List of the 100 wealthiest people

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 list does not include heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth).

The world's wealthiest people

Warren Buffett

Carlos Slim Helú

Bill Gates

Lakshmi Mittal

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, and India and Germany with 56 each.

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No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Residence	Sources of wealth	Ref.
&0000000000000001.0000001▲	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$62.0 billion ▲	77	United States	United States	Berkshire Hathaway	[2]
&0000000000000002.0000002▲	Helú, Carlos SlimCarlos Slim Helú	$60.0 billion ▲	68	Mexico	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil	[2]
&0000000000000003.0000003▼	Gates, BillBill Gates	$58.0 billion ▲	52	United States	United States	Microsoft	[2]
&0000000000000004.0000004▲	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$45.0 billion ▲	57	India	United Kingdom	Arcelor Mittal	[3]
&0000000000000005.0000005▲	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$43.0 billion ▲	50	India	India	Reliance Industries	[3]
&0000000000000006.0000006▲	Ambani, AnilAnil Ambani	$42.0 billion ▲	48	India	India	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group	[3]
&0000000000000007.0000007▲	Akhmetov, Rinat Rinat Akhmetov	$31.1 billion ▲	41	Ukraine	Ukraine	SCM Holdings	[4][5][6]
&0000000000000008.0000008▼	Kamprad, IngvarIngvar Kamprad and family	$31.0 billion ▼	81	Sweden	Switzerland	IKEA	[3]
&0000000000000009.0000009▲	Pal Singh, KushalKushal Pal Singh	$30.0 billion ▲	76	India	India	DLF Group	[3]
&0000000000000010.00000010▲	Deripaska, OlegOleg Deripaska	$28.0 billion ▲	40	Russia	Russia	Rusal	[3]
&0000000000000011.00000011▲	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$27.0 billion ▲	88	Germany	Germany	Aldi Süd	[3]
&0000000000000012.00000012▼	Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing	$26.5 billion ▲	79	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa	[7]
&0000000000000013.00000013▼	Adelson, SheldonSheldon Adelson	$26.0 billion ▼	74	United States	United States	Las Vegas Sands	[8]
&0000000000000014.00000014▼	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$25.5 billion ▼	59	France	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton	[9]
&0000000000000015.00000015▼	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$25.0 billion ▲	63	United States	United States	Oracle Corporation	[2]
&0000000000000016.00000016▲	Abramovich, RomanRoman Abramovich	$23.5 billion ▲	41	Russia	United Kingdom	Millhouse Capital	[10]
&0000000000000017.00000017▲	Albrecht, TheoTheo Albrecht	$23.0 billion ▲	85	Germany	Germany	ALDI Nord, Trader Joe's	[11]
&0000000000000018.00000018▼	Bettencourt, LilianeLiliane Bettencourt	$22.9 billion ▲	85	France	France	L'Oréal	[2]
&0000000000000019.00000019▲	Mordashov, AlexeiAlexei Mordashov	$21.2 billion ▲	42	Russia	Russia	Severstal	[10]
&0000000000000020.00000020▼	Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed Bin TalalPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	$21.0 billion ▲	51	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup	[12]
&0000000000000021.00000021▲	Fridman, MikhailMikhail Fridman	$20.8 billion ▲	43	Russia	Russia	Alfa Group
