Rank	Name	Name (without family)	Includes family?	Citizenship	Age	Currency	Net Worth ($bil)	Net worth $	Residence	Forbes	2008-03-051	Warren Buffett	Warren Buffett		United States	77	US $	62	62000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-052	Carlos Slim Helu & family	Carlos Slim Helu 	TRUE	Mexico	68	US $	60	60000000000	Mexico	Forbes	2008-03-053	William Gates III	William Gates III		United States	52	US $	58	58000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-054	Lakshmi Mittal	Lakshmi Mittal		India	57	US $	45	45000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-055	Mukesh Ambani	Mukesh Ambani		India	50	US $	43	43000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-056	Anil Ambani	Anil Ambani		India	48	US $	42	42000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-057	Ingvar Kamprad & family	Ingvar Kamprad 	TRUE	Sweden	81	US $	31	31000000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-058	KP Singh	KP Singh		India	76	US $	30	30000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-059	Oleg Deripaska	Oleg Deripaska		Russia	40	US $	28	28000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0510	Karl Albrecht	Karl Albrecht		Germany	88	US $	27	27000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-0511	Li Ka-shing	Li Ka-shing		Hong Kong	79	US $	26.5	26500000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-0512	Sheldon Adelson	Sheldon Adelson		United States	74	US $	26	26000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0513	Bernard Arnault	Bernard Arnault		France	59	US $	25.5	25500000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-0514	Lawrence Ellison	Lawrence Ellison		United States	63	US $	25	25000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0515	Roman Abramovich	Roman Abramovich		Russia	41	US $	23.5	23500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0516	Theo Albrecht	Theo Albrecht		Germany	85	US $	23	23000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-0517	Liliane Bettencourt	Liliane Bettencourt		France	85	US $	22.9	22900000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-0518	Alexei Mordashov	Alexei Mordashov		Russia	42	US $	21.2	21200000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0519	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud		Saudi Arabia	51	US $	21	21000000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-0520	Mikhail Fridman	Mikhail Fridman		Russia	43	US $	20.8	20800000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0521	Vladimir Lisin	Vladimir Lisin		Russia	51	US $	20.3	20300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0522	Amancio Ortega	Amancio Ortega		Spain	72	US $	20.2	20200000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-0523	"Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok"	"Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok"		Hong Kong		US $	19.9	19900000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-0524	Mikhail Prokhorov	Mikhail Prokhorov		Russia	42	US $	19.5	19500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0525	Vladimir Potanin	Vladimir Potanin		Russia	47	US $	19.3	19300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0526	Christy Walton & family	Christy Walton 	TRUE	United States	53	US $	19.2	19200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0526	Jim Walton	Jim Walton		United States	60	US $	19.2	19200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0526	S Robson Walton	S Robson Walton		United States	64	US $	19.2	19200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0529	Lee Shau Kee	Lee Shau Kee		Hong Kong	80	US $	19	19000000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-0529	Alice Walton	Alice Walton		United States	58	US $	19	19000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0531	David Thomson & family	David Thomson 	TRUE	Canada	50	US $	18.9	18900000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-0532	Sergey Brin	Sergey Brin		United States	34	US $	18.7	18700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0533	Larry Page	Larry Page		United States	35	US $	18.6	18600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0534	Michael Otto & family	Michael Otto 	TRUE	Germany	64	US $	18.2	18200000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-0535	Stefan Persson	Stefan Persson		Sweden	60	US $	17.7	17700000000	Sweden	Forbes	2008-03-0536	Suleiman Kerimov	Suleiman Kerimov		Russia	42	US $	17.5	17500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0537	Charles Koch	Charles Koch		United States	72	US $	17	17000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0537	David Koch	David Koch		United States	67	US $	17	17000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0539	Francois Pinault & family	Francois Pinault 	TRUE	France	71	US $	16.9	16900000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-0540	Michael Dell	Michael Dell		United States	43	US $	16.4	16400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0541	Paul Allen	Paul Allen		United States	55	US $	16	16000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0541	Kirk Kerkorian	Kirk Kerkorian		United States	90	US $	16	16000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0543	Steven Ballmer	Steven Ballmer		United States	52	US $	15	15000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0543	Abigail Johnson	Abigail Johnson		United States	46	US $	15	15000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0543	Shashi & Ravi Ruia	Shashi & Ravi Ruia		India		US $	15	15000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Nasser Al-Kharafi & family	Nasser Al-Kharafi 	TRUE	Kuwait	64	US $	14	14000000000	Kuwait	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family	Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 	TRUE	United Kingdom	56	US $	14	14000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Carl Icahn	Carl Icahn		United States	72	US $	14	14000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Forrest Mars Jr	Forrest Mars Jr		United States	76	US $	14	14000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Jacqueline Mars	Jacqueline Mars		United States	68	US $	14	14000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0546	John Mars	John Mars		United States	71	US $	14	14000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Birgit Rausing & family	Birgit Rausing 	TRUE	Sweden	84	US $	14	14000000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-0546	Jack Taylor & family	Jack Taylor 	TRUE	United States	85	US $	14	14000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0554	German Khan	German Khan		Russia	46	US $	13.9	13900000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0555	Susanne Klatten	Susanne Klatten		Germany	45	US $	13.2	13200000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-0556	Vagit Alekperov	Vagit Alekperov		Russia	57	US $	13	13000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0556	Donald Bren	Donald Bren		United States	75	US $	13	13000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0558	Alain & Gerard Wertheimer	Alain & Gerard Wertheimer		France		US $	12.9	12900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0559	Dmitry Rybolovlev	Dmitry Rybolovlev		Russia	41	US $	12.8	12800000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0560	Azim Premji	Azim Premji		India	62	US $	12.7	12700000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0560	Naguib Sawiris	Naguib Sawiris		Egypt	53	US $	12.7	12700000000	Egypt	Forbes	2008-03-0562	Anne Cox Chambers	Anne Cox Chambers		United States	88	US $	12.6	12600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0563	Iskander Makhmudov	Iskander Makhmudov		Russia	44	US $	11.9	