World's Richest People

PC-GUY

PC-GUY

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NEW YORK - You'll need a net worth of at least $12.4 billionto count yourself among the 20 richest people on the planet this year. That's $2.1 billion higher than last year, thanks to an improving global economy. The Top 20 is a diverse lot with nothing in common but a talent for building wealth--and keeping it. Among them: a Harvard dropout who founded software giant Microsoft; a Saudi prince with a $10 billion stake in Citigroup; a Hong Kong entrepreneur with businesses ranging from cell phones to shipping containers; and a Russian oligarch languishing in a Moscow prison. Americans dominate this list with 11 members, five of them heirs of Sam Walton, a small-town Arkansas retailer who founded Wal-Mart. These 20 individuals have a combined net worth of $413 billion, roughly four times the economic output of Singapore. While they make up only 3% of the 587 billionaires on our list, they account for 23% of the total billionaire wealth.

Wow that counts me out. :(
The World's Richest People
The Top Ten
  1. William Gates III
  2. Warren Buffett
  3. Karl Albrecht
  4. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
  5. Paul Allen
  6. Alice Walton
  7. Helen Walton
  8. Jim Walton
  9. John Walton
  10. S Robson Walton
 
janiedriver

janiedriver

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Sam Walton and his family are from the city I live in. Big time folks around here! My bank is also owned by them. God knows how much else. But the place is growing big time and I can't complain!
 
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