Forbes list of billionaires

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Forbes list of billionaires is an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people, compiled and published by the American national business magazine Forbes. The total net worth of each individual on the list is estimated, in United States dollars, based on their assets and accounting for debt. The list only represents each person's valuation on a single day, due to daily fluctuations among exchange rates and stock valuations.[1]

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Statistics

The Internet bubble created the most paper wealth for some billionaires. However, once the dotcom bubble burst the new rich saw their fortunes disappear.[2] Billionaires' fortunes have been hit even harder by the global financial crisis. 2009 was the first time in five years that the world had a net loss in the number of billionaires.[3] The strong performance of the financial markets and global economic recovery have erased financial assets losses. Most of the richest people on the planet have seen their fortunes soar in the past few years.[4][5]

Year Number of billionaires Group's combined net worth
2013 1,426 $5.4 trillion
2012 1,226 $4.6 trillion
2011 1,210 $4.5 trillion
2010 1,011 $3.6 trillion
2009 793 $2.4 trillion
2008 1,125 $4.4 trillion
2007 946 $3.5 trillion
2006 793 $2.6 trillion
2005 691 $2.2 trillion
2004 587 $1.9 trillion
2003 476 $1.4 trillion
2002 497 $1.5 trillion
2001 538 $1.8 trillion
2000 470 $898 billion

Source: Forbes Magazine.[6]

Annual listing

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Steady Has not changed from the previous ranking.
Increase Has increased from the previous ranking.
Decrease Has decreased from the previous ranking.
Source: Forbes.[7]

2013 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Decrease Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $73.0 billion Decrease 73  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
70002000000000000002 Increase Gates, BillBill Gates $67.0 billion Increase 57  United States Microsoft
70003000000000000003 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $57.0 billion Increase 76  Spain Inditex Group
70004000000000000004 Decrease Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $53.5 billion Increase 82  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70005000000000000005 Increase Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $43.0 billion Increase 68  United States Oracle Corporation
70006000000000000006 Increase Koch, CharlesCharles Koch $34.0 billion Increase 77  United States Koch Industries
70007000000000000007 Increase Koch, DavidDavid Koch $34.0 billion Increase 72  United States Koch Industries
70008000000000000008 Increase Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing $31.0 billion Increase 84  Hong Kong/ Canada Cheung Kong Holdings
70009000000000000009 Increase Bettencourt, LilianeLiliane Bettencourt $30.0 billion Increase 90  France L'Oréal
700110000000000000010 Decrease Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $29.0 billion Decrease 63  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton

2012 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $69.0 billion Decrease 72  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
70002000000000000002 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $61.0 billion Increase 56  United States Microsoft
70003000000000000003 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $44.0 billion Decrease 81  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70004000000000000004 Steady Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $41.0 billion Increase 63  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
70005000000000000005 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $37.5 billion Increase 75  Spain Inditex Group
70006000000000000006 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $36.0 billion Increase 67  United States Oracle Corporation
70007000000000000007 Increase Batista, EikeEike Batista $30.0 billion Increase 55  Brazil EBX Group
70008000000000000008 Increase Stefan Persson $26.0 billion Increase 64  Sweden H&M
70009000000000000009 Increase Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing $25.5 billion Increase 83  Hong Kong/ Canada Cheung Kong Holdings
700110000000000000010 Increase Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $25.4 billion Increase 92  Germany Aldi

2011 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $74.0 billion Increase 71  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
70002000000000000002 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $56.0 billion Increase 56  United States Microsoft
70003000000000000003 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $50.0 billion Increase 81  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70004000000000000004 Increase Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $41.0 billion Increase 62  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
70005000000000000005 Increase Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $39.5 billion Increase 66  United States Oracle Corporation
70006000000000000006 Decrease Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $31.1 billion Increase 60  India Arcelor Mittal
70007000000000000007 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $31.0 billion Increase 74  Spain Inditex Group
70008000000000000008 Steady Batista, EikeEike Batista $30.0 billion Increase 53  Brazil EBX Group
70009000000000000009 Decrease Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani $27.0 billion Increase 53  India Reliance Industries
700110000000000000010 Increase Walton, ChristyChristy Walton $26.5 billion Increase 55  United States Walmart

2010 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Increase Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $53.5 billion Increase 70  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
70002000000000000002 Decrease Gates, BillBill Gates $53.0 billion Increase 54  United States Microsoft
70003000000000000003 Decrease Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $47.0 billion Increase 80  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70004000000000000004 Increase Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani $29.0 billion Increase 53  India Reliance Industries
70005000000000000005 Increase Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $28.7 billion Increase 60  India Arcelor Mittal
70006000000000000006 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $28.0 billion Increase 66  United States Oracle Corporation
70007000000000000007 Increase Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $27.5 billion Increase 61  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
70008000000000000008 Increase Batista, EikeEike Batista $27.0 billion Increase 53  Brazil EBX Group
70009000000000000009 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $25.0 billion Increase 74  Spain Inditex Group
700110000000000000010 Decrease Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $23.5 billion Increase 90  Germany Aldi Süd

