Carlos Slim Helu, world's richest person. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
The Forbes billionaire list names the 1,011 people in the world whose net worth is more than $1 billion. The people on the 2010 Forbes billionaire list aren’t worrying about getting the cheapest personal loans, obviously, but the list shows some interesting shifts in the world’s money supply. For instance, last year half the people on the Forbes billionaire list were from the U.S. This year, only 40 percent are from the U.S. And, unlike last year, the world’s richest man is not from the U.S. Here are the top 10: the richest people in the world.
1. Carlos Slim Helu, $53.5 billion
“Carlos Slim Helu and family” top the Forbes Billionaire list. Helu lives in Mexico and is part-owner of Latin America’s largest corporation, mobile phone company America Movil. He also owns a construction conglomerate and owns stakes in several other companies, including the New York Times.
2. Bill Gates, $53 billion
The richest man in the United States, Bill Gates, slipped one spot on the Forbes Billionaire list this year, even though his net worth increased significantly. Last year the Microsoft chairman topped the list with $40 billion, and this year he is in the No. 2 spot with $53 billion.
3. Warren Buffett, $47 billion
Fun fact: the world’s third-richest man lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Investment tycoon and self-made billionaire Warren Buffett stayed in the top three this year thanks to a $10 billion increase in his wealth over the past year.
4. Mukesh Ambani, $29 billion
Mukesh Ambani, of India, inherited his father’s fortune and his oil business. He also owns a cricket team. If he wants to start handing out loans for people with bad credit, I have an idea for where he should start.
5. Lakshmi Mittal, $28.7 billion
Lakshmi Mittal inherited his fortune and ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker. He started out in the family business in India in the 1970s and branched out on his own in the ’90s. He now lives in London but still has Indian citizenship.
6. Lawrence Ellison, $28 billion
Lawrence Ellison founded Oracle, a database giant. Oracle bought 57 companies in the past five years, and the company’s stock has gone up 70 percent over the past 12 months. Along with Bill Gates, Lawrence Ellison is the second college dropout on the Forbes billionaire list. (Kids, don’t try this at home.)
7. Bernard Arnault, $27.5 billion
Bernard Arnault’s luxury goods company makes Louis Vuitton and Moet & Chandon products. The company, called LVMH, also is developing upscale commercial property in Shangai. Arnault lives in Paris, France.
8. Eike Batista, $27 billion
It was a big year for Eike Batista, from Brazil. He made $19.5 billion over the past year, mostly from his oil-and-gas exploration company. Last year on the Forbes’ billionaire list he was No. 61 with $7.5 billion.
9. Amancio Ortega, $25 billion
The Forbes billionaire list calls Amancio Ortega a “style maven.” The Spaniard owns Inditex fashion firm, which operates in 73 countries. He also owns real estate including the building that houses Bicardi USA.
10. Karl Albrecht, $23.5 billion
I had to reread this one a few times: The world’s 10th richest man owns a chain of discount supermarkets. Karl Albrecht, from Germany, owns Aldi Sud, one of Europe’s dominant grocers. He plans to open a store in New York City this year.
That wraps up the top 10 on the Forbes billionaire list. The good news that they all have more money than they did last year, which indicates that, overall, the global economy is recovering.
PEOPLE, AMERICA NEEDS HELP NOW. THE MONEY THEY HAVE COMES FROM AMERICAN'S HARD WORKING PEOPLE. GIVE BACK, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A HEART? PEOPLE HERE ARE STARVING, NEED HELP, MEDICAL NEEDS, SCHOOLS CLOSING, PEOPLE SLEEOPNG ON THE STREETS, CHILDREN TAKING TO PROSTITUTION ALL BECAUSE THEY NEED TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, ELDERS DYING CAUSE YOU ALL HAVE ALL THE MONEY AND HAVE NO INTENTION OF HELPING THE ONES THAT WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO HELP MAKE YOU ALL RICH." MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS"
if u r rich, that means u have the money that u EARNED…..idk wats with the people who complain about these achievements……just sayin' i mean theres gonna b SOMEONE whos the richest person in the world…..:|
Must nice to have that kind of money, I dont think i will ever reach the place where thes e people have, but when we die we're all dead broke, and that's the real sad ending to these people lives, And what will they say to god about how they help the people during their time on earth., Hopefully they're working on that now.
Dear Lord we live in a miserable and poor country with my mother my father and my sister I'd ask for one and irrevocable financial assistance from $ 25,000. Thank you in advance
there is no crime to beg something from the richest person
pl send this mail to the richest person in usa in favour of me that i will be grateful to you
i;m a individu that concern for poor children in indonesia that cannot continue having school.
now me and my fren make a free educational program for poor people in jakarta, so they can continue to have a formal education specially children.
at now i have help 10 children near from my house that can be continue school.
i wanna help more children but need more money to do that.
need ur help for jakarta, indonesian poor people, contact me soon.
go to charity and have gates donate a million to you simple
I was wondering if you could help me I would like to get my wife home from christmas this year since she has been up in Canada for three years taking care of her mother. Last November her mother has passed away and I have been ever since then trying to get her home to me in Utah but everything that I have tried I have denied I would like to have my wife here with me this christmas if possible. If you can not or do not want to help I understand. We need $2,000 dollars in order to get my wife home to Utah because she is has been dogs that she is bring with her that is why it cost so much.
