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This list of billionaires is based on the annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 11, 2009.^[1] The listed net worth represents the estimated value of assets less debt as of February 13, 2009.^[2] The list does not include heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see List of heads of state and government by net worth). There were 793 officially known billionaires in the world as of 2009^[3].

The world's 5 wealthiest people

Bill Gates

Warren Buffett

Carlos Slim Helú

Lawrence Ellison

Ingvar Kamprad

Top 15 billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's top 15 richest billionaires on February 9, 2007, and does not reflect changes since that date.

#	Name	Net worth (USD)	Citizenship	Sources of wealth
&0000000000000001.0000001▬	Gates, BillBill Gates	$56.0 billion ▲	United States	Microsoft
&0000000000000002.0000002▬	Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett	$52.0 billion ▲	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
&0000000000000003.0000003▬	Slim Helú, CarlosCarlos Slim Helú	$49.0 billion ▲	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso, Comp USA
&0000000000000005.0000005▬	Mittal, LakshmiLakshmi Mittal	$32.0 billion ▲	India	Arcelor Mittal
&0000000000000006.0000006▲	Adelson, SheldonSheldon Adelson	$26.5 billion ▲	United States	Las Vegas Sands
&0000000000000007.0000007▬	Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault	$26.0 billion ▲	France	LVMH
&0000000000000008.0000008▲	Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega	$24.0 billion ▲	Spain	Inditex Group, real estate
&0000000000000009.0000009▲	Ka-shing, LiLi Ka-shing	$23.0 billion ▲	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
&0000000000000010.00000010▼	David Thomson and family	$22.0 billion ▲	Canada	Thomson Corporation
&0000000000000011.00000011▲	Ellison, LawrenceLawrence Ellison	$21.5 billion ▲	United States	Oracle Corporation
&0000000000000012.00000012▲	Bettencourt, LilianeLiliane Bettencourt	$20.7 billion ▲	France	L'Oréal, Nestle
&0000000000000013.00000013▼	Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, PrincePrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	$20.3 billion ▲	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup
&0000000000000014.00000014▲	Ambani, MukeshMukesh Ambani	$20.1 billion ▲	India	Reliance Industries Ltd
&0000000000000015.00000015▼	Albrecht, KarlKarl Albrecht	$20.0 billion ▲	Germany	ALDI

See also

• List of the 100 wealthiest people
• List of billionaires (2007) 102-946
• List of billionaires (2006)
• List of billionaires (2005)
• List of billionaires (2004)

References

General

1. Kroll, Luisa (2007-03-08). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 

Specific

External links

• The 400 Richest Americans (2007)
• Sunday Times Rich List 2007 - 1000 Britain's richest 1,000
• India's 40 Richest (2007)
• Greater China's 40 Richest (2007)
• The 100 Richest Russians (2004)