The World's Billionaires 2010 edition was 24th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 12, 2010. It was released online on March 10, 2010. Forty reporters across 13 countries contributed to the list. Carlos Slim and Bill Gates were featured on the cover.
Annual list Mexican telecommunication mogul Carlos Slim narrowly eclipsed Microsoft's Bill Gates to top the billionaire list for the first time. Slim saw his estimated worth surge $18.5 billion to $53.5 billion as shares of America Movil rose 35%. Gates' estimated wealth rose $13 billion to $53 billion, placing him second. Investor Warren Buffett was third with $47 billion, up from $37 billion. Christy Walton was the highest ranking women, placing 12th overall, with an inherited fortune of $22.5 billion. At age 25, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was the world's youngest billionaire. American Isaac Perlmutter was among the top newcomers with an estimated fortunate $4 billion acquired in his sale of Marvel Entertainment to Disney.
A total of 1,011 people made the 2010, up from 793 the year before, but short of the all-time record of 1,125. The United States accounted for 403 billionaires, followed by China with 89 and Russia with 62. It was the first time China, which includes Hong Kong, placed second. A total of 55 countries were represented on the 2010 list, including Finland and Pakistan which claimed their first billionaires. China, India, South Korea, and Turkey were among 11 countries that saw a doubling of the numbers billionaires. Eighty-nine women made the list, but only 14 of them were self-made. Of the 89, 12 were newcomers in 2010. Half of those 14 self-made women came from China.
Steve Forbes said the growing number of billionaires was clear sign that the world's economy was recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. His magazine declared that Asia was leading the recovery, with the US lagging behind, based on the billionaire list. The 2010 list featured 164 re-entries and 97 true newcomers. Asia accounted for more than 100 of the new entrants. Overall, just 12% of the list lost wealth since 2009, and 30 people fell off the list. Thirteen others died. The combined net worth of the list was $3.6 trillion, up 50% from 2009's $2.4 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.5 billion. The United States accounted for 38% of the lists, down from 44% the year prior.
Top 10
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No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Citizenship Source(s) of wealth & family$53.5 billion 70MexicoTelmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso $53.0 billion 61United StatesMicrosoft $47.0 billion 79United StatesBerkshire Hathaway $29.0 billion 53IndiaReliance Industries $28.7 billion 60IndiaArcelor Mittal $28.0 billion 66United StatesOracle Corporation $27.5 billion 61FranceLVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton $27.0 billion 53BrazilEBX Group $25.0 billion 74SpainInditex Group $23.5 billion 90GermanyAldi Süd
Top 100 No.The World's Billionaires. Forbes.com. March 10, 2010.NameNet Worth USD billionAgeCitizenshipResidence1Carlos Slim53.570Mexico Mexico 2William Gates III53.054United StatesUnited States3Warren Buffett47.079United StatesUnited States4Mukesh Ambani29.052IndiaIndia5Lakshmi Mittal28.759IndiaUnited Kingdom6Lawrence Ellison28.065United StatesUnited States7Bernard Arnault27.561FranceFrance8Eike Batista27.053BrazilBrazil9Amancio Ortega25.074SpainSpain10Karl Albrecht23.590GermanyGermany11Ingvar Kamprad & family23.083SwedenSwitzerland12Christy Walton & family22.555United StatesUnited States13Stefan Persson22.462SwedenSweden14Li Ka-shing21.081Hong KongHong Kong15Jim Walton20.762United StatesUnited States16Alice Walton20.660United StatesUnited States17Liliane Bettencourt20.087FranceFrance18S. Robson Walton19.866United StatesUnited