| 1 | 
Carlos Slim Helu & family
| $69 B | 72 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 | 
Bill Gates
| $61 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 | 
Warren Buffett
| $44 B | 81 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 | 
Bernard Arnault
| $41 B | 63 | LVMH | France |
| 5 | 
Amancio Ortega
| $37.5 B | 75 | Zara | Spain |
| 6 | 
Larry Ellison
| $36 B | 67 | Oracle | United States |
| 7 | 
Eike Batista
| $30 B | 55 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 8 | 
Stefan Persson
| $26 B | 64 | H&M | Sweden |
| 9 | 
Li Ka-shing
| $25.5 B | 83 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 10 | 
Karl Albrecht
| $25.4 B | 92 | Aldi | Germany |
| 11 | 
Christy Walton & family
| $25.3 B | 57 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 12 | 
Charles Koch
| $25 B | 76 | diversified | United States |
| 12 | 
David Koch
| $25 B | 71 | diversified | United States |
| 14 | 
Sheldon Adelson
| $24.9 B | 78 | casinos | United States |
| 15 | 
Liliane Bettencourt
| $24 B | 89 | L'Oreal | France |
| 16 | 
Jim Walton
| $23.7 B | 64 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 17 | 
Alice Walton
| $23.3 B | 62 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 | 
S. Robson Walton
| $23.1 B | 68 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 19 | 
Mukesh Ambani
| $22.3 B | 54 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 20 | 
Michael Bloomberg
| $22 B | 70 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 21 | 
Lakshmi Mittal
| $20.7 B | 61 | steel | India |
| | 22 | 
George Soros
| $20 B | 81 | hedge funds | United States |
| 23 | 
Michele Ferrero & family
| $19 B | 85 | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 | 
Sergey Brin
| $18.7 B | 38 | Google | United States |
| 24 | 
Larry Page
| $18.7 B | 39 | Google | United States |
| 26 | 
Jeff Bezos
| $18.4 B | 48 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 27 | 
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family
| $18.3 B | 0 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 28 | 
Alisher Usmanov
| $18.1 B | 58 | steel, telecom, investments | Russia |
| 29 | 
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
| $18 B | 57 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 29 | 
Lee Shau Kee
| $18 B | 84 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 29 | 
Georgina Rinehart
| $18 B | 58 | Mining | Australia |
| 32 | 
Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht
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