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2012-The
World (men)
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Rich-Bastards.com
... Top 10 Rich List |
| Name |
Wealth |
Source |
Citizenship |
Personal |
| 1.
Carlos Slim Helu &
family |
$69.0
billion |
Telecom |
Mexico |
72yo
- Widowed, 6 children |
| 2.
William Gates III |
$61.0
billion |
Microsoft |
USA
|
56yo
- Married, 3 children |
| 3.
Warren Buffett |
$44.0
billion |
Berkshire
Hathaway |
USA |
81yo
-
Widowed, re-married, 3 children |
| 4.
Bernard
Arnault |
$41.0
billion |
LVMH
|
France |
63yo
-
Married, 5 children |
| 5.
Amancio Ortega |
$37.5
billion |
Zara
(apparel) |
Spain |
75yo
- Married, 3 children |
| 6.
Lawrence Ellison |
$36.0
billion |
Oracle |
USA |
67yo
-
Divorced, 2 children |
| 7.
Eike Batista |
$30.0
billion |
mining,
oil |
Brazil |
55yo
-
Divorced, 2 children |
| 8.
Stefan Persson |
$26.0
billion |
H&M |
Sweden |
64yo
- Married, 3 children |
9.
Li Ka-shing |
$25.5
billion |
diversified |
Hong
Kong |
83yo
-
Widowed, 2 children
|
| 10.
Karl Albrecht |
$25.4
billion |
Aldi
supermarkets |
Germany |
92yo
- Married, 2 children |
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Did
you know...? |
Carlos
Slim Helu & family
World's
richest man for the 3rd year in a row
... just call him Midas ... son of a Lebanese immigrant
... baseball fan and art collector |
William
Gates III
world's
richest person for 14 of the past 18 years ... Harvard
Uni drop out ... he's given away $28 billion to his
Gates Foundation ... has helped eradicate polio in India
which has just had its first polio-free year |
Warren
Buffett
America's
most beloved investor ... married
longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday in Aug. 2006
... will donate $31 billion to charity! |
Bernard
Arnault
richest
European ... skilled pianist ... world's
largest luxury goods empire ... rents Indigo Island
in the Bahamas for $300,000 a week! |
Amancio
Ortega
high
school drop out ... shuns neckties ... 5,000
stores in 77 countries |
Lawrence
Ellison
University of Illinois, drop out ... Feb 2010, finally
won yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's
Cup ... intends to give 95% of wealth to charity ... purchased
75 companies over the years worth $40 billion |
Eike
Batista
college
dropout ... one-time champion offshore powerboat racer
... his father was former mining minister of Brazil ...
formerly married to Playboy cover girl ... vows to be
the richest man in the world! |
Stefan
Persson
acquired
the 21-cottage village of Linkenholt in Hampshire, England
in 2009 ... brought on big names like Karl Lagerfeld,
Stella McCartney to design affordable collections for
it's 2,500 stores in over 43 countries
|
Li
Ka-shing
high
school drop out ... he built
one out of every 7 residences in Hong Kong!
... Asia's most generous individual, has given out $1.56
billion to education and medical research ... world's
largest operator of container terminals, world's largest
health and beauty retailer |
Karl
Albrecht
fiercely
private ... raises orchids and plays golf ... over
4,500 Aldi stores
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Previous
Top 10 Billionaires |
Lakshmi
Mittal
world's
largest steelmaker ... lost $10.4 billion last year
(more than anyone else in the world!) |
Mukesh
Ambani
Asia's
richest resident and older
brother of Anil Ambani ...
in 2010 he built a 27-storey home in Mumbai at a cost
of over $1 billion and serviced by 600 full-time staff! |
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2012-The
World (women)
TOP
10 - World's Richest Women ...
(9
March 2011) ...
Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com |
Rich-Bastards.com
... Top 10 Rich List |
| Name |
Wealth |
Source |
Citizenship |
Personal |
| 1.
Christy
Walton & family |
$25.3
billion |
Wal-Mart |
USA |
57yo
- Widowed, 1 child |
| 2.
