List of billionaires (2009)

Top billionaires

The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009, and does not reflect changes since then.

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No. ↓Name ↓Net worth(USD) ↓Age ↓Citizenship ↓Residence ↓Sources of wealth ↓Ref.
1Bill Gates$40.0 billion 53 United States United StatesMicrosoft[3]
2Warren Buffett$37.0 billion 78 United States United StatesBerkshire Hathaway[3]
3Carlos Slim HelĂș$35.0 billion 69 Mexico
Lebanon
MexicoTelmex, América Móvil[3]
4Lawrence Ellison$22.5 billion 64 United States United StatesOracle Corporation[3]
5Ingvar Kamprad and family$22.0 billion 83 Sweden SwitzerlandIKEA[4]
6Karl Albrecht$21.5 billion 89 Germany GermanyAldi SĂŒd[4]
7Mukesh Ambani$19.5 billion 51 India IndiaReliance Industries[4]
8Lakshmi Mittal$19.3 billion 58 India United KingdomArcelor Mittal[4]
9Theo Albrecht$18.8 billion 87 Germany GermanyAldi Nord, Trader Joe's[5]
10Amancio Ortega$18.3 billion 73 Spain SpainInditex Group[6]
11Jim Walton$17.8 billion 61 United States United StatesWal-Mart[7]
12Alice Walton$17.6 billion 59 United States United StatesWal-Mart[7]
12Christy Walton$17.6 billion 54 United States United StatesWal-Mart[7]
12S. Robson Walton$17.6 billion 65 United States United StatesWal-Mart[7]
15Bernard Arnault$16.5 billion 60 France FranceLVMH MoĂ«t Hennessy • Louis Vuitton[8]
16Li Ka-shing$16.2 billion 80 Hong Kong Hong KongCheung Kong Holdings,Hutchison Whampoa[9]
17Michael Bloomberg$16.0 billion 67 United States United StatesBloomberg L.P.[6]
18Stefan Persson$14.5 billion 61 Sweden SwedenHennes & Mauritz
19Charles Koch$14.0 billion 73 United States United StatesKoch Industries[10]
19David H. Koch$14.0 billion 68 United States United StatesKoch Industries[10]
21Liliane Bettencourt$13.4 billion 86 France FranceL'Oréal[3]
22Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud$13.3 billion 54 Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Saudi ArabiaKingdom Holding Company, Citigroup[11]
23Michael Otto and family$13.2 billion 65 Germany GermanyOtto GmbH
24David Thomson and family$13.0 billion 51 Canada CanadaThe Thomson Corporation[12]
25Michael Dell$12.3 billion 44 United States United StatesDell
26Donald Bren$12.0 billion 76 United States United StatesIrvine Company
26Sergey Brin$12.0 billion 35 United States United StatesGoogle[3]
26Larry Page$12.0 billion 36 United States United StatesGoogle[3]
29Steven Ballmer$11.0 billion 53 United States United StatesMicrosoft[13]
29The Duke of Westminster and family$11.0 billion 57 United Kingdom United KingdomGrosvenor Group[14]
29George Soros$11.0 billion 78 United States United StatesSoros Fund Management
32Paul Allen$10.5 billion 56 United States United StatesMicrosoft[11]
32Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok$10.5 billion 57, 58, and 59 Hong Kong Hong KongSun Hung Kai
34Anil Ambani$10.1 billion 49 India IndiaAnil Dhirubhai Ambani Group[4]
35Abigail Johnson$10.0 billion 47 United States United StatesFidelity Investments
35Susanne Klatten$10.0 billion 46 Germany GermanyBMW
35Ronald Perelman$10.0 billion 66 United States United StatesRevlon
35Hans Rausing$10.0 billion 83 Sweden United KingdomTetra Laval[14]
39Birgit Rausing and family$9.9 billion 85 Sweden SwitzerlandTetra Laval
40Michele Ferrero and family$9.5 billion 82 Italy MonacoFerrero SpA
40Mikhail Prokhorov$9.5 billion 43 Russia RussiaInterros[15]
40Jack C. Taylor and family$9.5 billion 86 United States United StatesEnterprise Rent-A-Car
43Mohammed Al Amoudi$9.0 billion 63 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaCorral Petroleum Holdings
43Anne Cox Chambers$9.0 billion 89 United States United StatesCox Enterprises
43Carl Icahn$9.0 billion 73 United States United StatesAmerican Car and Foundry Company[16]
43George Kaiser$9.0 billion 66 United States United StatesBOK Financial Corporation
43Lee Shau Kee$9.0 billion 81 Hong Kong Hong KongHenderson Land Development
43Forrest Edward Mars, Jr.$9.0 billion 77 United States United StatesMars, Incorporated[16]
43Jacqueline Mars$9.0 billion 69 United States United StatesMars, Incorporated[16]
43John Mars$9.0 billion 72 United States United StatesMars, Incorporated[16]