11900000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0564	Sunil Mittal & family	Sunil Mittal 	TRUE	India	50	US $	11.8	11800000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0565	Alexander Abramov	Alexander Abramov		Russia	49	US $	11.5	11500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0565	Michael Bloomberg	Michael Bloomberg		United States	66	US $	11.5	11500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0567	Viktor Vekselberg	Viktor Vekselberg		Russia	50	US $	11.2	11200000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0568	Michele Ferrero & family	Michele Ferrero 	TRUE	Italy	81	US $	11	11000000000	Monaco	Forbes	2008-03-0568	George Kaiser	George Kaiser		United States	65	US $	11	11000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0568	Spiro Latsis & family	Spiro Latsis 	TRUE	Greece	61	US $	11	11000000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-0568	Nassef Sawiris	Nassef Sawiris		Egypt	46	US $	11	11000000000	Egypt	Forbes	2008-03-0572	Alexei Kuzmichev	Alexei Kuzmichev		Russia	45	US $	10.8	10800000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0573	Philip Knight	Philip Knight		United States	70	US $	10.4	10400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0573	Viktor Rashnikov	Viktor Rashnikov		Russia	59	US $	10.4	10400000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0575	Ernesto Bertarelli	Ernesto Bertarelli		Switzerland	42	US $	10.3	10300000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-0576	Kumar Birla	Kumar Birla		India	40	US $	10.2	10200000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Leonardo Del Vecchio	Leonardo Del Vecchio		Italy	72	US $	10	10000000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family	Antonio Ermirio de Moraes 	TRUE	Brazil	79	US $	10	10000000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Iris Fontbona & family	Iris Fontbona 	TRUE	Chile		US $	10	10000000000	Chile	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Edward Johnson III	Edward Johnson III		United States	77	US $	10	10000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Hans Rausing	Hans Rausing		Sweden	82	US $	10	10000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Vladimir Yevtushenkov	Vladimir Yevtushenkov		Russia	59	US $	10	10000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0577	Igor Zyuzin	Igor Zyuzin		Russia	47	US $	10	10000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0584	Serge Dassault & family	Serge Dassault 	TRUE	France	82	US $	9.9	9900000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-0585	Alberto Bailleres & family	Alberto Bailleres 	TRUE	Mexico	75	US $	9.8	9800000000	Mexico	Forbes	2008-03-0586	Ramesh Chandra	Ramesh Chandra		India	68	US $	9.6	9600000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0587	Charles Ergen	Charles Ergen		United States	55	US $	9.5	9500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0587	John Kluge	John Kluge		United States	93	US $	9.5	9500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0587	Ronald Perelman	Ronald Perelman		United States	65	US $	9.5	9500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-0590	Silvio Berlusconi & family	Silvio Berlusconi 	TRUE	Italy	71	US $	9.4	9400000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-0591	Gautam Adani	Gautam Adani		India	45	US $	9.3	9300000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-0591	Petr Kellner	Petr Kellner		Czech Republic	43	US $	9.3	9300000000	Czech Republic	Forbes	2008-03-0591	Alisher Usmanov	Alisher Usmanov		Russia	54	US $	9.3	9300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-0594	Adolf Merckle	Adolf Merckle		Germany	73	US $	9.2	9200000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-0594	August von Finck	August von Finck		Germany	78	US $	9.2	9200000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-0596	Onsi Sawiris	Onsi Sawiris		Egypt	78	US $	9.1	9100000000	Egypt	Forbes	2008-03-0597	Mohammed Al Amoudi	Mohammed Al Amoudi		Saudi Arabia	62	US $	9	9000000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-0597	Robert Kuok	Robert Kuok		Malaysia	84	US $	9	9000000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-0597	George Soros	George Soros		United States	77	US $	9	9000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05100	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair 	TRUE	United Arab Emirates	54	US $	8.9	8900000000	United Arab Emirates	Forbes	2008-03-05101	Joseph Safra	Joseph Safra		Brazil	69	US $	8.8	8800000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05102	James Goodnight	James Goodnight		United States	65	US $	8.7	8700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05102	Reinhard Mohn & family	Reinhard Mohn 	TRUE	Germany	86	US $	8.7	8700000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05104	Donald Newhouse	Donald Newhouse		United States	78	US $	8.5	8500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05104	Samuel Newhouse Jr	Samuel Newhouse Jr		United States	80	US $	8.5	8500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05104	Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler	Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler		Germany		US $	8.5	8500000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05107	Sulaiman Al Rajhi	Sulaiman Al Rajhi		Saudi Arabia	88	US $	8.4	8400000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05107	Philip & Cristina Green	Philip & Cristina Green		United Kingdom	56	US $	8.4	8400000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05109	Rupert Murdoch	Rupert Murdoch		United States	77	US $	8.3	8300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05110	Jeffrey Bezos	Jeffrey Bezos		United States	44	US $	8.2	8200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05110	Savitri Jindal & family	Savitri Jindal 	TRUE	India	58	US $	8.2	8200000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05112	Maan Al-Sanea	Maan Al-Sanea		Saudi Arabia	53	US $	8.1	8100000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05113	Leonard Blavatnik	Leonard Blavatnik		United States	50	US $	8	8000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05113	John Fredriksen	John Fredriksen		Cyprus	63	US $	8	8000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05113	Stanley Ho	Stanley Ho		Hong Kong	86	US $	8	8000000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05113	Nikolai Tsvetkov	Nikolai Tsvetkov		Russia	47	US $	8	8000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05117	Dan Duncan	Dan Duncan		United States	75	US $	7.9	7900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05117	Eliodoro Matte & family	Eliodoro Matte 	TRUE	Chile	62	US $	7.9	7900000000	Chile	Forbes	2008-03-05119	Erivan Haub & family	Erivan Haub 	TRUE	Germany	75	US $	7.8	7800000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05120	Cheng Yu-tung	Cheng Yu-tung		Hong Kong	82	US $	7.7	7700000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05120	Pierre Omidyar	Pierre Omidyar		United States	40	US $	7.7	7700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05120	Tsai Hong-tu & family	Tsai Hong-tu 	TRUE	Taiwan	55	US $	7.7	7700000000	Taiwan	Forbes	2008-03-05120	Reinhold Wurth	Reinhold Wurth		Germany	72	US $	7.7	7700000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05124	Akira Mori & family	Akira Mori 	TRUE	Japan	70	US $	7.5	7500000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05125	Philip Anschutz	Philip Anschutz		United States	68	US $	7.4	7400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05125	Yang Huiyan	Yang Huiyan		China	26	US $	7.4	7400000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05127	Rinat Akhmetov	Rinat Akhmetov		Ukraine	41	US $	7.3	