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2007
TOP 10 Rich Lists you'll find below ...

TOP 10 - World's Richest Men
TOP 10 - World's Richest Women
TOP 10 - Australia's Richest People
TOP 10 - Brazil'sRichest People
TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People
TOP 10 - China's Richest People
TOP 10 - France's Richest People
TOP 10 - Germany's Richest People
TOP 10 - Hong Kong's Richest People
TOP 10 - India's Richest People
TOP 9 - Israel's Billionaires
TOP 10 - Italy's Richest People
TOP 10 - Japan's Richest People
TOP 9 - Malaysia's Billionaires
TOP 10 - Mexico's Richest People
TOP 10 - Russia's Richest People
TOP 10 - Saudi Arabia's Richest People
TOP 10 - South Korea's Richest People
TOP 10 - Spain's Richest People
TOP 8 - Sweden's Billionaires
TOP 8- Switzerland's Billionaires
TOP 8- Taiwan's Billionaires
TOP 10- Turkey's Richest People
TOP 10 - United Kingdom's Richest People
TOP 10 - USA's Richest Men
TOP 10 - USA's Richest Women
TOP 11 - World's Billionaires Under 36 y.o.
TOP 11 - World's Billionaires Over 90 y.o.

BILLIONAIRE JOKES

You CAN Take It With You!

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel heard his plea and appeared to him.

"Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you."

The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed. Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet St. Peter.

St. Peter, seeing the suitcase, said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!"

The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and asked him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through." St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed, "You brought pavement?"

Bill Gates and General Motors

Bill Gates is hanging out with the chairman of General Motors.

"If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades," boasts Gates, "you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour. Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50."

"Sure," says the GM chairman. "But would you really want to drive a car that crashes four times a day?"

Plastered Rich Man

A crumbling old church building needed remodeling, so, during his sermon, the preacher made an impassioned appeal looking directly at the richest man in town. At the end of the sermon, the rich man stood up and announced, "Pastor, I will contribute $1,000."

Just then, plaster fell from the ceiling and struck the rich man on the shoulder. He promptly stood back up and shouted, "Pastor, I will increase my donation to $5,000."

Before he could sit back down, plaster fell on him again, and again he this time he virtually screamed, "Pastor, I will double my last pledge."

He sat down, and a larger chunk of plaster fell on his head. He stood up once more and hollered, "Pastor, I will give $20,000!"

This prompted a deacon to shout, "Hit him again, Lord! Hit him again!"

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A woman was telling her friend, "It is I who made my husband a millionaire."
"And what was he before you married him?" asked the friend.
The woman replied, "A billionaire."

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You Know You're In Trouble When ...
You make more than you ever made, owe more than you ever owed, and have less than you've ever had.

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Bill Gates now only world's second richest
August 7, 2007

Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world's wealthiest man with riches of $US59 billion, Fortune magazine said on Monday.

Fortune, which tracks the performance of the world's top companies, said Slim has increased his net worth by $US12 billion so far this year based on the market value of his companies listed on stock exchanges.

In an online profile of Slim, 67, Fortune said he had a fortune of $US59 billion based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July.

Gates, the Microsoft founder and perennial No. 1, had a net worth estimated to be at least $US58 billion," the magazine said.

Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, owns Latin America's largest cell phone company America Movil.

Fortune said Slim's companies, ranging from a restaurant chain to a bank, made up a third of the Mexican stock market and his family's holdings represented more than 5 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product last year.

In July, a respected Mexican financial journalist announced that Slim had overtaken Gates as the world's richest man but the magnate said he did not care.

"It's water off a duck's back to me," the cigar-smoking Slim told foreign correspondents last week. "I don't know if I'm No. 1, No. 20, or No. 2000. It doesn't matter."

Gates and billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett, who was the second-richest person in the world until Slim overtook him this year, have been giving more of their money to charity in recent years.

Slim also backs philanthropic causes and last week announced a $US300 million plan to build 100 schools in Mexico, but says he does more good by creating wealth and jobs through his own companies.

Top 10 Rich Lists 2007

The World
(men)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Men ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. William Gates III (world's richest person - for 13 years in a row!)
Harvard Uni drop out.		 $56.0 billion Microsoft  USA 51yo - Married, 3 children  
2. Warren Buffett (married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday last Aug.) Will donate $31 billion to charity! $52.0 billion Berkshire Hathaway  USA 76yo - Married, 3 children  
3. Carlos Slim Helu
$19 billion richer this year!		 $49.0 billion Telecom Mexico 67yo - Widowed, 6 children
4. Ingvar Kamprad & family
Started selling furniture in 1947.		 $33.0 billion Ikea (retail) Has stores in 34 countries. Sweden 80yo - Married, 4 children
5. Lakshmi Mittal $32.0 billion Mittal Steel (manufacturing steel) India 56yo - Married, 2 children
6. Sheldon Adelson
City College of NY drop out.		 $26.5 billion  casinos, hotels USA 73yo - Married, 5 children
7. Bernard Arnault $26.0 billion LVMH (world's largest luxury goods empire) France 58yo - Married, 5 children
8. Amancio Ortega
High School drop out.
 $24.0 billion  Zara (apparel manufacturer) owns 3,000 Zara retail stores in 64 countries Spain 71yo - Married, 3 children
9. Li Ka-shing
High School drop out. 		$23.0 billion diversified Hong Kong 78yo - Widowed, 2 children
10. David Thomson & family $22.0 billion inherited (father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died last June) Canada 49yo - Divorced, 3 children