&0000000000000022.00000022▲	Lisin, VladimirVladimir Lisin	$20.3 billion ▲	51	Russia	Russia	Novolipetsk Steel	[13]
&0000000000000023.00000023▼	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$20.2 billion ▼	72	Spain	Spain	Inditex Group	[14]
&0000000000000024.00000024▼	Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan HassanalSultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah[discuss]	$20.0 billion ▲	62	Brunei	Brunei	Brunei Shell Petroleum	[15]
&0000000000000025.00000025▲	Kwok, RaymondRaymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok	$19.9 billion ▲	56, 57, and 58	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Sun Hung Kai
&0000000000000026.00000026▲	Prokhorov, MikhailMikhail Prokhorov	$19.5 billion ▲	42	Russia	Russia	Interros	[13]
&0000000000000027.00000027▲	Potanin, VladimirVladimir Potanin	$19.3 billion ▲	47	Russia	Russia	Interros	[13]
&0000000000000028.00000028▼	Walton, ChristyChristy Walton	$19.2 billion ▲	53	United States	United States	Wal-Mart	[16]
&0000000000000029.00000029▼	Walton, JimJim Walton	$19.2 billion ▲	60	United States	United States	Wal-Mart	[16]
&0000000000000029.00000029▼	Walton, S. RobsonS. Robson Walton	$19.2 billion ▲	64	United States	United States	Wal-Mart	[16]
&0000000000000031.00000031▲	Kee, Lee ShauLee Shau Kee	$19.0 billion ▲	80	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Henderson Land Development
&0000000000000031.00000031▼	Walton, AliceAlice Walton	$19.0 billion ▲	58	United States	United States	Wal-Mart	[16]
&0000000000000033.00000033▼	Thomson, DavidDavid Thomson and family	$18.9 billion ▼	50	Canada	Canada	The Thomson Corporation	[17]
&0000000000000034.00000034▼	Brin, SergeySergey Brin	$18.7 billion ▲	34	United States	United States	Google	[2]
&0000000000000035.00000035▼	Page, LarryLarry Page	$18.6 billion ▲	35	United States	United States	Google	[2]
&0000000000000036.00000036▲	Otto, MichaelMichael Otto and family	$18.2 billion ▲	64	Germany	Germany	Otto GmbH
&0000000000000037.00000037▼	Persson, StefanStefan Persson	$17.7 billion ▼	60	Sweden	Sweden	Hennes & Mauritz
&0000000000000038.00000038▼	Kerimov, SuleymanSuleyman Kerimov	$17.5 billion ▲	42	Russia	Russia	Gazprom, Sberbank
&0000000000000039.00000039▲	Koch, CharlesCharles Koch	$17.0 billion ▲	72	United States	United States	Koch Industries	[18]
&0000000000000040.00000040▲	Koch, David H.David H. Koch	$17.0 billion ▲	67	United States	United States	Koch Industries	[18]
&0000000000000041.00000041▼	Pinault, FrançoisFrançois Pinault and family	$16.9 billion ▲	71	France	France	PPR
&0000000000000042.00000042▼	Dell, MichaelMichael Dell	$16.4 billion ▲	43	United States	United States	Dell
&0000000000000043.00000043▼	Allen, PaulPaul Allen	$16.0 billion ▼	55	United States	United States	Microsoft	[12]
&0000000000000043.00000043▼	Kerkorian, KirkKirk Kerkorian	$16.0 billion ▲	90	United States	United States	Tracinda Corporation	[8]
&0000000000000045.00000045▼	Ballmer, StevenSteven Ballmer	$15.0 billion ▬	52	United States	United States	Microsoft	[19]
&0000000000000045.00000045▼	Johnson, AbigailAbigail Johnson	$15.0 billion ▲	46	United States	United States	Fidelity Investments
&0000000000000045.00000045▲	Ruia, ShashiShashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia	$15.0 billion ▲		India	India	Essar
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Al-Kharafi, NasserNasser Al-Kharafi and family	$14.0 billion ▲	64	Kuwait	Kuwait	M. A. Kharafi & Sons