2009 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Increase Gates, BillBill Gates $40.0 billion Decrease 53  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Decrease Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $37.0 billion Decrease 78  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Decrease Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $35.0 billion Decrease 69  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil
70004000000000000004 Increase Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $22.5 billion Decrease 64  United States Oracle Corporation
70005000000000000005 Increase Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad $22.0 billion Decrease 83  Sweden IKEA
70006000000000000006 Increase Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $21.5 billion Decrease 89  Germany Aldi Süd
70007000000000000007 Decrease Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani $19.5 billion Decrease 51  India Reliance Industries
70008000000000000008 Decrease Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $19.3 billion Decrease 58  India Arcelor Mittal
70009000000000000009 Increase Albrecht, TheoTheo Albrecht $18.8 billion Decrease 87  Germany Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's
700110000000000000010 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $18.3 billion Decrease 73  Spain Inditex Group

2008 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Increase Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $62.0 billion Increase 78  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70002000000000000002 Increase Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $60.0 billion Increase 68  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil
70003000000000000003 Decrease Gates, BillBill Gates $58.0 billion Increase 52  United States Microsoft
70004000000000000004 Increase Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion Increase 57  India Arcelor Mittal
70005000000000000005 Increase Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani $43.0 billion Increase 50  India Reliance Industries
70006000000000000006 Increase Ambani, AnilAnil Ambani $42.0 billion Increase 48  India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
70007000000000000007 Increase Akhmetov, Rinat Rinat Akhmetov $31.1 billion Increase 41  Ukraine SCM Holdings
70008000000000000008 Decrease Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad $31.0 billion Decrease 81  Sweden IKEA
70009000000000000009 Increase Pal Singh, KushalKushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion Increase 76  India DLF Group
700110000000000000010 Increase Deripaska, OlegOleg Deripaska $28.0 billion Increase 40  Russia Rusal

2007 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $56.0 billion Increase 51  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $52.0 billion Increase 76  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Steady Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $49.0 billion Increase 67  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
70004000000000000004 Increase Ingvar Kamprad $33.0 billion Increase 80  Sweden IKEA
70005000000000000005 Steady Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $32.0 billion Increase 56  India Arcelor Mittal
70006000000000000006 Increase Adelson, SheldonSheldon Adelson $26.5 billion Increase 73  United States Las Vegas Sands
70007000000000000007 Steady Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $26.0 billion Increase 58  France LVMH
70008000000000000008 Increase Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $24.0 billion Increase 71  Spain Inditex Group
70009000000000000009 Increase Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing $23.0 billion Increase 78  Hong Kong/ Canada Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
700110000000000000010 Decrease David Thomson $22.0 billion Increase 49  Canada Thomson Corporation

2006 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $52.0 billion Increase 50  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $42.0 billion Decrease 75  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Increase Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $30.0 billion Increase 66  Mexico Telmex
70004000000000000004 Increase Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad $28.0 billion Increase 79  Sweden IKEA
70005000000000000005 Decrease Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $23.5 billion Decrease 55  India Mittal Steel Company
70006000000000000006 Increase Allen, PaulPaul Allen $22.0 billion Increase 53  United States Microsoft
70007000000000000007 Increase Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $21.5 billion Increase 57  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
70008000000000000008 Decrease Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $20.0 billion Decrease 49  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70009000000000000009 Increase Thomson, KennethKenneth Thomson $19.6 billion Increase 82  Canada The Thomson Corporation
700110000000000000010 Increase Shing, Li KaLi Ka Shing $18.8 billion Increase 77  Hong Kong/ Canada Cheung Kong Group, Hutchison Whampoa

2005 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $46.5 billion Decrease 49  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $44.0 billion Increase 74  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Increase Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal $25.0 billion Increase 54  India Mittal Steel Company
70004000000000000004 Increase Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $23.8 billion Increase 65  Mexico Telmex
70005000000000000005 Decrease Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $23.7 billion Increase 49  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70006000000000000006 Increase Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad $23.0 billion Increase 79  Sweden IKEA
70007000000000000007 Decrease Allen, PaulPaul Allen $21.0 billion Steady 52  United States Microsoft
70008000000000000008 Decrease Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $18.5 billion Decrease 85  Germany Aldi Süd
70009000000000000009 Increase Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $18.4 billion Decrease 60  United States Oracle Corporation
700110000000000000010 Steady Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton $18.3 billion Decrease 61  United States Walmart

