Top 100 Billionaires in the world in 2007
This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine in March 2007 including some revisions announced by Forbes later in 2007. There are altogether 946 billionaires on the original list with 178 newcomers and 17 returning.
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, with the second and third place rankings updated in April, 2007.
Though Carlos Slim Hel? is now listed in second place, due to exchange rates, stock valuations, and the overall impossibility of selling all shares at an equal price, the top three placeholders are statistically indistinguishable.
The combined net worth of the list is US$3.5 trillion, a US$900 billion increase from 2006.
| # | Name | Net Worth | Citizenship | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gates | US$56.0 billion | United States | Microsoft |
| 2 | Carlos Slim Hel? | US$53.1 billion | Mexico | Telmex, Am?rica M?vil, Grupo Carso |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | US$52.4 billion | United States | Berkshire Hathaway, Investments |
| 4 | Ingvar Kamprad | US$33.0 billion | Sweden | IKEA, 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 | Louis Vuitton |
| 8 | Amancio Ortega | US$24.0 billion | Spain | Inditex Group |
| 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'Or?al |
| 13 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | US$20.3 billion | Saudi Arabia | Kingdom Holding Company |
| 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 |
| 20 | Theo Albrecht | US$17.5 billion | Germany | ALDI |
| 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 |
| 24 | S. Robson Walton | US$16.7 billion | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 26 | Sergey Brin | US$16.6 billion | United States | |
| 26 | Larry Page | US$16.6 billion | United States | |
| 26 | Alice Walton | US$16.6 billion | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 29 | Helen Walton | US$16.4 billion | United States | Wal-Mart |
| 30 | Michael Dell | US$15.8 billion | United States | Dell |
| 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 | Fran?ois 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 | 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 Group |
| 55 | Birgit Rausing and family | US$11.0 billion | Switzerland | 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 |
| 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 W?rth | US$9.0 billion | Germany | W?rth |
| 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 Ethiopia |
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-Eco |
| 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 | Associated British Foods |
| 95 | Enrique Ba?uelos | 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 | Cond? Nast Publications |
| 100 | Samuel Newhouse Jr | US$7.3 billion | United States | Cond? Nast Publications |