Top 10 Richest People in the World

Warren Buffett has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s richest and wealthiest person. Known for his frugal lifestyle, Warren Buffett is unlikely to get too excited about the news. When he got married recently, he bought a cheap discount ring for his wife. Warren Buffet makes most of his money from investing. 2007 saw a particularly good year as he made good choices on the Brazilian currency.

Top 10 Rich List

1 Warren Buffett Investments $(bn) 62.0

2 Carlos Slim Helu Telecoms 60.0

3 Bill Gates Software 58.0

4 Lakshmi Mittal Steel 45.0

5 Mukesh Ambani Petrochemicals 43.0

6 Anil Ambani Diverse sources 42.0

7 Ingvar Kamprad Ikea stores 31.0

8 KP Singh Property 30.0

9 Oleg Deripaska Aluminium 28.0

10 Karl Albrecht Aldi stores 27.0

The richest Britain is the Duke of Westminster with $14bn (ranked no. 46). The richest young person is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, currently worth $1.3bn.

According to the Forbes list, Bill Gates has been the richest person for the last 13 years



44 Responses to Top 10 Richest People in the World

  1. Adesegun S. Adewale June 4, 2009 at 3:51 pm #

    Pls,
    I’m very comfusing about the richest man in the world. Some says Billgate while some says buffet and others says collins. who is the topest among them.Alert me for me not to give false information

  2. Piyauddin June 3, 2009 at 10:21 pm #

    money is nothing without knowledge

  3. daniel opara June 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm #

    hello,my name is daniel opara, from nigeria,15 years of age,i was a awodiorasecondary school,i was doing well in untill my father died,my father was a businessman who deal with building materials,and my mom is a full house wife because my dad never let her to do anything,untill my dad was duped and the business went down,a year latter he died in heart attack and things become so difficult for my family so difficult that we hardly feed and i dropet out of school and started hocking ababnas just to help my mom feed the younger once,we are 4 children 2 girls 2 boyz and i am the elder one ,i am i in high school why the other three are still in in primary sch
    ool,please i need your help dont let our mother die she’s all we got, in any way youcan helpme and my family please i will be greatful, imy self want to go back to school as soon as i got a help from any one,please you have been doing it for others please don’t turn your back on my family and the good lord will never turn his abundant bless away from you,god bless you for kindness,please dont let our mother die,she’s all we have left,
    daniel opara

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