World’s Richest People for 2005
- Bill Gates - USA - $51.5 billion
- Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion
- Lakshmi Mittal - UK - $25.0 billion
- Carlos Slim Helú - Mexico - $23.8 billion
- Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Saudi Arabia - $23.7 billion
- Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion
- Karl Albrecht - Germany - $18.5 billion
- Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion
- S. Robson Walton - USA - $18.3 billion
- Jim Walton - USA - $18.2 billion
- Alice Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
- Helen Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
- The Lord Thomson of Fleet and family - Canada - $17.9 billion
- Liliane Bettencourt - France - $17.2 billion
- Bernard Arnault - France - $17.0 billion
- Michael Dell - USA - $16.0 billion
- Sheldon Adelson - USA - $15.6 billion (was 311 in 2004)
- Theo Albrecht - Germany - $15.5 billion
- Roman Abramovich - Russia - $13.3 billion (lives both in Russia and UK)
- Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong - $13.0 billion
- Amancio Ortega Gaona - Spain - $12.6 billion
- Steve Ballmer - USA - $12.1 billion
- Silvio Berlusconi - Italy - $12.0 billion
- Abigail Johnson - USA - $12.0 billion
- Barbara Cox Anthony - USA - $11.7 billion
- Anne Cox Chambers - USA - $11.7 billion
- Stefan Persson - Sweden - $11.2 billion
- John Kluge - USA - $11.0 billion
- Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok - Hong Kong - $10.9 billion
- Forrest Mars, Jr. - USA - $10.4 billion
- Jacqueline Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
- John Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
- Luciano Benetton and family - Italy - $9.9 billion
- Pierre Omidyar - USA - $9.9 billion
- Galen Weston and family - Canada - $9.9 billion
- Lee Shau Kee - Hong Kong - $9.3 billion
- Azim Premji - India - $9.3 billion
- Nasser Al-Kharafi and family - Kuwait - $9.0 billion
- Kirk Kerkorian - USA - $8.9 billion
- Sumner Redstone - USA - $8.8 billion
- Leonardo Del Vecchio - Italy - $8.5 billion
- Michele Ferrero and family - Belgium - $8.5 billion
- Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion
- Susanne Klatten - Germany - $8.2 billion
- Philip Knight - USA - $8.2 billion
- Hans Rausing - Sweden - $8.0 billion (living in UK)
- Serge Dassault and family - France - $7.8 billion
- Carl Icahn - USA - $7.8 billion
- Rupert Murdoch - USA - $7.8 billion
- Rudolf August Oetker and family - Germany - $7.7 billion
- Birgit Rausing and family - Sweden - $7.6 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Spiro Latsis and family - Greece - $7.5 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Sergey Brin - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
- Charles Ergen - USA - $7.2 billion
- Larry Page - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
- George Soros - USA - $7.2 billion
- Reinhold Würth - Germany - $7.2 billion
- Mukesh & Anil Ambani - India - $7.0 billion
- Mikhail Fridman - Russia - $7.0 billion
- Vladimir Lisin - Russia - $7.0 billion
- Donald Newhouse - USA - $7.0 billion
- Samuel Newhouse, Jr. - USA - $7.0 billion
- Adolf Merckle - Germany - $6.9 billion
- Stefan Quandt - Germany - $6.7 billion
- Micky Arison - USA - $6.5 billion
- Philip Green - UK - $6.3 billion
- Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler - Germany - $6.3 billion
- August von Finck - Germany - $6.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Eli Broad - USA - $6.1 billion
- Curt Engelhorn - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Friedrich Flick, Jr. - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Austria)
- Edward Johnson, III - USA - $6.0 billion
- Nicky Oppenheimer and family - South Africa - $6.0 billion