The World
(women)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Women ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion L'Oreal (daughter of L'Oréal founder Eugene Schueller) France 84yo - Married, 1 child
2. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion Wal-Mart (widow of John Walton, who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005) USA 52yo - Widowed, 1 child
3. Alice Walton $16.6 billion Wal-Mart USA 57yo - Divorced
4. Helen Walton
Died 19 Apr 2007		 $16.4 billion Wal-Mart  (widow of Sam Walton - d.1992) USA 87yo - Widowed, 4 children
5. Abigail Johnson $13.0 billion Fidelity investments USA 45yo - Married, 2 children
6. Barbara Cox Anthony
Died 28 May 2007		 $12.6 billion media/entertainment USA 83yo - Married, 2 children
6. Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion media/entertainment USA 87yo - Divorced, 3 children
8. Jacqueline Mars $10.5 billion candy (incl. Mars bar) world's largest confectioner USA 67yo - Divorced, 3 children
9. Susanne Klatten $9.6 billion BMW, pharmaceuticals Germany 44yo - Married, 3 children
10. Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler (mother and son) $8.7 billion ball bearings (inherited) Germany n/a - n/a

Australia
Kerry Packer, Australia's long-time richest person, died in his sleep on 26th December 2005, aged 68.

TOP 10 - Australia's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
 Wealth US$
Source
Residence
Personal
1. James Packer (father, Kerry, died Dec 26, 2005) $5.5 billion inherited (media/Entertainment)   Sydney 39yo -Divorced, 0 children
2. Frank Lowy & family $4.6 billion retail property (shopping centres) Sydney 76yo - Married, 3 children
3. Richard Pratt (onetime actor) $2.5 billion packaging (manufacturing, recycling) Melbourne 72yo - Married, 4 children
4. Harry Triguboff (born in China to Russian parents ) $2.3 billion residential property development Sydney 74yo - Married, 2 children
5. Shi Zhengrong $2.2 billion solar energy China 44yo - Married, 2 children
6. Stanley Perron (quit school at 14) $1.8 billion  property, cars Perth 84yo - Married, 3 children
6. John Gandel (Medical Doctor ) $1.8 billion retail property (shopping centres) Melbourne 72yo - Married, 4 children
8. Kerry Stokes $1.4 billion media, Caterpillar Perth 65yo - Divorced, 4 children
9. Andrew Forrest $1.3 billion mining, metals
Perth 45yo - Married, 3 children
10. Gerald Harvey $1.2 billion retail (Harvey Norman electronics ) Australia  67yo - Married, 4 children

Brazil

TOP 10 - Brazil's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Joseph Safra (cut financial ties with his older brother Moise in mid-2006. ) $6.0 billion banking Sao Paulo 68yo - Married, 4 children
2. Jorge Paulo Lemann (onetime tennis champion - he played at Wimbledon) $4.9 billion banking, beer Sao Paulo 67yo - Married, 5 children
3. Aloysio de Andrade Faria $4.0 billion banking Sao Paulo 86yo - Married, 5 children
4. Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family $3.9 billion diversified Sao Paulo 78yo - n/a, 9 children
5. Moise Safra (cut financial ties with his younger brother Joseph in mid-2006. ) $2.9 billion banking Sao Paulo 72yo - Married
6. Liu Ming Chung $2.4 billion paper manufacturing Hong Kong 44yo - Married
7. Marcel Herman Telles $2.2 billion banking, beer Sao Paulo 57yo - Married, 2 children
8. Carlos Alberto Sicupira $2.0 billion banking, beer Sao Paulo 59yo - Married, 3 children
8. Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello $2.0 billion sugar, ethanol Sao Paulo n/a - Married
10. Julio Bozano $1.9 billion banking Rio de Janeiro 71yo - n/a, 1 child

Canada

TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. David Thomson & family $22.0 billion inherited (father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died last June) Toronto 49yo - Divorced, 3 children
2. Galen Weston & family (Avid collector of avant-garde artist Christo) $7.9 billion retail Toronto 66yo - Married, 2 children
3. James, Arthur & John Irving (brothers) $5.8 billion oil / gas (own 600 gas stations) Saint John n/a - n/a
9. Edward Rogers $4.9 billion media Toronto 73yo - Married, 4 children
6. Bernard (Barry) Sherman $4.4 billion Apotex pharmaceuticals (seeking over-the-counter-sales approval of its controversial "morning-after" pill ) Toronto 65yo - Married, 4 children
4. Jeffrey S Skoll $4.2 billion Ebay USA, CA, Los Angeles 42yo - Single
5. Paul Desmarais (bought his father's one-route Ontario bus company for $1- in 1951) $4.0 billion finance Montreal 80yo - Married, 4 children
7. Jim Pattison $3.8 billion diversified (incl. Ripley's Believe It or Not) Vancouver 78yo - Married, 3 children
8. Robert Miller $2.9 billion Future Electronics (supports cryonics, the science of freezing bodies with the intent to restore life) Montreal 61yo - Married, 2 children
10. Wallace McCain $2.6 billion food (McCain's - world's largest producer of frozen french fries) Toronto 77yo - Married, 3 children

