The World's Billionaires In 2008

In The Order Of

RANK NAME CITIZENSHIP $BILLIONS


1 Warren Buffett United States 62.0

2 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 60.0

3 William Gates III United States 58.0

4 Lakshmi Mittal India 45.0

5 Mukesh Ambani India 43.0

6 Anil Ambani India 42.0

7 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 31.0

8 KP Singh India 30.0

9 Oleg Deripaska Russia 28.0

10 Kubilay Yilmaz Turkiye 27.0 (yeah right...my ass, more like $850)

10 Karl Albrecht Germany 27.0

11 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 26.5

12 Sheldon Adelson United States 26.0

13 Bernard Arnault France 25.5

14 Lawrence Ellison United States 25.0

15 Roman Abramovich Russia 23.5

16 Theo Albrecht Germany 23.0

17 Liliane Bettencourt France 22.9

18 Alexei Mordashov Russia 21.2

19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 21.0

20 Mikhail Fridman Russia 20.8

21 Vladimir Lisin Russia 20.3

22 Amancio Ortega Spain 20.2

23 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong 19.9

24 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 19.5

25 Vladimir Potanin Russia 19.3

26 Christy Walton & family United States 19.2

26 Jim Walton United States 19.2

26 S Robson Walton United States 19.2

29 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 19.0

29 Alice Walton United States 19.0

31 David Thomson & family Canada 18.9

32 Sergey Brin United States 18.7

33 Larry Page United States 18.6

34 Michael Otto & family Germany 18.2

35 Stefan Persson Sweden 17.7

36 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 17.5

37 Charles Koch United States 17.0

37 David Koch United States 17.0

39 Francois Pinault & family France 16.9

40 Michael Dell United States 16.4

41 Paul Allen United States 16.0

41 Kirk Kerkorian United States 16.0

43 Steven Ballmer United States 15.0

43 Abigail Johnson United States 15.0

43 Shashi & Ravi Ruia India 15.0

46 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family Kuwait 14.0

46 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family United Kingdom 14.0

46 Carl Icahn United States 14.0

46 Forrest Mars Jr United States 14.0

46 Jacqueline Mars United States 14.0

46 John Mars United States 14.0

46 Birgit Rausing & family Sweden 14.0

46 Jack Taylor & family United States 14.0

54 German Khan Russia 13.9

55 Susanne Klatten Germany 13.2

56 Vagit Alekperov Russia 13.0

56 Donald Bren United States 13.0

58 Alain & Gerard Wertheimer France 12.9

59 Dmitry Rybolovlev Russia 12.8

60 Azim Premji India 12.7

60 Naguib Sawiris Egypt 12.7

62 Anne Cox Chambers United States 12.6

63 Iskander Makhmudov Russia 11.9

64 Sunil Mittal & family India 11.8

65 Alexander Abramov Russia 11.5

65 Michael Bloomberg United States 11.5

67 Viktor Vekselberg Russia 11.2

68 Michele Ferrero & family Italy 11.0

68 George Kaiser United States 11.0

68 Spiro Latsis & family Greece 11.0

68 Nassef Sawiris Egypt 11.0

72 Alexei Kuzmichev Russia 10.8

73 Philip Knight United States 10.4

73 Viktor Rashnikov Russia 10.4

75 Ernesto Bertarelli Switzerland 10.3

76 Kumar Birla India 10.2

77 Leonardo Del Vecchio Italy 10.0

77 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family Brazil 10.0

77 Iris Fontbona & family Chile 10.0

77 Edward Johnson III United States 10.0

77 Hans Rausing Sweden 10.0

77 Vladimir Yevtushenkov Russia 10.0

77 Igor Zyuzin Russia 10.0

84 Serge Dassault & family France 9.9

85 Alberto Bailleres & family Mexico 9.8

86 Ramesh Chandra India 9.6

87 Charles Ergen United States 9.5

87 John Kluge United States 9.5

87 Ronald Perelman United States 9.5

90 Silvio Berlusconi & family Italy 9.4

91 Gautam Adani India 9.3

91 Petr Kellner Czech Republic 9.3

91 Alisher Usmanov Russia 9.3

94 Adolf Merckle Germany 9.2

94 August von Finck Germany 9.2

96 Onsi Sawiris Egypt 9.1

97 Mohammed Al Amoudi Saudi Arabia 9.0

97 Robert Kuok Malaysia 9.0

97 George Soros United States 9.0

100 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family United Arab Emirates 8.9

101 Joseph Safra Brazil 8.8

102 James Goodnight United States 8.7

102 Reinhard Mohn & family Germany 8.7

104 Donald Newhouse United States 8.5

104 Samuel Newhouse Jr United States 8.5

104 Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler Germany 8.5

107 Sulaiman Al Rajhi Saudi Arabia 8.4

107 Philip & Cristina Green United Kingdom 8.4

109 Rupert Murdoch United States 8.3

110 Jeffrey Bezos United States 8.2

110 Savitri Jindal & family India 8.2

112 Maan Al-Sanea Saudi Arabia 8.1

113 Leonard Blavatnik United States 8.0