and family  Saudi Arabia $2.8 billion
211 Charles Bronfman  Canada $2.8 billion
212 William Davidson  United States $2.8 billion
213 Jesús de Polanco  Spain $2.8 billion
214 Rachman Halim and family  Indonesia $2.8 billion
215 Henry Hillman  United States $2.8 billion
216 Ralph Lauren  United States $2.8 billion
217 Stephan Schmidheiny  Switzerland $2.8 billion
218 Eric Schmidt  United States $2.8 billion
219 Alberto Baillères  Mexico $2.7 billion
220 Edgar Bronfman, Sr.  United States $2.7 billion
221 The Earl Cadogan and family  United Kingdom $2.7 billion
222 Otto Happel  Germany $2.7 billion
223 Bradley Hughes  United States $2.7 billion
224 Ronald Lauder  United States $2.7 billion
225 Eliodoro Matte and family  Chile $2.7 billion
226 Luis Carlos Sarmiento  Colombia $2.7 billion
227 Steven Spielberg  United States $2.7 billion
228 Hubert Burda  Germany $2.6 billion
229 Michael Hilti and family  Liechtenstein $2.6 billion
230 Martha Rivers Ingram and family  United States $2.6 billion
231 Boris Ivanishvili  Russia $2.6 billion
232 Rupert Johnson, Jr.  United States $2.6 billion
233 Saleh Kamel  Saudi Arabia $2.6 billion
234 Jorge Paulo Lemann  Brazil $2.6 billion
235 Lev Leviev  Israel $2.6 billion
236 Hugo Mann and family  Germany $2.6 billion
237 Ng Teng Fong and family  Singapore $2.6 billion
238 Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family  Mexico $2.6 billion
239 Yasumitsu Shigeta  Japan $2.6 billion
240 Takemitsu Takizaki  Japan $2.6 billion
241 Donald Trump  United States $2.6 billion
242 Jerry Yang  United States $2.6 billion
243 Mohammad Al Amoudi  Saudi Arabia $2.5 billion
244 Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte  Switzerland $2.5 billion
245 John Dorrance III  Ireland $2.5 billion
246 Antônio Ermírio de Moraes  Brazil $2.5 billion
247 Jeffrey Koo, Jr.  Taiwan $2.5 billion
248 Esther Koplowitz  Spain $2.5 billion
249 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen  Denmark $2.5 billion
250 Edward Lampert  United States $2.5 billion
251 Nancy Walton Laurie  United States $2.5 billion
252 Michael Lee-Chin  Canada $2.5 billion
253 David Rockefeller  United States $2.5 billion
254 Nicola Brambilla and Family  Canada $2.5 billion
255 James Simons  United States $2.5 billion
256 Leonard N. Stern  United States $2.5 billion
257 Michael Ying  Hong Kong $2.5 billion
258 Rinat Akhmetov  Ukraine $2.4 billion
259 Riley Bechtel  United States $2.4 billion
260 Stephen Bechtel, Jr.  United States $2.4 billion
261 Leonard Blavatnik  United States $2.4 billion
262 Martin Bouygues and family  France $2.4 billion
263 Michael Herz  Germany $2.4 billion
264 Lee Seng Wee and family  Singapore $2.4 billion
265 Lim Goh Tong  Malaysia $2.4 billion
266 Bernard Marcus  United States $2.4 billion
267 A. Jerrold Perenchio  United States $2.4 billion
268 Edward Rogers  Canada $2.4 billion
269 Teh Hong Piow  Malaysia $2.4 billion
270 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy  United States $2.4 billion
271 Vladimir Yevtushenkov  Russia $2.4 billion
272 Alexander Abramov  Russia $2.3 billion
273 Vladimir Bogdanov  Russia $2.3 billion
274 Ronald Burkle  United States $2.3 billion
275 Clive Calder  United Kingdom $2.3 billion
276 Jean-Louis Dumas and family  France $2.3 billion
277 Melinda Esterhazy  Austria $2.3 billion
278 Tetsuro Funai  Japan $2.3 billion
279 Frits Goldschmeding  Netherlands $2.3 billion
280 Stein Erik Hagen  Norway $2.3 billion
281 Ray Lee Hunt  United States $2.3 billion
282 Shiv Nadar  India $2.3 billion
283 Carl Pohlad  United States $2.3 billion
284 Quek Leng Chan and family  Malaysia $2.3 billion
285 Johann Rupert and family  South Africa $2.3 billion
286 Haim Saban  United States $2.3 billion
287 J. R. Simplot and family  United States $2.3 billion
288 Clemmie Spangler, Jr.  United States $2.3 billion
289 Friede Springer  Germany $2.3 billion
290 Wee Cho Yaw  Singapore $2.3 billion
291 Tadahiro Yoshida  Japan $2.3 billion
292 Vincent Bolloré  France $2.2 billion
293 Charles Butt  United States $2.2 billion
294 John Calamos  United States $2.2 billion
295 Wolfgang Herz  Germany $2.2 billion
296 Leona Helmsley  United States $2.2 billion
297 Amos Hostetter, Jr.  United States $2.2 billion
298 Ryoichi Jinnai and family  Japan $2.2 billion
299 Peter Kellogg  United States $2.2 billion
300 Mikhail Khodorkovsky  Russia $2.0 billion

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Kroll, Luisa; Fass, Allison (2005-03-10). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/09/bill05land.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 

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