7300000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05127	Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken	Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken		Netherlands	53	US $	7.3	7300000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05127	German Larrea Mota-Velasco & family	German Larrea Mota-Velasco 	TRUE	Mexico	54	US $	7.3	7300000000	Mexico	Forbes	2008-03-05127	John Menard Jr	John Menard Jr		United States	68	US $	7.3	7300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05131	Ananda Krishnan	Ananda Krishnan		Malaysia	69	US $	7.2	7200000000	Malaysia	Forbes	2008-03-05132	Americo Amorim	Americo Amorim		Portugal	73	US $	7	7000000000	Portugal	Forbes	2008-03-05132	Antonia Johnson	Antonia Johnson		Sweden	64	US $	7	7000000000	Sweden	Forbes	2008-03-05132	Ng Teng Fong	Ng Teng Fong		Singapore	79	US $	7	7000000000	Singapore	Forbes	2008-03-05132	Galen Weston & family	Galen Weston 	TRUE	Canada	67	US $	7	7000000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05136	Harold Simmons	Harold Simmons		United States	76	US $	6.9	6900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05137	Steven Cohen	Steven Cohen		United States	52	US $	6.8	6800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05137	Stefan Quandt	Stefan Quandt		Germany	42	US $	6.8	6800000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05137	Sumner Redstone	Sumner Redstone		United States	84	US $	6.8	6800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05140	"James, Arthur & John Irving"	"James, Arthur & John Irving"		Canada		US $	6.7	6700000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05140	Sammy Ofer & family	Sammy Ofer 	TRUE	Israel	86	US $	6.7	6700000000	Monaco	Forbes	2008-03-05142	Eike Batista	Eike Batista		Brazil	51	US $	6.6	6600000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05142	Curt Engelhorn	Curt Engelhorn		Germany	81	US $	6.6	6600000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05142	Eric Schmidt	Eric Schmidt		United States	52	US $	6.6	6600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05145	Eli Broad	Eli Broad		United States	74	US $	6.5	6500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05145	Andrew Forrest	Andrew Forrest		Australia	46	US $	6.5	6500000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05145	Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen	Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen		Denmark	60	US $	6.5	6500000000	Denmark	Forbes	2008-03-05145	Stephen Schwarzman	Stephen Schwarzman		United States	61	US $	6.5	6500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05149	Leonid Fedun	Leonid Fedun		Russia	51	US $	6.4	6400000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05149	Boris Ivanishvili	Boris Ivanishvili		Russia	52	US $	6.4	6400000000	Georgia	Forbes	2008-03-05149	Klaus-Michael Kuhne	Klaus-Michael Kuhne		Germany	70	US $	6.4	6400000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05149	Sergei Popov	Sergei Popov		Russia	36	US $	6.4	6400000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05149	Hiroshi Yamauchi	Hiroshi Yamauchi		Japan	80	US $	6.4	6400000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05154	James Kennedy	James Kennedy		United States	60	US $	6.3	6300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05154	Karl-Heinz Kipp	Karl-Heinz Kipp		Germany	84	US $	6.3	6300000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05154	Blair Parry-Okedon	Blair Parry-Okedon		United States	57	US $	6.3	6300000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05154	Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family	Ricardo Salinas Pliego 	TRUE	Mexico	52	US $	6.3	6300000000	Mexico	Forbes	2008-03-05158	Andrey Melnichenko	Andrey Melnichenko		Russia	36	US $	6.2	6200000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05158	Robert Rowling	Robert Rowling		United States	54	US $	6.2	6200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05160	Terry Gou	Terry Gou		Taiwan	57	US $	6.1	6100000000	Taiwan	Forbes	2008-03-05160	Kirill Pisarev	Kirill Pisarev		Russia	38	US $	6.1	6100000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05160	Dorothea Steinbruch & family	Dorothea Steinbruch 	TRUE	Brazil		US $	6.1	6100000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05160	Yuri Zhukov	Yuri Zhukov		Russia	38	US $	6.1	6100000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Anil Agarwal	Anil Agarwal		India	54	US $	6	6000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05164	David Geffen	David Geffen		United States	65	US $	6	6000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Dmitry Pumpyansky	Dmitry Pumpyansky		Russia	44	US $	6	6000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Johanna Quandt	Johanna Quandt		Germany	81	US $	6	6000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Sean Quinn & family	Sean Quinn 	TRUE	Ireland	61	US $	6	6000000000	Ireland	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Hansjorg Wyss	Hansjorg Wyss		Switzerland	72	US $	6	6000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05164	Samuel Zell	Samuel Zell		United States	66	US $	6	6000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05171	Jean-Claude Decaux & family	Jean-Claude Decaux 	TRUE	France	70	US $	5.9	5900000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-05172	Jorge Paulo Lemann	Jorge Paulo Lemann		Brazil	68	US $	5.8	5800000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05173	Lee Shin Cheng	Lee Shin Cheng		Malaysia	68	US $	5.7	5700000000	Malaysia	Forbes	2008-03-05173	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	Nicky Oppenheimer 	TRUE	South Africa	62	US $	5.7	5700000000	South Africa	Forbes	2008-03-05173	James Packer	James Packer		Australia	40	US $	5.7	5700000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05173	Edward Rogers	Edward Rogers		Canada	74	US $	5.7	5700000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05177	Charles Schwab	Charles Schwab		United States	70	US $	5.6	5600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Pyotr Aven	Pyotr Aven		Russia	53	US $	5.5	5500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Robert Bass	Robert Bass		United States	60	US $	5.5	5500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Alexander Frolov	Alexander Frolov		Russia	43	US $	5.5	5500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Adi Godrej & family	Adi Godrej 	TRUE	India	65	US $	5.5	5500000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Henry Kravis	Henry Kravis		United States	64	US $	5.5	5500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Jim Pattison	Jim Pattison		Canada	79	US $	5.5	5500000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05178	David & Simon Reuben	David & Simon Reuben		United Kingdom		US $	5.5	5500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05178	George Roberts	George Roberts		United States	64	US $	5.5	5500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05178	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	Luis Carlos Sarmiento		Colombia	75	US $	5.5	5500000000	Colombia	Forbes	2008-03-05178	James Simons	James Simons		United States	70	US $	5.5	5500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05178	YC Wang & family	YC Wang 	TRUE	Taiwan	91	US $	5.5	5500000000	Taiwan	Forbes	2008-03-05189	Micky Arison	Micky Arison		United States	58	US $	5.4	5400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05189	Steven Jobs	Steven Jobs		United States	53	US $	5.4	5400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05189	Michael Kadoorie & family	Michael Kadoorie 	TRUE	Hong Kong	67	US $	5.4	5400000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05189	Hasso Plattner	Hasso Plattner		