The World's Billionaires 2010

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The World's Billionaires 2010 edition was 24th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 12, 2010. It was released online on March 10, 2010. Forty reporters across 13 countries contributed to the list. Carlos Slim and Bill Gates were featured on the cover. [1]

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Annual list

Mexican telecommunication mogul Carlos Slim narrowly eclipsed Microsoft's Bill Gates to top the billionaire list for the first time. Slim saw his estimated worth surge $18.5 billion to $53.5 billion as shares of America Movil rose 35%. Gates' estimated wealth rose $13 billion to $53 billion, placing him second. Investor Warren Buffett was third with $47 billion, up from $37 billion. [2] Christy Walton was the highest ranking women, placing 12th overall, with an inherited fortune of $22.5 billion. [3] At age 25, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was the world's youngest billionaire. [1] American Isaac Perlmutter was among the top newcomers with an estimated fortunate $4 billion acquired in his sale of Marvel Entertainment to Disney. [2]

A total of 1,011 people made the 2010, up from 793 the year before, but short of the all-time record of 1,125. The United States accounted for 403 billionaires, followed by China with 89 and Russia with 62. [3] It was the first time China, which includes Hong Kong, placed second. [2] A total of 55 countries were represented on the 2010 list, including Finland and Pakistan which claimed their first billionaires. [3] China, India, South Korea, and Turkey were among 11 countries that saw a doubling of the numbers billionaires. [4] Eighty-nine women made the list, but only 14 of them were self-made. [3] Of the 89, 12 were newcomers in 2010. [1] Half of those 14 self-made women came from China. [3]

Steve Forbes said the growing number of billionaires was clear sign that the world's economy was recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. His magazine declared that Asia was leading the recovery, with the US lagging behind, based on the billionaire list. The 2010 list featured 164 re-entries and 97 true newcomers. [1] Asia accounted for more than 100 of the new entrants. Overall, just 12% of the list lost wealth since 2009, and 30 people fell off the list. Thirteen others died. [2] The combined net worth of the list was $3.6 trillion, up 50% from 2009's $2.4 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.5 billion. [1] The United States accounted for 38% of the lists, down from 44% the year prior. [2]

Top 10

No.Name Net worth (USD)Age Citizenshipy Source(s) of wealth
1Increase2.svg Carlos Slim & family$53.5 billion Increase2.svg70Mexico Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2Decrease2.svg Bill Gates $53.0 billion Increase2.svg61United States Microsoft
3Decrease2.svg Warren Buffett $47.0 billion Increase2.svg79United States Berkshire Hathaway
4Increase2.svg Mukesh Ambani $29.0 billion Increase2.svg53India Reliance Industries
5Increase2.svg Lakshmi Mittal $28.7 billion Increase2.svg60India Arcelor Mittal
6Decrease2.svg Larry Ellison $28.0 billion Increase2.svg66United States Oracle Corporation
7Increase2.svg Bernard Arnault $27.5 billion Increase2.svg61France LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
8Increase2.svg Eike Batista $27.0 billion Increase2.svg53Brazil EBX Group
9Increase2.svg Amancio Ortega $25.0 billion Increase2.svg74Spain Inditex Group
10Decrease2.svg Karl Albrecht $23.5 billion Increase2.svg90Germany Aldi Süd
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year's list
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year's list
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year's list

Top 100 [5]