CHARITY AND PRIDE HAVE DIFFERENT AIMS, YET BOTH FEED THE POOR . RICHES ABUSE THEM WHO KNOW NOT HOW TO USE IT .
just cuz yer rich doesnt mean u dont help the poor…..it just means that u have $$$,not a bad personality…..
If you have plan to contribute your profit as a religious tax, I will help you to distribute to people that needed and I will send to you the result as a report.
My account as follow :
Beneficiary Name : YUDHIA TESTAVITA
Bank Name : BCA Cabang Artha Gading
Acc No. : 8400009199
Swift Code : CENAIDJA
Thank you for your kindness, May God Bless Your Day, Your Life and Your Career.
Yudhia Testavita
I could say these richest people possess the quality of hardwork and luck. so they attain the rank. they are in the position to help the poor.
sweety i have a trillion bucks.
i think it feels high to just open your bank account and find $10 million which you had just inherited! Thats not your wealth! And by, the should not be posted among the richest, unless of course, richest on a silver platter.Being rich means from a zero point to a remarkable point in wealth.Congrats to willlam Buffett, Bill Gates,Lawrence Elisson and the others who hustled in their childhood life.The worlds richest should also include Oprah Winfrey,for your information!!!
Just an FYI, his name is spelled "Buffett" 3. Warren Buffet, $47 billion
screw Myanmar
Inshallah with in 3-4 years i will be the billionaire and in one of them and i will not sit on my money i will develop my country INDIA.
soon i will be the big billionaire in the world, Inshallah.
!!!
Well, if wealth is given by God. I am, King of the World! and seek to be the richest man in the World! Therefore, I’m seeking to help as many people as possible get what they want in order that I might obtain what I want. More important than that is that I must do God’s will. The two most important commandments are: Love God with all your heart, mind and soul. 2. Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
yes you are right, these wealth are gievn by God. I wonder how much wealth Pharaon had at his time.
Truly i give it to all of them including the inheritors among them because even those that inherited didn't inherit as much as the have today meaning that it's not been as easy as we all presume it is.
They all r the rich people.
I cannot believe. Some people struggle for jsut 1 ruppees but they more than billion.
(but olny a very less difference between gates and helu)
Okay, all those ppl that are saying or even thinking that well if the rich are getting richer is "stupid" or bad for the economy. Honestly how dumb are you? It is good for our economy that money is circulating. What i think is the worst for our economy is people with substantial credit card debt but YET have very nice things like $800+ lcd flat panel tv because its more of a need instead of a want now which is killing the economy ect. If these people can make billions so can you surprisingly enough we are humans with the same potential to be successful or overly successful, which means yes they are rich people but its thier money and you can make it on your own and give it to whoever you want to. And don't need to be coming up with clever ways to ask these people for money and how dare you use God as leverage to get money from them. Say what you want but everyone will stand in front of God and it will be the most honest moment you will ever encounter. Just so you know I am NOT a person that is very substantially rich trying to make myself feel better about not donating money to under privileged families or organizations. I am 21 years old and have $2000 in the bank.
Wow Jeff you sound pretty confident of yourself… for 21.
all right for richest people in world , your text is good for me ….__the fist time for see richest in world, you're 21 y , you have 2000$, I'm 28y but i don't have any money in bank ,__just work for a life , I'm from cambodia…. I was family poor and no have mach education, the most they are richest , they have ability to bill up them seft.
i appload you for your hard work at becoming the riches people on earth just know what goes around comes around and if you dont do anything with all of that money to help anyone you wont be blessed for that.
Kershaw, I agree that those with a great deal of money are in a position to do a great deal to improve the world. Some would argue that they worked hard for the money and deserve to use it on themselves; that's one way of looking at it. Another would be that helping your fellow man makes scientific sense (survival of the species, etc). But let's leave the blessing part out of it, shall we? Having food, shelter and basic necessities is what dictates survival, not whether somebody has been blessed or not.
Yes it's such a stupid statement. Who needs 10 more billion dollars when even middle class family's barely have any money. I don't see how that's a good thing whatsoever.
They have about 7 jobs to get money Dustyn!!!
to all world richest people. GOD has given to you to help people and thare is people in Myanmar who need your help. If you help those people GOD will help you more that is no doubt at all.
Thanks for reading my message
At the end of this article it says that it is a good thing that all these men have significantly more money than they did last year. Does anybody else see the stupidity in that statement? The rich are getting richer!!! How is that good?
y hate the riches people in the world . i give them congrats and hopefully im up there one day .Im 21 and own a business trying to start another one .You can do anything you put your mind to. or should i say i can do anything i put my mind to .
You have that wright David its seems all lazy and ignorant people seem too hate hard working people . I was a millionaire with no education and lost it all but getting back on feet witch means back too working 7 days a week .
i aplaude u jon
….so is it baaad???? i mean its good for them, it doesnt matter to us whether they r getiing richer or not u know………
Because it means they know how how to solve their money problems and they gave back to society. now solve your problems about money and get rich. its a good thing too there are people making a way for us to get rich too.
I read about the world riches people.
I think all of these are from God.
So, many people of Myanmar need your help.
Please contact me again.
no