Germany	64	US $	5.4	5400000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05189	Julio Mario Santo Domingo	Julio Mario Santo Domingo		Colombia	84	US $	5.4	5400000000	Colombia	Forbes	2008-03-05194	Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber	Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber		Saudi Arabia	49	US $	5.3	5300000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05194	Hubert Burda	Hubert Burda		Germany	68	US $	5.3	5300000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05194	Kunio Busujima & family	Kunio Busujima 	TRUE	Japan	82	US $	5.3	5300000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05194	Rafael del Pino & family	Rafael del Pino 	TRUE	Spain	87	US $	5.3	5300000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05198	Alicia Koplowitz	Alicia Koplowitz		Spain	55	US $	5.2	5200000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05198	G M Rao	G M Rao		India	57	US $	5.2	5200000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05198	Thomas Schmidheiny	Thomas Schmidheiny		Switzerland	62	US $	5.2	5200000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05201	Graeme Hart	Graeme Hart		New Zealand	52	US $	5.1	5100000000	New Zealand	Forbes	2008-03-05201	Masayoshi Son	Masayoshi Son		Japan	50	US $	5.1	5100000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Giorgio Armani	Giorgio Armani		Italy	73	US $	5	5000000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Otto Beisheim	Otto Beisheim		Germany	84	US $	5	5000000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Michael Herz	Michael Herz		Germany	62	US $	5	5000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Robert Holding	Robert Holding		United States	81	US $	5	5000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Saleh Kamel	Saleh Kamel		Saudi Arabia	66	US $	5	5000000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Lorenzo Mendoza & family	Lorenzo Mendoza 	TRUE	Venezuela	42	US $	5	5000000000	Venezuela	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Pallonji Mistry	Pallonji Mistry		Ireland	78	US $	5	5000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05203	Victor Pinchuk	Victor Pinchuk		Ukraine	47	US $	5	5000000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05211	Wolfgang Herz	Wolfgang Herz		Germany	57	US $	4.9	4900000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05211	Karl Wlaschek	Karl Wlaschek		Austria	90	US $	4.9	4900000000	Austria	Forbes	2008-03-05213	Michael & Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck	Michael & Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck		Germany		US $	4.8	4800000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Saleh Al Rajhi	Saleh Al Rajhi		Saudi Arabia	96	US $	4.7	4700000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Charles Cadogan & family	Charles Cadogan 	TRUE	United Kingdom	71	US $	4.7	4700000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Vladimir Kim	Vladimir Kim		Kazakhstan	47	US $	4.7	4700000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Patrick McGovern	Patrick McGovern		United States	70	US $	4.7	4700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Leonid Mikhelson	Leonid Mikhelson		Russia	52	US $	4.7	4700000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05214	David Murdock	David Murdock		United States	84	US $	4.7	4700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Andreas Strungmann	Andreas Strungmann		Germany	58	US $	4.7	4700000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05214	Thomas Strungmann	Thomas Strungmann		Germany	58	US $	4.7	4700000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05222	Gustavo Cisneros & family	Gustavo Cisneros 	TRUE	Venezuela	62	US $	4.6	4600000000	Venezuela	Forbes	2008-03-05222	Lester Crown & family	Lester Crown 	TRUE	United States	82	US $	4.6	4600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05222	Paul Desmarais	Paul Desmarais		Canada	81	US $	4.6	4600000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05222	Frank Lowy & family	Frank Lowy 	TRUE	Australia	77	US $	4.6	4600000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05222	Stef Wertheimer & family	Stef Wertheimer 	TRUE	Israel	82	US $	4.6	4600000000	Israel	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Martin & Olivier Bouygues	Martin & Olivier Bouygues		France	55/57	US $	4.5	4500000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-05227	William Cook	William Cook		United States	76	US $	4.5	4500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05227	William Davidson	William Davidson		United States	85	US $	4.5	4500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Charles Johnson	Charles Johnson		United States	75	US $	4.5	4500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Lev Leviev	Lev Leviev		Israel	52	US $	4.5	4500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Paul Milstein & family	Paul Milstein 	TRUE	United States	85	US $	4.5	4500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Stephen Ross	Stephen Ross		United States	67	US $	4.5	4500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Nobutada Saji & family	Nobutada Saji 	TRUE	Japan	62	US $	4.5	4500000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05227	Zhang Jindong	Zhang Jindong		China	45	US $	4.5	4500000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Richard Branson	Richard Branson		United Kingdom	57	US $	4.4	4400000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Harold Hamm	Harold Hamm		United States	62	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Eitaro Itoyama	Eitaro Itoyama		Japan	65	US $	4.4	4400000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Indu Jain	Indu Jain		India	71	US $	4.4	4400000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Pauline MacMillan Keinath	Pauline MacMillan Keinath		United States	76	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Cargill MacMillan Jr	Cargill MacMillan Jr		United States	80	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	John MacMillan III	John MacMillan III		United States	80	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Whitney MacMillan	Whitney MacMillan		United States	79	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Marion MacMillan Pictet	Marion MacMillan Pictet		United States	76	US $	4.4	4400000000	Bermuda	Forbes	2008-03-05236	John Sall	John Sall		United States	58	US $	4.4	4400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05236	Peter Woo & family	Peter Woo 	TRUE	Hong Kong	62	US $	4.4	4400000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Jeronimo Arango	Jeronimo Arango		Mexico	82	US $	4.3	4300000000	Mexico	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Stein Erik Hagen & family	Stein Erik Hagen 	TRUE	Norway	51	US $	4.3	4300000000	Norway	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Mehmet Emin Karamehmet	Mehmet Emin Karamehmet		Turkey	63	US $	4.3	4300000000	Turkey	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Joseph Lau	Joseph Lau		Hong Kong	56	US $	4.3	4300000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Henry Ross Perot	Henry Ross Perot		United States	77	US $	4.3	4300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05247	Tsai Wan-Tsai & family	Tsai Wan-Tsai 	TRUE	Taiwan	78	US $	4.3	4300000000	Taiwan	Forbes	2008-03-05253	Elena Baturina	Elena Baturina		Russia	45	US $	4.2	4200000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05253	Ihor Kolomoyskyy	Ihor Kolomoyskyy		Ukraine		US $	4.2	4200000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05253	Ralph Lauren	Ralph Lauren		United States	68	US $	4.2	4200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05256	Shari Arison	Shari Arison		Israel	