Top 10 Richest person in the world 2010 (Terkaya di dunia)

1. Carlos Slim Helú
2. William Gates III
3. Warren Buffett
4. Mukesh Ambani
5. Lakshmi Mittal
6. Lawrence Ellison
7. Bernard Arnault
8. Eike Batista
9. Amancio Ortega
10. Karl Albrecht

No.1 Carlos Slim Helu  $53.5 billion - Telecom, Mexico.

Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his fixed-line assets into American Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile phone company.




 No.2 Bill Gates $53 billion - Microsoft, U.S.

Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as
Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy.



 No.3 Warren Buffett $47 billion – Investments, U.S.

America’s favorite investor up $10 billion in past 12 months on surging Berkshire Hathaway shares; says U.S. has survived economic "Pearl Harbor," but warns recovery will be slow. Shrewdly invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs and $3 billion in General Electric amid 2008 market collapse. Recently acquired railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $26 billion.




  No.4 Mukesh Ambani $29 billion- Petrochemicals, oil and gas. India.

Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil sands outfit Value Creations. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected. Since September company has sold Treasury shares worth $2 billion to be used for acquisitions. Late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance and built it into a massive conglomerate.


No.5 Lakshmi Mittal $28.7 billion - Steel, India.

London’s richest resident oversees ArcelorMittal, world’s largest steel maker. Net profits fell 75% in 2009. Mittal took 12% pay cut but improved outlook pushed stock up one-third in past year. Looking to expand in his native India; wants to build steel mills in Jharkhad and Orissa but has not received government approval. Earned $1.1 billion for selling his interest in a Kazakh refinery in December


                                                                                                                                                   
No.6 Lawrence Ellison $28 billion – Oracle, U.S.

Oracle founder’s fortune continues to soar; shares up 70% in past 12 months. Database giant has bought 57 companies in the past five years. Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in 1986.


                                                                                                                        

No.7 Bernard Arnault $27.5 billion - Luxury goods, France.

Bling is back, helping fashion icon grab title of richest European as shares of his luxury goods outfit LVMH–maker of Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon–surge 57%. LVMH is developing upscale Shanghai commercial property, L’Avenue Shanghai, with Macau billionaire Stanley Ho.



                                                                                                                      

No.8 Eike Batista $27 billion - Mining, oil. Brazil.

Vowing to become world’s richest man–and he may be on his way. This year’s biggest gainer added $19.5 billion to his personal balance sheet. Son of Brazil’s revered former mining minister who presided over mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce got his start in gold trading and mining.



                                                                                                                       

No.9 Amancio Ortega $25 billion - Fashion retail, Spain.

Style maven lords over Inditex; fashion firm, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has 4,500 stores in 73 countries including new spots in Mexico and Syria. Set up joint venture with Tata Group subsidiary to enter India in 2010. Betting on Florida real estate: bought Coral Gables office tower that is currently home to
Bacardi USA.

                                                                                                               

No.10 Karl Albrecht $23.5 billion - Supermarkets, Germany.

Owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud, one of Germany’s (and Europe’s) dominant grocers. Has 1,000 stores in U.S. across 29 states. Estimated sales: $37 billion. Plans to open New York City store this year. With younger brother, Theo, transformed mother’s corner grocery store into Aldi after World War II. Brothers split ownership in 1961; Karl took the stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got northern Germany and the rest of Europe.

