Rank

Name

Nationality

Net Worth (US$’ billion)

Types of Business

1

William Gates III

United States

50.00

Software

2

Warren Buffett

United States

42.00

Investments

3

Carlos Slim Helu

Mexico

30.00

Telecommunications

4

Ingvar Kamprad

Sweden

28.00

Furniture Retailing

5

Lakshmi Mittal

India

23.50

Steel

6

Paul Allen

United States

22.00

Software

7

Bernard Arnault

France

21.50

Luxury Goods

8

Prince A. Bin Talal Alsaud

Saudi Arabia

20.00

Investments

9

Kenneth Thomson & family

Canada

19.60

Publishing

10

Li Ka-Shing

Hong Kong (China)

18.80

Diversified Sources

11

Roman Abramovich

Russia

18.20

Oil

12

Michael Dell

United States

17.10

Electronics

13

Karl Albrecht

Germany

17.00

Supermarkets

14

Sheldon Adelson

United States

16.10

Casinos, Hotels

15

Liliane Bettencourt

France

16.00

Consumer Products

15

Lawrence Ellison

United States

16.00

Software

17

Christy Walton

United States

15.90

Discount Retail

17

Jim Walton

United States

15.90

Discount Retail

19

S Robson Walton

United States

15.80

Discount Retail

20

Alice Walton

United States

15.70

Discount Retail

21

Helen Walton

United States

15.60

Discount Retail

22

Theo Albrecht

Germany

15.20

Supermarket Retail

23

Amancio Ortega

Spain

14.80

Fashion Retail

24

Steven Ballmer

United States

13.60

Software

25

Azim Premji

India

13.30

Software