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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

 

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11 comments ↓

#1 Sam Kambadi Akambadi Kambani on 03.07.08 at 3:30 pm

the rankings are very misleading as it presents diverse reports on the First, second and third. Forbes list, Bill Gates as the richest with, other webs point ou slim as the first and Gates as the second, but this one is ranking:
1 Warren Buffett Investments $(bn) 62.0

2 Carlos Slim Helu Telecoms 60.0

3 Bill Gates Software 58.0

whic is whic. please school me on this.

#2 Sam Kambadi Akambadi Kambani on 03.07.08 at 3:33 pm

tell me whether all the wealth is emanating from one source. for example i may wish to know how much is from real estate, industry and others.

#3 yash on 05.17.08 at 2:29 pm

The top five richest people in india?

#4 G S Akinbode on 07.10.08 at 10:37 pm

Their lives and stories are a major inspiration for me.Its good to be wealthy and to use the same to improve the conditions of less lucky humanity.

#5 odole kayode on 08.02.08 at 12:11 pm

the use of money given by God 2 bless others is a good thing

#6 odole kayode on 08.02.08 at 12:19 pm

the use of money given by God 2 bless others is a good thing.

#7 Name on 09.25.08 at 2:32 pm

Nerd’s need to egt a life.

#8 ven on 10.02.08 at 5:43 pm

is it all real and accurate details

#9 ven on 10.02.08 at 5:44 pm

bill gates is a great business man who rocked for 13 years!

#10 Jerry on 10.09.08 at 3:31 am

Good day our fathers, I am a student with University of Jos, Nigeria. i am really facing a financial problem in catering for myself and my studies, if any of you out there can come to my aid, i will be very grateful. Remain Bless! netjdan@yahoo.com

#11 job on 11.12.08 at 1:27 pm

God has blessed them with money and yet some do not think about others i plead that they use their money to help country that are in need “MOTHER AFRICA” espercially GHANA

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