China

TOP 10 - China's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Head Office
Personal
1. Yan Cheung (In 1985, with $4,000 in savings, set up a company importing waste paper) $2.4 billion paper manufacturing (Nine Dragons) Hong Kong 49yo - Married
2. Wong Kwong Yu $2.3 billion Gome Appliances (& real estate) Beijing 37yo - Married, 2 children
3. Larry Yung $2.2 billion diversified Hong Kong 65yo - Married, 3 children
4. Zhang Li $2.1 billion real estate Guangzhou 53yo - n/a
5. Zhang Jindong $2.0 billion Sunning Appliances (China's second-biggest electrical appliance chain - has 400 retail stores and plans to open another 600 by 2010) Nanjing 44yo -
6. Chu Mang Yee (Former government bureaucrat) $1.7 billion real estate Guangzhou 48yo - n/a
7. Zhang Cheng Fei (younger brother of Yan Cheung) $1.6 billion paper manufacturing (Nine Dragons) Dongguan 39yo - n/a
8. Guo Guangchang $1.5 billion Fosun High-Tech Group (retail, media, real estate) Shanghai 40yo - Married, 1 child
8. Liu Yongxing $1.5 billion East Hope Group (animal feed, finance, aluminium) Chengdu 58yo - Married, 1 child
10. Xu Jiayin $1.3 billion real estate Guangzhou 49yo - n/a

France

TOP 10 - France's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Bernard Arnault $26.0 billion LVMH (world's largest luxury goods empire)   Paris 58yo - Married, 5 children
2. Liliane Bettencourt
(world's richest woman)		 $20.7 billion L'Oreal Paris 84yo - Married, 1 child
3. Francois Pinault
High School drop out
$14.5 billion retail (incl. Gucci) Paris 70yo - Married, 3 children
4. Serge Dassault & family $10.0 billion aviation (manufacturing) Paris 81yo - Married, 4 children
4. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer (brothers) $10.0 billion Chanel (apparel, perfume) Paris n/a - n/a
6. Jean-Claude Decaux & family (Started out putting ads on public toilets and bus shelters. ) $5.0 billion advertising Paris 69yo - Married, 3 children
7. Martin & Olivier Bouygues (brothers) $4.5 billion telecom, media, construction Paris 54/56yo -n/a
8. Gérard Louis-Dreyfus & family $3.4 billion Oil / gas USA, NY, NY 74yo - Married, 3 children
9. Pierre Bellon & family $2.8 billion food services Paris 77yo - Married, 4 children
10. Didier Primat $2.3 billion Oil / gas Switzerland, Geneva 62yo - Married

Germany

TOP 10 - Germany's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Karl Albrecht (Fiercely private) $20.0 billion supermarkets (over 7,000 Aldi stores) Muehlheim an der Ruhr 87yo - Married, 2 children 
2. Theo Albrecht (was kidnapped for 17 days in 1971 ) $17.5 billion supermarkets (over 7,000 Aldi stores) Foehr  84yo - Married, 2 children
3. Michael Otto & family $13.3 billion retail (world's largest mail-order company) Hamburg  63yo - Married, 2 children
4. Adolf Merckle $12.8 billion pharmaceuticals  Manheim  72yo - Married, 4 children
5. Susanne Klatten $9.6 billion BMW, pharmaceuticals   Bad Homburg 44yo - Married, 3 children
6. Reinhold Würth $9.0 billion manufacturing (screws) Kuenzelsau  71yo - Married, 3 children
7. Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler
 (mother and son) 		$8.7 billion Manufacturing (ball bearings) Herzogenaurach  n/a - n/a
8. August von Finck $8.4 billion investments Switzerland, Thurgau 77yo - Married, 4 children
9. Stefan Quandt (recently married) $7.6 billion BMW Frankfurt 41yo - Married, 1 child
10. Johanna Quandt $6.7 billion BMW Bad Homburg 80yo - Widowed, 2 children

Hong Kong

TOP 10 - Hong Kong's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Li Ka-shing (High School drop out) $23.0 billion diversified Hong Kong 78yo - Widowed, 2 children
2. Lee Shau Kee $17.0 billion real estate Hong Kong 79yo - Divorced, 5 children 
3. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok (brothers) $15.0 billion real estate Hong Kong n/a - n/a
4. Stanley Ho (uni drop out) $7.0 billion Macau Casino (The King of Macau held city's only gambling license for decades.) Hong Kong  85yo - Married, 17 children!!!
5. Cheng Yu-tung $6.5 billion New World Development (real estate) Hong Kong  81yo - Married, 2 children
6. Sir Michael Kadoorie & family (was knighted in the U.K. for his extensive charitable and philanthropic activities.) $5.3 billion diversified Hong Kong 66yo - married
7. Ronald McAulay (brother-in-law of Sir Michael Kadoorie) $4.2 billion diversified Hong Kong 70yo - n/a
7. Nina Wang (Notoriously frugal and paranoid, spends $650 a month and travels with a platoon of 50 bodyguards.) DIED 5th April 2007, aged 69. $4.2 billion real estate (inherited) Hong Kong 69 - Widowed, 0 children (husband kidnapped in 1990)
9. Hui Wing Mau $3.5 billion real estate Hong Kong 56yo - Married, 2 children
10. Michael Ying $3.1 billion Esprit (apparel) Hong Kong  57yo - Married