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Westminster, The Duke ofThe Duke of Westminster and family	$14.0 billion ▲	56	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Grosvenor Group	[20]
&0000000000000048.00000048▼	Icahn, CarlCarl Icahn	$14.0 billion ▲	72	United States	United States	American Car and Foundry Company	[8]
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Mars, Jr., Forrest EdwardForrest Edward Mars, Jr.	$14.0 billion ▲	76	United States	United States	Mars, Incorporated	[8]
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Mars, JacquelineJacqueline Mars	$14.0 billion ▲	68	United States	United States	Mars, Incorporated	[8]
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Mars, JohnJohn Mars	$14.0 billion ▲	71	United States	United States	Mars, Incorporated	[8]
&0000000000000048.00000048▲	Rausing, BirgitBirgit Rausing and family	$14.0 billion ▲	84	Sweden	Switzerland	Tetra Laval
&0000000000000048.00000048▼	Taylor, Jack C.Jack C. Taylor and family	$14.0 billion ▲	85	United States	United States	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
&0000000000000056.00000056▲	Khan, GermanGerman Khan	$13.9 billion ▲	46	Russia	Russia	TNK-BP
&0000000000000057.00000057▲	Klatten, SusanneSusanne Klatten	$13.2 billion ▲	45	Germany	Germany	BMW
&0000000000000058.00000058▼	Alekperov, VagitVagit Alekperov	$13.0 billion ▲	57	Russia	Russia	LUKoil
&0000000000000059.00000059▲	Bren, DonaldDonald Bren	$13.0 billion ▲	75	United States	United States	Irvine Company
&0000000000000060.00000060▲	Wertheimer, AlainAlain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer	$12.9 billion ▲	59 and 58	France	United States	Chanel
&0000000000000061.00000061▲	Rybolovlev, DmitryDmitry Rybolovlev	$12.8 billion ▲	41	Russia	Russia	Uralkali
&0000000000000062.00000062▼	Premji, AzimAzim Premji	$12.7 billion ▼	62	India	India	Wipro Technologies
&0000000000000063.00000063▲	Sawiris, NaguibNaguib Sawiris	$12.7 billion ▲	53	Egypt	Egypt	Orascom Telecom Holding
&0000000000000064.00000064▼	Chambers, Anne CoxAnne Cox Chambers	$12.6 billion ▬	88	United States	United States	Cox Enterprises
&0000000000000065.00000065▲	Makhmudov, IskanderIskander Makhmudov	$11.9 billion ▲	44	Russia	Russia	Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
&0000000000000066.00000066▲	Mittal, SunilSunil Mittal and family	$11.8 billion ▲	50	India	India	Bharti Airtel
&0000000000000067.00000067▲	Abramov, AlexanderAlexander Abramov	$11.5 billion ▲	49	Russia	Russia	Evraz Group
&0000000000000068.00000068▲	Bloomberg, MichaelMichael Bloomberg	$11.5 billion ▲	66	United States	United States	Bloomberg L.P.	[14]
&0000000000000069.00000069▼	Vekselberg, ViktorViktor Vekselberg	$11.2 billion ▲	50	Russia	Russia	Renova Group
&0000000000000070.00000070▼	Ferrero, MicheleMichele Ferrero and family	$11.0 billion ▲	81	Italy	Monaco	Ferrero SpA
&0000000000000070.00000070▲	Kaiser, GeorgeGeorge Kaiser	$11.0 billion ▲	65	United States	United States	BOK Financial Corporation
&0000000000000070.00000070▼	Latsis, SpiroSpiro Latsis and family	$11.0 billion ▬	61	Greece	Switzerland	EFG Bank European Financial Group
&0000000000000070.00000070▲	Sawiris, NassefNassef Sawiris	$11.0 billion ▲	46	Egypt	Egypt	Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
&0000000000000074.00000074▲	Kuzmichov, AlexeiAlexei Kuzmichov	$10.8 billion ▲	45	Russia	Russia	Alfa Group