50	US $	4.1	4100000000	Israel	Forbes	2008-03-05256	Leonard Stern	Leonard Stern		United States	69	US $	4.1	4100000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05256	Sarik Tara	Sarik Tara		Turkey	77	US $	4.1	4100000000	Turkey	Forbes	2008-03-05256	Ty Warner	Ty Warner		United States	64	US $	4.1	4100000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Vasily Anisimov	Vasily Anisimov		Russia	56	US $	4	4000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Mikhail Balakin	Mikhail Balakin		Russia	46	US $	4	4000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Leon Black	Leon Black		United States	57	US $	4	4000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Henadiy Boholyubov	Henadiy Boholyubov		Ukraine	46	US $	4	4000000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Ray Dalio	Ray Dalio		United States	58	US $	4	4000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Simon Halabi	Simon Halabi		United Kingdom	58	US $	4	4000000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Hui Wing Mau	Hui Wing Mau		Hong Kong	57	US $	4	4000000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Ray Hunt	Ray Hunt		United States	65	US $	4	4000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Herbert Kohler & family	Herbert Kohler 	TRUE	United States	69	US $	4	4000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Dietrich Mateschitz	Dietrich Mateschitz		Austria	63	US $	4	4000000000	Austria	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Andrei Molchanov	Andrei Molchanov		Russia	36	US $	4	4000000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Husnu Ozyegin	Husnu Ozyegin		Turkey	63	US $	4	4000000000	Turkey	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Anton Schlecker	Anton Schlecker		Germany	63	US $	4	4000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Dilip Shanghvi	Dilip Shanghvi		India	52	US $	4	4000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Eliezer Steinbruch & family	Eliezer Steinbruch 	TRUE	Brazil		US $	4	4000000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Joan Tisch	Joan Tisch		United States	82	US $	4	4000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05260	Chaleo Yoovidhya	Chaleo Yoovidhya		Thailand	76	US $	4	4000000000	Thailand	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Gleb Fetisov	Gleb Fetisov		Russia	41	US $	3.9	3900000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Jaiprakash Gaur	Jaiprakash Gaur		India	77	US $	3.9	3900000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Lu Zhiqiang	Lu Zhiqiang		China	55	US $	3.9	3900000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05277	George Lucas	George Lucas		United States	63	US $	3.9	3900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Shiv Nadar	Shiv Nadar		India	62	US $	3.9	3900000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Madeleine Schickedanz	Madeleine Schickedanz		Germany	64	US $	3.9	3900000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05277	Stephen Wynn	Stephen Wynn		United States	66	US $	3.9	3900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05284	Rupert Johnson Jr	Rupert Johnson Jr		United States	66	US $	3.8	3800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05284	Johann Rupert & family	Johann Rupert 	TRUE	South Africa	57	US $	3.8	3800000000	South Africa	Forbes	2008-03-05284	John Simplot & family	John Simplot 	TRUE	United States	99	US $	3.8	3800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05284	Sukanto Tanoto	Sukanto Tanoto		Indonesia	58	US $	3.8	3800000000	Singapore	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Richard DeVos	Richard DeVos		United States	82	US $	3.7	3700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Bernard Ecclestone & family	Bernard Ecclestone 	TRUE	United Kingdom	77	US $	3.7	3700000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Aloysio de Andrade Faria	Aloysio de Andrade Faria		Brazil	87	US $	3.7	3700000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Heidi Horten	Heidi Horten		Austria	67	US $	3.7	3700000000	Austria	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Uday Kotak	Uday Kotak		India	49	US $	3.7	3700000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Gordon Moore	Gordon Moore		United States	79	US $	3.7	3700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Stephan Schmidheiny	Stephan Schmidheiny		Switzerland	60	US $	3.7	3700000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05288	Steven Udvar-Hazy	Steven Udvar-Hazy		United States	62	US $	3.7	3700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Walter Haefner	Walter Haefner		Switzerland	97	US $	3.6	3600000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Otto Happel	Otto Happel		Germany	60	US $	3.6	3600000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Nicolas Hayek	Nicolas Hayek		Switzerland	79	US $	3.6	3600000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Bradley Hughes	Bradley Hughes		United States	74	US $	3.6	3600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Mike Lazaridis	Mike Lazaridis		Canada	47	US $	3.6	3600000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Daniel Och	Daniel Och		United States	47	US $	3.6	3600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Richard Schulze	Richard Schulze		United States	67	US $	3.6	3600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Jeffrey Skoll	Jeffrey Skoll		Canada	43	US $	3.6	3600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	John Sobrato & family	John Sobrato 	TRUE	United States	68	US $	3.6	3600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Beny Steinmetz	Beny Steinmetz		Israel	51	US $	3.6	3600000000	Israel	Forbes	2008-03-05296	Tadashi Yanai & family	Tadashi Yanai 	TRUE	Japan	59	US $	3.6	3600000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Riley Bechtel	Riley Bechtel		United States	55	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Stephen Bechtel Jr	Stephen Bechtel Jr		United States	82	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson	Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson		Iceland	41	US $	3.5	3500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Ronald Burkle	Ronald Burkle		United States	55	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Ray Dolby	Ray Dolby		United States	75	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Stanley Druckenmiller	Stanley Druckenmiller		United States	54	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Manuel Jove	Manuel Jove		Spain	66	US $	3.5	3500000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Bruce Kovner	Bruce Kovner		United States	63	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Edward Lampert	Edward Lampert		United States	45	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Cyrus Poonawalla	Cyrus Poonawalla		India	66	US $	3.5	3500000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Ira Rennert	Ira Rennert		United States	74	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Stefan Schorghuber	Stefan Schorghuber		Germany	46	US $	3.5	3500000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi	Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi		Thailand	63	US $	3.5	3500000000	Thailand	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Patrick Soon-Shiong	Patrick Soon-Shiong		United States	56	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Roustam Tariko	Roustam Tariko		Russia	46	US $	3.5	3500000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Yitzhak Tshuva	Yitzhak Tshuva		Israel	59	US $	3.5	3500000000	Israel	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Wong Kwong Yu	Wong Kwong Yu		China	38	US $	3.5	3500000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Daniel