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==See also==
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* [[List of billionaires (2007)]]
* [[List of billionaires (2007)]] SHAHID ALI JASANI
* [[List of billionaires (2005)]]
* [[List of billionaires (2005)]]
* [[List of billionaires (2004)]]
* [[List of billionaires (2004)]]

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The following is a list of billionaires, in United States dollars, worldwide for 2006 compiled 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). In 2006, there were 793 billionaires from 49 countries, with more than half being in the United States and Germany. 2006 saw an increase in billionaires from Russia, India, and Brazil mainly due to economic growth in these countries.

Top billionaires (reported by Forbes)

# Name Net Worth Country Source
1Steady Bill Gates US$52 billionIncrease  United States Microsoft
2Steady Warren Buffett US$42 billionDecrease  United States Berkshire Hathaway
3Increase Carlos Slim Helú US$30.0 billionIncrease  Mexico Telmex
4Increase Ingvar Kamprad US$28 billionIncrease  Sweden IKEA
5Decrease Lakshmi Mittal US$23.5 billionDecrease  United Kingdom
 India
Mittal Steel Company
6Increase Paul Allen US$22 billionIncrease  United States Microsoft
7Increase Bernard Arnault US$21.5 billionIncrease  France LVMH; Christian Dior SA
8Decrease Prince Al-Waleed US$20 billionDecrease  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company
9Increase Kenneth Thomson US$19.6 billionIncrease  Canada Thomson Corporation
10Increase Li Ka Shing US$18.8 billionIncrease  Hong Kong, China Cheung Kong Group; Hutchison Whampoa
11Increase Roman Abramovich US$18.2 billionIncrease  Russia Sibneft; Rusal; Chelsea F.C.
12Increase Michael Dell US$17.1 billionIncrease  United States Dell Inc.
13Decrease Karl Albrecht US$17 billionDecrease  Germany ALDI
14Increase Sheldon Adelson US$16.1 billionDecrease  United States Las Vegas Sands
15 Liliane Bettencourt US$16 billion  France L'Oréal
15 Larry Ellison US$16 billion  United States Oracle Corporation
17 Christy Walton US$15.9 billion  United States Wal-Mart
17 Jim Walton US$15.9 billion  United States Wal-Mart
19 S. Robson Walton US$15.8 billion  United States Wal-Mart
20 Alice Walton US$15.7 billion  United States Wal-Mart
21 Helen Walton US$15.6 billion  United States Wal-Mart
22 Theo Albrecht US$15.2 billion  Germany ALDI
23 Amancio Ortega US$14.8 billion  Spain Inditex
24 Steven Ballmer US$13.6 billion  United States Microsoft
25 Adam Cherry US$13.3 billion  United States Tesco
26 Sergey Brin US$12.9 billion  United States Google
27 Larry Page US$12.8 billion  United States Google
28 Abigail Johnson US$12.5 billion  United States Fidelity Investments
29 The Nasser Al-Kharafi family US$12.4 billion  Kuwait M. A. Kharafi and Sons
29 Barbara Cox Anthony US$12.4 billion  United States Cox Enterprises
29 Anne Cox Chambers US$12.4 billion  United States Cox Enterprises
32 Stefan Persson US$12.3 billion  Sweden H&M
33 Charles Koch US$12 billion  United States Koch Industries
33 David H. Koch US$12 billion  United States Koch Industries
35 Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok US$11.6 billion  Hong Kong, China Sun Hung Kai Properties; SmarTone; Kowloon Motor Bus Company
36 Adolf Merckle US$11.5 billion  Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
37 Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi US$11 billion  Saudi Arabia Al Rajhi Bank
37 Vagit Alekperov US$11 billion  Russia
 Azerbaijan
Novolipetsk Steel
37 Silvio Berlusconi US$11 billion  Italy Fininvest; Mediaset; A.C. Milan
37 Lee Shau Kee US$11 billion  Hong Kong, China Henderson Land; Hong Kong and China Gas Company
41 Vladimir Lisin US$10.7 billion  Russia
42 The Michael Otto family US$10.4 billion  Germany
43 Pierre Omidyar US$10.1 billion  United States eBay
44 Leonardo Del Vecchio US$10 billion  Italy Luxottica; Ray Ban
44 The Michele Ferrero family US$10 billion  Italy Nutella