States19Rami AbdulAziz Alghamdi19.455Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia20David Thomson & family19.052CanadaCanada21Michael Otto & family18.766GermanyGermany22Lee Shau Kee18.582Hong KongHong Kong23Michael Bloomberg18.068United StatesUnited States24Sergey Brin17.536United StatesUnited States24Charles Koch17.574United StatesUnited States24David Koch17.569United StatesUnited States24Larry Page17.537United StatesUnited States28Michele Ferrero & family17.083ItalyMonaco28Kwok family17.0n/aHong KongHong Kong28Azim Premji17.064IndiaIndia31Theo Albrecht16.788GermanyGermany32Vladimir Lisin15.853RussiaRussia33Steven Ballmer14.554United StatesUnited States33Robert Kuok14.586MalaysiaHong Kong35George Soros14.079United StatesUnited States36Anil Ambani13.750IndiaIndia37Paul Allen13.557United StatesUnited States37Michael Dell13.545United StatesUnited States39Mikhail Prokhorov13.444RussiaRussia40Birgit Rausing & family13.086SwedenSwitzerland40Shashi & Ravi Ruia13.066IndiaIndia42Mikhail Fridman12.745RussiaRussia43Jeffrey Bezos12.346United StatesUnited States44Savitri Jindal12.260IndiaIndia45Donald Bren12.077United StatesUnited States45Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family12.058United KingdomUnited Kingdom45John Paulson12.054United StatesUnited States48Abigail Johnson11.548United StatesUnited States48Jorge Paulo Lemann11.570BrazilBrazil50Roman Abramovich11.243RussiaRussia51Susanne Klatten11.147GermanyGermany52Iris Fontbona & family11.0n/aChileChile52Forrest Mars Jr11.078United StatesUnited States52Jacqueline Mars11.070United StatesUnited States52John Mars11.073United StatesUnited States52Ronald Perelman11.067United StatesUnited States57Oleg Deripaska10.742RussiaRussia58Vagit Alekperov10.659RussiaRussia59Leonardo Del Vecchio10.574ItalyItaly59Carl Icahn10.574United StatesUnited States61Vladimir Potanin10.349RussiaRussia62Philip Knight10.272United StatesUnited States63Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family10.154MexicoMexico64Mohammed Al Amoudi10.065Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia64Ernesto Bertarelli & family10.044SwitzerlandSwitzerland64Anne Cox Chambers10.090United StatesUnited States64George Kaiser10.067United StatesUnited States64Hans Rausing10.084SwedenUnited Kingdom64Joseph Safra10.071BrazilBrazil70Alexei Mordashov9.944RussiaRussia71Viktor Rashnikov9.861RussiaRussia72German Larrea Mota Velasco & family9.756MexicoMexico73Sheldon Adelson9.376United StatesUnited States74Silvio Berlusconi & family9.073ItalyItaly74Dan Duncan9.077United StatesUnited States74Kushal Pal Singh9.078IndiaIndia77Nasser Al-Kharafi & family8.766KuwaitKuwait77Francois Pinault & family8.773FranceFrance79Dmitry Rybolovlev8.643RussiaRussia80Iskander Makhmudov8.546RussiaRussia80James Simons8.571United StatesUnited States82Alberto Bailleres & family8.377MexicoMexico83German Khan8.248RussiaRussia84Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte8.164ChileChile85Edward Johnson III8.079United StatesUnited States86Kumar Birla7.942IndiaIndia87Sunil Mittal7.852IndiaIndia88John Fredriksen7.765CyprusUnited Kingdom89Serge Dassault & family7.684FranceFrance89Petr Kellner7.645Czech RepublicCzech Republic89Ananda Krishnan7.671MalaysiaMalaysia89Tadashi Yanai & family7.661JapanJapan93Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber7.551Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia93Leonard Blavatnik7.552United StatesUnited Kingdom93David & Simon Reuben7.567United KingdomUnited Kingdom93Nobutada Saji & family7.564JapanJapan93Alain & Gerard Wertheimer7.5n/aFrancen/a93Vladimir Yevtushenkov7.561RussiaRussia99August von Finck7.380GermanySwitzerland100Lee Kun-Hee7.268South KoreaSouth Korea100Alisher Usmanov7.256RussiaRussia100Galen Weston & family7.269CanadaCanada
See also List of wealthiest families
References
External links Forbes: The World's Billionaires 2010 (complete list)