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This list of the 100 wealthiest people is a list of the world's 100 wealthiest people as of February 11 2008, 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.

Top billionaires

The following list is the 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, India and Germany with 56 each.

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No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth Ref.
1Increase [[Warren Buffet {{{last}}}|Warren Buffet {{{last}}}]]|{{align="center"|$60 billion Increase 15  United Kingdom  United Kingdom U.L.N Wallasey [1]
2Increase Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion Increase 68  Mexico  Mexico Telmex, América Móvil [1]
3Decrease Bill Gates $58.0 billion Increase 52  United States  United States Microsoft [1]
4Increase Lakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion Increase 57  India  United Kingdom Arcelor Mittal [2]
5Increase Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion Increase 50  India  India Reliance Industries [2]
6Increase Anil Ambani $42.0 billion Increase 48  India  India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [2]
7Decrease Ingvar Kamprad and family $31.0 billion Decrease 81  Sweden  Switzerland IKEA [2]
8Increase Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion Increase 76  India  India DLF Group [2]
9Increase Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion Increase 40  Russia  Russia Rusal [2]
10Increase Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion Increase 88  Germany  Germany ALDI, Trader Joe's [2]
11Decrease Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion Increase 79  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa [3]
12Decrease Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion Decrease 74  United States  United States Las Vegas Sands [4]
13Decrease Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion Decrease 59  France  France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton [5]
14Decrease Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion Increase 63  United States  United States Oracle Corporation [1]
15Increase Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion Increase 41  Russia  United Kingdom Millhouse Capital [6]
16Decrease Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah[discuss] $23.1 billion Increase 62  Brunei  Brunei Brunei Shell Petroleum [7]
17Increase Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion Increase 85  Germany  Germany ALDI [8]
18Decrease Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion Increase 85  France  France L'Oréal [1]
19Increase Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Severstal [6]
20Decrease Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion Increase 51  Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup [9]
21Increase Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion Increase 43  Russia  Russia Alfa Group
22Increase Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion Increase 51  Russia  Russia Novolipetsk Steel [10]
23Decrease Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion Decrease 72  Spain  Spain Inditex Group [11]
24Increase Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion Increase  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai
25Increase Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Interros [10]
26Increase Vladimir Potanin $19.5 billion Increase 47  Russia  Russia Interros [10]
27Decrease Christy Walton and family $19.2 billion Increase 53  United States  United States Wal-Mart [12]
27Decrease Jim Walton $19.2 billion Increase 60  United States  United States Wal-Mart [12]
27Decrease S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion Increase 64  United States  United States Wal-Mart [12]
30Increase Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion Increase 80  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
30Decrease Alice Walton $19.0 billion Increase 58  United States  United States Wal-Mart [12]
32Decrease David Thomson and family $18.9 billion Decrease 50  Canada  Canada The Thomson Corporation [13]
33Decrease Sergey Brin $18.7 billion Increase 34  United States  United States Google [1]
34Decrease Larry Page $18.6 billion Increase 35  United States  United States Google [1]
35Increase Michael Otto and family $18.2 billion Increase 64  Germany  Germany Otto GmbH
36Decrease Stefan Persson $17.7 billion Decrease 60  Sweden  Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
37Decrease Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion Increase 42  Russia  Russia Gazprom, Sberbank
38Increase Charles Koch $17.0 billion Increase 72  United States  United States Koch Industries [14]
39Increase David H. Koch $17.0 billion Increase 67  United States  United States Koch Industries [14]
40Decrease François Pinault and family $16.9 billion Increase 71  France  France PPR
41Decrease Michael Dell $16.4 billion Increase 43  United States  United States Dell
42Decrease Paul Allen $16.0 billion Decrease 55  United States  United States Microsoft [9]
42Decrease Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion Increase 90  United States  United States Tracinda Corporation [4]
44Decrease Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion Steady 52  United States  United States Microsoft [15]
44Decrease Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion Increase 46  United States  United States Fidelity Investments
44Increase Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion Increase  India  India Essar
47Increase Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $14.0 billion Increase 64  Kuwait  Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons
47Increase The Duke of Westminster and family $14.0 billion Increase 56  United Kingdom  United Kingdom Grosvenor Group [16]