- Francois Pinault - France - $5.9 billion
- Philip Anschutz - USA - $5.8 billion
- Ernesto Bertarelli - Switzerland - $5.8 billion
- Nobutada Saji and family - Japan - $5.8 billion
- Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $5.6 billion
- Yoshitaka Fukuda and family - Japan - $5.6 billion
- The Duke of Westminster - UK - $5.6 billion
- Reinhard Mohn and family - Germany - $5.6 billion
- Shari Arison - Israel - $5.5 billion
- Oleg Deripaska - Russia - $5.5 billion
- Yasuo Takei and family - Japan - $5.5 billion
- Jean-Claude Decaux and family - France - $5.4 billion
- Antonia Johnson - Sweden - $5.4 billion
- Johanna Quandt - Germany - $5.4 billion
- Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller - Denmark - $5.3 billion
- Joseph & Moise Safra - Brazil - $5.2 billion
- Onsi Sawiris and family - Egypt - $5.2 billion
- Dan Duncan - USA - $5.1 billion
- Michael Bloomberg - USA - $5.0 billion
- Gustavo Cisneros and family - Venezuela - $5.0 billion
- Rafael del Pino and family - Spain - $5.0 billion
- Robert Kuok - Malaysia - $5.0 billion (living in Hong Kong)
- Hasso Plattner - Germany - $5.0 billion
- James Packer - Australia - $5.0 billion
- Jeffrey Skoll - Canada - $5.0 billion (living in USA)
- Viktor Vekselberg - Russia - $5.0 billion
- Ty Warner - USA - $5.0 billion
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken - Netherlands - $4.9 billion (living in UK)
- Eitaro Itoyama - Japan - $4.9 billion
- Rahmi Koç and family - Turkey - $4.9 billion
- Ronald Perelman - USA - $4.9 billion
- Karl-Heinz Kipp - Germany - $4.8 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Alexei Mordashov - Russia - $4.8 billion
- Jim Pattison - Canada - $4.8 billion
- Alain and Gerard Wertheimer - France - $4.8 billion
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and family - Netherlands - $4.7 billion
- Kunio Busujima and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
- Michael Kadoorie and family - Hong Kong - $4.7 billion
- Kyosuke Kinoshita and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
- Ferit Sahenk and family - Turkey - $4.7 billion
- Robert Bosch, Jr. and family - Germany - $4.6 billion
- Giorgio Armani - Italy - $4.5 billion
- David Geffen - USA - $4.4 billion
- James, Arthur and John Irving - Canada - $4.4 billion
- Fukuzo Iwasaki - Japan - $4.4 billion
- Vladimir Potanin - Russia - $4.4 billion
- Mikhail Prokhorov - Russia - $4.4 billion
- Vagit Alekperov - Russia - $4.3 billion
- Donald Bren - USA - $4.3 billion
- Walter Haefner - Switzerland - $4.3 billion
- Erivan Haub & family - Germany - $4.3 billion
- Kun-Hee Lee & family - South Korea - $4.3 billion
- Gordon Moore - USA - $4.3 billion
- Ross Perot and family - USA - $4.3 billion
- The Lord Sainsbury of Turville and family - UK - $4.3 billion
- Masayoshi Son - Japan - $4.3 billion
- William Wrigley, Jr. - USA - $4.3 billion
- John Abele - USA - $4.2 billion
- Cheng Yu-tung - Hong Kong - $4.2 billion
- Andrónico Luksic and family - Chile - $4.2 billion
- George Kaiser - USA - $4.2 billion
- Jeffrey Bezos - USA - $4.1 billion
- Lorenzo Mendoza and family - Venezuela - $4.1 billion
- Charles Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
- David Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
- Ananda Krishnan - Malaysia - $4.0 billion
- Kwek Leng Beng and family - Singapore - $4.0 billion
- James Sorenson - USA - $4.0 billion
- Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family - UAE - $3.9 billion
- Lester Crown and family - USA - $3.8 billion
- John Menard, Jr. - USA - $3.8 billion
- Thomas Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $3.8 billion
- Andreas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
