The World's Billionaires 2009

The World's Billionaires 2009

RANK NAME CITIZENSHIP AGE NET WORTH ($BIL)
1 William Gates III United States 53 40.0
2 Warren Buffett United States 78 37.0
3 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 69 35.0
4 Lawrence Ellison United States 64 22.5
5 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 83 22.0
6 Karl Albrecht Germany 89 21.5
7 Mukesh Ambani India 51 19.5
8 Lakshmi Mittal India 58 19.3
9 Theo Albrecht Germany 87 18.8
10 Amancio Ortega Spain 73 18.3
11 Jim Walton United States 61 17.8
12 Alice Walton United States 59 17.6
12 Christy Walton & family United States 54 17.6
12 S Robson Walton United States 65 17.6
15 Bernard Arnault France 60 16.5
16 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 80 16.2
17 Michael Bloomberg United States 67 16.0
18 Stefan Persson Sweden 61 14.5
19 Charles Koch United States 73 14.0
19 David Koch United States 68 14.0
21 Liliane Bettencourt France 86 13.4
22 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 54 13.3
23 Michael Otto & family Germany 65 13.2
24 David Thomson & family Canada 51 13.0
25 Michael Dell United States 44 12.3