Undeniably, many people are always enthralled by the lives of wealthy personalities and are always interested about knowing how they have actually succeed. For over twenty six years now, Forbes, a famous business magazine, has been following the lives of these world renowned wealthy personalities. In 2012, Carlos Slim Helu was again hailed as the richest man in the world after losing out Bill Gates in 2010, the cofounder of Microsoft, by a difference of $500 million. After Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, the owner of Berkshire Hathaway gets into the list. Their wealth is actually based on their company’s profit, and its net worth and shares in the market.
Below is the top twenty list of the world’s richest people as of 2012:
No. 1 Carlos Slim Helú
Net Worth:
$69 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Telecom
, Age: 72
, Citizenship: Mexico
No. 2 Bill Gates
Net Worth:
$66 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Microsoft, self-made
, Age: 56
, Citizenship: U.S.
No. 3 Warren Buffett
Net Worth:
$46 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made
, Age: 8
2 , Citizenship: U.S.
No. 4 Larry Ellison
Net Worth:
$41 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Oracle, self-made
, Age: 68
, Citizenship: U.S.
No. 4 Bernard Arnault
Net Worth:
$41 billion – As of March 2012
Source: LVMH, inherited and growing
, Age: 63
, Citizenship: France
No. 6 Amancio Ortega
Net Worth:
$37.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Zara, self-made
, Age: 75 ,
Citizenship: Spain
No. 7 Charles Koch (tie)
Net Worth:
$31 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Diversified, inherited and growing
, Age: 76,
Citizenship: United States
No. 7 David Koch (tie)
Net Worth:
$31 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Diversified, inherited and growing
, Age: 71 ,
Citizenship: United States
No. 9 Eike Batista
Net Worth:
$30 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Mining, oil, self-made
, Age: 55 ,
Citizenship: Brazil
No. 10 Christy Walton & family
Net Worth:
$27.9 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Walmart, inherited
, Age: 57 ,
Citizenship: U.S.
No. 11 Jim Walton
Net Worth:$26.8 billion – As of September 2012
Source of Wealth: Walmart, inherited ,
Age: 64 ,
Citizenship: United States
No. 12 Alice Walton
Net Worth:$26.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source of Wealth: Walmart, inherited ,
Age: 62 ,
Citizenship: United States
No. 13 R. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $26.1 billion – As of September 2012
Source of Wealth: Walmart, inherited ,
Age: 68 ,
Citizenship: United States
No. 14 Stefan Persson
Net Worth:
$26 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Hennes & Mauritz
, Age: 64 ,
Citizenship: Sweden
No. 15 Li Ka-shing
Net Worth:
$25.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Diversified, self-made
, Age: 83 ,
Citizenship: Hong Kong
No. 16 Karl Albrecht
Net Worth:
$25.4 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Aldi, self-made
, Age: 92 ,
Citizenship: Germany
No. 17 Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth:
$25 billion – As of September 2012
Source: Bloomberg PL, self-made
, Age: 70 ,
Citizenship: USA
No. 18 Liliane Bettencourt
Net Worth: $24 billion
– As of March 2012
Source: L’Oreal, inherited
, Age: 89,
Citizenship: France
No. 19 Jeff Bezos
Net Worth:
$23.2 billion – As of September 2012
Source of Wealth: Amazon.com, self-made
, Age: 48,
Citizenship: United States
No. 20 Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth:
$22.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source: petrochemicals, oil & gas, inherited and growing
, Age: 54 ,
Citizenship: India
그리고, 인류역사상 최고의 부자 25인
▲ 인류 역사상 세계최고부자 25
1. 아프리카 황금왕 만사 무사(4천억 달러)
2. 금융 재벌 로스차일드 가문(3천500억 달러)
3. 미국 석유왕 존 록펠러(3천400억 달러)
4. 강철왕 앤드루 카네기(3100억 달러)
5. 제정 러시아 최후의 황제 니콜라이 2세(3천억 달러)
6. 인도 하이데라바드 통치자 오스만 알리 칸(2천360억 달러)
7. 영국의 정복왕 윌리엄(2천295억 달러)
8. 독재자 무아마르 카다피(2천억 달러)
9. 포드자동차 설립자 헨리 포드(1천990억 달러)
10. 철도재벌 코닐리어스 밴더빌트(1천850억 달러)
11. 정복왕 윌리엄의 동료 알란 루푸스(1천787억 달러)
12. 빌 게이츠(1천360억 달러)
13. 11세기 영국 귀족 윌리엄 드 워렌(1천461억 달러)
14. 존 제이콥 애스터(1천210억 달러)
15. 14세기 영국 귀족 리처드 피츠앨런(1천186억 달러)
16. 영국 에드워드 3세의 아들 존(1천1백억 달러)
17. 무역재벌 스티븐 지라드(1천50억 달러)
18. 기업가 알렉산더 터니 스튜어트(900억 달러)
19. 14세기 영국 귀족 랭카스터 공 헨리(851억 달러)
20. 목재재벌 프리드리히 와이어하우저(800억 달러)
21. 철도재벌 제이 굴드(710억 달러)
22. 멕시코 재벌 카를로스 슬림(680억 달러), 19세기 대지주 스티븐 반 렌셀러(680억 달러)
23. 백화점 재벌 마셜 필드(660억 달러)
24. 월마트 창업자 샘 월튼(650억 달러)
25. 투자자 워런 버핏(640억 달러)
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