The World's Billionaires

Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence 1 William Gates III United States 51 56.0 United States 2 Warren Buffett United States 76 52.0 United States 3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 67 49.0 Mexico 4 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 80 33.0 Switzerland 5 Lakshmi Mittal India 56 32.0 United Kingdom 6 Sheldon Adelson United States 73 26.5 United States 7 Bernard Arnault France 58 26.0 France 8 Amancio Ortega Spain 71 24.0 Spain 9 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 78 23.0 Hong Kong 10 David Thomson & family Canada 49 22.0 Canada 11 Lawrence Ellison United States 62 21.5 United States 12 Liliane Bettencourt France 84 20.7 France 13 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 50 20.3 Saudi Arabia 14 Mukesh Ambani India 49 20.1 India 15 Karl Albrecht Germany 87 20.0 Germany 16 Roman Abramovich Russia 40 18.7 United Kingdom 17 Stefan Persson Sweden 59 18.4 Sweden 18 Anil Ambani India 47 18.2 India 19 Paul Allen United States 54 18.0 United States 20 Theo Albrecht Germany 84 17.5 Germany 21 Azim Premji India 61 17.1 India 22 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 79 17.0 Hong Kong 23 Jim Walton United States 59 16.8 United States 24 Christy Walton & family United States 52 16.7 United States 24 S Robson Walton United States 63 16.7 United States