44 Forrest Mars Jr. US$10 billion  United States Mars, Incorporated
44 Jacqueline Mars US$10 billion  United States Mars, Incorporated
44 John Mars US$10 billion  United States Mars, Incorporated
44 Viktor Vekselberg US$10 billion  Russia
50 Mikhail Fridman US$9.7 billion  Russia
51 The Spiro Latsis family US$9.1 billion  Greece
52 John Kluge US$9 billion  United States
53 Carl Icahn US$8.7 billion  United States
53 Kirk Kerkorian US$8.7 billion  United States
55 The Birgit Rausing family US$8.6 billion  Sweden
56 Mukesh Ambani US$8.5 billion  India Reliance Industries
56 The Serge Dassault family US$8.5 billion  France Dassault Industries
56 Hans Rausing US$8.5 billion  United Kingdom
 Sweden
59 The Galen Weston family US$8.4 billion  Canada
60 Susanne Klatten US$8.1 billion  Germany
61 The Rudolf August Oetker family US$8 billion  Germany
62 Oleg Deripaska US$7.8 billion  Russia
63 Sumner Redstone US$7.7 billion  United States Viacom
64 Alexei Mordashov US$7.6 billion  Russia
65 Donald Newhouse US$7.5 billion  United States
65 Samuel Newhouse, Jr. US$7.5 billion  United States
65 Alain and Gerard Wertheimer US$7.5 billion  Switzerland
 France
65 Reinhold Würth US$7.5 billion  Germany
69 Joseph and Moise Safra US$7.4 billion  Brazil Banco Safra
70 Philip Knight US$7.3 billion  United States formerly Nike
71 George Soros US$7.2 billion  Hungary
 Germany
 United States
72 Ernesto Bertarelli US$7.1 billion  Switzerland
 Italy
72 Suleiman Kerimov US$7.1 billion  Russia
74 Philip and Cristina Green US$7 billion  United Kingdom
74 Francois Pinault US$7 billion  France
74 August von Finck US$7 billion  Germany
77 Mohammed Al Amoudi US$6.9 billion  Saudi Arabia
77 The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair family US$6.9 billion  United Arab Emirates
79 Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler US$6.8 billion  Germany
80 Charles Ergen US$6.7 billion  United States
80 Edward Johnson, III US$6.7 billion  United States Fidelity Investments
82 The Lee Kun-hee family US$6.6 billion  South Korea Samsung
82 Stefan Quandt US$6.6 billion  Germany BMW
84 Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi US$6.5 billion  Saudi Arabia
84 The Rafael del Pino family US$6.5 billion  Spain
84 Stanley Ho US$6.5 billion  Netherlands
 Hong Kong, China
84 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller US$6.5 billion  Denmark A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group
84 Rupert Murdoch US$6.5 billion  Australia
 United Kingdom
 United States
News Corporation
89 Philip Anschutz US$6.4 billion  United States
89 Hasso Plattner US$6.4 billion  Germany SAP AG
89 Vladimir Potanin US$6.4 billion  Russia
89 Mikhail Prokhorov US$6.4 billion  Russia
93 Vladimir Yevtushenkov US$6.3 billion  Russia
94 Micky Arison US$6.1 billion  Israel
94 Curt Engelhorn US$6.1 billion  Germany
94 Friedrich Karl Flick US$6.1 billion  Germany
94 German Khan US$6.1 billion  Russia
 Germany
94 Ronald Perelman US$6.1 billion  United States
94 Johanna Quandt US$6.1 billion  Germany BMW
100 Dan Duncan US$6 billion  United States
100 The Duke of Westminster and family US$6 billion  United Kingdom
 Ireland
100 Jack C. Taylor US$6 billion  United States
103 Eli Broad US$5.9 billion  United States
104 Anil Ambani US$5.7 billion  India Reliance ADA Group
104 Donald Bren US$5.7 billion  United States
106 James, Arthur and John E. Irving US$5.5 billion  Canada Irving Group of Companies
107 The Yasuo Takei family US$5.4 billion  Japan
107 YC Wang US$5.4 billion  Taiwan
109 Shari Arison US$5.2 billion  Israel
109 The Kunio Busujima family US$5.2 billion  Japan
109 Nikolai Tsvetkov US$5.2 billion  Russia
112 Michael Bloomberg US$5.1 billion  United States
112 Cheng Yu-tung US$5.1 billion  Hong Kong, China
114 Leonard Blavatnik US$5 billion  Russia
114 The Gustavo Cisneros family US$5 billion  Venezuela
114 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken US$5 billion  Netherlands Heineken
