2007 List of the Top 50 World’s Richest People
Saturday, February 9th, 20081▬ Bill Gates (US$56.0 billion)
2▬ Warren Buffett (US$52.0 billion)
3▬ Carlos Slim Helú (US$49.0 billion)
4▬ Ingvar Kamprad (US$33.0 billion)
5▬ Lakshmi Mittal (US$32.0 billion)
6▲ Sheldon Adelson (US$26.5 billion)
7▬ Bernard Arnault (US$26.0 billion)
8▲ Amancio Ortega (US$24.0 billion)
9▲ Li Ka-shing (US$23.0 billion)
10▼ David Thomson and family (US$22.0 billion)
11▲ Lawrence Ellison (US$21.5 billion)
12▲ Liliane Bettencourt (US$20.7 billion)
13▼ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (US$20.3 billion)
14▲ Mukesh Ambani (US$20.1 billion)
15▼ Karl Albrecht (US$20.0 billion)
16▼ Roman Abramovich (US$18.7 billion)
17▲ Stefan Persson (US$18.4 billion)
18▲ Anil Ambani (US$18.2 billion)
19▼ Paul Allen (US$18.0 billion)
20▲ Theo Albrecht (US$17.5 billion)
21▲ Azim Premji (US$17.1 billion)
22▲ Lee Shau Kee (US$17.0 billion)
23▼ Jim Walton (US$16.8 billion)
24▼ Christy Walton and family (US$16.7 billion)
24▼ S. Robson Walton (US$16.7 billion)
26▬ Sergey Brin (US$16.6 billion)
26▬ Larry Page (US$16.6 billion)
26▼ Alice Walton (US$16.6 billion)
29▼ Helen Walton† (US$16.4 billion)
30▼ Michael Dell (US$15.8 billion)
31▼ Steven Ballmer (US$15.0 billion)
31▲ Kirk Kerkorian (US$15.0 billion)
31▲ Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok (US$15.0 billion)
34▲ François Pinault (US$14.5 billion)
35▲ Suleiman Kerimov (US$14.4 billion)
36▲ Vladimir Lisin (US$14.3 billion)
37▲ Jack C. Taylor and family (US$13.9 billion)
38▲ Vladimir Potanin (US$13.5 billion)
38▲ Mikhail Prokhorov (US$13.5 billion)
40▲ Oleg Deripaska (US$13.3 billion)
40▲ Michael Otto and family (US$13.3 billion)
42▲ Carl Icahn (US$13.0 billion)
42▼ Abigail Johnson (US$13.0 billion)
44▼ Adolf Merckle (US$12.8 billion)
45▼ Barbara Cox Anthony (US$12.6 billion)
45▼ Anne Cox Chambers (US$12.6 billion)
45▲ Mikhail Fridman (US$12.6 billion)
48▼ Vagit Alekperov (US$12.4 billion)
49▼ Charles Koch (US$12.0 billion)
49▼ David Koch (US$12.0 billion)
51▼ Silvio Berlusconi and family (US$11.8 billion)
52▼ Nasser Al-Kharafi and family (US$11.5 billion)
52▼ Leonardo Del Vecchio (US$11.5 billion)
54▲ Alexei Mordashov (US$11.2 billion)
55▲ Duke of Westminster and family (US$11.0 billion)
55▲ Spiro Latsis and family (US$11.0 billion)
55▬ Birgit Rausing and family (US$11.0 billion)
58▼ Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. (US$10.5 billion)
58▼ Jacqueline Mars (US$10.5 billion)
58▼ John Mars (US$10.5 billion)
61▼ Viktor Vekselberg (US$10.4 billion)
62▼ Serge Dassault and family (US$10.0 billion)
62▲ Charles Ergen (US$10.0 billion)
62▼ Michele Ferrero and family (US$10.0 billion)
62▲ Naguib Sawiris (US$10.0 billion)
62▲ Kushal Pal Singh (US$10.0 billion)
62▲ Alain and Gerard Wertheimer (US$10.0 billion)
68▼ Susanne Klatten (US$9.6 billion)
69▲ Philip Knight (US$9.5 billion)
69▲ Sunil Mittal and family (US$9.5 billion)
71▼ John Kluge (US$9.1 billion)
71▲ Vladimir Yevtushenkov (US$9.1 billion)
73▲ Rupert Murdoch (US$9.0 billion)
73▼ Hans Rausing (US$9.0 billion)
73▼ Reinhold Würth (US$9.0 billion)
76▼ Ernesto Bertarelli (US$8.8 billion)
76▼ Pierre Omidyar (US$8.8 billion)
78▲ Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler (US$8.7 billion)
79▲ Rafael del Pino and family (US$8.6 billion)
80▲ Donald Bren (US$8.5 billion)
80▲ George Kaiser (US$8.5 billion)
80▼ George Soros (US$8.5 billion)
83▲ Nikolai Tsvetkov (US$8.4 billion)
83▼ August von Finck (US$8.4 billion)
85▲ Dan Duncan (US$8.2 billion)
86▼ Mohammed Al Amoudi (US$8.0 billion)
86▼ Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family (US$8.0 billion)
86▲ Kumar Birla (US$8.0 billion)
86▲ German Khan (US$8.0 billion)
86▲ Iskander Makhmudov (US$8.0 billion)
86▼ Sumner Redstone (US$8.0 billion)
86▲ Shashi and Ravi Ruia (US$8.0 billion)
93▼ Philip Anschutz (US$7.9 billion)
93▼ Galen Weston and family (US$7.9 billion)
95▲ Enrique Bañuelos (US$7.7 billion)
96▼ Stefan Quandt (US$7.6 billion)
97▲ Maan Al-Sanea (US$7.5 billion)
97▼ Edward Johnson III (US$7.5 billion)
99▼ Sulaiman Al Rajhi (US$7.4 billion)
100▼ Donald Newhouse (US$7.3 billion)
100▼ Samuel Newhouse Jr (US$7.3 billion)