India

TOP 10 - India's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Lakshmi Mittal $32.0 billion Mittal Steel (manufacturing steel) UK, London 56yo - Married, 2 children
2. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion petrochemicals (manufacturing) Mumbai  49yo - Married, 3 children
3. Anil Ambani (a marathon runner; wife Tina is a former Bollywood actress) $18.2 billion diversified (manufacturing)   Mumbai  47yo - Married, 2 children
4. Azim Premji $17.1 billion Wipro (software)   Bangalore  61yo - Married, 2 children
5. Kushal Pal Singh (former army officer) $10.0 billion real estate Delhi 75yo - Married, 3 children
6. Sunil Mittal (son of a politician) $9.5 billion Telecom  Delhi  49yo - Married, 3 children
7. Kumar Birla $8.0 billion commodities (copper & aluminium) Mumbai   39yo - Married, 2 children
7. Shashi & Ravi Ruia (brothers) $8.0 billion diversified Mumbai   n/a - n/a
9. Ramesh Chandra (banker's son) $6.4 billion real estate New Delhi  67yo - Married, 2 children
10. Pallonji Mistry $5.6 billion construction Mumbai  77yo - Married, 4 children

Israel

TOP 9 - Israel's Billionaires... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Stef Wertheimer & family (grade school dropout) $4.4 billion tools Tefen 81yo - Married, 4 children
2. Shari Arison $4.3 billion inheritance, cruise ships Tel Aviv 49yo - Married, 4 children
3. Lev Leviev $4.1 billion diamonds (cuts and polishes more diamonds than anyone else in the world) B'nei Brak 51yo - Married, 9 children
4. Yitzhak Tshuva (his Cinderella story began in Netanya in a single room where his penniless family of 11 lived briefly) $4.0 billion real estate Netanya 58yo - Married, 5 children
5. Sammy Ofer & family (In May 2006, paid $40 million for Van Gogh's "Madame Ginoux".) $3.9 billion shipping Tel Aviv; Monaco 85yo - n/a
6. Arnon Milchan (former soccer player) $3.0 billion New Regency Productions (include Pretty Woman, The War of the Roses and Fight Club) Tel Aviv 62yo - Divorced, 4 children
7. Alexander Machkevich $1.9 billion mining, metals Kazakhstan, Almaty 53yo - Married, 2 children
8. Benny Steinmetz $1.7 billion diamonds (largest customer of De Beers) Belgium; Israel 50yo - Married, 4 children
9. Morris Kahn (a former diver) $1.1 billion software Beit Yanay 77yo - Married

Italy

TOP 10 - Italy's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Silvio Berlusconi (Italy's Prime Minister from 2001-2006. Started out singing on cruise ships.) $11.8 billion media North of Milan 70yo - Married, 5 children
2. Leonardo Del Vecchio (sent to an orphanage at age 7) $11.5 billion eyewear (Ray-Ban) Milan 71yo - Married, 6 children
3. Michele Ferrero & family $10.0 billion Ferrero chocolates (also Nutella and Tic Tac) Monaco, Montecarlo 80yo - Married, 2 children
4. Giorgio Armani (goes to the gym for at least an hour a day) $4.5 billion Armani fashion / apparel Milan 72yo - n/a
5. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone $3.0 billion diversified Rome 64yo - Married
5. Mario Moretti Polegato $3.0 billion Geox shoes Crocetta del Montello 54yo - Married, 1 child
7. Carlo Benetton $2.8 billion Benetton (apparel)   Treviso 63yo - Single, 4 children
7. Luciano Benetton $2.8 billion Benetton (apparel) Treviso 71yo - Married, 4 children
7. Giuliana Benetton $2.8 billion Benetton (apparel) Treviso 69yo - Married, 4 children
7. Gilberto Benetton $2.8 billion Benetton (apparel)
Treviso 65yo - Married, 2 children

Japan

TOP 10 - Japan's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Masayoshi Son $5.8 billion Softbank (software) Tokyo 49yo - Married, 2 children
2. Akira Mori & family $5.7 billion Mori Trust (real estate) Tokyo 69yo - Married, 3 children
3. Nobutada Saji & family $4.7 billion Suntory (beverages) - recently engineered the world's first blue rose! Hyogo 61yo - Married
4. Kunio Busujima & family $4.4 billion pinball machines (manufacturing) Kiryu 81yo - Married, 4 children
5. Hiroko Takei & family (husband, Yasuo Takei, died last year) $4.3 billion inherited (credit) Tokyo n/a - widowed, 3 children
6. Hiroshi Yamauchi $3.9 billion Nintendo Kyoto 79yo - Married, 1 child
7. Eitaro Itoyama $3.8 billion golf courses Tokyo 64yo - Married, 2 children
8. Tadashi Yanai & family $3.7 billion retail (Uniqlo discount clothing) Yamaguchi 58yo - Married, 2 children
9. Hiroshi Mikitani $2.9 billion e-commerce (Rakuten Internet shopping mall hosts more than 18,000 virtual stores) Japan 42yo - n/a
10. Takemitsu Takizaki $2.8 billion sensors Osaka 61yo - Married
* world's richest person from 1991-1992 was Taikichiro Mori. (d. 1993)

