Forbes Billionaires: Full List Of The World's 1OO Richest People
Bill Gates saw the potential in PCs before anyone else truly grasped the
commercial value of the concept. His foresight allowed him to build
Microsoft into a $400 billion behemoth, and made him a passionate
believer in the system that allowed him to do so. ”Some people, through
luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a
ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.
Capitalism has worked very well,” he said in 2010. To those not as
enraptured with capitalism, he offered a curt suggestion: “Anyone who
wants to move to North Korea is welcome.”
Capitalism has indeed worked well for Gates, who’s back on top of the
Forbes billionaires list for the first time in four years. It’s been
good to the other 1,645 people on the wealth ranking. Staggering
figures–record figures actually. Combined, the billionaires are worth
$6.4 trillion, a greater sum than any other Forbes has previously
calculated. Perhaps equally suggestive of the prosperous economic times
is the fact that 268 folks are joining the billionaire’s club for the
first time, the largest freshman class ever, beating the 226 newcomers
in 2008.To make digesting the ranking and our work easier, what follows is a simple list of the 500 richest. They’re collectively worth $4.4 trillion. Taken together, it is a roll of familiar names (people like Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump), as well unfamiliar ones. You’ll spot Jan Koum, the WhatsApp founder, and Alexander Vik, the financier who has enriched himself from every modern financial bubble and left in his wake countless scorned investors. And foreigners like Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the grandson of the Lego founder, and Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, one of the richest woman in the world thanks to her family stake’s in the eponymous beer company. All share a commonality: they too have made capitalism work very well.
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NAME
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NET WORTH
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SOURCE OF INCOME
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1. Bill Gates
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$76 B
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MICROSOFT
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2. Carlos Slim Helu & family
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$72 B
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TELECOM
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3. Amancio Ortega
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$64 B
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RETAIL
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4. Warren Buffett
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$ 58.2 B
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Berkshire Hathaway
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5. Larry Ellison
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$48 B
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ORACLE
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6. Charles Koch
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$40 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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6. David Koch
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$40 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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8. Sheldon Adelson
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$38 B
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CASINOS
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9. Christy Walton & family
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$36.7 B
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WAL-MART
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10. Jim Walton
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$34.7 B
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WAL-MART
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11. Liliane Bettencourt & family
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$34.5 B
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L’OREAL
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12. Stefan Persson
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$34.4 B
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H&M
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13. Alice Walton
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$34.3 B
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WAL MART
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14. S. Robson Walton
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$34.2 B
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WAL-MART
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15. Bernard Arnault & family
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$33.5 B
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LVMH
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16. Michael Bloomberg
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$33 B
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BLOOMBERG LP
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17. Larry Page
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$32.5 B
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GOOGLE
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18. Jeff Bezos
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$32 B
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AMAZON.COM
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19. Sergey Brin
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$31.8 B
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GOOGLE
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20. Li Ka-shing
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$31 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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21. Mark Zuckerberg
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$28.5 B
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FACEBOOK
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22. Michele Ferrero & family
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$26.5 B
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CHOCOLATES
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23. Aliko Dangote
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$25 B
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CEMENT,SUGAR,FLOUR
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23. Karl Albrecht
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$25 B
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RETAIL
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25. Carl Icahn
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$24.5 B
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INVESTMENTS
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26. George Soros
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$23 B
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HEDGE FUNDS
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27. David Thomson & family
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$22.5 B
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MEDIA
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28. Lui Che Woo
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$22 B
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CASINOS
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29. Dieter Schwarz
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$21.5 B
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RETAIL
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30. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
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$20.4 B
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INVESTMENTS
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31. Forrest Mars Jr
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$20 B
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CANDY
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31. Jacqueline Mars
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$20 B
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CANDY
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31. John Mars
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$20 B
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CANDY
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34. Jorge Paulo Lemann
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$19.7 B
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BEER
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35. Lee Shau Kee
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$19.6 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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36. Steve Ballmer
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$19.3 B
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MICROSOFT
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36. Theo Albrecht Jr & family
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$19.3 B
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ALDI,TRADER JOE’S
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38. Leonardo Del Vecchio
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$19.2 B
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EYEGLASSES
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39. Len Blavatnik
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$18.7 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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40. Mukesh Ambani
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$18.6 B
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PETROCHEMICALS, OIL & GAS
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40. Alisher Usmanov
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$18.6 B
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steel, telecom, investments
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42. Michael Otto & family
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$18.4 B
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retail, real estate
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42. Masayoshi Son
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$18.4 B
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internet, telecom
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42. Phil Knight
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$18.4 B
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NIKE
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45. Tadashi Yanai & family
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$17.9 B
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RETAIL
