Naguib Sawiris ranks 62 and six Arabs made the list
The annual listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money. Forbes says the research that went into compiling the rankings began in early 2006 and ended on Feb. 9, 2007.
1. Bill Gates, Washington, 51, $56 billion, Microsoft2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 76, $52, Berkshire Hathaway3. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 67, $49, telecom4. Ingvar Kamprad and family, Sweden, 80, $33, Ikea5. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 56, $32, steel6. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 73, $26.5, casinos, hotels7. Bernard Arnault, France, 58, $26, LVMH8. Amancio Ortega, Spain, 71, $24, Zara9. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 78, $23, diversified10. David Thomson and family, Canada, 49, $22, inheritance11. Lawrence Ellison, California, 62, $21.5, Oracle12. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 84, $20.7, L Oreal13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 50, $20.3, investments14. Mukesh Ambani, India, 49, $20.1, petrochemicals15. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 87, $20, Aldi16. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 40, $18.7, oil17. Stefan Persson, Sweden, 59, $18.4, Hennes & Mauritz18. Anil Ambani, India, 47, $18.2, diversified19. Paul Allen, Washington, 54, $18, Microsoft, investments20. Theo Albrecht, Germany, 84, $17.5, Aldi, Trader Joe s21. Azim Premji, India, 61, $17.1, software22. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 79, $17, real estate23. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 59, $16.8, Wal-Mart24. Christy Walton and family, Wyoming, 52, $16.7,Wal-Mart inheritance24. S. Robson Walton, Arkansas, 63, $16.7, Wal-Mart26. Sergey Brin, California, 33, $16.6, Google26. Larry Page, California, 34, $16.6, Google26. Alice Walton, Texas, 57, $16.6, Wal-Mart29. Helen Walton, Arkansas, 87, $16.4, Wal-Mart30. Michael Dell, Texas, 42, $15.8, Dell31. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 51, $15, Microsoft31. Kirk Kerkorian, California, 89, $15, investments, casinos31. Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok, Hong Kong, ages unknown, $15, real estate34. Francois Pinault, France, 70, $14.5, retail35. Suleiman Kerimov, Russia, 41, $14.4, stocks36. Vladimir Lisin, Russia, 50, $14.3, steel37. Jack Taylor and family, Missouri, 84, $13.9, Enterprise Rent-A-Car38. Vladimir Potanin, Russia, 46, $13.5, metals38. Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia, 41, $13.5, metals40. Oleg Deripaska, Russia, 39, $13.3, aluminum40. Michael Otto and family, Germany, 63, $13.3, retail42. Carl Icahn, New York, 71, $13, leveraged buyouts42. Abigail Johnson, Massachusetts, 45, $13, Fidelity44. Adolf Merckle, Germany, 72, $12.8, drugs45. Barbara Cox Anthony, Hawaii, 83, $12.6, Cox Enterprises45. Anne Cox Chambers, Georgia, 87, $12.6, Cox Enterprises45. Mikhail Fridman, Russia, 42, $12.6, oil, banking48. Vagit Alekperov, Russia, 56, $12.4, oil49. Charles Koch, Kansas, 71, $12, oil, commodities49. David Koch, New York, 66, $12, oil, commodities51. Silvio Berlusconi and family, Italy, 70, $11.8, media52. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family, Kuwait, 63, $11.5, construction52. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italy, 71, $11.5, eyewear54. Alexei Mordashov, Russia, 41, $11.2, steel55. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family, Britain, 55, $11, real estate55. Spiro Latsis and family, Greece, 60, $11, banking55. Birgit Rausing and family, Sweden, 83, $11, packaging58. Forrest Mars Jr., Virginia, 75, $10.5, candy58. Jacqueline Mars, New Jersey, 67, $10.5, candy58. John Mars, Virginia, 70, $10.5, candy61. Viktor Vekselberg, Russia, 49, $10.4, oil, metals62. Serge Dassault and family, France, 81, $10, aviation62. Charles Ergen, Colorado, 54, $10, EchoStar62. Michele Ferrero and family, Italy, 80, $10, chocolates62. Naguib Sawiris, Egypt, 52, $10, telecom62. Kushal Pal Singh, India, 75, $10, real estate62. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, France, ages unknown, $10, Chanel68. Susanne Klatten, Germany, 44, $9.6, BMW, drugs69. Philip Knight, Oregon, 69, $9.5, Nike69. Sunil Mittal and family, India, 49, $9.5, telecom71. John Kluge, Florida, 92, $9.1, Metromedia71. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russia, 58, $9.1, telecom73. Rupert Murdoch, New York, 76, $9, News Corp.73. Hans Rausing, Sweden, 81, $9, packaging73. Reinhold Wurth, Germany, 71, $9, manufacturing76. Ernesto Bertarelli, Switzerland, 41, $8.8, biotech76. Pierre Omidyar, Nevada, 39, $8.8, Ebay78. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler, Germany, ages unknown, $8.7, ball bearings79. Rafael del Pino and family, Spain, 86, $8.6, construction80. Donald Bren, California, 74, $8.5, real estate80. George Kaiser, Oklahoma, 64, $8.5, oil and gas, banking80. George Soros, New York, 76, $8.5, hedge funds83. Nikolai Tsvetkov, Russia, 46, $8.4, oil, banking83. August von Finck, Germany, 77, $8.4, investments85. Dan Duncan, Texas, 74, $8.2, energy86. Mohammed Al Amoudi, Saudi Arabia, 61, $8, oil86. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family, United Arab Emirates, 53, $8, banking86. Kumar Birla, India, 39, $8, commodities86. German Khan, Russia, 45, $8, oil, banking86. Iskander Makhmudov, Russia, 43, $8, mining, metals86. Sumner Redstone, California, 83, $8, Viacom86. Shashi and Ravi Ruia, India, ages unknown, $8, diversified93. Philip Anschutz, Colorado, 67, $7.9, investments93. Galen Weston and family, Canada, 66, $7.9, retail95. Enrique Banuelos, Spain, 41, $7.7, real estate96. Stefan Quandt, Germany, 41, $7.6, BMW97. Maan Al-Sanea, Saudi Arabia, 52, $7.5, construction, finance97. Edward Johnson III, Massachusetts, 76, $7.5, Fidelity99. Sulaiman Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia, 87, $7.4, banking100. Donald Newhouse, New Jersey, 77, $7.3, publishing100. Samuel Newhouse Jr., New York, 79, $7.3, publishing
