Top 10 Richest People
List of TOP TEN Richest People on Earth
Following are the 10 richest people
1. William Gates III
Net Worth: $40 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Microsoft
Age: 53
Citizenship: United States
Nationality: United States
2. Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $37 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 78
Citizenship: United States
Nationality: United States
3. Carlos Slim Helú
Net Worth: $35 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Telmex, América Móvil
Age: 69
Citizenship: Mexico
Nationality: Mexico
4. Lawrence Ellison
Net Worth: $22.5 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Oracle Corporation
Age: 64
Citizenship: United States
Nationality: United States
5. Ingvar Kamprad
Net Worth: $22 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: IKEA
Age: 83
Citizenship: Sweden
Nationality: Switzerland
6. Karl Albrecht
Net Worth: $21.5 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Aldi Süd
Age: 89
Citizenship: Germany
Nationality: Germany
7. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $19.5 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Reliance Industries
Age: 51
Citizenship: India
Nationality: India
8. Lakshmi Mittal
Net Worth: $19.3 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Arcelor Mittal
Age: 58
Citizenship: India
Nationality: United Kingdom
9. Theo Albrecht
Net Worth: $18.8 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's
Age: 87
Citizenship: Germany
Nationality: Germany
10. Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $18.3 Billiom
Sources of Wealth: Inditex Group
Age: 73
Citizenship: Spain
Nationality: Spain
Bonus
Here is something about the wealth of Google founders. Both of them are on the list of richest people.
Sergey Brin
Position: 26th richest
Net Worth: $12 Billion
Source of Wealth: Google
Age: 35
Citizenship: United States
Residence: United States
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Larry Page
Position: 26th richest
Net Worth: $12 Billion
Source of Wealth: Google
Age: 36
Citizenship: United States
Residence: United States
The Richest Have Lost Their Money TOO QUICKLY
Please note that the net worth of the above-mentioned richest people is as of March 2009. As You all know how recession has affected the lives and incomes of both the rich and the poor, similarly it has hurt these richest people quite badly and their incomes, share prices and the worth of their assets has dropped big time. The net worth of these people as mentioned in this article is not what it was a couple years back. Worth of Bill Gates's assets only is reduced by about 18 to 20 billion USD. Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim Helú lost $25 billion EACH!, and that too in just one year. The richest people have lost more money than we can imagine. Their collective net worth is $2.4 trillion, down $2 trillion from a year ago. Interestingly, out of 1125 billionaires who made Forbes list last year, 373 are no more on the list, mostly because they have lost the fortune they made due to recession which hit the world so bad.