Malaysia

TOP 9 - Malaysia's Billionaires... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Robert Kuok $7.0 billion diversified (including Shangri-la hotels) Hong Kong 83yo - Married, 8 children
2. Ananda Krishnan $6.0 billion diversified (Astro satellite TV) Kuala Lumpur 68yo - Married, 3 children
3. Lim Goh Tong
(high school drop out)		 $4.2 billion gaming (his First World Hotel has 6,200 rooms, which earned it the Guinness World Record for the world's largest hotel ) Kuala Lumpur 89yo - Married, 6 children
4. Teh Hong Piow $3.0 billion banking (Public Bank's Islamic banking is interest-free because Islam prohibits taking or giving interest) Kuala Lumpur 77yo - Married, 4 children
5. Quek Leng Chan $2.9 billion banking Wee 66yo - Married, 3 children
6. Lee Shin Cheng $2.6 billion agriculture Jeram 67yo - Married, 6 children
7. Yeoh Tiong Lay & family $1.7 billion construction Malaysia 77yo - Widowed, 7 children
8. Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary $1.3 billion rice and sugar trader Kuala Lumpur 55yo - Married, 5 children
9. Tiong Hiew King $1.1 billion timber Sibu 71yo - Married, 3 children

Mexico

TOP 10 - Mexico's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Carlos Slim Helu (just call him Midas) $49.0 billion Telecom Mexico City 67yo - Widowed, 6 children
2. Alberto Bailleres $5.0 billion mining silver Mexico City 74yo - Married
3. Ricardo Salinas Pliego (in September, paid $7.5 million to settle accusations about a business scandal) $4.6 billion retail/media Mexico City 51yo - Married, 3 children
4. Jeronimo Arango $4.3 billion supermarkets (was a Wal-Mart partner) Mexico 81yo - n/a
5. Emilio Azcárraga Jean $2.1 billion media (inherited empire in 1997) Mexico City 39yo - Married, 1 child
6. Roberto Hernandez Ramirez $2.0 billion Banamex (banking) Mexico City 65yo - Married, 3 children
6. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family $2.0 billion beer (Corona) Mexico City 43yo - Married, 2 children
8. Isaac Saba Raffoul & family $1.8 billion diversified (incl. Marriott hotels) Mexico City 83yo - n/a
9. Lorenzo Zambrano & family $1.7 billion cement Monterrey 62yo - Single
10. Alfredo Harp Helu (owns the Red Devils baseball team) cousin of Carlos Slim Helu. $1.6 billion Banamex (banking) Mexico City 63yo - Married, 4 children

Russia

TOP 10 - Russia's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Roman Abramovich college drop out; orphaned as a child $18.7 billion oil (fled Russia in 2000 to escape fraud charges) UK, London 40yo - Married, 5 children
2. Suleiman Kerimov (seriously injured when he lost control of his Ferrari Enzo in autumn 2006) $14.4 billion stocks Moscow 41yo - Married, 3 children
3. Vladimir Lisin $14.3 billion Novolipetsk steel mill Moscow 50yo - Married, 3 children
4. Vladimir Potanin $13.5 billion metals Moscow 46yo - Married, 3 children
4. Mikhail Prokhorov $13.5 billion metals (often featured in gossip pages for his parties) Moscow 41yo - Single
6. Oleg Deripaska $13.3 billion Russian Aluminum (Married into family of former President Yeltsin) Moscow 39yo - Married
7. Mikhail Fridman (strong Kremlin connections) $12.6 billion oil / banking Moscow 42yo - Married, 2 children
8. Vagit Alekperov $12.4 billion Lukoil (in December 2006 he acquired nearly 400 stations from ConocoPhillips) Moscow 56yo - Married, 1 child
9. Alexei Mordashov $11.2 billion Severstal (steel) Moscow 41yo - Married, 3 children
10. Viktor Vekselberg $10.4 billion oil / metals (laying low to avoid Kremlin scrutiny) Moscow 49yo - Married, 2 children

Saudi Arabia

TOP 10 - Saudi Arabia's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (nephew of the Saudi king ) $20.3 billion investments (incl. Citicorp) Riyadh 50yo - Married, 2 children
2. Mohammed Al Amoudi (Born in Ethiopia) $8.0 billion oil Jeddah 61yo - Married, 8 children
3. Maan Al-Sanea $7.5 billion construction / finance Al Khobar 52yo - Married, 5 children
4. Sulaiman Al Rajhi $7.4 billion banking Riyadh 87yo - Married, 23 children
(yes ... 23!!!!)
5. Saleh Al Rajhi $4.4 billion banking Riyadh 95yo - Married, 61 children (yes, 61!!!! - 22 sons, 39 daughters, from 7 wives)
6. Saleh Kamel $3.5 billion diversified (banking/media)
invented the modern concept of Islamic banking, which among other things forbids interest payments. 		Makkah Al-Minkarramah 65yo - Married
7. Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family (successfully sued journalists 3 times for libel over accusations that he helped fund the Sept. 11 attacks) $3.1 billion banking Jeddah 60yo - Married, 3 children
8. Abdullah Al Rajhi $2.6 billion banking Saudi Arabia n/a - Married
9. Saad Hariri (second son of Rafik Hariri, slain prime minister of Lebanon ) $2.3 billion inherited (construction, investments) Riyadh 36yo - Married, 2 children
10. Ayman Hariri (One of five children of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik ) $1.6 billion inherited (construction, investments) Riyadh