Ziff	Daniel Ziff		United States	36	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Dirk Ziff	Dirk Ziff		United States	43	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05307	Robert Ziff	Robert Ziff		United States	41	US $	3.5	3500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05327	James Balsillie	James Balsillie		Canada	47	US $	3.4	3400000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Chen Din Hwa	Chen Din Hwa		Hong Kong	85	US $	3.4	3400000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Huang Wei & family	Huang Wei 	TRUE	China	48	US $	3.4	3400000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Anand Jain	Anand Jain		India	51	US $	3.4	3400000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Haim Saban	Haim Saban		United States	63	US $	3.4	3400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Dennis Washington	Dennis Washington		United States	73	US $	3.4	3400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05327	Kostyantin Zhevago	Kostyantin Zhevago		Ukraine	34	US $	3.4	3400000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05334	David Bonderman	David Bonderman		United States	65	US $	3.3	3300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Clive Calder	Clive Calder		United Kingdom	61	US $	3.3	3300000000	Cayman Islands	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Patokh Chodiev	Patokh Chodiev		Belgium	55	US $	3.3	3300000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Aliko Dangote	Aliko Dangote		Nigeria		US $	3.3	3300000000	Nigeria	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Saad Hariri	Saad Hariri		Saudi Arabia	37	US $	3.3	3300000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Alijan Ibragimov	Alijan Ibragimov		Kazakhstan	54	US $	3.3	3300000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Paul Tudor Jones II	Paul Tudor Jones II		United States	53	US $	3.3	3300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Peter Kellogg	Peter Kellogg		United States	65	US $	3.3	3300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Esther Koplowitz	Esther Koplowitz		Spain	57	US $	3.3	3300000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Leonard Lauder	Leonard Lauder		United States	75	US $	3.3	3300000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Alexander Machkevich	Alexander Machkevich		Israel	54	US $	3.3	3300000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Bernard (Barry) Sherman	Bernard (Barry) Sherman		Canada	66	US $	3.3	3300000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler	Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler		United States	44	US $	3.3	3300000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Andrei Skoch	Andrei Skoch		Russia	42	US $	3.3	3300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05334	Teh Hong Piow	Teh Hong Piow		Malaysia	78	US $	3.3	3300000000	Malaysia	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Abdullah Al Rajhi	Abdullah Al Rajhi		Saudi Arabia		US $	3.2	3200000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Edgar Bronfman Sr	Edgar Bronfman Sr		United States	78	US $	3.2	3200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Albert Frere	Albert Frere		Belgium	82	US $	3.2	3200000000	Belgium	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Bahaa Hariri	Bahaa Hariri		Switzerland	41	US $	3.2	3200000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Ronald Lauder	Ronald Lauder		United States	64	US $	3.2	3200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Robert Miller	Robert Miller		Canada	62	US $	3.2	3200000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05349	George Mitchell	George Mitchell		United States	88	US $	3.2	3200000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Klaus Tschira	Klaus Tschira		Germany	67	US $	3.2	3200000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05349	Michael Ying	Michael Ying		Hong Kong	58	US $	3.2	3200000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05358	David & Frederick Barclay	David & Frederick Barclay		United Kingdom	74	US $	3.1	3100000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Filaret Galchev	Filaret Galchev		Russia	45	US $	3.1	3100000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Min Kao	Min Kao		United States	59	US $	3.1	3100000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Alexander Lebedev	Alexander Lebedev		Russia	48	US $	3.1	3100000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Sergio Mantegazza	Sergio Mantegazza		Switzerland	80	US $	3.1	3100000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Wallace McCain	Wallace McCain		Canada	78	US $	3.1	3100000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Arnon Milchan	Arnon Milchan		Israel	63	US $	3.1	3100000000	Israel	Forbes	2008-03-05358	A Jerrold Perenchio	A Jerrold Perenchio		United States	77	US $	3.1	3100000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Carl Pohlad	Carl Pohlad		United States	92	US $	3.1	3100000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05358	Zhang Li	Zhang Li		China	55	US $	3.1	3100000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Majid Al Futtaim	Majid Al Futtaim		United Arab Emirates		US $	3	3000000000	United Arab Emirates	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Sulaiman Algosaibi	Sulaiman Algosaibi		Saudi Arabia		US $	3	3000000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Isak Andic	Isak Andic		Spain	53	US $	3	3000000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Lee Bass	Lee Bass		United States	51	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Sid Bass	Sid Bass		United States	65	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Heinz-Horst Deichmann	Heinz-Horst Deichmann		Germany	81	US $	3	3000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Kenneth Griffin	Kenneth Griffin		United States	39	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Diane Hendricks	Diane Hendricks		United States	61	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Gunter Herz	Gunter Herz		Germany	67	US $	3	3000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Joachim Herz	Joachim Herz		Germany	65	US $	3	3000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Henry Hillman	Henry Hillman		United States	89	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Richard LeFrak & family	Richard LeFrak 	TRUE	United States	62	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Joseph Lewis	Joseph Lewis		United Kingdom	71	US $	3	3000000000	Bahamas	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Liang Wengen	Liang Wengen		China	51	US $	3	3000000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Hugo Mann & family	Hugo Mann 	TRUE	Germany	94	US $	3	3000000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Rosalia Mera	Rosalia Mera		Spain	64	US $	3	3000000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05368	John Paulson	John Paulson		United States	52	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	T Boone Pickens	T Boone Pickens		United States	79	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Chandru Raheja	Chandru Raheja		India	67	US $	3	3000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Richard Rainwater	Richard Rainwater		United States	63	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Donald Schneider	Donald Schneider		United States	72	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg		United States	61	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Ronda Stryker	Ronda Stryker		United States	53	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Tulsi Tanti	Tulsi Tanti		India	50	US $	3	3000000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Olav Thon	Olav