114 John Fredriksen US$5 billion  Norway
 Cyprus
Frontline Ltd
114 Saleh Kamel US$5 billion  Saudi Arabia
114 Karl-Heinz Kipp US$5 billion  Germany
114 Robert Kuok US$5 billion  Malaysia
 China
114 John Menard, Jr. US$5 billion  United States Menards
114 James Packer US$5 billion  Australia
114 Kushal Pal Singh US$5 billion  India DLF Universal
114 Jeffrey Skoll US$5 billion  United States
125 Alexander Abramov US$4.9 billion  Russia
125 The Erivan Haub family US$4.9 billion  Germany
125 The Lorenzo Mendoza family US$4.9 billion  Venezuela
125 Sunil Mittal US$4.9 billion  India Airtel
129 Alexei Kuzmichov US$4.8 billion  Russia
129 Robert Rowling US$4.8 billion  United States
129 Onsi Sawiris US$4.8 billion  Egypt
129 Eric Schmidt US$4.8 billion  United States Google; Novell; Sun Microsystems
133 The Nobutada Saji family US$4.7 billion  Japan
135 Jeronimo Arango US$4.6 billion  Mexico
135 The Nicky Oppenheimer family US$4.6 billion  South Africa
137 Iskander Makhmudov US$4.5 billion  Russia
137 The Akira Mori family US$4.5 billion  Japan
137 Julio Mario Santo Domingo US$4.5 billion  Panama
 Colombia
137 The Shin Kyuk-Ho family US$4.5 billion  South Korea
 Japan
141 Kumar Birla US$4.4 billion  India Aditya Birla Group
141 David Geffen US$4.4 billion  United States
141 Steve Jobs US$4.4 billion  United States Apple Inc.
141 George Kaiser US$4.4 billion  United States BOK Financial Corporation
141 Luis Carlos Sarmiento US$4.4 billion  Colombia
141 Thomas Schmidheiny US$4.4 billion  Switzerland
141 Ty Warner US$4.4 billion  United States Ty Inc. (Beanie Babies)
148 Jeff Bezos US$4.3 billion  United States Amazon.com
148 Terry Gou US$4.3 billion  Taiwan Foxconn
148 Walter Haefner US$4.3 billion  Switzerland
148 Ananda Krishnan US$4.3 billion  Malaysia
148 Charles Bartlett Johnson US$4.3 billion  United States
148 The Reinhard Mohn family US$4.3 billion  Germany
148 Ross Perot US$4.3 billion  United States
155 Jean-Claude Decaux US$4.2 billion  France
155 Eitaro Itoyama US$4.2 billion  Japan
155 Nina Wang US$4.2 billion  China
155 Tadashi Yanai US$4.2 billion  Japan
159 Giorgio Armani US$4.1 billion  Italy
159 Vladimir Bogdanov US$4.1 billion  Russia
159 The Lester Crown family US$4.1 billion
159 James Goodnight US$4.1 billion
159 Bahaa Hariri US$4.1 billion  Lebanon
 Saudi Arabia
159 Saad Hariri US$4.1 billion  Lebanon
 Saudi Arabia
159 Antonia Johnson US$4.1 billion
159 Klaus-Michael Kühne US$4.1 billion  Germany
159 The Eliodoro Matte family US$4.1 billion
159 Richard M. Schulze US$4.1 billion  United States Best Buy
169 Leonid Fedun US$4 billion
169 David Murdock US$4 billion
169 Shiv Nadar US$4 billion  India Hindustan Computers Ltd.
169 Madeleine Schickedanz US$4 billion  Germany
169 Charles R. Schwab US$4 billion  United States
174 Boris Ivanishvili US$3.9 billion  Russia
175 Abdullah Al Rajhi US$3.8 billion  Saudi Arabia
175 Paul Desmarais US$3.8 billion  Canada Power Corporation of Canada
175 Aloysio de Andrade Faria US$3.8 billion
175 The Michael Kadoorie family US$3.8 billion
175 The Frank Lowy family US$3.8 billion  Australia Westfield Group
175 Ng Teng Fong US$3.8 billion  Singapore
175 James Sorenson US$3.8 billion
182 Anacleto Angelini US$3.7 billion
