Forbes list of billionaires (2005)

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This list of billionaires is based on the annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 10, 2005. The listed net worth represents the estimated value of assets less debt as of February 11, 2005. There were 691 officially known billionaires in the world as of 2005.[1]

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[edit] Top 15 billionaires

# 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

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Luisa Kroll and Lea Goldman (2005-03-10). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/10/cz_lk_lg_0310billintro_bill05.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 

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