Thon		Norway	84	US $	3	3000000000	Norway	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Donald Trump	Donald Trump		United States	61	US $	3	3000000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Larry Yung	Larry Yung		Hong Kong	66	US $	3	3000000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05368	Zhang Xin & family	Zhang Xin 	TRUE	China	43	US $	3	3000000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Nadhmi Auchi	Nadhmi Auchi		United Kingdom	70	US $	2.9	2900000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Heinz Bauer	Heinz Bauer		Germany	68	US $	2.9	2900000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Carlo Benetton	Carlo Benetton		Italy	64	US $	2.9	2900000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Gilberto Benetton	Gilberto Benetton		Italy	66	US $	2.9	2900000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Giuliana Benetton	Giuliana Benetton		Italy	70	US $	2.9	2900000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Luciano Benetton	Luciano Benetton		Italy	72	US $	2.9	2900000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Daniela Herz	Daniela Herz		Germany	54	US $	2.9	2900000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Richard Kinder	Richard Kinder		United States	63	US $	2.9	2900000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Li Sze Lim	Li Sze Lim		Hong Kong	51	US $	2.9	2900000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Mario Moretti Polegato	Mario Moretti Polegato		Italy	55	US $	2.9	2900000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Axel Oberwelland	Axel Oberwelland		Germany	41	US $	2.9	2900000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Didier Primat	Didier Primat		France	63	US $	2.9	2900000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Kjell Inge Rokke	Kjell Inge Rokke		Norway	49	US $	2.9	2900000000	Norway	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Samih Sawiris	Samih Sawiris		Egypt	51	US $	2.9	2900000000	Egypt	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Shi Zhengrong	Shi Zhengrong		Australia	45	US $	2.9	2900000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05396	Wee Cho Yaw & family	Wee Cho Yaw 	TRUE	Singapore	79	US $	2.9	2900000000	Singapore	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Saif Al Ghurair & family	Saif Al Ghurair 	TRUE	United Arab Emirates		US $	2.8	2800000000	United Arab Emirates	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Bassam Alghanim	Bassam Alghanim		Kuwait		US $	2.8	2800000000	Kuwait	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Kutayba Alghanim	Kutayba Alghanim		Kuwait	61	US $	2.8	2800000000	Kuwait	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte	Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte		Switzerland		US $	2.8	2800000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family	Khalid Bin Mahfouz 	TRUE	Saudi Arabia	79	US $	2.8	2800000000	Saudi Arabia	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Chung Mong-Joon	Chung Mong-Joon		South Korea	56	US $	2.8	2800000000	South Korea	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Chung Mong-Koo	Chung Mong-Koo		South Korea	70	US $	2.8	2800000000	South Korea	Forbes	2008-03-05412	James Coulter	James Coulter		United States	48	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Ann Walton Kroenke	Ann Walton Kroenke		United States	58	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Aubrey McClendon	Aubrey McClendon		United States	48	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Alain Merieux & family	Alain Merieux 	TRUE	France	70	US $	2.8	2800000000	France	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Mitchell Rales	Mitchell Rales		United States	51	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Moise Safra	Moise Safra		Brazil	73	US $	2.8	2800000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05412	T Denny Sanford	T Denny Sanford		United States	72	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Shi Yuzhu	Shi Yuzhu		China	46	US $	2.8	2800000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05412	Tom Ward	Tom Ward		United States	48	US $	2.8	2800000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	John Dorrance III	John Dorrance III		Ireland	64	US $	2.7	2700000000	Ireland	Forbes	2008-03-05428	William Fung	William Fung		Hong Kong	60	US $	2.7	2700000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05428	David Gottesman	David Gottesman		United States	81	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Vitaliy Hayduk	Vitaliy Hayduk		Ukraine	50	US $	2.7	2700000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Barbara Piasecka Johnson	Barbara Piasecka Johnson		United States	71	US $	2.7	2700000000	Monaco	Forbes	2008-03-05428	E Stanley Kroenke	E Stanley Kroenke		United States	60	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Timur Kulibaev	Timur Kulibaev		Kazakhstan	41	US $	2.7	2700000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Dinara Kulibaeva	Dinara Kulibaeva		Kazakhstan	40	US $	2.7	2700000000	Kazakhstan	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Liu Yonghao	Liu Yonghao		China	56	US $	2.7	2700000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Roger Penske	Roger Penske		United States	71	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Thomas Pritzker	Thomas Pritzker		United States	57	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	David Rockefeller Sr	David Rockefeller Sr		United States	92	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Takemitsu Takizaki	Takemitsu Takizaki		Japan	62	US $	2.7	2700000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Serhiy Taruta	Serhiy Taruta		Ukraine	53	US $	2.7	2700000000	Ukraine	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Glen Taylor	Glen Taylor		United States	66	US $	2.7	2700000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Harry Triguboff	Harry Triguboff		Australia	75	US $	2.7	2700000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Rakesh Wadhawan & family	Rakesh Wadhawan 	TRUE	India	56	US $	2.7	2700000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05428	Romain Zaleski	Romain Zaleski		France	75	US $	2.7	2700000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Jose Maria Aristrain	Jose Maria Aristrain		Spain	45	US $	2.6	2600000000	Spain	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Vladimir Bogdanov	Vladimir Bogdanov		Russia	56	US $	2.6	2600000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone	Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone		Italy	65	US $	2.6	2600000000	Italy	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Mark Cuban	Mark Cuban		United States	49	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Leszek Czarnecki	Leszek Czarnecki		Poland	46	US $	2.6	2600000000	Poland	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Mikhail Gutseriev	Mikhail Gutseriev		Russia	50	US $	2.6	2600000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Amos Hostetter Jr	Amos Hostetter Jr		United States	71	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Vyacheslav Kantor	Vyacheslav Kantor		Russia	54	US $	2.6	2600000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Kalanithi Maran	Kalanithi Maran		India	42	US $	2.6	2600000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Najib Mikati	Najib Mikati		Lebanon	52	US $	2.6	2600000000	Lebanon	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Taha Mikati	Taha Mikati		Lebanon		US $	2.6	2600000000	Lebanon	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Hiroshi Mikitani	Hiroshi Mikitani		Japan	43	US $	2.6	2600000000	Japan	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Steven Rales	Steven Rales		