182 Henry Fok US$3.7 billion
182 Gordon Moore US$3.7 billion
182 Bernard Sherman US$3.7 billion
186 Masatoshi Ito US$3.6 billion
186 Rupert Johnson, Jr. US$3.6 billion
186 The Kwek Leng Beng family US$3.6 billion
186 Ralph Lauren US$3.6 billion
186 Pallonji Mistry US$3.6 billion  India
186 Viktor Rashnikov US$3.6 billion
186 David and Simon Reuben US$3.6 billion
186 Andreas Strüngmann US$3.6 billion  Germany
186 Thomas Strüngmann US$3.6 billion  Germany
195 William Davidson US$3.5 billion
195 Bradley Hughes US$3.5 billion
195 Edward Lampert US$3.5 billion
195 Alexander Lebedev US$3.5 billion
195 George Lucas US$3.5 billion  United States
195 Jim Pattison US$3.5 billion  Canada Jim Pattison Group
201 Otto Beisheim US$3.4 billion  Germany
201 Richard DeVos US$3.4 billion
201 The Bernard Ecclestone family US$3.4 billion  United Kingdom
201 Esther Koplowitz US$3.4 billion  Germany
 Spain
201 Jorge Paulo Lemann US$3.4 billion  Brazil
201 The Gérard Louis-Dreyfus family US$3.4 billion
207 The Chung Mong-Koo family US$3.3 billion
207 Anurag Dikshit US$3.3 billion
207 The Johann Rupert family US$3.3 billion  South Africa
207 Rainier and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck US$3.3 billion  Germany
207 The Tsai Wan Tsai family US$3.3 billion
207 Klaus Tschira US$3.3 billion
207 Karl Wlaschek US$3.3 billion  Germany
214 The Khalid Bin Mahfouz family US$3.2 billion
214 The Martin Bouygues family US$3.2 billion
214 William Cook US$3.2 billion
214 The Antonio Ermirio de Moraes family US$3.2 billion
214 The Yoshitaka Fukuda family US$3.2 billion
214 Maurice Greenberg US$3.2 billion  United States
214 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi US$3.2 billion
221 The Ricardo Salinas Pliego family US$3.1 billion
221 Stephan Schmidheiny US$3.1 billion  Switzerland
221 Masayoshi Son US$3.1 billion
224 Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte US$3 billion
224 Roland Arnall US$3 billion  United States
224 Pyotr Aven US$3 billion
224 Edgar Bronfman, Sr. US$3 billion  Canada Formerly Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd.
224 Albert Frere US$3 billion  Belgium
224 Frits Goldschmeding US$3 billion  Netherlands
224 Heidi Horten US$3 billion  Germany
224 Petr Kellner US$3 billion  Czech Republic PPF
224 The Lee Seng Wee family US$3 billion
224 Hiroshi Mikitani US$3 billion
224 Robert Miller US$3 billion  United States
224 The Sammy Ofer family US$3 billion
224 Edward Rogers US$3 billion
224 Anton Schlecker US$3 billion  Germany
224 Takemitsu Takizaki US$3 billion
224 William Wrigley, Jr. US$3 billion
240 David Filo US$2.9 billion  United States Yahoo!
240 Michael Herz US$2.9 billion  Germany
240 Leonard Lauder US$2.9 billion  United States
240 Arnon Milchan US$2.9 billion  Israel
240 A Jerrold Perenchio US$2.9 billion
245 Anil Agarwal US$2.8 billion  India Vedanta Resources
245 Alberto Bailleres US$2.8 billion
245 David and Frederick Barclay US$2.8 billion
245 Richard Branson US$2.8 billion  United Kingdom Virgin Group
245 The Earl Cadogan and family US$2.8 billion
245 Wolfgang Herz US$2.8 billion  Germany
245 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen US$2.8 billion  Denmark LEGO