- Thomas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
- Kumar Birla - India - $3.7 billion
- Yoshiaki Tsutsumi - Japan - $3.7 billion
- Jerónimo Arango - Mexico - $3.6 billion
- Bernie Ecclestone and family - UK - $3.6 billion
- Stanley Ho - Hong Kong - $3.6 billion
- Frank Lowy and family - Australia - $3.6 billion
- Victor Rashnikov - Russia - $3.6 billion
- Jørgen Mads Clausen and family - Denmark - $3.5 billion
- Willi and Isolde Liebherr and family - Switzerland - $3.5 billion
- Peter Nicholas - USA - $3.5 billion
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo - Colombia - $3.5 billion
- Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay - UK - $3.4 billion (living in Guernsey)
- Otto Beisheim - Germany - $3.4 billion (living in Switzerland)
- John Fredriksen - Norway - $3.4 billion
- Preston Robert Tisch - USA - $3.4 billion
- Robert Bass - USA - $3.3 billion
- Paul Desmarais - Canada - $3.3 billion
- Charles B. Johnson - USA - $3.3 billion
- Sunil Mittal - India - $3.3 billion
- Robert Rowling - USA - $3.3 billion
- Rainer and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck - Germany - $3.3 billion
- Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $3.2 billion
- Sir Richard Branson - UK - $3.2 billion
- William Cook - USA - $3.2 billion
- Aloysio de Andrade Faria - Brazil - $3.2 billion
- Rolf Gerling - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
- James Goodnight - USA - $3.2 billion
- Terry Gou - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.2 billion
- Maurice Greenberg - USA - $3.2 billion
- Klaus-Michael Kühne - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Leonard Lauder - USA - $3.2 billion
- Gérard Louis-Dreyfus and family - France - $3.2 billion (living in USA)
- Pallonji Mistry - India - $3.2 billion
- Akira Mori - Japan - $3.2 billion
- Madeleine Schickedanz - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Charles R. Schwab - USA - $3.2 billion
- Jack C. Taylor - USA - $3.2 billion
- Klaus Tschira - Germany - $3.2 billion
- Tadashi Yanai - Japan - $3.2 billion
- David Filo - USA - $3.1 billion
- Heidi Horten - Austria - $3.1 billion
- Sammy Ofer & Yuli Ofer - Israel - $3.1 billion
- Nina Wang - Hong Kong - $3.1 billion
- Y.C. Wang - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.1 billion
- Leslie Wexner - USA - $3.1 billion
- Richard DeVos - USA - $3.0 billion
- Henry Fok - Hong Kong - $3.0 billion
- Steve Jobs - USA - $3.0 billion
- Ann Walton Kroenke - USA - $3.0 billion
- George Lucas - USA - $3.0 billion
- Sergio Mantegazza - Switzerland - $3.0 billion
- Miuccia Prada and family - Italy - $3.0 billion
- Anton Schlecker - Germany - $3.0 billion
- Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi - Thailand - $3.0 billion
- Anacleto Angelini - Chile - $2.9 billion
- Masatoshi Ito - Japan - $2.9 billion
- Barbara Piasecka Johnson - USA - $2.9 billion (living in Monaco)
- Richard Schulze - USA - $2.9 billion
- Stefan Schörghuber - Germany - $2.9 billion
- Tsai Wan Tsai and family - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.9 billion
- Karl Wlaschek - Austria - $2.9 billion
- Khalid bin Mahfouz and family - Saudi Arabia - $2.8 billion
- Charles Bronfman - Canada - $2.8 billion
- William Davidson - USA - $2.8 billion
- Jesús de Polanco - Spain - $2.8 billion
- Rachman Halim and family - Indonesia - $2.8 billion
- Henry Hillman - USA - $2.8 billion
- Ralph Lauren - USA - $2.8 billion
- Stephan Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $2.8 billion
- Eric Schmidt - USA - $2.8 billion
- Alberto Baillères - Mexico - $2.7 billion
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr. - USA - $2.7 billion
- The Earl Cadogan and family - UK - $2.7 billion
