Bill Gates’ reign as the world’s richest person has come to an end. He had held this coveted title for 13 consecutive years. With falling stock prices he now is 3rd in the rank of world billionaires. According to Forbes, a recent survey for The World’s Billionaires for 2008 that was held on 3 May 2008 yield the following result. Below is the list of the first 25 billionaires around the world.
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Citizenship
|
Age
|
Net Worth (USD $billion)
|
Residence
|
|
1
|
Warren Buffett
|
United States
|
77
|
62.0
|
United States
|
|
2
|
Carlos Slim Helu & family
|
Mexico
|
68
|
60.0
|
Mexico
|
|
3
|
William Gates III
|
United States
|
52
|
58.0
|
United States
|
|
4
|
Lakshmi Mittal
|
India
|
57
|
45.0
|
United Kingdom
|
|
5
|
Mukesh Ambani
|
India
|
50
|
43.0
|
India
|
|
6
|
Anil Ambani
|
India
|
48
|
42.0
|
India
|
|
7
|
Ingvar Kamprad & family
|
Sweden
|
81
|
31.0
|
Switzerland
|
|
8
|
KP Singh
|
India
|
76
|
30.0
|
India
|
|
9
|
Oleg Deripaska
|
Russia
|
40
|
28.0
|
Russia
|
|
10
|
Karl Albrecht
|
Germany
|
88
|
27.0
|
Germany
|
|
11
|
Li Ka-shing
|
Hong Kong
|
79
|
26.5
|
Hong Kong
|
|
12
|
Sheldon Adelson
|
United States
|
74
|
26.0
|
United States
|
|
13
|
Bernard Arnault
|
France
|
59
|
25.5
|
France
|
|
14
|
Lawrence Ellison
|
United States
|
63
|
25.0
|
United States
|
|
15
|
Roman Abramovich
|
Russia
|
41
|
23.5
|
Russia
|
|
16
|
Theo Albrecht
|
Germany
|
85
|
23.0
|
Germany
|
|
17
|
Liliane Bettencourt
|
France
|
85
|
22.9
|
France
|
|
18
|
Alexei Mordashov
|
Russia
|
42
|
21.2
|
Russia
|
|
19
|
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
|
Saudi Arabia
|
51
|
21.0
|
Saudi Arabia
|
|
20
|
Mikhail Fridman
|
Russia
|
43
|
20.8
|
Russia
|
|
21
|
Vladimir Lisin
|
Russia
|
51
|
20.3
|
Russia
|
|
22
|
Amancio Ortega
|
Spain
|
72
|
20.2
|
Spain
|
|
23
|
Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok
|
Hong Kong
|
NA
|
19.9
|
Hong Kong
|
|
24
|
Mikhail Prokhorov
|
Russia
|
42
|
19.5
|
Russia
|
|
25
|
Vladimir Potanin
|
Russia
|
47
|
19.3
|
Russia
|
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