2004 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $46.6 billion Increase 48  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $42.9 billion Increase 73  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Steady Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $23.0 billion Increase 84  Germany Aldi Süd
70004000000000000004 Increase Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $21.5 billion Increase 47  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70005000000000000005 Decrease Allen, PaulPaul Allen $21.0 billion Increase 51  United States Microsoft
70006000000000000006 Increase Walton, AliceAlice Walton* $20.0 billion Increase 55  United States Wal-Mart
70007000000000000007 Increase Walton, HelenHelen Walton* $20.0 billion Increase 84  United States Wal-Mart
70008000000000000008 Increase Walton, JimJim Walton* $20.0 billion Increase 56  United States Wal-Mart
70009000000000000009 Increase Walton, JohnJohn Walton* $20.0 billion Increase 58  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Increase Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton* $20.0 billion Increase 60  United States Wal-Mart
  • Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

2003 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $40.7 billion Decrease 47  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $30.5 billion Decrease 72  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Steady Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $25.6 billion Decrease 83  Germany Aldi Süd
70004000000000000004 Steady Allen, PaulPaul Allen $20.1 billion Decrease 50  United States Microsoft
70005000000000000005 Increase Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $17.7 billion Decrease 46  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70006000000000000006 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $16.6 billion Decrease 58  United States Oracle Corporation
70007000000000000007 Decrease Walton, AliceAlice Walton* $16.5 billion Decrease 54  United States Wal-Mart
70008000000000000008 Decrease Walton, HelenHelen Walton* $16.5 billion Decrease 83  United States Wal-Mart
70009000000000000009 Decrease Walton, JimJim Walton* $16.5 billion Decrease 55  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Decrease Walton, JohnJohn Walton* $16.5 billion Decrease 57  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Decrease Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton* $16.5 billion Decrease 59  United States Wal-Mart
  • Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

2002 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $52.8 billion Decrease 46  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Steady Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $35.0 billion Increase 71  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Increase Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $26.8 billion Increase 82  Germany Aldi Süd
70004000000000000004 Decrease Allen, PaulPaul Allen $25.2 billion Decrease 49  United States Microsoft
70005000000000000005 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $23.5 billion Decrease 57  United States Oracle Corporation
70006000000000000006 Increase Walton, JimJim Walton* $20.8 billion Increase 54  United States Wal-Mart
70007000000000000007 Increase Walton, JohnJohn Walton* $20.7 billion Increase 56  United States Wal-Mart
70008000000000000008 Increase Walton, AliceAlice Walton* $20.5 billion Increase 53  United States Wal-Mart
70009000000000000009 Increase Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton* $20.5 billion Increase 58  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Increase Walton, HelenHelen Walton* $20.4 billion Increase 82  United States Wal-Mart
  • Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

2001 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $58.7 billion Decrease 45  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Increase Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $32.3 billion Increase 70  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70003000000000000003 Steady Allen, PaulPaul Allen $30.4 billion Decrease 48  United States Microsoft
70004000000000000004 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $26.0 billion Decrease 56  United States Oracle Corporation
70005000000000000005 Steady Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $25.0 billion Increase 81  Germany Aldi Süd
70006000000000000006 Steady Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $20.0 billion Steady 44  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70007000000000000007 Increase Walton, JimJim Walton* $18.8 billion Increase 53  United States Wal-Mart
70008000000000000008 Increase Walton, JohnJohn Walton* $18.7 billion Increase 55  United States Wal-Mart
70009000000000000009 Increase Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton* $18.6 billion Increase 57  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Increase Walton, AliceAlice Walton* $18.5 billion Increase 52  United States Wal-Mart
700110000000000000010 Increase Walton, HelenHelen Walton* $18.5 billion Increase 81  United States Wal-Mart
  • Each hold an essentially equal share in Wal-Mart. If alive as of 2004, Sam Walton would have been the world's wealthiest person.

2000 Top 10

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth
70001000000000000001 Gates, BillBill Gates $60.0 billion 44  United States Microsoft
70002000000000000002 Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $47.0 billion  55  United States Oracle Corporation
70003000000000000003 Allen, PaulPaul Allen $28.0 billion 47  United States Microsoft
70004000000000000004 Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $25.6 billion 69  United States Berkshire Hathaway
70005000000000000005 Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht $20.0 billion  80  Germany Aldi Süd
70006000000000000006 Al-Waleed, PrincePrince Al-Waleed $20.0 billion 43  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
70007000000000000007 Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton $20.0 billion 57  United States Wal-Mart
70008000000000000008 Son, MasayoshiMasayoshi Son $19.4 billion 43  Japan Softbank Capital, SoftBank Mobile
70009000000000000009 Dell, MichaelMichael Dell $19.1 billion 46  United States Dell
700110000000000000010 Thomson, KennethKenneth Thomson $16.1 billion 77  Canada The Thomson Corporation

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