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Forbes Billionaires
List 2007
Review of the world's billionaires according
to the Forbes business magazine, 2007.
Includes a listing of the richest people
in the world.
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Forbes Rich List - World's Billionaires in 2007 |
The
Forbes billionaires list continues to grow
in number, with a record 946 billionaires
counted around the world in 2007. The top
five positions are pretty much the same
as last year, but there have been an impressive
178 newcomers to the list. The combined
value of the entire billionaires list rose
by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion with an
average of $3.6 billion each.
Microsoft's Bill Gates has held on to his
number one position for the thirteenth straight
year. Gates had a good year with an increase
of about $6 billion. His good friend Warren
Buffett remains the second richest man in
the world with $52 billion, which is up
$10 billion from last year. With plans to
give much of his vast wealth to charities,
Buffett is probably not too concerned about
becoming the richest man in the world. Gates
will soon be responsible for the bulk of
Buffett's generous donations when he takes
his fulltime position at the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Mexico's richest man has quickly closed
the gap between second and third positions
with an increase of $19 billion (yes, that's
billion with a B!). Not only is that the
single biggest increase in wealth this year,
but it is the biggest one year increase
on the Forbes rich list for the past ten
years. Carlos Slim Helu now has $49 billion
in assets, which is just $3 billion behind
Buffett and $7 billion behind Bill Gates.
If Helu continues at this pace while Gates
and Buffett devote more time and money to
philanthropy, there will soon be a Mexican
claiming the title of the richest man in
the world.
The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture
company is the first European billionaire
on the list, with an estimated net worth
of $33 billion. Ingvar Kamprad increased
his wealth by $3 billion and reclaims his
number three position. Indian born steel
magnate Lakshmi Mittal is just behind Kamprad
with $32 billion, which is an impressive
amount as he had just $23.5 billion last
year.
India
now has more billionaires than any other
Asian country after taking the title from
Japan. The number of Indian billionaires
increased by fourteen over the past 12 months,
bringing their total to 36. While 36 Indians
have an estimated $191 billion in net worth,
400 million other Indians live on less than
one dollar per day. Japan now has 24 billionaires,
which is just ahead of Hong
Kong's 21 billionaires and China's 20
billionaires.
This year was the twentieth year of the
Forbes world rich list. Forbes has seen
the fortunes of business leaders worldwide
rise and fall. While Bill Gates made his
way to the top (and has stayed there), Yoshiaki
Tsutsumi has dropped from being the world's
richest person in 1987 to not even being
on the list this year.
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Richest Top 10 |
Top 10 richest billionaires in the world
according to the Forbes business magazine
in 2007.
(All figures in American Dollars)
1. Bill
Gates, $56 billion
2. Warren
Buffett, $52 billion
3. Carlos
Slim Helu, $49 billion
4. Ingvar
Kamprad, $33 billion
5. Lakshmi
Mittal, $32 billion
6. Sheldon Adelson, $26.5 billion
7. Bernard Arnault, $26 billion
8. Amancio Ortega, $24 billion
9. Li
Ka-shing, $23 billion
10. David Thomson, $22 billion
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