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TOP 10 - World's Richest Men
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Name
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Wealth
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Source
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Citizenship
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Personal
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1. William Gates III
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$56.0 billion |
Microsoft |
USA |
51yo - Married, 3 children |
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2. Warren Buffett
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$52.0 billion |
Berkshire Hathaway |
USA |
76yo
-
Married, 3 children
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3. Carlos Slim Helu
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$49.0 billion |
Telecom |
Mexico |
67yo - Widowed, 6 children |
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4. Ingvar Kamprad |
$35 billion |
Ikea (retail)
Has stores in more than 30 countries. |
Sweden |
80yo - Married, 4 children |
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5. Lakshmi Mittal |
$33billion |
Mittal Steel (manufacturing steel) |
India |
56yo - Married, 2 children |
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6. Sheldon Adelson
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$26billion |
Casinos
and hotels |
USA |
73yo - Married, 5 children |
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7. Bernard Arnault |
$26billion |
LVMH
(world's largest luxury goods empire)
|
France |
58yo
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Married, 5 children |
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8. Amancio Ortega
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$24 billion |
Zara
(clothes manufacturer) owns over 3,000 Zara retail stores in 64 countries |
Spain |
71yo - Married, 3 children
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9. Li Ka-shing
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$23 billion |
Varied interests |
Hong Kong |
78yo
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Widowed, 2 children |
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10. David Thomson
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$22 billion |
inherited
(father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died last June)
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Canada |
49yo
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Divorced, 3 children |
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