28yo - Married, 1 child

South Korea

TOP 10 - South Korea's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Lee Kun-Hee $2.9 billion Samsung Electronics (accounts for close to a fifth of the nation's exports!) Seoul 65yo - Married, 3 children
2. Chung Mong-Koo (sentenced in February to 3 years in prison for embezzling corporate funds. ) $2.2 billion Hyundai
Seoul 69yo - Married, 4 children
3. Shin Dong-Bin
(younger son of Shin Kyuk-Ho)		 $1.8 billion inherited, Lotte Group trying to build the world's tallest tower in Seoul) Seoul 52yo - Married, 3 children
3. Lee Myung-Hee
(younger sister of Lee Kun-Hee)		 $1.8 billion E-Mart Seoul 63yo - Married, 2 children
5. Lee Jay-Yong
(only son of Lee Kun-Hee)		 $1.7 billion Samsung Electronics Seoul 38yo - Married, 2 children
5. Shin Dong-Joo
(eldest son of Shin Kyuk-Ho)		 $1.7 billion inherited, Lotte Group Japan 53yo - Married, 1 child
7. Yong Keu Cha $1.3 billion Kazakhmys (mining, lumber) UK, London 50yo - Married, 2 children
7. Chung Mong-Joon
(6th son of late Hyundai founder)		 $1.3 billion shipbuilding Ulsan 55yo - Married
9. Suh Kyung-Bae $1.1 billion Amorepacific cosmetics Seoul 44yo - Married, 2 children
9. Chung Yong-Jin (best known for his marriage to a well-known TV star in 1995 - divorced 8 years later; nephew of Lee Kun-Hee) $1.1 billion Samsung Electronics Seoul 38yo - Divorced, 2 children

Spain

TOP 10 - Spain's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Amancio Ortega (High School drop out; shuns neckties) $24.0 billion Zara (apparel) La Coruna 71yo - Married, 3 children
2. Rafael del Pino & family $8.6 billion Ferrovial (construction) Madrid 86yo - Married, 5 children
3. Enrique Bañuelos $7.7 billion Astroc (real estate) Valencia 41yo - Married, 2 children
4. Esther Koplowitz (married to Fernando Falcó, Marqués de Cubas) $5.6 billion Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (construction) Barcelona 56yo - Married, 3 children
5. Alicia Koplowitz (rumored to be romantically involved with the Duque de Huescar; sisiter of Esther Koplowitz) $5.0 billion investments Madrid 54yo - Divorced, 3 children
6. Luis Portillo $3.7 billion Inmocaral / Inmobiliaria Colonial (real estate) Sevilla 45yo - Married, 2 children
7. Manuel Jove (carpenter by trade) $3.5 billion FADESA Immobiliaria (real estate) La Coruna 65yo - Married, 2 children
8. Isak Andic $3.4 billion Mango (apparel) (over 800 stores in 81 countries ) Barcelona 52yo - Married, 3 children
8. Rosalia Mera (ex-wife of Amancio Ortega) $3.4 billion Zara (apparel) La Coruna 63yo - Divorced, 2 children
10. Jesus de Polanco $3.0 billion Grupo Prisa (media) Madrid 77yo - Married, 4 children

Sweden

TOP 8- Sweden's Billionaires... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Ingvar Kamprad (flies economy class and frequents cheap restaurants) $33.0 billion Ikea (retail) Switzerland, Lausanne 80yo - Married, 4 children
2. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion Hennes & Mauritz (retail) (has 1,300 stores in 24 countries) Stockholm 59yo - Married, 3 children
3. Birgit Rausing & family
(husband Gad Rausing died in 2000 ) 		$11.0 billion Tetra Laval (packaging manufacture) Switzerland, Vaud 83yo - Widowed, 3 children
4. Sir Hans Rausing (knighted last year for his services to charity) $9.0 billion Tetra Laval (packaging) (Moved to England in 1980 to avoid punitive Swedish taxes) UK, Wadhurst 81yo - Married, 3 children
5. Antonia Johnson $6.6 billion A. Johnson & Co. (diversified) Stockholm 63yo - Married, 4 children
6. Fredrik Lundberg
(once a junior world champion of curling)		 $3.0 billion real estate / investments Stockholm 55yo - Married, 2 children
8. Liselott (Lottie) Persson
(sister of Stefan Persson )		 $2.0 billion Hennes & Mauritz (clothing retail chain) Stockholm 57yo - n/a
7. Count Gustaf Douglas $1.9 billion Assa Abloy (locks) / security Stockholm 69yo - Married, 2 children

Switzerland

TOP 8- Switzerland's Billionaires... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Ernesto Bertarelli (yachtsman who won the America's Cup in 2003 ) $8.8 billion Sereno (biotech) Geneva 41yo - Married
2. Thomas Schmidheiny $5.5 billion Holcim (cement) (world's second-largest supplier of cement and concrete) Balgach 61yo - Married, 4 children
3. Walter Haefner $4.3 billion Computer Associates (software) Zurich 96yo - Married, 2 children
4. Stephan Schmidheiny (facing lawsuits in Switzerland and Italy surrounding the asbestos-related deaths of former plant workers) $3.6 billion investments Zurich 59yo - Married, 2 children
5. Nicolas Hayek (known as Mr. Swatch) $3.2 billion Swatch (world's largest manufacturer of finished watches with 156 factories) Biel 78yo - Married, 2 children
6. Sergio Mantegazza (Loves expensive toys, has a helicopter, a yacht (Lady Marina) and a $600,000 Mercedes Maybach. ) $2.7 billion Globus & Cosmos (travel) Lugano 79yo - Married, 1 child
7. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte
(husband and wife)		 $2.4 billion Mediterranean Shipping Company (world's second-largest container shipper with 310 container vessels) Geneva n/a - Married
8. Bahaa Hariri (Eldest son of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik) $2.2 billion inheritance Geneva 40yo - Married

