100 Richest People in the World - Illustrated history of their life and wealth

Learn more about 100 Richest People in the World - Top 100 Billionaires of 2007. Illustrated history of their life and wealth. FREE 5 top billionaires in the trial version.Features Illustrated with photographs Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases Written in clear and concise EnglishTop 100 Billionaires of 20071. Bill Gates $56 billion, US (Microsoft)2. Warren Buffett $52 billion, US (Berkshire Hathaway)3. Carlos Slim Hel $49 billion, Mexico, Lebanon (Telmex, Telcel, Amrica Mvil)4. Ingvar Kamprad $33 billion, Sweden (IKEA)5. Lakshmi Mittal $32 billion, UK, India (Mittal Steel Company)6. Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion, US (Las Vegas Sands)7. Bernard Arnault $26 billion, France (Louis Vuitton)8. Amancio Ortega $24 billion, Spain (Inditex Group)9. Li Ka-shing $23 billion, Hong Kong (Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa)10. David Thomson & family $22 billion, Canada (Thomson Corporation)11. Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion, US (Oracle Corporation)12. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion, France (L'Oral)13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon (Kingdom Holding Company)14. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion, India (Reliance Industries)15. Karl Albrecht $20 billion, Germany (ALDI)16. Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion, Russia (Millhouse Capital)17. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion, Sweden (Hennes & Mauritz)18. Anil Ambani $18.2 billion, India (Reliance Communications)19. Paul Allen $18 billion, US (Microsoft)20. Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion, Germany (ALDI)21. Azim Premji $17.1 billion, India (Wipro Technologies)22. Lee Shau Kee $17 billion, Hong Kong (Henderson Land Development)23. Jim Walton $16.8 billion, US (Wal-Mart)24. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)24. S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart)26. Sergey Brin $16.6 billion, US (Google)26. Larry Page $16.6 billion, US (Google)26. Alice Walton $16.6 billion, US (Wal-Mart)29. Helen Walton $16.4 billion, US (Wal-Mart)30. Michael Dell $15.8 billion, US (Dell)31. Steven Ballmer $15 billion, US (Microsoft)31. Kirk Kerkorian $15 billion, US (Tracinda Corporation)31. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok $15 billion, Hong Kong (Sun Hung Kai & Company)34. Francois Pinault $14.5 billion, France (Lagardre Group)35. Suleiman Kerimov $14.4 billion, Russia 36. Vladimir Lisin $14.3 billion, Russia (Novolipetsk Steel)37. Jack C. Taylor & family $13.9 billion, US (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)38. Vladimir Potanin $13.5 billion, Russia (Interros)38. Mikhail Prokhorov $13.5 billion, Russia (Interros)40. Oleg Deripaska $13.3 billion, Russia (Rusal)40. Michael Otto & family $13.3 billion, Germany (Otto GmbH)42. Carl Icahn $13 billion, US 42. Abigail Johnson $13 billion, US (Fidelity Investments)44. Adolf Merckle $12.8 billion, Germany (Phoenix Pharmahandel)45. Barbara Cox Anthony $12.6 billion, US (Cox Enterprises)45. Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion, US (Cox Enterprises)45. Mikhail Fridman $12.6 billion, Russia (Alfa Group)48. Vagit Alekperov $12.4 billion, Russia (LUKoil)49. Charles Koch $12 billion, US (Koch Industries)49. David Koch $12 billion, US (Koch Industries)51. Silvio Berlusconi & family $11.8 billion, Italy 52. Nasser Al-Kharafi & family $11.5 billion, Kuwait (M. A. Kharafi & Sons)52. Leonardo Del Vecchio $11.5 billion, Italy (Luxottica)54. Alexei Mordashov $11.2 billion, Russia (Severstal)55. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family $11 billion, UK 55. Spiro Latsis & family $11 billion, Greece 55. Birgit Rausing & family $11 billion, Switzerland (Tetra Laval)58. Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)58. Jacqueline Mars $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)58. John Mars $10.5 billion, US (Mars, Incorporated)61. Viktor Vekselberg $10.4 billion, Russia (Renova Group)62. Serge Dassault & family $10 billion, France (Dassault Group)62. Charles Ergen $10 billion, US (EchoStar Communications Corporation)62. Michele Ferrero & family $10 billion, Monaco., Italy 62. Naguib Sawiris $10 billion, Egypt (Orascom Telecom Holding)62. Kushal Pal Singh $10 billion, India (DLF Group, DLF Group Official Website)62. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer $10 billion, France (Chanel)68. Susanne Klatten $9.6 billion, Germany 69. Philip Knight $9.5 billion, US (Nike Inc.)69. Sunil Mittal & family $9.5 billion, India (Bharti Telecom)71. John Kluge $9.1 billion, US (Metromedia)71. Vladimir Yevtushenkov $9.1 billion, Russia (Sistema)73. Rupert Murdoch $9 billion, US (News Corporation)73. Hans Rausing $9 billion, UK (Tetra Laval)73. Reinhold Wrth $9 billion, Germany 76. Ernesto Bertarelli $8.8 billion, Switzerland, Italy (Serono)76. Pierre Omidyar $8.8 billion, Iran, France, US (eBay)78. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler $8.7 billion, Germany (Schaeffler Group)79. Rafael del Pino & family $8.6 billion, Spain (Ferrovial)80. Donald Bren $8.5 billion, US 80. George Kaiser $8.5 billion, US 80. George Soros $8.5 billion, US 83. Nikolai Tsvetkov $8.4 billion, Russia 83. August von Finck $8.4 billion, Switzerland 85. Dan Duncan $8.2 billion, US 86. Mohammed Al Amoudi $8 billion, Saudi Arabia., Ethiopia 86. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family $8 billion, United Arab Emirates 86. Kumar Birla $8 billion, India (Aditya Birla Group)86. German Khan $8 billion, Russia 86. Iskander Makhmudov $8 billion, Russia 86. Sumner Redstone $8 billion, US 86. Shashi & Ravi Ruia $8 billion, India 93. Philip Anschutz $7.9 billion, US 93. Galen Weston & family $7.9 billion, Canada 95. Enrique Bauelos $7.7 billion, Spain 96. Stefan Quandt $7.6 billion, Germany 97. Maan Al-Sanea $7.5 billion, Saudi Arabia (Saad Group)97. Edward Johnson III $7.5 billion, US 99. Sulaiman Al Rajhi $7.4 billion, Saudi Arabia (Al-Rajhi Bank)100. Donald Newhouse $7.3 billion, US 100. Samuel Newhouse Jr $7.3 billion, US

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