47Decrease Carl Icahn $14.0 billion Increase 72  United States  United States American Car and Foundry Company [4]
47Increase Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion Increase 76  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
47Increase Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion Increase 68  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
47Increase John Mars $14.0 billion Increase 71  United States  United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
47Increase Birgit Rausing and family $14.0 billion Increase 84  Sweden  Switzerland Tetra Laval
47Decrease Jack C. Taylor and family $14.0 billion Increase 85  United States  United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car
55Increase German Khan $13.9 billion Increase 46  Russia  Russia TNK-BP
56Increase Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion Increase 45  Germany  Germany BMW
57Decrease Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion Increase 57  Russia  Russia LUKoil
57Increase Donald Bren $13.0 billion Increase 75  United States  United States Irvine Company
59Increase Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion Increase  France  France Chanel
60Increase Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion Increase 41  Russia  Russia Uralkali
61Decrease Azim Premji $12.7 billion Decrease 62  India  India Wipro Technologies
61Increase Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion Increase 53  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
63Decrease Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion Steady 88  United States  United States Cox Enterprises
64Increase Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion Increase 44  Russia  Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
65Increase Sunil Mittal and family $11.8 billion Increase 50  India  India Bharti Airtel
66Increase Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion Increase 49  Russia  Russia Evraz Group
66Increase Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion Increase 66  United States  United States Bloomberg L.P. [11]
68Decrease Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion Increase 50  Russia  Russia Renova Group
69Decrease Michele Ferrero and family $11.0 billion Increase 81  Italy  Monaco Ferrero SpA
69Increase George Kaiser $11.0 billion Increase 65  United States  United States BOK Financial Corporation
69Decrease Spiro Latsis and family $11.0 billion Steady 61  Greece  Switzerland EFG Bank European Financial Group
69Increase Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion Increase 46  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
73Increase Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion Increase 45  Russia  Russia Alfa Group
74Increase Philip Knight $10.4 billion Increase 70  United States  United States Nike
74Increase Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion Increase 59  Russia  Russia Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
76Increase Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion Increase 42  Switzerland  Switzerland Serono
77Increase Kumar Mangalam Birla $10.2 billion Increase 40  India  India Aditya Birla Group
78Decrease Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion Decrease 72  Italy  Italy Luxottica
78Increase Antônio Ermírio de Moraes and family $10.0 billion Increase 79  Brazil  Brazil Votorantim Group
78Increase Iris Fontbona and family $10.0 billion Increase  Chile  Chile Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco
78Increase Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion Increase 77  United States  United States Fidelity Investments
78Decrease Hans Rausing $10.0 billion Increase 82  Sweden  United Kingdom Tetra Laval [16]
78Decrease Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion Increase 59  Russia  Russia Sistema
78Increase Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion Increase 47  Russia  Russia Mechel
85Decrease Serge Dassault and family $9.9 billion Decrease 82  France  France Dassault Group
86Increase Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion Increase 75  Mexico  Mexico Grupo Bal
87Increase Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion Increase 68  India  India Unitech Group
88Decrease Charles Ergen $9.5 billion Decrease 55  United States  United States Dish Network Corporation
88Decrease John Kluge $9.5 billion Increase 93  United States  United States Metromedia [11]
88Increase Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion Increase 65  United States  United States Revlon
91Decrease Silvio Berlusconi and family $9.4 billion Decrease 71  Italy  Italy Fininvest
92Increase Gautam Adani $9.3 billion Increase 45  India  India Adani Group [3]
92Increase Petr Kellner $9.3 billion Increase 43  Czech Republic  Czech Republic PPF Group
92Increase Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion Increase 54  Russia  Russia Metalloinvest
95Decrease Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion Decrease 73  Germany  Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
95Decrease August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion Increase 78  Germany  Switzerland Allianz
97Increase Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion Increase 78  Egypt  Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
98Decrease Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.1 billion Increase 62  Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings
98Increase Robert Kuok $9.0 billion Increase 84  Malaysia  Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd
98Decrease George Soros $9.0 billion Increase 77  United States  United States Soros Fund Management
100Decrease Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair $8.9 billion Increase 54  United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank [17]

References

General
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