2006 List of the Top 50 World’s Richest People
Sunday, August 6th, 2006The following is a list of billionaires, in United States dollars, worldwide for 2006 compiled by Forbes, not including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth). In 2006, there are 793 billionaires from 49 countries, with more than half being in the United States and Germany. 2006 saw an increase in billionaires from Russia, India, and Brazil mainly due to economic growth in those countries.
- Bill Gates ($50 billion)
- Warren Buffett ($42 billion)
- Carlos Slim Helú ($30 billion)
- Ingvar Kamprad ($28 billion)
- Lakshmi Mittal ($23.5 billion)
- Paul Allen ($22 billion)
- Bernard Arnault ($21.5 billion)
- Prince Alwaleed ($20 billion)
- The Lord Thomson of Fleet ($19.6 billion)
- Li Ka-shing ($18.8 billion)
- Roman Abramovich ($18.2 billion)
- Michael Dell ($17.1 billion)
- Karl Albrecht ($17 billion)
- Sheldon Adelson ($16.1 billion)
- Liliane Bettencourt ($16 billion)
- Lawrence Ellison ($16 billion)
- Christy Walton ($15.9 billion)
- Jim Walton ($15.9 billion)
- S. Robson Walton ($15.8 billion)
- Alice Walton ($15.7 billion)
- Helen Walton ($15.6 billion)
- Theo Albrecht ($15.2 billion)
- Amancio Ortega ($14.8 billion)
- Steven Ballmer ($13.6 billion)
- Azim Premji ($13.3 billion)
- Sergey Brin ($12.9 billion)
- Larry Page ($12.8 billion)
- Abigail Johnson ($12.5 billion)
- Nasser Al-Kharafi & family ($12.4 billion)
- Barbara Cox Anthony ($12.4 billion)
- Anne Cox Chambers ($12.4 billion)
- Stefan Persson ($12.3 billion)
- Charles Koch ($12 billion)
- David H. Koch ($12 billion)
- Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok ($11.6 billion)
- Adolf Merckle ($11.5 billion)
- Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi ($11 billion)
- Vagit Alekperov ($11 billion)
- Silvio Berlusconi ($11 billion)
- Lee Shau Kee ($11 billion)
- Vladimir Lisin ($10.7 billion)
- Michael Otto & family ($10.4 billion)
- Pierre Omidyar ($10.1 billion)
- Leonardo Del Vecchio ($10 billion)
- Michele Ferrero & family ($10 billion)
- Forrest Mars Jr. ($10 billion)
- Jacqueline Mars ($10 billion)
- John Mars ($10 billion)
- Viktor Vekselberg ($10 billion)
- Mikhail Fridman ($9.7 billion)