world's richest billionaires

This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 8, 2007

Bill Gates

Warren Buffett


Carlos Slim Helú


Ingvar Kamprad

Lakshmi Mittal

Top 100
The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on February 9, 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.

• Bill Gates
  US$56.0 billion
  United States
  
• Warren Buffett
  US$52.0 billion
  United States
  
  
• Carlos Slim Helú
  US$49.0 billion
  Mexico
• Ingvar Kamprad
  US$33.0 billion
  Sweden
  
• Lakshmi Mittal
  US$32.0 billion
  India
  
• Sheldon Adelson
  US$26.5 billion
  United States
  
• Bernard Arnault
  US$26.0 billion
  France
  
• Amancio Ortega
  US$24.0 billion
  Spain
• Li Ka-shing
  US$23.0 billion
  Hong Kong
  
• David Thomson and family
  US$22.0 billion
  Canada
  
• Lawrence Ellison
  US$21.5 billion
  United States
  
• Liliane Bettencourt
  US$20.7 billion
  France
  
• Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
  US$20.3 billion
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
• Mukesh Ambani
  US$20.1 billion
  India
  
  
• Karl Albrecht
  US$20.0 billion
  Germany
  
  
  
• Roman Abramovich
  US$18.7 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Stefan Persson
  US$18.4 billion
  Sweden
  
  
• Anil Ambani
  US$18.2 billion
  India
  
  
• Paul Allen
  US$18.0 billion
  United States
  
• Theo Albrecht
  US$17.5 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Azim Premji
  US$17.1 billion
  India
  
  
• Lee Shau Kee
  US$17.0 billion
  Hong Kong
  
  
  
• Jim Walton
  US$16.8 billion
  United States
  
  
• Christy Walton and family
  US$16.7 billion
  United States
  
  
• S. Robson Walton
  US$16.7 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Sergey Brin
  US$16.6 billion
  United States
  
  
• Larry Page
  US$16.6 billion
  United States
  
  
• Alice Walton
  US$16.6 billion
  United States
  
  
• Helen Walton
  US$16.4 billion
  United States
  
  
• Michael Dell
  US$15.8 billion
  United States
  
  
• Steven Ballmer
  US$15.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Kirk Kerkorian
  US$15.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok
  US$15.0 billion
  Hong Kong
  
  
  
• François Pinault
  US$14.5 billion
  France
  
  
• Suleiman Kerimov
  US$14.4 billion
  Russia
  
  
  
• Vladimir Lisin
  US$14.3 billion
  Russia
  
  
  
• Jack C. Taylor and family
  US$13.9 billion
  United States
  
  
• Vladimir Potanin
  US$13.5 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Mikhail Prokhorov
  US$13.5 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Oleg Deripaska
  US$13.3 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Michael Otto and family
  US$13.3 billion
  Germany
  
  
  
• Carl Icahn
  US$13.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Abigail Johnson
  US$13.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Adolf Merckle
  US$12.8 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Barbara Cox Anthony
  US$12.6 billion
  United States
  
  
• Anne Cox Chambers
  US$12.6 billion
  United States
  
  
• Mikhail Fridman
  US$12.6 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Vagit Alekperov
  US$12.4 billion
  Russia
  
  
  
• Charles Koch
  US$12.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• David Koch
  US$12.0 billion
  United States
  
  
• Silvio Berlusconi and family
  US$11.8 billion
  Italy
  
  
  
• Nasser Al-Kharafi and family
  US$11.5 billion
  Kuwait
  
  
• Leonardo Del Vecchio
  US$11.5 billion
  Italy
  
  
• Alexei Mordashov
  US$11.2 billion
  Russia
  
  
  
• Duke of Westminster and family
  US$11.0 billion
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Spiro Latsis and family
  US$11.0 billion
  Greece
  
  
• Birgit Rausing and family
  US$11.0 billion
  Sweden
  
  
  
• Forrest Edward Mars, Jr.
  US$10.5 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Jacqueline Mars
  US$10.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• John Mars
  US$10.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• Viktor Vekselberg
  US$10.4 billion
  Russia
  
  
  
• Serge Dassault and family
  US$10.0 billion
  France
  
  
• Charles Ergen
  US$10.0 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Michele Ferrero and family
  US$10.0 billion
  Italy
  
  
• Naguib Sawiris
  US$10.0 billion
  Egypt
  
  
  
• Kushal Pal Singh
  US$10.0 billion
  India
  
  
  
• Alain and Gerard Wertheimer
  US$10.0 billion
  France
  
  
• Susanne Klatten
  US$9.6 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Philip Knight
  US$9.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• Sunil Mittal and family
  US$9.5 billion
  India
  
  
• John Kluge
  US$9.1 billion
  United States
  
  
• Vladimir Yevtushenkov
  US$9.1 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Rupert Murdoch
  US$9.0 billion
  United States
  
  
• Hans Rausing
  US$9.0 billion
  Sweden
  
  
  
• Reinhold Würth
  US$9.0 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Ernesto Bertarelli
  US$8.8 billion
  Switzerland
  
  
• Pierre Omidyar
  US$8.8 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler
  US$8.7 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Rafael del Pino and family
  US$8.6 billion
  Spain
  
  
• Donald Bren
  US$8.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• George Kaiser
  US$8.5 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• George Soros
  US$8.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• Nikolai Tsvetkov
  US$8.4 billion
  Russia
  
  
• August von Finck
  US$8.4 billion
  Germany
  
  
  
• Dan Duncan
  US$8.2 billion
  United States
  
  
• Mohammed Al Amoudi
  US$8.0 billion
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
• Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family
  US$8.0 billion
  United Arab Emirates
  
  
  
• Kumar Birla
  US$8.0 billion
  India
  
  
• German Khan
  US$8.0 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Iskander Makhmudov
  US$8.0 billion
  Russia
  
  
• Sumner Redstone
  US$8.0 billion
  United States
  
  
• Shashi and Ravi Ruia
  US$8.0 billion
  India
  
  
• Philip Anschutz
  US$7.9 billion
  United States
  
  
  
• Galen Weston and family
  US$7.9 billion
  Canada
  
  
• Enrique Bañuelos
  US$7.7 billion
  Spain
  
  
• Stefan Quandt
  US$7.6 billion
  Germany
  
  
• Maan Al-Sanea
  US$7.5 billion
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
  
• Edward Johnson III
  US$7.5 billion
  United States
  
  
• Sulaiman Al Rajhi
  US$7.4 billion
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
  
• Donald Newhouse
  US$7.3 billion
  United States
  
  
• Samuel Newhouse Jr
  US$7.3 billion
  United States
  

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires_(2007)