TOP 100

• Rank    Name                        Citizenship    Age Net Worth ($bil)Residence
• 1     Carlos Slim Helu & family           Mexico     70     53.5     Mexico
• 2     William Gates III                United States     54     53.0     United States
• 3     Warren Buffett                   United States     79     47.0     United States
• 4     Mukesh Ambani                             India     52     29.0     India
• 5     Lakshmi Mittal                                India     59     28.7     United Kingdom
• 6     Lawrence Ellison                United States     65     28.0     United States
• 7     Bernard Arnault                           France     61     27.5     France
• 8     Eike Batista                                   Brazil     53     27.0     Brazil
• 9     Amancio Ortega                            Spain     74     25.0     Spain
• 10     Karl Albrecht                         Germany     90     23.5     Germany
• 11     Ingvar Kamprad & family         Sweden     83     23.0     Switzerland
• 12     Christy Walton & family   United States     55     22.5     United States
• 13     Stefan Persson                         Sweden     62     22.4     Sweden
• 14     Li Ka-shing                         Hong Kong     81     21.0     Hong Kong
• 15     Jim Walton                       United States     62     20.7     United States
• 16     Alice Walton                    United States     60     20.6     United States
• 17     Liliane Bettencourt                     France     87     20.0     France
• 18     S. Robson Walton            United States     66     19.8     United States
• 19     Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. Saudi Arabia     55     19.4     Saudi Arabia
• 20     David Thomson & family          Canada     52     19.0     Canada
• 21     Michael Otto & family            Germany     66     18.7     Germany
• 22     Lee Shau Kee                    Hong Kong     82     18.5     Hong Kong
• 23     Michael Bloomberg          United States     68     18.0     United States
• 24     Sergey Brin                      United States     36     17.5     United States
• 24     Charles Koch                   United States     74     17.5     United States
• 24     David Koch                      United States     69     17.5     United States
• 24     Larry Page                        United States     37     17.5     United States
• 28     Michele Ferrero & family                Italy     83     17.0     Monaco
• 28     Kwok family                     Hong Kong     NA     17.0     Hong Kong
• 28     Azim Premji                                  India     64     17.0     India
• 31     Theo Albrecht                        Germany     88     16.7     Germany
• 32     Vladimir Lisin                             Russia     53     15.8     Russia
• 33     Steven Ballmer                 United States     54     14.5     United States
• 33     Robert Kuok                          Malaysia     86     14.5     Hong Kong
• 35     George Soros                  United States     79     14.0     United States
• 36     Anil Ambani                                 India     50     13.7     India
• 37     Paul Allen                        United States     57     13.5     United States
• 37     Michael Dell                    United States     45     13.5     United States
• 39     Mikhail Prokhorov                     Russia     44     13.4     Russia
• 40     Birgit Rausing & family            Sweden     86     13.0     Switzerland
• 40     Shashi & Ravi Ruia                      India     66     13.0     India
• 42     Mikhail Fridman                        Russia     45     12.7     Russia
• 43     Jeffrey Bezos                  United States     46     12.3     United States
• 44     Savitri Jindal                                India     60     12.2     India
• 45     Donald Bren                   United States     77     12.0     United States
• 45     Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor          Uk     58     12.0     United Kingdom
• 45     John Paulson                   United States     54     12.0     United States
• 48     Abigail Johnson               United States     48     11.5     United States
• 48     Jorge Paulo Lemann            Brazil             70     11.5     Brazil
• 50     Roman Abramovich                  Russia      43     11.2     Russia
• 51     Susanne Klatten                    Germany     47     11.1     Germany
• 52     Iris Fontbona & family               Chile     NA     11.0     Chile
• 52     Forrest Mars Jr               United States     78     11.0     United States
• 52     Jacqueline Mars              United States     70     11.0     United States
• 52     John Mars                       United States     73     11.0     United States
• 52     Ronald Perelman             United States     67     11.0     United States
• 57     Oleg Deripaska                         Russia     42     10.7     Russia
• 58     Vagit Alekperov                        Russia     59     10.6     Russia
• 59     Leonardo Del Vecchio                 Italy     74     10.5     Italy
• 59     Carl Icahn                      United States     74     10.5     United States
• 61     Vladimir Potanin                       Russia     49     10.3     Russia
• 62     Philip Knight                  United States     72     10.2     United States
• 63     Ricardo Salinas Pliego            Mexico     54     10.1     Mexico
• 64     Mohammed Al Amoudi  Saudi Arabia     65     10.0     Saudi Arabia
• 64     Ernesto Bertarelli              Switzerland     44     10.0     Switzerland
• 64     Anne Cox Chambers     United States     90     10.0     United States
• 64     George Kaiser               United States     67     10.0     United States
• 64     Hans Rausing                         Sweden     84     10.0     United Kingdom
• 64     Joseph Safra                              Brazil     71     10.0     Brazil
• 70     Alexei Mordashov                    Russia     44     9.9     Russia
• 71     Viktor Rashnikov                      Russia     61     9.8     Russia
• 72     German Larrea Mota Velasco Mexico     56     9.7     Mexico
• 73     Sheldon Adelson            United States     76     9.3     United States
• 74     Silvio Berlusconi & family             Italy     73     9.0     Italy
• 74     Dan Duncan                   United States     77     9.0     United States
• 74     Kushal Pal Singh                         India     78     9.0     India
• 77     Nasser Al-Kharafi & family     Kuwait     66     8.7     Kuwait
• 77     Francois Pinault & family          France     73     8.7     France
• 79     Dmitry Rybolovlev                    Russia     43     8.6     Russia
• 80     Iskander Makhmudov               Russia     46     8.5     Russia
• 80     James Simons                 United States     71     8.5     United States
• 82     Alberto Bailleres & family        Mexico     77     8.3     Mexico
• 83     German Khan                           Russia     48     8.2     Russia
• 84     Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia   Chile     NA     8.1     Chile
• 85     Edward Johnson III        United States     79     8.0     United States
• 86     Kumar Birla                                India     42     7.9     India
• 87     Sunil Mittal                                  India     52     7.8     India
• 88     John Fredriksen                       Cyprus     65     7.7     United Kingdom
• 89     Serge Dassault & family            France     84     7.6     France
• 89     Petr Kellner                 Czech Republic     45     7.6     Czech Republic
• 89     Ananda Krishnan                   Malaysia     71     7.6     Malaysia
• 89     Tadashi Yanai & family              Japan     61     7.6     Japan
• 93     Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber Saudi Arabia     51     7.5     Saudi Arabia
• 93     Len Blavatnik                 United States     52     7.5     United Kingdom
• 93     David & Simon Reuben  United Kingdom     67     7.5     United Kingdom
• 93     Nobutada Saji & family              Japan     64     7.5     Japan
• 93     Alain & Gerard Wertheimer    France     NA     7.5     NA
• 93     Vladimir Yevtushenkov              Russia     61     7.5     Russia
• 99     August von Finck                   Germany     80     7.3     Switzerland
• 100     Lee Kun-Hee                 South Korea     68     7.2     South Korea

Source :  www.forbes.com

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