The World's Top 50 Billionaires

	Rank	Name	Net Worth		Age	Source	Country of Citizenship
	#1	Bill Gates	$81.3 B		59	Microsoft	United States
	#2	Warren Buffett	$74.4 B		84	Berkshire Hathaway	United States
	#3	Carlos Slim Helu & family	$71.2 B		74	telecom	Mexico
	#4	Amancio Ortega	$61.5 B		78	retail	Spain
	#5	Larry Ellison	$56.9 B		70	Oracle	United States
	#6	Charles Koch	$41.2 B		79	diversified	United States
	#6	David Koch	$41.2 B		74	diversified	United States
	#8	Christy Walton & family	$41.2 B		59	Wal-Mart	United States
	#9	Jim Walton	$40.2 B		66	Wal-Mart	United States
	#10	Alice Walton	$38.7 B		65	Wal-Mart	United States
	#11	S. Robson Walton	$38.7 B		70	Wal-Mart	United States
	#12	Liliane Bettencourt & family	$37.6 B		92	L'Oreal	France
	#13	Mark Zuckerberg	$35.2 B		30	Facebook	United States
	#14	Michael Bloomberg	$34.8 B		72	Bloomberg LP	United States
	#15	Stefan Persson	$32.2 B		67	H&M	Sweden
	#16	Bernard Arnault & family	$30.9 B		65	LVMH	France
	#17	Li Ka-shing	$30.3 B		86	diversified	Hong Kong
	#18	Sheldon Adelson	$29.4 B		81	casinos	United States
	#19	Larry Page	$28.7 B		41	Google	United States
	#20	Sergey Brin	$28.3 B		41	Google	United States
	#21	Jeff Bezos	$27.9 B		50	Amazon.com	United States
	#22	David Thomson & family	$25.4 B		57	media	Canada
	#23	Carl Icahn	$24.7 B		78	investments	United States
	#24	Lee Shau Kee	$24.3 B		86	diversified	Hong Kong
	#25	Jack Ma	$24.1 B		50	e-commerce	China
	#26	George Soros	$24 B		84	hedge funds	United States
	#27	Jorge Paulo Lemann	$23.5 B		75	beer	Brazil
	#28	Michele Ferrero & family	$23.5 B		89	chocolates	Italy
	#29	Forrest Mars Jr	$23.4 B		83	candy	United States
	#29	Jacqueline Mars	$23.4 B		75	candy	United States
	#31	John Mars	$23.4 B		78	candy	United States
	#32	Steve Ballmer	$22.8 B		58	Microsoft	United States
	#33	Phil Knight	$22.1 B		76	Nike	United States
	#34	Michael Dell	$22 B		49	Dell	United States
	#35	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	$21.6 B		59	investments	Saudi Arabia
	#36	Mukesh Ambani	$20.3 B		57	petrochemicals, oil & gas	India
	#37	Leonardo Del Vecchio	$19.5 B		79	eyeglasses	Italy
	#38	Len Blavatnik	$18.9 B		57	diversified	United States
	#39	Tadashi Yanai & family	$18.7 B		65	retail	Japan
	#40	Charles Ergen	$18.7 B		61	Dish Network	United States
	#41	Laurene Powell Jobs & family	$17.4 B		51	Apple, Disney	United States
	#42	Dilip Shanghvi	$17.4 B		59	pharmaceuticals	India
	#43	Paul Allen	$17.1 B		61	Microsoft, investments	United States
	#44	Robin Li	$16.9 B		46	internet search	China
	#45	Aliko Dangote	$16.6 B		57	cement, sugar, flour	Nigeria
	#46	Anne Cox Chambers	$16.5 B		95	media	United States
	#47	Michael Otto & family	$16.3 B		71	retail, real estate	Germany
	#48	Theo Albrecht Jr & family	$15.9 B		63	Aldi, Trader Joe's	Germany
	#49	Susanne Klatten	$15.8 B		52	BMW, pharmaceuticals	Germany
	#50	Azim Premji	$15.3 B		69	software	India

 SOURCE : FORBES.COM