245 Lim Goh Tong US$2.8 billion  Malaysia Genting Group
245 Carl Pohlad US$2.8 billion
245 Ravi and Shashi Ruia US$2.8 billion
245 Haim Saban US$2.8 billion  Egypt
245 Stefan Schörghuber US$2.8 billion  Germany
245 Steven Spielberg US$2.8 billion  United States
258 John Abele US$2.7 billion  United States
258 Charles Bronfman US$2.7 billion  Canada Formerly Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd.
258 The Matthew Bucksbaum family US$2.7 billion  Germany
258 John Calamos US$2.7 billion
258 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone US$2.7 billion
258 Jesus de Polanco US$2.7 billion
258 Otto Happel US$2.7 billion  Germany
258 Ayman Hariri US$2.7 billion  Lebanon
258 Fahd Hariri US$2.7 billion  Lebanon
258 Henry Hillman US$2.7 billion
258 The Martha Ingram family US$2.7 billion
258 Manuel Jove US$2.7 billion
258 Vladimir Kim US$2.7 billion
258 Ronald Lauder US$2.7 billion
258 Andrei Melnichenko US$2.7 billion
258 Henry Nicholas III US$2.7 billion
258 Sergei Popov US$2.7 billion
258 Leonard N. Stern US$2.7 billion
258 Leslie Wexner US$2.7 billion  United States
258 Michael Ying US$2.7 billion  Hong Kong, China
278 Chen Din Hwa US$2.6 billion  Hong Kong, China
278 The Adi Godrej family US$2.6 billion  India Godrej Group
278 Barbara Piasecka Johnson US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Peter Kellogg US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Ann Walton Kroenke US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Lev Leviev US$2.6 billion  Israel
278 The Hugo Mann family US$2.6 billion  Germany
278 Naguib Sawiris US$2.6 billion  Egypt
278 Harold Simmons US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Melvin Simon US$2.6 billion  United States
278 James Simons US$2.6 billion  United States
278 The John Simplot family US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Donald Trump US$2.6 billion  United States
278 Alisher Usmanov US$2.6 billion  Russia
292 Riley Bechtel US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Stephen Bechtel, Jr. US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Gilberto Benetton US$2.5 billion  Italy
292 Giuliana Benetton US$2.5 billion  Italy
292 Luciano Benetton US$2.5 billion  Italy
292 Steven A. Cohen US$2.5 billion  United States
292 The Barbara Davis family US$2.5 billion  United States
292 John Dorrance III US$2.5 billion  Ireland
292 The Jean-Louis Dumas family US$2.5 billion  France
292 Nicolas Hayek US$2.5 billion  Switzerland
292 Ray Hunt US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Fukuzo Iwasaki US$2.5 billion  Japan
292 Bruce Kovner US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Henry Kravis US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Leonid Mikhelson US$2.5 billion  Russia
292 The Miuccia Prada family US$2.5 billion  Italy Prada
292 The Sean Quinn family US$2.5 billion  Ireland
292 The J Ricketts family US$2.5 billion  United States
292 George Roberts US$2.5 billion  United States
292 David Rockefeller US$2.5 billion  United States
292 The Bruno Schroder family US$2.5 billion  United Kingdom
292 Stephen A. Schwarzman US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Dennis Washington US$2.5 billion  United States
292 Chaleo Yoovidhya US$2.5 billion  Thailand
317 Clive Calder US$2.4 billion  United States
317 The Dhanin Chearavanont family US$2.4 billion  Thailand
317 Stein Erik Hagen US$2.4 billion  Norway
317 Indu Jain US$2.4 billion  India
317 Richard Kinder US$2.4 billion  United States
317 Sergio Mantegazza US$2.4 billion  Switzerland
317 Dietrich Mateschitz US$2.4 billion  Austria Red Bull
317 George P. Mitchell US$2.4 billion  United States
317 Axel Oberwelland US$2.4 billion  Germany
317 Didier Primat US$2.4 billion  France
317 Henry Samueli US$2.4 billion  United States
317 The Emanuele (Lino) Saputo family US$2.4 billion  Canada Saputo Incorporated
317 Dilip Shanghvi US$2.4 billion  India Sun Pharmaceuticals
317 Steven Udvar-Hazy US$2.4 billion  United States
317 Wee Cho Yaw US$2.4 billion  Singapore
317 The Stef Wertheimer family US$2.4 billion  Israel
317 Jerry Yang US$2.4 billion  United States Yahoo!
317 Samuel Zell US$2.4 billion  United States

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