Mar 11, 2010

World's Richest People - Forbes List

Worlds Richest People list is finally announced by Forbes lastnight. To the surpise Bill Gates was not topping the list. It is Carlos Slim Helu & Family from Mexico who is in the number one postion with networth of 53.5 billion dollar followed by Bill Gates with 53 billion dollar. Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal are in the fourth & fifth place with networth of 29 billion dollar and 28.7 billion dollar respectively.Larry Ellison the co-founder and CEO of the database company Oracle sets himself as the sixth richest person in the list.

Here is the top 10 list of richest people in the world.

Name Country Net Worth ($ Billion)

Carlos Slim Helu & family
Mexico
53.5 Billion $


William Gates III
United States
53.0 Billion $


Warren Buffett
United States
47.0 Billion $


Mukesh Ambani
India
29.0 Billion $


Lakshmi Mittal
India
28.7 Billion $


Lawrence Ellison
United States
28.0 Billion $


Bernard Arnault
France
27.5 Billion $


Eike Batista
Brazil
27.0 Billion $


Amancio Ortega
Spain
25.0 Billion $


Karl Albrecht
Germany
23.5 Billion $


View the complete list

6 comments:

  1. Wow! There are two Indians in top ten list. But nothing to be proud of...after all its not my name to be happy about it. :P

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  2. Lol Nethra :) Yeah it would be great if each one's name is in the list

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  3. @Nethra

    Lol Nethra :) Yeah it would be great if each one's name is in the list

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  4. @Nethra
    Keysonic .. I think you have missed my name

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  5. @Krishna
    Yes everyone would like to have their name in the list. But just that we are all short by 53.49999999 billion dollar. When we get that we will be in the list

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  6. To get yourself on this list, you need LUCK, KNOWLEDGE, COURAGE, SMARTNESS.

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