TOP 20 WORLD BILLIONAIRES

Ranking of world's billionaires by Forbes

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The ranking of the world's richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.

Listings where the home country is United States are for American citizens living abroad.
NAME CONTRY AGE WEALTH SOURCE
1. William Gates III, Washington, 50, $50, Microsoft

2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 75, $42 Berkshire Hathaway

3. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 66, $30, telecom

4. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden, 79, $28, Ikea

5. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 55, $23.5, steel

6. Paul Allen, Washington, 53, $22, Microsoft, investments

7. Bernard Arnault, France, 57, $21.5, LVMH

8. Prince Alwaleed Saudi Arabia 49 $20, Investmensts
Bin Talal Alsaud,

9. Kenneth Thomson Canada 82 $19.6 Publishing
and family,

10. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 77, $18.8, diversified

11. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 39, $18.2, oil

12. Michael Dell, Texas, 41, $17.1, Dell

13. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 86, $17, supermarkets

14. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 72, $16.1, casinos, hotels

15. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 83, $16, L'Oreal

16. Lawrence Ellison, California, 61, $16, Oracle

17. Christy Walton, Wyoming, 51, $15.9, Wal-Mart inheritance

18. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 58, $15.9, Wal-Mart

19. S. Robson Walton, Arkansas, 62, $15.8, Wal-Mart

20. Alice Walton, Texas, 56, $15.7, Wal-Mart
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