2014 Forbes World Billionaires

1 Carlos Slim Helu & family $73 B 73 telecom Mexico
2 Bill Gates $67 B 58 Microsoft United States
3 Amancio Ortega $57 B 77 Zara Spain
4 Warren Buffett $53.5 B 83 Berkshire
Hathaway United States
5 Larry Ellison $43 B 69 Oracle United States
6 Charles Koch $34 B 78 diversified United States
6 David Koch $34 B 73 diversified United States
8 Li Ka-shing $31 B 85 diversified Hong Kong
9 Liliane Bettencourt & family $30 B 91 L'Oreal France
10 Bernard Arnault & family $29 B 64 LVMH France
11 Christy Walton & family $28.2 B 59 Wal-Mart United States
12 Stefan Persson $28 B 66 H&M Sweden
13 Michael Bloomberg $27 B 71 Bloomberg LP United States
14 Jim Walton $26.7 B 66 Wal-Mart United States
15 Sheldon Adelson $26.5 B 80 casinos United States
16 Alice Walton $26.3 B 64 Wal-Mart United States
17 S. Robson Walton $26.1 B 70 Wal-Mart United States
18 Karl Albrecht $26 B 93 Aldi Germany
19 Jeff Bezos $25.2 B 49 Amazon.com United States
20 Larry Page $23 B 40 Google United States
21 Sergey Brin $22.8 B 40 Google United States
22 Mukesh Ambani $21.5 B 56 petrochemicals,
oil & gas India
23 Michele Ferrero & family $20.4 B 88 chocolates Italy
24 Lee Shau Kee $20.3 B 85 diversified Hong Kong
24 David Thomson & family $20.3 B 56 media Canada
26 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20 B 58 investments Saudi Arabia
26 Carl Icahn $20 B 77 leveraged
buyouts United States
26 Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family $20 B - real estate Hong Kong
29 Dieter Schwarz $19.5 B 74 retail Germany
30 George Soros $19.2 B 83 hedge funds United States
31 Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family $18.9 B 63 Aldi, Trader
Joe's Germany
32 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez &
family $18.2 B 82 mining Mexico
33 Jorge Paulo Lemann $17.8 B 74 beer Brazil
34 Alisher Usmanov $17.6 B 60 steel, telecom,
investments Russia
35 Iris Fontbona & family $17.4 B 71 mining Chile
36 Forrest Mars, Jr. $17 B 82 candy United States
36 Jacqueline Mars $17 B 74 candy United States
36 John Mars $17 B 77 candy United States
36 Georgina Rinehart $17 B 59 mining Australia
40 German Larrea Mota Velasco &
family $16.7 B 60 mining Mexico
41 Mikhail Fridman $16.5 B 49 oil, banking,
telecom Russia
41 Lakshmi Mittal $16.5 B 63 steel India
43 Aliko Dangote $16.1 B 56 cement, sugar,
flour Nigeria
44 Len Blavatnik $16 B 56 diversified United States
44 Cheng Yu-tung $16 B 88 diversified Hong Kong
46 Joseph Safra $15.9 B 75 banking Brazil
47 Rinat Akhmetov $15.4 B 47 steel, coal Ukraine
47 Leonid Mikhelson $15.4 B 58 gas, chemicals Russia
49 Leonardo Del Vecchio $15.3 B 78 eyeglasses Italy
49 Michael Dell $15.3 B 48 Dell United States
51 Steve Ballmer $15.2 B 57 Microsoft United States
52 Viktor Vekselberg $15.1 B 56 oil, metals Russia
53 Paul Allen $15 B 60 Microsoft,
investments United States
53 Francois Pinault & family $15 B 77 retail France
55 Vagit Alekperov $14.8 B 63 Lukoil Russia
56 Phil Knight $14.4 B 75 Nike United States
56 Andrey Melnichenko $14.4 B 41 coal, fertilizers Russia
58 Dhanin Chearavanont & family $14.3 B 74 food Thailand
58 Susanne Klatten $14.3 B 51 BMW,
pharmaceuticals Germany
58 Vladimir Potanin $14.3 B 53 metals Russia
61 Michael Otto & family $14.2 B 70 retail, real estate Germany
62 Vladimir Lisin $14.1 B 57 steel, transport Russia
62 Gennady Timchenko $14.1 B 61 oil & gas Russia
64 Luis Carlos Sarmiento $13.9 B 80 banking Colombia
65 Mohammed Al Amoudi $13.5 B 69 oil, diversified Saudi Arabia
66 Tadashi Yanai & family $13.3 B 64 retail Japan
66 Mark Zuckerberg $13.3 B 29 Facebook United States
68 Henry Sy & family $13.2 B 89 diversified Philippines
69 Donald Bren $13 B 81 real estate United States
69 Serge Dassault & family $13 B 88 aviation France
69 Lee Kun-Hee $13 B 71 Samsung South Korea
69 Mikhail Prokhorov $13 B 48 investments Russia
73 Alexey Mordashov $12.8 B 48 steel,
investments Russia
74 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes &
family $12.7 B 85 diversified Brazil
74 Abigail Johnson $12.7 B 52 money
management United States
76 Ray Dalio $12.5 B 64 hedge funds United States
76 Robert Kuok $12.5 B 90 diversified Malaysia
78 Miuccia Prada $12.4 B 64 Prada Italy
79 Ronald Perelman $12.2 B 71 leveraged
buyouts United States
80 Anne Cox Chambers $12 B 94 media United States
81 Stefan Quandt $11.9 B 47 BMW Germany
82 Ananda Krishnan $11.7 B 75 telecoms Malaysia
82 Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila $11.7 B 36 beer Colombia
82 James Simons $11.7 B 75 hedge funds United States
82 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi $11.7 B 69 drinks Thailand
86 Zong Qinghou $11.6 B 68 beverages China
87 Dirce Navarro De Camargo &
family $11.5 B - construction Brazil
87 John Fredriksen $11.5 B 68 shipping Cyprus
89 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor &
family $11.4 B 62 real estate United
Kingdom
90 Harold Hamm $11.3 B 68 oil & gas United States
91 Rupert Murdoch & family $11.2 B 82 News Corp United States
91 John Paulson $11.2 B 58 hedge funds United States
91 Azim Premji $11.2 B 68 software India
94 Ernesto Bertarelli & family $11 B 48 biotech,
investments Switzerland
94 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken $11 B 59 Heineken Netherlands
94 Hans Rausing $11 B 87 packaging Sweden
94 Jack Taylor & family $11 B 91 Enterprise Rent-
A-Car United States
98 Lui Che Woo $10.7 B 84 gaming Hong Kong
98 Laurene Powell Jobs & family $10.7 B 50 Apple, Disney United States
100 Eike Batista $10.6 B 57 mining, oil Bra