List of billionaires (2007)

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This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on 8 March, 2007.^[1] There are altogether 946 billionaires on this list, with 178 newcomers and 17 returning after some period of absence. The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the closing stock prices and exchange rates on 9 February, 2007.

On 11 April, 2007, Forbes reported that telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim Helú had risen to become the world's second richest man.^[2] Later, the Wall Street Journal on 4 August, 2007 and Fortune Magazine on 6 August, 2007 reported that Carlos Slim Helú had topped Bill Gates' position as the wealthiest person in the world.^[3][4][5] Subsequently, on CNBC, Warren Buffett is referred to as the world's third richest man on the December 24 special on him. However, proper accounting methodology requires that all people on the list be ranked on the same date. This list reflects the ranking of the world's billionaires on 9 February, 2007, prior to Carlos Slim Helú becoming the world's richest man.

Due to exchange rates and stock valuations the real ranking is changing every day. The combined net worth of the list is US$3.5 trillion, a US$900 billion increase from 2006.^[6]

The world's wealthiest billionaires

Bill Gates in Poland cropped.jpg Bill Gates

Warren Buffett KU Visit.jpg Warren Buffett

Carlos Slim moustache.jpg Carlos Slim Helú

Ingvar Kamprad.jpg Ingvar Kamprad

Lakshmimittal22082006.jpg Lakshmi Mittal

[edit] Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on 9 February, 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.