United States	56	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Melvin Simon	Melvin Simon		United States	81	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Clemmie Spangler Jr	Clemmie Spangler Jr		United States	75	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05446	Leslie Wexner	Leslie Wexner		United States	70	US $	2.6	2600000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Khalaf Al Habtoor	Khalaf Al Habtoor		United Arab Emirates	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	United Arab Emirates	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Leonore Annenberg	Leonore Annenberg		United States	90	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Michael Ashley	Michael Ashley		United Kingdom	48	US $	2.5	2500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Edward Bass	Edward Bass		United States	63	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Franklin Booth Jr	Franklin Booth Jr		United States	84	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Charles Brandes	Charles Brandes		United States	65	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Cho Tak Wong	Cho Tak Wong		Hong Kong	62	US $	2.5	2500000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05462	William Conway Jr	William Conway Jr		United States	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Daniel D'Aniello	Daniel D'Aniello		United States	61	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Jim Davis & family	Jim Davis 	TRUE	United States	64	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Dermot Desmond	Dermot Desmond		Ireland	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	Ireland	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Charles Dolan & family	Charles Dolan 	TRUE	United States	81	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	David Filo	David Filo		United States	41	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Victor Fung	Victor Fung		United States	62	US $	2.5	2500000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Malcolm Glazer & family	Malcolm Glazer 	TRUE	United States	79	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Laurence Graff	Laurence Graff		United Kingdom	69	US $	2.5	2500000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Mohammed Ibrahim	Mohammed Ibrahim		United Kingdom		US $	2.5	2500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Micky Jagtiani	Micky Jagtiani		India	56	US $	2.5	2500000000	United Arab Emirates	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Stephen Jarislowsky	Stephen Jarislowsky		Canada	82	US $	2.5	2500000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Theodore Lerner	Theodore Lerner		United States	82	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Vincent Lo	Vincent Lo		Hong Kong	59	US $	2.5	2500000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Craig McCaw	Craig McCaw		United States	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Michael Milken	Michael Milken		United States	61	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Dinu Patriciu	Dinu Patriciu		Romania	57	US $	2.5	2500000000	Romania	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Xiaofeng Peng	Xiaofeng Peng		China	33	US $	2.5	2500000000	China	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Penny Pritzker	Penny Pritzker		United States	48	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Robert Rich Jr	Robert Rich Jr		United States	67	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	David Rubenstein	David Rubenstein		United States	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Hermann Schnabel	Hermann Schnabel		Germany	86	US $	2.5	2500000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Bruno Schroder & family	Bruno Schroder 	TRUE	United Kingdom	75	US $	2.5	2500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Lynn Schusterman	Lynn Schusterman		United States	69	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	David Shaw	David Shaw		United States	56	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Malvinder & Shivinder Singh	Malvinder & Shivinder Singh		India	35/33	US $	2.5	2500000000	India	Forbes	2008-03-05462	David Sun	David Sun		United States	57	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Tang Yiu & family	Tang Yiu 	TRUE	Hong Kong		US $	2.5	2500000000	Hong Kong	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Marcel Herrmann Telles	Marcel Herrmann Telles		Brazil	58	US $	2.5	2500000000	Brazil	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Gennady Timchenko	Gennady Timchenko		Russia	55	US $	2.5	2500000000	Switzerland	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Wilma Tisch	Wilma Tisch		United States	80	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	John Tu	John Tu		United States	68	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05462	John Whittaker	John Whittaker		United Kingdom	66	US $	2.5	2500000000	United Kingdom	Forbes	2008-03-05462	Oprah Winfrey	Oprah Winfrey		United States	54	US $	2.5	2500000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Frank Batten Sr	Frank Batten Sr		United States	81	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Charles Bronfman	Charles Bronfman		Canada	76	US $	2.4	2400000000	Canada	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Matthew Bucksbaum & family	Matthew Bucksbaum 	TRUE	United States	82	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	John de Mol	John de Mol		Netherlands	53	US $	2.4	2400000000	Netherlands	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Gordon Getty	Gordon Getty		United States	74	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	William Randolph Hearst III	William Randolph Hearst III		United States	58	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	H Wayne Huizenga	H Wayne Huizenga		United States	70	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Nancy Walton Laurie	Nancy Walton Laurie		United States	56	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Fredrik Lundberg	Fredrik Lundberg		Sweden	56	US $	2.4	2400000000	Sweden	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Patrice Motsepe	Patrice Motsepe		South Africa	46	US $	2.4	2400000000	South Africa	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Charles Munger	Charles Munger		United States	84	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Anthony Pritzker	Anthony Pritzker		United States	47	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Daniel Pritzker	Daniel Pritzker		United States	49	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	James Pritzker	James Pritzker		United States	56	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Jay Robert (JB) Pritzker	Jay Robert (JB) Pritzker		United States	43	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Jean (Gigi) Pritzker	Jean (Gigi) Pritzker		United States	46	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Karen Pritzker	Karen Pritzker		United States	50	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Linda Pritzker	Linda Pritzker		United States	54	US $	2.4	2400000000	United States	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Gina Rinehart	Gina Rinehart		Australia	54	US $	2.4	2400000000	Australia	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Friede Springer	Friede Springer		Germany	65	US $	2.4	2400000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05503	Eugen Viehof & family	Eugen Viehof 	TRUE	Germany	91	US $	2.4	2400000000	Germany	Forbes	2008-03-05524	Alexei Ananyev	Alexei Ananyev		Russia	43	US $	2.3	2300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05524	Dmitry Ananyev	Dmitry Ananyev		Russia	39	US $	2.3	2300000000	Russia	Forbes	2008-03-05=