- Otto Happel - Germany - $2.7 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Bradley Hughes - USA - $2.7 billion
- Ronald Lauder - USA - $2.7 billion
- Eliodoro Matte and family - Chile - $2.7 billion
- Luis Carlos Sarmiento - Colombia - $2.7 billion
- Steven Spielberg - USA - $2.7 billion
- Hubert Burda - Germany - $2.6 billion
- Michael Hilti and family - Liechtenstein - $2.6 billion
- Martha Rivers Ingram and family - USA - $2.6 billion
- Boris Ivanishvili - Russia - $2.6 billion (living in France)
- Rupert Johnson, Jr. - USA - $2.6 billion
- Saleh Kamel - Saudi Arabia - $2.6 billion
- Jorge Paulo Lemann - Brazil - $2.6 billion
- Lev Leviev - Israel - $2.6 billion
- Hugo Mann and family - Germany - $2.6 billion
- Ng Teng Fong and family - Singapore - $2.6 billion
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family - Mexico - $2.6 billion
- Yasumitsu Shigeta - Japan - $2.6 billion
- Takemitsu Takizaki - Japan - $2.6 billion
- Donald Trump - USA - $2.6 billion
- Jerry Yang - USA - $2.6 billion
- Mohammad Al Amoudi - Saudi Arabia - $2.5 billion
- Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte - Switzerland - $2.5 billion
- John Dorrance III - Ireland - $2.5 billion
- Antônio ErmÃrio de Moraes - Brazil - $2.5 billion
- Jeffrey Koo, Jr. - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.5 billion
- Esther Koplowitz - Spain - $2.5 billion
- Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Denmark - $2.5 billion
- Edward Lampert - USA - $2.5 billion
- Nancy Walton Laurie - USA - $2.5 billion
- Michael Lee-Chin - Canada - $2.5 billion
- David Rockefeller - USA - $2.5 billion
- Bernard Sherman - Canada - $2.5 billion
- James Simons - USA - $2.5 billion
- Leonard N. Stern - USA - $2.5 billion
- Michael Ying - Hong Kong - $2.5 billion
- Rinat Akhmetov - Ukraine - $2.4 billion
- Riley Bechtel - USA - $2.4 billion
- Stephen Bechtel, Jr. - USA - $2.4 billion
- Leonard Blavatnik - USA - $2.4 billion
- Martin Bouygues and family - France - $2.4 billion
- Michael Herz - Germany - $2.4 billion
- Lee Seng Wee and family - Singapore - $2.4 billion
- Lim Goh Tong - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
- Bernard Marcus - USA - $2.4 billion
- A. Jerrold Perenchio - USA - $2.4 billion
- Edward Rogers - Canada - $2.4 billion
- Teh Hong Piow - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy - USA - $2.4 billion
- Vladimir Yevtushenkov - Russia - $2.4 billion
- Alexander Abramov - Russia - $2.3 billion
- Vladimir Bogdanov - Russia - $2.3 billion
- Ronald Burkle - USA - $2.3 billion
- Clive Calder - UK - $2.3 billion (living in Cayman Islands)
- Jean-Louis Dumas and family - France - $2.3 billion
- Melinda Esterhazy - Austria - $2.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
- Tetsuro Funai - Japan - $2.3 billion
- Frits Goldschmeding - Netherlands - $2.3 billion
- Stein Erik Hagen - Norway - $2.3 billion
- Ray Hunt - USA - $2.3 billion
- Shiv Nadar - India - $2.3 billion
- Carl Pohlad - USA - $2.3 billion
- Quek Leng Chan and family - Malaysia - $2.3 billion
- Johann Rupert and family - South Africa - $2.3 billion
- Haim Saban - USA - $2.3 billion
- J. R. Simplot and family - USA - $2.3 billion
- Clemmie Spangler, Jr. - USA - $2.3 billion
- Friede Springer - Germany - $2.3 billion
- Wee Cho Yaw - Singapore - $2.3 billion
- Tadahiro Yoshida - Japan - $2.3 billion
- Vincent Bolloré - France - $2.2 billion
- Charles Butt - USA - $2.2 billion
- John Calamos - USA - $2.2 billion
- Wolfgang Herz - Germany - $2.2 billion
- Leona Helmsley - USA - $2.2 billion
- Amos Hostetter, Jr. - USA - $2.2 billion
- Ryoichi Jinnai and family - Japan - $2.2 billion
- Peter Kellogg - USA - $2.2 billion
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Russia - $2.0 billion
All funds are listed in US Dollars.