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46. Gina Rinehart
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$17.7 B
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MINING
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47. Mikhail Fridman
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$17.6 B
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OIL,BANKING,TELECOM
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48. Michael Dell
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$17.5 B
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DELL
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49. Susanne Klatten
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$17.4 B
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BMW, PHARMACEUTICALS
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50. Abigail Johnson
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$17.3 B
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MONEY MANAGEMENT
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51. Viktor Vekselberg
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$17.2 B
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METALS, ENERGY
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52. Lakshmi Mittal
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$16.7 B
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STEEL
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53. Vladimir Lisin
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$16.6 B
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STEEL, TRANSPORT
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54. Cheng Yu-tung
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$16.2 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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55. Joseph Safra
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$16 B
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BANKING
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56. Paul Allen
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$15.9 B
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MICROSOFT,INVESTMENT
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57. Leonid Mikhelson
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$15.6 B
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GAS,CHEMICALS
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58. Iris Fontbona & family
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$15.5 B
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MINING
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58. Anne Cox Chambers
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$15.5 B
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MEDIA
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58. Francois Pinault & family
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$15.5 B
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RETAIL
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61. Gennady Timchenko
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$15.5 B
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OIL&GAS
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61. Azim Premji
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$15.3 B
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SFTWARE
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61. Mohammed Al Amoudi
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$15.3 B
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OIL,DIVERSIFIED
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64. Wang Jianlin
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$15.1 B
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REAL ESTATE
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65. Charles Ergen
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$15 B
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DISH NETWORK
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66. Stefan Quandt
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$14.9 B
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BMW
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67. German Larrea Mota Velasco & family
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$ 14.7 B
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MINING
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68. Harold Hamm
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$14.6 B
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OIL&GAS
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69. Donald Bren
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$14.4 B
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REAL ESTATE
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69. Ray Dalio
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$14.4 B
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HEDGE FUNDS
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71. Georg Schaeffler
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$14.3 B
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BALL BEARINGS
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72. Luis Carlos Sarmiento
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$14.2 B
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BANKINGS
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73. Ronald Perelman
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$14 B
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LEVERAGED BUY OUTS
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73. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
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$14 B
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APPLE,DISNEY
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73. Serge Dassault & family
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$14 B
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AVIATION
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76. Vagit Alekperov
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$13.6 B
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LUKOIL
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76. John Fredriksen
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$13.6 B
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SHIPPING
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78. Rupert Murdoch & family
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$13.5 B
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MEDIA
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78. John Paulson
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$13.5 B
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HEDGE FUNDS
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80. Ma Huateng
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$13.4 B
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INTERNET MEDIA
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81. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
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$13 B
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REAL ESTATW
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82. Pallonji Mistry
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$12.8 B
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CONSTRUCTION
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82. Jack Taylor & family
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$12.8 B
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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86. Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family
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$12.6 B
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Real estate
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86. Vladimir Potanin
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$12.6 B
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Metals
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88. Rinat Akhmetov
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$12.5 b
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Steel,coal
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88. James Simons
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$12.5 B
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HEDGE FUNDS
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90. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family
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$12.4 B
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MINING
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91. Robin Li
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$12.1 B
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INTERNET SEARCH
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92. Ernesto Bertarelli & family
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$12 B
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BIOTEC, INVESTMENT
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92. Hans Rausing
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$12 B
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PACKING
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94. Zong Qinghou
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$11.6 B
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BEVERAGES
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95. Robert Kuok
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$11.5 B
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palm oil/shipping/property
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95. David & Simon Reuben
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$11.5 B
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investments, real estate
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97. Andrey Melnichenko
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$11.4 B
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coal, fertilizers
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97. Dhanin Chearavanont & family
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$11.4 B
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FOOD
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97. Henry Sy & family
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$11.4 B
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DIVERSIFIED
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100. German Khan
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$11.3 B
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oil, banking, telecom
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100. Ananda Krishnan
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$11.3 B
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TELECOMS
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