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Forbes Billionaires
List 2011
Review of the world's billionaires according
to the Forbes business magazine, 2011.
Includes a listing of the richest people
in the world.
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Forbes Rich List - World's Billionaires in 2011 |
The
Forbes business magazine has released their
annual billionaires list of the richest
people in the world for 2011. Mexico's Carlos
Slim Helu has held onto the number one position
for the second year running with his staggering
$74 billion fortune, an increase of $20.5
billionaire from last year.
Americans continue to dominate the list
of billionaires but they are quickly losing
ground to emerging countries like China,
India, Russia and Brazil. There were a total
of 1210 entrants in 2011 with a total net
worth of $4.5 trillion. Last year the Forbes
billionaire list included 1011 billionaires
which means 214 people became billionaires
in 2011 with BRIC countries making up 108
of the new entries while the US added only
10.
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates and value
investor Warren Buffett increased their
personal fortunes by about $3 billion each
over the past year but Slim's fat increase
has rocketed the wealthy Mexican telecom
mogul ahead of the billionaire pack. Bill
Gates, used to being the world's richest
man now has a fortune of $56 billion compared
to the now established new kid on the block
Carlos Slim Helu ($74 billion).
A brief world round up the elite group of
money accumulators include 300 European
billionaires with a total of $1.3 trillion
between them, 413 billionaires with a total
net worth of $1.5 trillion calling the United
States of America home, 332 Asia-Pacific
billionaires with $996 billion, the Americas
have 76 billionaires and $419 billion, and
the Middle East and Africa have 89 billionaires
holding an estimated $251 billion between
them.
The youngest billionaire on the Forbes list
this year is Dustin Moskovitz at the tender
age of just 26. His Facebook
fortune of $2.7 billion may look small compared
to head Facebook honcho Mark
Zuckerberg's $13.5 billion fortune but
at 26 years of age, who cares? The oldest
entrant on the list is another technology
billionaire, the Swiss software mogul Walter
Haefner at the ripe old age of 100.
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Richest Top 10 |
Top Ten richest billionaires in the world
according to the Forbes business magazine
in 2011.
(All figures in American Dollars)
1. Carlos
Slim Helu, $74 billion (Richest Mexican)
2. Bill
Gates, $56 billion (Richest American)
3. Warren
Buffett, $50 billion (American billionaire)
4. Bernard Arnault, $41 billion
(Richest French Person)
5. Lawrence
Ellison, $39,5 billion (American billionaire)
6. Lakshmi
Mittal, $31.1 billion (Richest Indian)
7. Amancio
Ortega, $31 billion (Richest Spanish
man)
8. Eike Batista, $30 billion, (Richest
Brazilian)
9. Mukesh
Ambani, $27 billion (Indian billionaire)
10. Christy Walton, $26.5 billion
(American billionaire)
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