Liliane
Bettencourt |
$24.0
billion |
L'Oreal |
France |
89yo - Widowed, 1 child |
| 3.
Alice Walton |
$23.3
billion |
Wal-Mart |
USA |
62yo
- Divorced |
| 4.
Georgina Rinehart |
$18.0
billion |
mining |
Australia |
58yo
- Widowed, 4 children |
| 4.
Iris Fontbona & family |
$17.8
billion |
mining/lumber |
Chile |
na
-
Widowed, 3 children |
| 6.
Birgit Rausing &
family |
$14.0
billion |
Tetra
Laval (packaging manufacture) |
Sweden |
88yo
- Widowed, 3 children |
| 10.
Jacqueline Mars |
$13.8
billion |
candy,
pet food |
USA |
72yo -
Divorced, 3 children |
| 5.
Susanne Klatten |
$13.0
billion |
BMW,
pharmaceuticals |
Germany |
49yo
- Married, 3 children |
| 7.
Anne Cox Chambers |
$12.5
billion |
media/entertainment
- Cox Enterprises |
USA
|
92yo
-
Divorced, 3 children |
| 8.
Savitri Jindal |
$10.9
billion |
inherited
(steel) |
India |
61yo
- Widowed, 9 children |
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|
Did
you know...? |
Christy
Walton & family
richest
woman in the world for the 7th year in a row ... widow
of John Walton - son
of retail pioneer Sam Walton - who
died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005
...
Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, with over
8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
|
Liliane
Bettencourt
daughter
of L'Oréal founder Eugene Schueller ... husband,
Andre Bettencourt - thought to have wartime ties with
the Nazis - died Nov 2007 at age
88 ... 2009
world's richest woman ... in Dec 2010 she reconciled with
her daughter who was taking her to court for giving $1.4
billion to a well-known photographer ... suffers from
Dementia ... so now her fortune has been placed under
the guardianship of her daughter, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers. |
Alice
Walton
daughter of retail pioneer Sam Walton
- d. 1992
... Wal-Mart
is the world's largest retailer, with
over 8,400 stores and 2.2 million employees in 28 countries
|
Georgina
Rinehart
richest
woman in Asia-Pcific ... increased her wealth by $9 billion
last year ... battled for 14 years to win control of her
father's assets from her stepmother |
Iris
Fontbona
& family
second wife of billionaire Andronico Luksic, who died
of cancer in 2005 |
Birgit
Rausing & family
husband
Gad Rausing - brother of Hans Rausing - died in 2000 ...
family keeps low profile due to kidnapping attempt on
son, Jorn, in 1989 |
Jacqueline
Mars
third generation inherited company when dad died in 1999
... incl.
Mars bar, Snickers, M&Ms ... world's largest confectioner
... acquired gum maker Wrigley in 2008 for $23 billion
... pet food division (includes Whiskas, Pedigree) now
larger than candy by sales |
Susanne
Klatten
sister
of Stefan Quandt ... inherited stake in automaker BMW
from late father Herbert Quandt ... won a civil case against
Helg Sgarbi, the ex-lover who tried to blackmail her for
millions. Sgarbi is now in jail serving 6 years for fraud
and attempted extortion |
Anne
Cox Chambers
WORLD'S
OLDEST FEMALE BILLIONAIRE!
... holds the French Legion of
Honor title ... owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 86
radio stations |
Savitri
Jindal
husband, Om Prakash Jindal, died in helicopter crash in
2005 |
Previous
Top 10 Billionaires |
Abigail
Johnson
her
family owns 49% of Fidelity
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Deceased
Top 10 Billionaires |
Helen
Walton
widow
of Sam Walton (d.1992) - died 19 Apr 2007 at age 87.
Was the world's 4th richest woman worth $16.4 billion |
Barbara
Cox Anthony
sister of Anne Cox Chambers - died 28 May 2007 at age
83. Was the world's 6th richest woman
worth $12.6 billion |
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