No.NameNet Worth USD billionAgeCitizenshipResidence
1Carlos Slim53.570MexicoMexico
2William Gates III53.054United StatesUnited States
3Warren Buffett47.079United StatesUnited States
4Mukesh Ambani29.052IndiaIndia
5Lakshmi Mittal28.759IndiaUnited Kingdom
6Lawrence Ellison28.065United StatesUnited States
7Bernard Arnault27.561FranceFrance
8Eike Batista27.053BrazilBrazil
9Amancio Ortega25.074SpainSpain
10Karl Albrecht23.590GermanyGermany
11Ingvar Kamprad & family23.083SwedenSwitzerland
12Christy Walton & family22.555United StatesUnited States
13Stefan Persson22.462SwedenSweden
14Li Ka-shing21.081Hong KongHong Kong
15Jim Walton20.762United StatesUnited States
16Alice Walton20.660United StatesUnited States
17Liliane Bettencourt20.087FranceFrance
18S. Robson Walton19.866United StatesUnited States
19Rami AbdulAziz Alghamdi19.455Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
20David Thomson & family19.052CanadaCanada
21Michael Otto & family18.766GermanyGermany
22Lee Shau Kee18.582Hong KongHong Kong
23Michael Bloomberg18.068United StatesUnited States
24Sergey Brin17.536United StatesUnited States
24Charles Koch17.574United StatesUnited States
24David Koch17.569United StatesUnited States
24Larry Page17.537United StatesUnited States
28Michele Ferrero & family17.083ItalyMonaco
28Kwok family17.0n/aHong KongHong Kong
28Azim Premji17.064IndiaIndia
31Theo Albrecht16.788GermanyGermany
32 Vladimir Lisin 15.853RussiaRussia
33Steven Ballmer14.554United StatesUnited States
33Robert Kuok14.586MalaysiaHong Kong
35 George Soros 14.079United StatesUnited States
36Anil Ambani13.750IndiaIndia
37Paul Allen13.557United StatesUnited States
37Michael Dell13.545United StatesUnited States
39 Mikhail Prokhorov 13.444RussiaRussia
40Birgit Rausing & family13.086SwedenSwitzerland
40Shashi & Ravi Ruia13.066IndiaIndia
42 Mikhail Fridman 12.745RussiaRussia
43Jeffrey Bezos12.346United StatesUnited States
44Savitri Jindal12.260IndiaIndia
45Donald Bren12.077United StatesUnited States
45Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family12.058United KingdomUnited Kingdom
45John Paulson12.054United StatesUnited States
48Abigail Johnson11.548United StatesUnited States
48Jorge Paulo Lemann11.570BrazilBrazil
50 Roman Abramovich 11.243RussiaRussia
51Susanne Klatten11.147GermanyGermany
52Iris Fontbona & family11.0n/aChileChile
52Forrest Mars Jr11.078United StatesUnited States
52Jacqueline Mars11.070United StatesUnited States
52John Mars11.073United StatesUnited States
52Ronald Perelman11.067United StatesUnited States
57Oleg Deripaska10.742RussiaRussia
58 Vagit Alekperov 10.659RussiaRussia
59Leonardo Del Vecchio10.574ItalyItaly
59Carl Icahn10.574United StatesUnited States
61Vladimir Potanin10.349RussiaRussia
62Philip Knight10.272United StatesUnited States
63Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family10.154MexicoMexico
64Mohammed Al Amoudi10.065Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
64Ernesto Bertarelli & family10.044SwitzerlandSwitzerland
64 Anne Cox Chambers 10.090United StatesUnited States
64George Kaiser10.067United StatesUnited States
64Hans Rausing10.084SwedenUnited Kingdom
64Joseph Safra10.071BrazilBrazil
70Alexei Mordashov9.944RussiaRussia
71 Viktor Rashnikov 9.861RussiaRussia
72German Larrea Mota Velasco & family9.756MexicoMexico
73 Sheldon Adelson 9.376United StatesUnited States
74 Silvio Berlusconi & family9.073ItalyItaly
74Dan Duncan9.077United StatesUnited States
74Kushal Pal Singh9.078IndiaIndia
77Nasser Al-Kharafi & family8.766KuwaitKuwait
77Francois Pinault & family8.773FranceFrance
79 Dmitry Rybolovlev 8.643RussiaRussia
80 Iskander Makhmudov 8.546RussiaRussia
80James Simons8.571United StatesUnited States
82Alberto Bailleres & family8.377MexicoMexico
83 German Khan 8.248RussiaRussia
84Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte8.164ChileChile
85Edward Johnson III8.079United StatesUnited States
86Kumar Birla7.942IndiaIndia
87Sunil Mittal7.852IndiaIndia
88John Fredriksen7.765CyprusUnited Kingdom
89Serge Dassault & family7.684FranceFrance
89Petr Kellner7.645Czech RepublicCzech Republic
89Ananda Krishnan7.671MalaysiaMalaysia
89Tadashi Yanai & family7.661JapanJapan
93Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber7.551Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
93Leonard Blavatnik7.552United StatesUnited Kingdom
93David & Simon Reuben7.567United KingdomUnited Kingdom
93Nobutada Saji & family7.564JapanJapan
93Alain & Gerard Wertheimer7.5n/aFrancen/a
93 Vladimir Yevtushenkov 7.561RussiaRussia
99August von Finck7.380GermanySwitzerland
100Lee Kun-Hee7.268South KoreaSouth Korea
100 Alisher Usmanov 7.256RussiaRussia
100Galen Weston & family7.269CanadaCanada

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nikola Krastev (March 11, 2010). "Forbes' Rich List: Number Of New Billionaires Reflects Global Recovery". Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Matthew Miller; Luisa Kroll (March 10, 2010). "Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man". Forbes. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "China ranks No 2 on Forbes billionaires list". China Daily. March 11, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Anuj Chopra (March 11, 2010). "India, China make mark on Forbes rich list". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ The World's Billionaires. Forbes.com. March 10, 2010.
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