The 100 World's Billionaires

RankNameNet WorthAgeSourceCountry of Citizenship
1Carlos Slim Helu

Carlos Slim Helu & family

$74 B71telecomMexico
2Bill Gates

Bill Gates

$56 B55MicrosoftUnited States
3Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

$50 B80Berkshire HathawayUnited States
4Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault

$41 B62LVMHFrance
5Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

$39.5 B67OracleUnited States
6Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi Mittal

$31.1 B61SteelIndia
7Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega

$31 B75ZaraSpain
8Eike Batista

Eike Batista

$30 B54mining, oilBrazil
9Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani

$27 B54petrochemicals, oil & gasIndia
10Christy Walton

Christy Walton & family

$26.5 B56WalmartUnited States
11Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing

$26 B83DiversifiedHong Kong
12Karl Albrecht

Karl Albrecht

$25.5 B91AldiGermany
13Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson

$24.5 B63H&MSweden
14Vladimir Lisin

Vladimir Lisin

$24 B55SteelRussia
15Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt

$23.5 B88L'OrealFrance
16Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson

$23.3 B78casinosUnited States
17David Thomson

David Thomson & family

$23 B54mediaCanada
18Charles Koch

Charles Koch

$22 B75DiversifiedUnited States
18David Koch

David Koch

$22 B71DiversifiedUnited States
20Jim Walton

Jim Walton

$21.3 B63WalmartUnited States
21Alice Walton

Alice Walton

$21.2 B61WalmartUnited States
22S. Robson Walton

S. Robson Walton

$21 B67WalmartUnited States
23Thomas & Raymond Kwok

Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family

$20 BN/Areal estateHong Kong
24Larry Page

Larry Page

$19.8 B38GoogleUnited States
24Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin

$19.8 B37GoogleUnited States
26Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

$19.6 B56InvestmentsSaudi Arabia
27Iris Fontbona

Iris Fontbona & family

$19.2 BN/AMiningChile
28Lee Shau Kee

Lee Shau Kee

$19 B83real estateHong Kong
29Alexei Mordashov

Alexei Mordashov

$18.5 B45SteelRussia
30Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

$18.1 B69BloombergUnited States
30Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

$18.1 B47AmazonUnited States
32Michele Ferrero

Michele Ferrero & family

$18 B84chocolatesItaly
32Mikhail Prokhorov

Mikhail Prokhorov

$18 B46InvestmentsRussia
34Vladimir Potanin

Vladimir Potanin

$17.8 B50nonferrous metalsRussia
35Alisher Usmanov

Alisher Usmanov

$17.7 B57steel, telecom, stocksRussia
36Azim Premji

Azim Premji

$16.8 B66SoftwareIndia
36Oleg Deripaska

Oleg Deripaska

$16.8 B43aluminumRussia
38Michael Otto

Michael Otto & family

$16.6 B68RetailGermany
39Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Akhmetov

$16 B44steel, coal minesUkraine
39German Larrea Mota Velasco

German Larrea Mota Velasco & family

$16 B57MiningMexico
39John Paulson

John Paulson

$16 B55hedge fundsUnited States
42Shashi & Ravi Ruia

Shashi & Ravi Ruia

$15.8 B67DiversifiedIndia
43Mikhail Fridman

Mikhail Fridman

$15.1 B47oil, banking, telecomRussia
44Michael Dell

Michael Dell

$14.6 B46DellUnited States
44Susanne Klatten

Susanne Klatten

$14.6 B49BMW, pharmaceuticalsGermany
46Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer

$14.5 B55MicrosoftUnited States
46George Soros

George Soros

$14.5 B81hedge fundsUnited States
48Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht

Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family

$14.4 BN/AAldi, Trader JoesGermany
49Birgit Rausing

Birgit Rausing & family

$14 B87packagingSweden
50Vagit Alekperov

Vagit Alekperov

$13.9 B60LukoilRussia
51Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote

$13.8 B54sugar, flour, cementNigeria
52Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

$13.5 B27FacebookUnited States
53Anne Cox Chambers

Anne Cox Chambers

$13.4 B91Cox EnterprisesUnited States
53Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich

$13.4 B44steel, investmentsRussia
55Jorge Paulo Lemann

Jorge Paulo Lemann

$13.3 B71beerBrazil
56Savitri Jindal

Savitri Jindal & family

$13.2 B61SteelIndia
57Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family

$13 B59real estateUnited Kingdom
57Paul Allen

Paul Allen

$13 B58Microsoft, investmentsUnited States
57Viktor Vekselberg

Viktor Vekselberg

$13 B54oil, metalsRussia
60Phil Knight

Phil Knight

$12.7 B73NikeUnited States
61Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn

$12.5 B75leveraged buyoutsUnited States
61Robert Kuok

Robert Kuok

$12.5 B87DiversifiedMalaysia
63Mohammed Al Amoudi

Mohammed Al Amoudi

$12.3 B66oilSaudi Arabia
64Donald Bren

Donald Bren

$12 B79real estateUnited States
64Ronald Perelman

Ronald Perelman

$12 B68leveraged buyoutsUnited States
66Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez

Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family

$11.9 B79MiningMexico
67Francois Pinault

Francois Pinault & family

$11.5 B74RetailFrance
68Joseph Safra

Joseph Safra

$11.4 B72bankingBrazil
69Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson

$11.3 B49FidelityUnited States
70Viktor Rashnikov

Viktor Rashnikov

$11.2 B62SteelRussia
71Leonardo Del Vecchio

Leonardo Del Vecchio

$11 B76eyewearItaly
72John Fredriksen

John Fredriksen

$10.7 B66shippingCyprus
72Stefan Quandt

Stefan Quandt

$10.7 B45BMWGermany
74James Simons

James Simons

$10.6 B73hedge fundsUnited States
75Luis Carlos Sarmiento

Luis Carlos Sarmiento

$10.5 B78bankingColombia
75Horst Paulmann

Horst Paulmann & family

$10.5 B76RetailChile
77Nasser Al-Kharafi

Nasser Al-Kharafi & family

$10.4 B68constructionKuwait
77Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte

Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte

$10.4 BN/ApaperChile
79Sammy Ofer

Sammy Ofer & family

$10.3 B89shippingIsrael
80Len Blavatnik

Len Blavatnik

$10.1 B54Access IndustriesUnited States
81Forrest Mars

Forrest Mars

$10 B80candy, pet foodUnited States
81Klaus-Michael Kuhne

Klaus-Michael Kuhne

$10 B74shippingGermany
81John Mars

John Mars

$10 B75candy, pet foodUnited States
81Jacqueline Mars

Jacqueline Mars

$10 B71candy, pet foodUnited States
81Hans Rausing

Hans Rausing

$10 B85packagingSweden
81Ernesto Bertarelli

Ernesto Bertarelli & family

$10 B45biotechSwitzerland
81Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani

$10 B49commodities, infrastructureIndia
88Iskander Makhmudov

Iskander Makhmudov

$9.9 B47mining, metals, machineryRussia
89Johanna Quandt

Johanna Quandt

$9.8 B85BMWGermany
89Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler

Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler

$9.8 BN/Aball bearingsGermany
89George Kaiser

George Kaiser

$9.8 B69oil & gas, bankingUnited States
92German Khan

German Khan

$9.6 B49oil, banking, telecomRussia
93Dmitry Rybolovlev

Dmitry Rybolovlev

$9.5 B44fertilizerRussia
93Ananda Krishnan

Ananda Krishnan

$9.5 B73telecomMalaysia
95Robin Li

Robin Li

$9.4 B42InternetChina
96Serge Dassault

Serge Dassault & family

$9.3 B86aviationFrance
97Kumar Birla

Kumar Birla

$9.2 B44commoditiesIndia
97Petr Kellner

Petr Kellner

$9.2 B47insuranceCzech Republic
99Leonid Mikhelson

Leonid Mikhelson

$9.1 B56Natural gasRussia
100Cheng Yu-tung

Cheng Yu-tung

$9 B86real estateHong Kong