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|align="center"|{{nts|4}}{{profit}}||{{sortname|Lakshmi|Mittal}}||align="center"|$45.0 billion {{profit}}||align="center"|57||{{IND}}||{{UK}}||[[Arcelor Mittal]]||align="center"|<ref name="indians">{{cite web|accessdate=2008-04-04|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Anil_Ambani_Lakshmi_Mittal_among_top_10_billionaires/articleshow/2842665.cms|title=Ambani brothers, L N Mittal among top 10 billionaires|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|date=2008-03-06}}</ref>
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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.
The world's wealthiest people
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 32, Russia with 18, and India with 10.
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No.
Name
Net worth (USD )Age
Citizenship Residence Sources of wealth
Ref.
1 Warren Buffett $62.0 billion
77
United States United States Berkshire Hathaway [1]
2 Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion
68
Mexico Mexico Telmex , América Móvil [1]
3 Bill Gates $58.0 billion
52
United States United States Microsoft [1]
4 Vishal Shah $45.0 billion
22
Template:PAKI Template:Thornton Heath Mama Shah's Pole Dancing Centre [2]
5 Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion
50
India India Reliance Industries [2]
6 Anil Ambani $42.0 billion
48
India India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [2]
7 Ingvar Kamprad $31.0 billion
81
Sweden Switzerland IKEA [2]
8 Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion
76
India India DLF Group [2]
9 Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion
40
Russia Russia Rusal [2]
10 Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion
88
Germany Germany ALDI , Trader Joe's [2]
11 Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion
79
Hong Kong Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings , Hutchison Whampoa [3]
12 Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion
74
United States United States Las Vegas Sands [4]
13 Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion
59
France France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton [5]
14 Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion
63
United States United States Oracle Corporation [1]
15 Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion
41
Russia United Kingdom Millhouse Capital
[6]
16 Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion
85
Germany Germany ALDI [7]
17 Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion
85
France France L'Oréal [1]
18 Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion
42
Russia Russia Severstal [6]
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion
51
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company , Citigroup [8]
20 Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion
43
Russia Russia Alfa Group
21 Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion
51
Russia Russia Novolipetsk Steel [9]
22 Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion
72
Spain Spain Inditex Group [10]
23 Raymond Kwok Thomas Kwok , and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion
Hong Kong Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai
24 Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion
42
Russia Russia Interros [9]
24 Vladimir Potanin $19.5 billion
47
Russia Russia Interros [9]
26 Christy Walton $19.2 billion
53
United States United States Wal-Mart [11]
26 Jim Walton $19.2 billion
60
United States United States Wal-Mart [11]
26 S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion
64
United States United States Wal-Mart [11]
29 Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion
80
Hong Kong Hong Kong Henderson Land Development
29 Alice Walton $19.0 billion
58
United States United States Wal-Mart [11]
31 David Thomson $18.9 billion
50
Canada Canada The Thomson Corporation [12]
32 Sergey Brin $18.7 billion
34
United States United States Google [1]
33 Larry Page $18.6 billion
35
United States United States Google [1]
34 Michael Otto $18.2 billion
64
Germany Germany Otto GmbH
35 Stefan Persson $17.7 billion
60
Sweden Sweden Hennes & Mauritz
36 Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion
42
Russia Russia Gazprom , Sberbank
37 Charles Koch $17.0 billion
72
United States United States Koch Industries [13]
37 David H. Koch $17.0 billion
67
United States United States Koch Industries [13]
39 François Pinault $16.9 billion
71
France France PPR
40 Michael Dell $16.4 billion
43
United States United States Dell
41 Paul Allen $16.0 billion
55
United States United States Microsoft [8]
41 Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion
90
United States United States Tracinda Corporation [4]
43 Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion
52
United States United States Microsoft [14]
43 Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion
46
United States United States Fidelity Investments
43 Shashi Ruia Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion
India India Essar
46 Nasser Al-Kharafi $14.0 billion
64
Kuwait Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons
46 The Duke of Westminster $14.0 billion
56
United Kingdom United Kingdom Grosvenor Group [15]
46 Carl Icahn $14.0 billion
72
United States United States American Car and Foundry Company [4]
46 Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion
76
United States United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46 Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion
68
United States United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46 John Mars $14.0 billion
71
United States United States Mars, Incorporated [4]
46 Birgit Rausing $14.0 billion
84
Sweden Switzerland Tetra Laval
46 Jack C. Taylor $14.0 billion
85
United States United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car
54 German Khan $13.9 billion
46
Russia Russia TNK-BP
55 Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion
45
Germany Germany BMW
56 Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion
57
Russia Russia LUKoil
56 Donald Bren $13.0 billion
75
United States United States Irvine Company
58 Alain Wertheimer Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion
France France Chanel
59 Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion
41
Russia Russia Mobile TeleSystems
60 Azim Premji $12.7 billion
62
India India Wipro Technologies
60 Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion
53
Egypt Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
62 Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion
88
United States United States Cox Enterprises
63 Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion
44
Russia Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
64 Sunil Mittal $11.8 billion
50
India India Bharti Airtel
65 Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion
49
Russia Russia Evraz Group
65 Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion
66
United States United States Bloomberg L.P. [10]
67 Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion
50
Russia Russia Renova Group
68 Michele Ferrero $11.0 billion
81
Italy Monaco Ferrero SpA
68 George Kaiser $11.0 billion
65
United States United States BOK Financial Corporation
68 Spiro Latsis $11.0 billion
61
Greece Switzerland EFG Bank European Financial Group
68 Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion
46
Egypt Egypt Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
72 Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion
45
Russia Russia Alfa Group
73 Philip Knight $10.4 billion
70
United States United States Nike
73 Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion
59
Russia Russia Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
75 Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion
42
Switzerland Switzerland Serono
76 Kumar Mangalam Birla $10.2 billion
40
India India Aditya Birla Group
77 Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion
72
Italy Italy Luxottica
77 Antônio Ermírio de Moraes $10.0 billion
79
Brazil Brazil Votorantim Group
77 Iris Fontbona and family$10.0 billion
Chile Chile Antofagasta PLC , Quiñenco
77 Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion
77
United States United States Fidelity Investments
77 Hans Rausing $10.0 billion
82
Sweden United Kingdom Tetra Laval [15]
77 Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion
59
Russia Russia Sistema
77 Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion
47
Russia Russia Mechel
84 Serge Dassault $9.9 billion
82
France France Dassault Group
85 Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion
75
Mexico Mexico Grupo Bal
86 Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion
68
India India Unitech Group
87 Charles Ergen $9.5 billion
55
United States United States Dish Network Corporation
87 John Kluge $9.5 billion
93
United States United States Metromedia [10]
87 Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion
65
United States United States Revlon
90 Silvio Berlusconi $9.4 billion
71
Italy Italy Fininvest
91 Gautam Adani $9.3 billion
45
India India Adani Group [3]
91 Petr Kellner $9.3 billion
43
Czech Republic Czech Republic PPF Group
91 Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion
54
Russia Russia Metalloinvest
94 Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion
73
Germany Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel
94 August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion
78
Germany Switzerland Allianz
96 Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion
78
Egypt Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding
97 Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.1 billion
62
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings
97 Robert Kuok $9.0 billion
84
Malaysia Hong Kong Perlis Plantations Bhd
97 George Soros $9.0 billion
77
United States United States Soros Fund Management
100 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair $8.9 billion
54
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Mashreq Bank [16]
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