The World's Billionaires 2009

on Saturday 14 March 2009

The World's Billionaires 2009

Sadly to announce, JY's idol has dropped to second while the Microsoft ex-CEO regain the pride back to the first spot in the world. Even supermarket earns a fortune. Walton's family - the founder of Wal-Mart.

Data from forbes.com

RankNameCitizenshipAgeNet Worth ($bil)Residence
1 William Gates III United States 53 40.0 United States
2 Warren Buffett United States 78 37.0 United States
3 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 69 35.0 Mexico
4 Lawrence Ellison United States 64 22.5 United States
5 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 83 22.0 Switzerland
6 Karl Albrecht Germany 89 21.5 Germany
7 Mukesh Ambani India 51 19.5 India
8 Lakshmi Mittal India 58 19.3 United Kingdom
9 Theo Albrecht Germany 87 18.8 Germany
10 Amancio Ortega Spain 73 18.3 Spain
11 Jim Walton United States 61 17.8 United States
12 Alice Walton United States 59 17.6 United States
12 S Robson Walton United States 65 17.6 United States
12 Christy Walton & family United States 54 17.6 United States
15 Bernard Arnault France 60 16.5 France
16 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 80 16.2 Hong Kong
17 Michael Bloomberg United States 67 16.0 United States
18 Stefan Persson Sweden 61 14.5 Sweden
19 Charles Koch United States 73 14.0 United States
19 David Koch United States 68 14.0 United States

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha... that doesnt matter... Warren Buffett is still the best... he is juz gonna temporarily be the 2nd until the crisis is over. By the way, gates is a thief.

darryl said...

I'll be super glad to be even on the 100th place, judging from how their net worth drops so little from one to another.. >.< LOL

so many US de.. brainy

tc said...

jy : u using thief's product..

yy : .

darryl : it would be great to see u be on top 100.. i will marry u then..

Anonymous said...

lol. It's the product of someone else's from whom he stole it and reproduced to be exact.

tc said...

same la.. go thru him d..

Unknown said...

so we should actually compliment those who use pirated windows instead? they did not fund the *thief...

tc said...

ck : thank for your compliment.. i din fund the thief..

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