&0000000000000075.00000075▲	Knight, PhilipPhilip Knight	$10.4 billion ▲	70	United States	United States	Nike
&0000000000000075.00000075▲	Rashnikov, ViktorViktor Rashnikov	$10.4 billion ▲	59	Russia	Russia	Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
&0000000000000077.00000077▲	Bertarelli, ErnestoErnesto Bertarelli	$10.3 billion ▲	42	Switzerland	Switzerland	Serono
&0000000000000078.00000078▲	Mangalam Birla, KumarKumar Mangalam Birla	$10.2 billion ▲	40	India	India	Aditya Birla Group
&0000000000000079.00000079▼	Vecchio, Leonardo DelLeonardo Del Vecchio	$10.0 billion ▼	72	Italy	Italy	Luxottica
&0000000000000079.00000079▲	Moraes, Antônio Ermírio deAntônio Ermírio de Moraes and family	$10.0 billion ▲	79	Brazil	Brazil	Votorantim Group
&0000000000000079.00000079▲	Fontbona, IrisIris Fontbona and family	$10.0 billion ▲		Chile	Chile	Antofagasta PLC, Quiñenco
&0000000000000079.00000079▲	Johnson, III, EdwardEdward Johnson, III	$10.0 billion ▲	77	United States	United States	Fidelity Investments
&0000000000000079.00000079▼	Rausing, HansHans Rausing	$10.0 billion ▲	82	Sweden	United Kingdom	Tetra Laval	[20]
&0000000000000079.00000079▼	Yevtushenkov, VladimirVladimir Yevtushenkov	$10.0 billion ▲	59	Russia	Russia	Sistema
&0000000000000079.00000079▲	Zyuzin, IgorIgor Zyuzin	$10.0 billion ▲	47	Russia	Russia	Mechel
&0000000000000086.00000086▼	Dassault, SergeSerge Dassault and family	$9.9 billion ▼	82	France	France	Dassault Group
&0000000000000087.00000087▲	Baillères, AlbertoAlberto Baillères	$9.8 billion ▲	75	Mexico	Mexico	Grupo Bal
&0000000000000088.00000088▲	Chandra, RameshRamesh Chandra	$9.6 billion ▲	68	India	India	Unitech Group
&0000000000000089.00000089▼	Ergen, CharlesCharles Ergen	$9.5 billion ▼	55	United States	United States	Dish Network Corporation
&0000000000000089.00000089▼	Kluge, JohnJohn Kluge	$9.5 billion ▲	93	United States	United States	Metromedia	[14]
&0000000000000089.00000089▲	Perelman, RonaldRonald Perelman	$9.5 billion ▲	65	United States	United States	Revlon
&0000000000000092.00000092▼	Berlusconi, SilvioSilvio Berlusconi and family	$9.4 billion ▼	71	Italy	Italy	Fininvest
&0000000000000093.00000093▲	Adani, GautamGautam Adani	$9.3 billion ▲	45	India	India	Adani Group	[7]
&0000000000000093.00000093▲	Kellner, PetrPetr Kellner	$9.3 billion ▲	43	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	PPF Group
&0000000000000093.00000093▲	Usmanov, AlisherAlisher Usmanov	$9.3 billion ▲	54	Russia	Russia	Metalloinvest
&0000000000000096.00000096▼	Merckle, AdolfAdolf Merckle	$9.2 billion ▼	73	Germany	Germany	Phoenix Pharmahandel
&0000000000000096.00000096▼	Finck, Jr., August vonAugust von Finck, Jr.	$9.2 billion ▲	78	Germany	Switzerland	Allianz
&0000000000000096.00000096▲	Bakrie, AburizalAburizal Bakrie	$9.2 billion ▲	61	Indonesia	Indonesia	PT Lapindo Brantas
&0000000000000099.00000099▲	Sawiris, OnsiOnsi Sawiris	$9.1 billion ▲	78	Egypt	Egypt	Orascom Telecom Holding
&0000000000000099.00000099▼	Al Amoudi, MohammedMohammed Al Amoudi	$9.1 billion ▲	62	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Corral Petroleum Holdings
&0000000000000101.000000101▲	Kuok, RobertRobert Kuok	$9.0 billion ▲	84	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Perlis Plantations Bhd
&0000000000000101.000000101▼	Soros, GeorgeGeorge Soros	$9.0 billion ▲	77	United States	United States	Soros Fund Management