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The page "List of billionaires (2007)" has been added to your watchlist, which will list edits to this page and its associated talk page. The page title will also appear in bold type in the list of recent changes. List of billionaires (2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search 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 people Bill Gates Warren Buffett Carlos Slim Helú Ingvar Kamprad 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 1▬ Bill Gates[7] US$56.0 billion ▲ United States Microsoft, Corbis 2▬ Warren Buffett[7] US$52.0 billion ▲ United States Investments 3▬ Carlos Slim Helú[7] US$49.0 billion ▲ Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA 4▬ Ingvar Kamprad US$33.0 billion ▲ Sweden IKEA, IKANO, real estate 5▬ Lakshmi Mittal US$32.0 billion ▲ India Arcelor Mittal 6▲ Sheldon Adelson US$26.5 billion ▲ United States Las Vegas Sands 7▬ Bernard Arnault US$26.0 billion ▲ France LVMH 8▲ Amancio Ortega US$24.0 billion ▲ Spain Inditex Group, real estate 9▲ Li Ka-shing US$23.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa 10▼ David Thomson and family US$22.0 billion ▲ Canada Thomson Corporation 11▲ Lawrence Ellison US$21.5 billion ▲ United States Oracle Corporation 12▲ Liliane Bettencourt US$20.7 billion ▲ France L'Oréal, Nestle 13▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud US$20.3 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup 14▲ Mukesh Ambani US$20.1 billion ▲ India Reliance Industries Ltd 15▼ Karl Albrecht US$20.0 billion ▲ Germany ALDI 16▼ Roman Abramovich US$18.7 billion ▲ Russia Millhouse Capital 17▲ Stefan Persson US$18.4 billion ▲ Sweden Hennes & Mauritz 18▲ Anil Ambani US$18.2 billion ▲ India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group 19▼ Paul Allen US$18.0 billion ▼ United States Microsoft, Vulcan Ventures, Portland Trailblazers, investment 20▲ Theo Albrecht US$17.5 billion ▲ Germany ALDI, Trader Joes, Albertsons 21▲ Azim Premji US$17.1 billion ▲ India Wipro Technologies 22▲ Lee Shau Kee US$17.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Henderson Land Development 23▼ Jim Walton US$16.8 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart 24▼ Christy Walton and family US$16.7 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance 24▼ S. Robson Walton US$16.7 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart 26▬ Sergey Brin US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Google 26▬ Larry Page US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Google 26▼ Alice Walton US$16.6 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance 29▼ Helen Walton†[8] US$16.4 billion ▲ United States Wal-Mart inheritance 30▼ Michael Dell US$15.8 billion ▼ United States Dell, investment 31▼ Steven Ballmer US$15.0 billion ▲ United States Microsoft 31▲ Kirk Kerkorian US$15.0 billion ▲ United States Tracinda Corporation 31▲ Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok US$15.0 billion ▲ Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai & Company 34▲ François Pinault US$14.5 billion ▲ France PPR 35▲ Suleiman Kerimov US$14.4 billion ▲ Russia Gazprom, Sberbank 36▲ Vladimir Lisin US$14.3 billion ▲ Russia Novolipetsk Steel 37▲ Jack C. Taylor and family US$13.9 billion ▲ United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car 38▲ Vladimir Potanin US$13.5 billion ▲ Russia Interros 38▲ Mikhail Prokhorov US$13.5 billion ▲ Russia Interros 40▲ Oleg Deripaska US$13.3 billion ▲ Russia Rusal 40▲ Michael Otto and family US$13.3 billion ▲ Germany Otto GmbH 42▲ Carl Icahn US$13.0 billion ▲ United States investments, TWA 42▼ Abigail Johnson US$13.0 billion ▲ United States Fidelity Investments 44▼ Adolf Merckle US$12.8 billion ▲ Germany Phoenix Pharmahandel 45▼ Barbara Cox Anthony US$12.6 billion ▲ United States Cox Enterprises 45▼ Anne Cox Chambers US$12.6 billion ▲ United States Cox Enterprises 45▲ Mikhail Fridman US$12.6 billion ▲ Russia Alfa Group 48▼ Vagit Alekperov US$12.4 billion ▲ Russia LUKoil 49▼ Charles Koch US$12.0 billion ▬ United States Koch Industries 49▼ David Koch US$12.0 billion ▬ United States Koch Industries 51▼ Silvio Berlusconi and family US$11.8 billion ▲ Italy Fininvest 52▼ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family US$11.5 billion ▲ Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons 52▼ Leonardo Del Vecchio US$11.5 billion ▲ Italy Luxottica 54▲ Alexei Mordashov US$11.2 billion ▲ Russia Severstal 55▲ Duke of Westminster and family US$11.0 billion ▲ United Kingdom Grosvenor Group 55▲ Spiro Latsis and family US$11.0 billion ▲ Greece EFG Bank European Financial Group 55▬ Birgit Rausing and