#	Name	Net Worth	Citizenship	Source
1Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Bill Gates[7]	US$56.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Microsoft
2Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Warren Buffett[7]	US$52.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Investments
3Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Carlos Slim Helú[7]	US$49.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA
4Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Ingvar Kamprad	US$33.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	IKEA, IKANO, real estate
5Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Lakshmi Mittal	US$32.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Arcelor Mittal
6Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Sheldon Adelson	US$26.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Las Vegas Sands
7Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Bernard Arnault	US$26.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of France.svg France	LVMH
8Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Amancio Ortega	US$24.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Inditex Group, real estate
9Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Li Ka-shing	US$23.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
10Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	David Thomson and family	US$22.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	Thomson Corporation
11Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Lawrence Ellison	US$21.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Oracle Corporation
12Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Liliane Bettencourt	US$20.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of France.svg France	L'Oréal, Nestle
13Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	US$20.3 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup
14Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Mukesh Ambani	US$20.1 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Reliance Industries Ltd
15Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Karl Albrecht	US$20.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	ALDI
16Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Roman Abramovich	US$18.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Millhouse Capital
17Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Stefan Persson	US$18.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Hennes & Mauritz
18Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Anil Ambani	US$18.2 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
19Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Paul Allen	US$18.0 billion Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Microsoft, Vulcan Ventures, investment
20Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Theo Albrecht	US$17.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	ALDI, Trader Joes, Albertsons
21Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Azim Premji	US$17.1 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Wipro Technologies
22Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Lee Shau Kee	US$17.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Henderson Land Development
23Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Jim Walton	US$16.8 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Wal-Mart
24Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Christy Walton and family	US$16.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Wal-Mart inheritance
24Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	S. Robson Walton	US$16.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Wal-Mart
26Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Sergey Brin	US$16.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Google
26Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Larry Page	US$16.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Google
26Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Alice Walton	US$16.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Wal-Mart inheritance
29†[8]Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Helen Walton	US$16.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Wal-Mart inheritance
30Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Michael Dell	US$15.8 billion Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Dell, investment
31Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Steven Ballmer	US$15.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Microsoft
31Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Kirk Kerkorian	US$15.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Tracinda Corporation
31Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok	US$15.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	Sun Hung Kai & Company
34Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	François Pinault	US$14.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of France.svg France	PPR
35Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Suleiman Kerimov	US$14.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Gazprom, Sberbank
36Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Vladimir Lisin	US$14.3 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Novolipetsk Steel
37Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Jack C. Taylor and family	US$13.9 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
38Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Vladimir Potanin	US$13.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Interros
38Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Mikhail Prokhorov	US$13.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Interros
40Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Oleg Deripaska	US$13.3 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Rusal
40Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Michael Otto and family	US$13.3 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Otto GmbH
42Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Carl Icahn	US$13.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	TWA
42Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Abigail Johnson	US$13.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Fidelity Investments
44Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Adolf Merckle	US$12.8 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Phoenix Pharmahandel
45Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Barbara Cox Anthony	US$12.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Cox Enterprises
45Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Anne Cox Chambers	US$12.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Cox Enterprises
45Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Mikhail Fridman	US$12.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Alfa Group
48Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Vagit Alekperov	US$12.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	LUKoil
49Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Charles Koch	US$12.0 billion Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Koch Industries
49Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	David Koch	US$12.0 billion Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Koch Industries
51Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Silvio Berlusconi and family	US$11.8 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Fininvest
52Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Nasser Al-Kharafi and family	US$11.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	M. A. Kharafi & Sons
52Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Leonardo Del Vecchio	US$11.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Luxottica
54Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Alexei Mordashov	US$11.2 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Severstal
55Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Duke of Westminster and family	US$11.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	Grosvenor Group
55Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Spiro Latsis and family	US$11.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	EFG Bank European Financial Group
55Image:Straight Line Steady.svg	Birgit Rausing and family	US$11.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Tetra Laval
58Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Forrest Edward Mars, Jr.	US$10.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Mars, Incorporated
58Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Jacqueline Mars	US$10.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Mars, Incorporated
58Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	John Mars	US$10.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Mars, Incorporated
61Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Viktor Vekselberg	US$10.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Renova Group
62Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Serge Dassault and family	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Dassault Group
62Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Charles Ergen	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	EchoStar Communications Corporation
62Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Michele Ferrero and family	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Ferrero SpA
62Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Naguib Sawiris	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	Orascom Telecom Holding
62Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Kushal Pal Singh	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	DLF Group
62Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Alain and Gerard Wertheimer	US$10.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Chanel
68Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Susanne Klatten	US$9.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Altana, BMW
69Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Philip Knight	US$9.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Nike Inc.
69Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Sunil Mittal and family	US$9.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Bharti Telecom
71Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	John Kluge	US$9.1 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Metromedia
71Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Vladimir Yevtushenkov	US$9.1 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Sistema
73Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Rupert Murdoch	US$9.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	News Corporation
73Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Hans Rausing	US$9.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Tetra Laval
73Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Reinhold Würth	US$9.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Würth
76Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Ernesto Bertarelli	US$8.8 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Serono
76Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Pierre Omidyar	US$8.8 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	eBay
78Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler	US$8.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Schaeffler Group
79Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Rafael del Pino and family	US$8.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Ferrovial
80Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Donald Bren	US$8.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Irvine Company
80Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	George Kaiser	US$8.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	BOK Financial Corporation
80Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	George Soros	US$8.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Soros Fund Management
83Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Nikolai Tsvetkov	US$8.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Nikoil Financial
83Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	August von Finck	US$8.4 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Allianz
85Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Dan Duncan	US$8.2 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Enterprise Products
86Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Mohammed Al Amoudi	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	Corral Petroleum Holdings
86Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates	MashreqBank
86Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Kumar Birla	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Aditya Birla Group
86Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	German Khan	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Alfa Group
86Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Iskander Makhmudov	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya
86Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Sumner Redstone	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	National Amusements
86Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Shashi and Ravi Ruia	US$8.0 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of India.svg India	Essar
93Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Philip Anschutz	US$7.9 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	The Anschutz Corporation
93Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Galen Weston and family	US$7.9 billion Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods
95Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Enrique Bañuelos	US$7.7 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Astroc
96Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Stefan Quandt	US$7.6 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	BMW
97Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Maan Al-Sanea	US$7.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	Saad Group
97Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Edward Johnson III	US$7.5 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Fidelity Investments
99Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Sulaiman Al Rajhi	US$7.4 billion Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	Al-Rajhi Bank
100Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Donald Newhouse	US$7.3 billion Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Condé Nast Publications
100Image:Red Arrow Down.svg	Samuel Newhouse Jr	US$7.3 billion Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Condé Nast Publications

[edit] See also

• List of billionaires (2007) 102-946
• List of billionaires (2006)
• List of billionaires (2005)
• List of billionaires (2004)

[edit] References

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