Forbes list of billionaires (2008)

Forbes Magazine's list of the world's 100 wealthiest people as of February 11, 2008 is based on each person's total net worth. The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the closing stock prices of the stock exchanges on which each person's company is listed, and exchange rates on February 11, 2008. Stock prices are defined as shares of ownership in a corporation, and exchange rates are defined as how much one currency is worth in terms of another. This list only represents each person's valuation on a single day due to daily fluctuations among exchange rates and stock valuations. The list does not include heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth).

• The world's wealthiest people
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  Warren Buffett
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  Carlos Slim Helú
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  Bill Gates
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  Lakshmi Mittal
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  Mukesh Ambani

Top billionaires

The following list is Forbes ranking of the world's richest billionaires on February 11, 2008, and does not reflect changes since that date. The top three countries with the most billionaires are: United States with over 400, Russia with 87, and India and Germany with 56 each.

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No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Residence	Sources of wealth	Ref.
&100000000000000010000001	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$62.0 billion	78	United States	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&100000000000000020000002	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$60.0 billion	68	Mexico	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil
&100000000000000030000003	Gates, BillBill Gates	$58.0 billion	52	United States	United States	Microsoft
&100000000000000040000004	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$45.0 billion	57	India	United Kingdom	Arcelor Mittal
&100000000000000050000005	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$43.0 billion	50	India	India	Reliance Industries
&100000000000000060000006	Ambani, AnilAnil Ambani	$42.0 billion	48	India	India	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
&100000000000000070000007	Akhmetov, Rinat Rinat Akhmetov	$31.1 billion	41	Ukraine	Ukraine	SCM Holdings
&100000000000000080000008	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad and family	$31.0 billion	81	Sweden	Switzerland	IKEA
&100000000000000090000009	Pal Singh, KushalKushal Pal Singh	$30.0 billion	76	India	India	DLF Group
&1000000000000001000000010	Deripaska, OlegOleg Deripaska	$28.0 billion	40	Russia	Russia	Rusal
&1000000000000001100000011	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$27.0 billion	88	Germany	Germany	Aldi Süd
&1000000000000001200000012	Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing	$26.5 billion	79	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
&1000000000000001300000013	Adelson, SheldonSheldon Adelson	$26.0 billion	74	United States	United States	Las Vegas Sands
&1000000000000001400000014	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$25.5 billion	59	France	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
&1000000000000001500000015	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$25.0 billion	63	United States	United States	Oracle Corporation

See also

• List of heads of state and government by net worth

External links

• The 400 Richest Americans (2007)
• The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment (2007)
• Sunday Times Rich List 2007 - 1000 Britain's richest 1,000
• India's 40 Richest (2007)
• Greater China's 40 Richest (2007)
• The 100 Richest Russians (2004)
• youtube 5min video on the world's richest 10 people - wealth, residence, number of children
• Forbes' list of Top 100 billionares of 2008