Taiwan

TOP 8- Taiwan's Billionaires... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Tsai Hong-tu & family $7.0 billion Cathay Financial Holdings Taiwan 54yo - n/a, 3 children
2. Terry Gou (filed lawsuit, later dropped, against journalists saying he ran sweatshops) $5.5 billion Hon Hai Precision (world's largest contract manufacturer) Taipei 56yo - Widowed, 2 children
3. YC Wang & family
(only elementary school education)		 $5.1 billion Formosa Plastics (chemicals) Taipei 90yo - n/a, 10 children
4. Tsai Wan-Tsai & family $3.0 billion Fubon Group (banking) Taipei 77yo - Married, 4 children
5. Barry Lam $2.1 billion Quanta Computer (world's no. 1 maker of notebook computers) Taiwan 57yo - Married, 2 children
6. Douglas Hsu (Charged with forgery and breach of trust last fall but denies any wrongdoing) $1.5 billion diversified Taiwan 65yo - Married, 3 children
7. Tsai Eng Meng $1.0 billion Want Want (junk food) Taiwan 50yo - n/a
7. Gary Wang $1.0 billion media (world's largest privately run Chinese-language media organization) Taipei 52yo - Married, 3 children

Turkey

TOP 10 - Turkey's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Husnu Ozyegin $3.5 billion banking Istanbul 62yo - Married, 2 children
2. Mehmet Karamehmet $2.4 billion Turkcell mobile phone company Istanbul 62yo - Married, 1 child
3. Erol Sabanci $2.1 billion inherited (diversified) (incl. Akbank, second largest bank in Turkey) Istanbul 69yo - Married, 2 children
3. Sevket Sabanci (brother of Erol Sabanci) $2.1 billion Sabanci Group (diversified) Istanbul 71yo - Married, 3 children
5. Sarik Tara $2.0 billion Enka (construction) Istanbul  76yo - Married, 2 children
6. Ahmet Zorlu (High School drop out; shuttles around Europe in custom-designed helicopter) $1.8 billion electronics, finance (Turkey's largest exporter) Istanbul   62yo - Married, 1 child
7. Aydin Dogan $1.6 billion media Istanbul 70yo - Married, 4 children
8. Turgay Ciner (Personally pays for much school construction throughout Turkey) $1.5 billion diversified Istanbul 51yo - Married, 1 child
9. Rahmi Koc (avid sailor, spends months calling on ports around the world aboard his luxury yacht) $1.4 billion inherited (diversified) Istanbul 76yo - Divorced, 3 children
9. Semahat Arsel (Due to parasite in her blood, spent years fighting illness in hospitals around the world; sister of Rahmi Koc ) $1.4 billion

inherited (diversified)

Istanbul 78yo - Married

United Kingdom

TOP 10 - United Kingdom's Richest People ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
(6th Duke of Westminister)		 $11.0 billion real estate (incl. Mayfair) Chester 55yo - Married, 4 children
2. Sir Philip & Cristina Green (Knighted last year for his services to the retail industry) $7.0 billion retail (British Home Stores and Arcadia) London; Monaco 55yo - Married, 2 children
3. David & Simon Reuben (two brothers born in Mumbai ) $4.5 billion investments, real estate London / Monaco n/a - 3 children
4. Simon Halabi (born in Syria) $4.3 billion real estate London 57yo - Married
5. Richard Branson (high school dropout) In February, offered $25 million prize to anyone who can find a way to remove a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the Earth's atmosphere $3.8 billion Virgin (airlines, etc) London 56yo - Married, 2 children
6. Charles Cadogan & family $3.6 billion real estate London 70yo - Married, 3 children
6. Bernard Ecclestone & family $3.6 billion Formula One (car racing) London 76yo - Married, 2 children
8. Nadhmi Auchi (gives money to grassroots organizations that repatriate young boys forced to race camels outside Pakistan) $3.1 billion diversified London 69yo - Married, 4 children
9. David & Frederick Barclay (identical twins) $3.0 billion media, retail (manage their businesses from the island tax haven of Jersey) Island of Brecquou n/a - n/a
9. Clive Calder $3.0 billion Zomba Recordings (incl. Britney Spears, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys ) Cayman Islands 60yo - Married, 2 children

United States
(men)