51Roman Abramovich$8.5 billion 42 Russia RussiaMillhouse Capital[17]
52Ernesto Bertarelli$8.2 billion 43 Switzerland SwitzerlandSerono
52Philip Knight$8.2 billion 71 United States United StatesNike
54Nasser Al-Kharafi and family$8.1 billion 65 Kuwait KuwaitM. A. Kharafi & Sons
55James Simons$8.0 billion 70 United States United StatesRenaissance Technologies
55Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer$8.0 billion 60 and 59 France United States
Switzerland
Chanel
57Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family$7.8 billion 55 United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesMashreq Bank
57Vahid Alakbarov$7.8 billion 58 Russia RussiaLUKoil
59Sunil Mittal and family$7.7 billion 51 India IndiaBharti Airtel
60François Pinault and family$7.6 billion 72 France FrancePPR
61Eike Batista$7.5 billion 51 Brazil BrazilEBX Group
62Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber$7.0 billion 50 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
62Maan Al-Sanea$7.0 billion 54 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaSaad Group
62Edward Johnson, III$7.0 billion 78 United States United StatesFidelity Investments
62Ananda Krishnan$7.0 billion 70 Malaysia MalaysiaMaxis, Astro
62Robert Kuok$7.0 billion 85 Malaysia Hong KongPerlis Plantations Bhd
62Joseph Safra$7.0 billion 70 Brazil BrazilSafra Group
68Jeffrey Bezos$6.8 billion 45 United States United StatesAmazon.com
69August von Finck, Jr.$6.7 billion 79 Germany SwitzerlandAllianz
70Silvio Berlusconi and family$6.5 billion 72 Italy ItalyFininvest
71Leonardo Del Vecchio$6.3 billion 73 Italy ItalyLuxottica
71Curt Engelhorn$6.3 billion 82 Germany SwitzerlandRoche
71Mikhail Fridman$6.3 billion 44 Russia RussiaAlfa Group
74Sulaiman Al Rajhi$6.2 billion 89 Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaAl-Rajhi Bank
75James Goodnight$6.1 billion 66 United States United StatesSAS Institute
76[[Iris Fontbona widow of Andronico Luksic|Iris Fontbona widow of Andronico Luksic]] and family$6.0 billion Chile ChileAntofagasta PLC,Quiñenco
76Petr Kellner$6.0 billion 44 Czech Republic Czech RepublicPPF Group
76John Kluge$6.0 billion 94 United States United StatesMetromedia[6]
76John Paulson$6.0 billion 53 United States United States
76Tadashi Yanai & family$6.0 billion 60 Japan JapanFast Retailing
81Dan Duncan$5.9 billion 76 United States United StatesEnterprise Products
81Eliodoro Matte & family$5.9 billion 63 Chile ChileCompañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones
83Alberto Bailleres & family$5.7 billion 76 Mexico MexicoGrupo Bal
83Azim Premji$5.7 billion 63 India IndiaWipro Technologies
83Hansjorg Wyss$5.7 billion 74 Switzerland United StatesSynthes
86Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia$5.6 billion 65 India IndiaEssar
87Steven A. Cohen$5.5 billion 53 United States United StatesSAC Capital Partners
87Ng Teng Fong$5.5 billion 80 Singapore SingaporeSino Group
87Patrick Soon-Shiong$5.5 billion 57 United States United StatesAmerican Pharmaceutical Partners
90Serge Dassault and family$5.4 billion 83 France FranceDassault Group
90Erivan Haub & family$5.4 billion 76 Germany GermanyTengelmann Group
92Jorge Paulo Lemann$5.3 billion 69 Brazil BrazilInvestment Bank &Anheuser-Busch InBev
93Eli Broad$5.2 billion 75 United States United StatesKB Home
93Kunio Busujima & family$5.2 billion 83 Japan JapanSankyo
93Karl-Heinz Kipp$5.2 billion 85 Germany SwitzerlandMassa
93Vladimir Lisin$5.2 billion 52 Russia RussiaNovolipetsk Steel[15]
93Reinhold Wurth$5.2 billion 73 Germany GermanyWurth Group
98Philip Anschutz$5.0 billion 69 United States United StatesThe Anschutz Corporation
98Kirk Kerkorian$5.0 billion 91 United States United StatesTracinda Corporation[16]
98Nicky Oppenheimer & family$5.0 billion 63 South Africa South AfricaDe Beers & Anglo American
98David and Simon Reuben$5.0 billion NA United Kingdom United Kingdomreal estate
98Kushal Pal Singh$5.0 billion 77 India IndiaDLF Group[4]
98Galen Weston & family$5.0 billion 68 Canada CanadaGeorge Weston Limited,Associated British Foods
99Mian Mohammad Mansha$4.4 billion NA Pakistan PakistanNishat Group, Muslim Commercial Bank

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