The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. No one scaped from the upshot of the recession. This year the world's billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23% in 12 months from 2008. The world now has 793 billionaires, compared to 1,125 last year.
RANK NAME CITIZENSHIP AGE NET WORTH ($BIL) RESIDENCE 1 William Gates III United States 53 40.0 United States 2 Warren Buffett United States 78 37.0 United States 3 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 69 35.0 Mexico 4 Lawrence Ellison United States 64 22.5 United States 5 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 83 22.0 Switzerland 6 Karl Albrecht Germany 89 21.5 Germany 7 Mukesh Ambani India 51 19.5 India 8 Lakshmi Mittal India 58 19.3 United Kingdom 9 Theo Albrecht Germany 87 18.8 Germany 10 Amancio Ortega Spain 73 18.3 Spain 11 Jim Walton United States 61 17.8 United States 12 Alice Walton United States 59 17.6 United States 12 Christy Walton & family United States 54 17.6 United States 12 S Robson Walton United States 65 17.6 United States 15 Bernard Arnault France 60 16.5 France 16 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 80 16.2 Hong Kong 17 Michael Bloomberg United States 67 16.0 United States 18 Stefan Persson Sweden 61 14.5 Sweden 19 Charles Koch United States 73 14.0 United States 19 David Koch United States 68 14.0 United States 21 Liliane Bettencourt France 86 13.4 France 22 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 54 13.3 Saudi Arabia 23 Michael Otto & family Germany 65 13.2 Germany 24 David Thomson & family Canada 51 13.0 Canada 25 Michael Dell United States 44 12.3 United States
Two Filipino entry from the list includes:
234 Henry Sy & family Philippines 84 2.7 Philippines
522 Lucio Tan & family Philippines 74 1.4 Philippines
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