family US$11.0 billion ▲ Sweden Tetra Laval 58▼ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated 58▼ Jacqueline Mars US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated 58▼ John Mars US$10.5 billion ▲ United States Mars, Incorporated 61▼ Viktor Vekselberg US$10.4 billion ▲ Russia Renova Group 62▼ Serge Dassault and family US$10.0 billion ▲ France Dassault Group 62▲ Charles Ergen US$10.0 billion ▲ United States EchoStar Communications Corporation 62▼ Michele Ferrero and family US$10.0 billion ▲ Italy Ferrero SpA 62▲ Naguib Sawiris US$10.0 billion ▲ Egypt Orascom Telecom Holding 62▲ Kushal Pal Singh US$10.0 billion ▲ India DLF Group 62▲ Alain and Gerard Wertheimer US$10.0 billion ▲ France Chanel 68▼ Susanne Klatten US$9.6 billion ▲ Germany Altana, BMW 69▲ Philip Knight US$9.5 billion ▲ United States Nike Inc. 69▲ Sunil Mittal and family US$9.5 billion ▲ India Bharti Telecom 71▼ John Kluge US$9.1 billion ▲ United States Metromedia 71▲ Vladimir Yevtushenkov US$9.1 billion ▲ Russia Sistema 73▲ Rupert Murdoch US$9.0 billion ▲ United States News Corporation 73▼ Hans Rausing US$9.0 billion ▲ Sweden Tetra Laval 73▼ Reinhold Würth US$9.0 billion ▲ Germany Würth 76▼ Ernesto Bertarelli US$8.8 billion ▲ Switzerland Serono 76▼ Pierre Omidyar US$8.8 billion ▲ United States eBay 78▲ Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler US$8.7 billion ▲ Germany Schaeffler Group 79▲ Rafael del Pino and family US$8.6 billion ▲ Spain Ferrovial 80▲ Donald Bren US$8.5 billion ▲ United States Irvine Company 80▲ George Kaiser US$8.5 billion ▲ United States BOK Financial Corporation 80▼ George Soros US$8.5 billion ▲ United States Soros Fund Management 83▲ Nikolai Tsvetkov US$8.4 billion ▲ Russia Nikoil Financial 83▼ August von Finck US$8.4 billion ▲ Germany Allianz 85▲ Dan Duncan US$8.2 billion ▲ United States Enterprise Products 86▼ Mohammed Al Amoudi US$8.0 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Corral Petroleum Holdings 86▼ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family US$8.0 billion ▲ United Arab Emirates MashreqBank 86▲ Kumar Birla US$8.0 billion ▲ India Aditya Birla Group 86▲ German Khan US$8.0 billion ▲ Russia Alfa Group 86▲ Iskander Makhmudov US$8.0 billion ▲ Russia Uralskaya Gorno-Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya 86▼ Sumner Redstone US$8.0 billion ▲ United States National Amusements 86▲ Shashi and Ravi Ruia US$8.0 billion ▲ India Essar 93▼ Philip Anschutz US$7.9 billion ▲ United States The Anschutz Corporation 93▼ Galen Weston and family US$7.9 billion ▼ Canada George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods 95▲ Enrique Bañuelos US$7.7 billion ▲ Spain Astroc 96▼ Stefan Quandt US$7.6 billion ▲ Germany BMW 97▲ Maan Al-Sanea US$7.5 billion ▲ Saudi Arabia Saad Group 97▼ Edward Johnson III US$7.5 billion ▲ United States Fidelity Investments 99▼ Sulaiman Al Rajhi US$7.4 billion ▼ Saudi Arabia Al-Rajhi Bank 100▼ Donald Newhouse US$7.3 billion ▼ United States Condé Nast Publications 100▼ Samuel Newhouse Jr US$7.3 billion ▲ 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 ^ "The World's Billionaires", Forbes, 8 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. ^ Coster, Helen. "Carlos Slim Helu Now World's Second-Richest Man", Forbes, 11 April, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. ^ Luhnow, David. "The Secrets of the World's Richest Man", The Wall Street Journal, 4 August, 2007, p. A1. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. ^ Mehta, Stephanie. "Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world", Fortune, 6 August, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-06. ^ Walsh, Fiona. "Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man", The Guardian, 2007-07-03. ^ Kroll, Luisa; Fass, Allison (Editors). "The World's Richest People", Forbes, 8 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. ^ a b c On 11 April, 2007, Forbes Magazine reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Warren Buffett to become the world's second richest person.[1] Later, in early August, 2007, the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine reported that Carlos Slim Helú had surpassed Aaru to become the world's richest person.[2][3] 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. ^ † Died since the publication of the Forbes list. 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1. I wish i had one million dollars, not the billions these people have..
2. That's an old list, it's from February 2007, Carlos Slim Helu is now worth around 67 billion dollars making him the richest man in the world now.
3. hey....im not on the list...there must be some mistake..lol