TOP 10 - USA's Richest Men ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. William Gates III (world's richest person - for 13 years in a row!)
Harvard Uni drop out.
 $56.0 billion Microsoft  WA, Medina 51yo - Married, 3 children  
2. Warren Buffett (married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday last Aug.)
Will donate $31 billion to charity!		 $52.0 billion Berkshire Hathaway  NE, Omaha 76yo - Married, 3 children  
3. Sheldon Adelson (City College of NY drop out) $26.5 billion casinos, hotels NV, Las Vegas 73yo - Married, 5 children 
4. Lawrence Ellison (University of Illinois, drop out) Plans to sail in 2007 America's Cup in Spain. $21.5 billion Oracle (database s'ware) CA, Redwood City 62yo - Married, 2 children 
5. Paul Allen (Washington State University, drop out) Teamed up with high school friend Bill Gates 1975 to start computer company. $18.0 billion Microsoft, investments   WA, Mercer Is. 54yo - Single
6. Jim Walton (child of Sam Walton - d. 1992) $16.8 billion Wal-Mart  AR, Bentonville 59yo - Married, 4 children 
7. S Robson Walton (child of Sam Walton - d. 1992) $16.7 billion  Wal-Mart AR, Bentonville 63yo - Married, 3 children 
7. Sergey Brin $16.7 billion Google CA, Palo Alto 33yo - Single
9. Larry Page $16.6 billion Google CA, San Francisco 34yo - Single
9. Michael Dell $16.6 billion Dell (world's 2nd biggest PC maker) TX, Austin 42yo - Married, 4 children 

United States
(women)

TOP 10 - USA's Richest Women ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion Wal-Mart (widow of John Walton, who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005) WY, Jackson 52yo - Widowed, 1 child
2. Alice Walton $16.6 billion Wal-Mart TX , Fort Worth 57yo - Divorced
3. Helen Walton
Died 19 Apr 2007		 $16.4 billion Wal-Mart  (widow of Sam Walton - d.1992) AR, Bentonville 87yo - Widowed, 4 children
4. Abigail Johnson $13.0 billion Fidelity investments MA, Boston 45yo - Married, 2 children
5. Barbara Cox Anthony
Died 28 May 2007		 $12.6 billion media/entertainment HI, Honolulu 83yo - Married, 2 children
5. Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion media/entertainment GA, Atlanta 87yo - Divorced, 3 children
7. Jacqueline Mars $10.5 billion candy (incl. Mars bar) world's largest confectioner NJ, Bedminster 67yo - Divorced, 3 children
8. Joan Tisch (Widow of Brooklyn - born Preston Tisch - d. 2005) $3.7 billion Loews NY, New York 81yo - Widowed, 3 children 
8. Martha Ingram & family $2.9 billion Ingram Industries TN, Nashville 71yo - Widowed, 4 children
9. Barbara Piasecka Johnson $2.8 billion Johnson & Johnson Monaco, Monte Carlo 70yo - Widowed

Under 36

TOP 11 - Billionaires Under 36yo ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. Sergey Brin $16.6 billion Google
 USA 33yo - Single   
1. Larry Page $16.6 billion Google USA 34yo - Single
3. Andrei Melnichenko (uni dropout) Son of a respected Soviet physicist. $4.6 billion banking, energy Russia 35yo - Married
3. Sergei Popov $4.6 billion banking, energy Russia 35yo - Married
5. Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis (lives in one of the family castles) YOUNGEST BILLIONAIRE! $2.0 billion inherited, diversified Germany 23yo - Single
6. Fahd Hariri (youngest son of Rafik Hariri) $1.6 billion inheritance Lebanon 26yo - Single
6. Ayman Hariri (one of five children of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik ) $1.6 billion inheritance Saudi Arabia 28yo - Married, 1 child
6. Anurag Dikshit (is this for real?) $1.6 billion online gambling India 35yo - Married, 1 child
9. Daniel Ziff $1.5 billion inheritance, hedge funds USA 35yo - Single
10. Henrique Constantino $1.1 billion GOL airlines Brazil 35yo - n/a
11. Kostyantin Zhevago $1.0 billion banking, mining Ukraine 33yo - Married, 2 children

Over 90

TOP 11 - Billionaires Over 90yo ... (8 March 2007) ... Wealth in USD$
Name
Wealth
Source
Citizenship
Personal
1. John Kluge (onetime richest man in America) $9.1 billion Metromedia USA 92yo - Married, 3 children
2. Anacleto Angelini (Chile's richest man, remains as vigorous as ever) $6.0 billion energy Chile 93yo - Married
3. Saleh Al Rajhi $4.4 billion banking Saudi Arabia 95yo - Married, 61 children (yes, 61!!!! - 22 sons, 39 daughters, from 7 wives)
4. Walter Haefner $4.3 billion Haefner software Switzerland 96yo - Married, 2 children
5. John Simplot & family (OLDEST BILLIONAIRE!) $3.2 billion potatoes, microchips (supplier of more than half of McDonald's french fries) USA 98yo - Married, 4 children
6. Hugo Mann & family $2.7 billion retail Germany 93yo - Married, 3 children
7. Carl Pohlad (owner of pro baseball's Minnesota Twins) $2.6 billion banking USA 91yo - Widowed, 3 children
7. David Rockefeller Sr (Grandson of visionary oil baron John D. Rockefeller now working to give away his fortune) $2.6 billion Standard Oil, banking USA 91yo - Widowed, 6 children
9. Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller (donated an opera house to the Danish state) $1.8 billion shipping Denmark 93yo - Married, 3 children
10. Ernest Gallo & family (DIED on March 6, 2007, 12 days short of his 98th birthday) $1.3 billion wine USA 97yo - Widowed, 2 children
11. Leonard Litwin $1.0 billion real estate USA 92yo - Married, 2 children

 

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