THE FIRST 100 OF FORBE MAGAZINE'S 2011 WORLD'S BILLIONAIRES
Source: http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires#p_1_s_arank_-1__-1
March 10, 2011
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source of Money | Country of Citizenship |
| 1 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $74 B | 71 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 | Bill Gates | $56 B | 55 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | $50 B | 80 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 | Bernard Arnault | $41 B | 62 | LVMH | France |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $39.5 B | 66 | Oracle | United States |
| 6 | Lakshmi Mittal | $31.1 B | 60 | Steel | India |
| 7 | Amancio Ortega | $31 B | 74 | Zara | Spain |
| 8 | Eike Batista | $30 B | 54 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 9 | Mukesh Ambani | $27 B | 53 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 10 | Christy Walton & family | $26.5 B | 56 | Walmart | United States |
| 11 | Li Ka-shing | $26 B | 82 | Diversified | Hong Kong |
| 12 | Karl Albrecht | $25.5 B | 91 | Aldi | Germany |
| 13 | Stefan Persson | $24.5 B | 63 | H&M | Sweden |
| 14 | Vladimir Lisin | $24 B | 54 | Steel | Russia |
| 15 | Liliane Bettencourt | $23.5 B | 88 | L'Oreal | France |
| 16 | Sheldon Adelson | $23.3 B | 77 | casinos | United States |
| 17 | David Thomson & family | $23 B | 53 | media | Canada |
| 18 | Charles Koch | $22 B | 75 | Diversified | United States |
| 18 | David Koch | $22 B | 70 | Diversified | United States |
| 20 | Jim Walton | $21.3 B | 63 | Walmart | United States |
| 21 | Alice Walton | $21.2 B | 61 | Walmart | United States |
| 22 | S. Robson Walton | $21 B | 67 | Walmart | United States |
| 23 | Kwok Thomas & Raymond & family | $20 B | N/A | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 24 | Larry Page | $19.8 B | 37 | | United States |
| 24 | Sergey Brin | $19.8 B | 37 | | United States |
| 26 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud http://www.forbes.com/profile/prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-alsaud | $19.6 B | 56 | Investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 | Iris Fontbona & family | $19.2 B | N/A | Mining | Chile |
| 28 | Lee Shau Kee | $19 B | 83 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 29 | Alexei Mordashov | $18.5 B | 45 | Steel | Russia |
| 30 | Michael Bloomberg | $18.1 B | 69 | Bloomberg | United States |
| 30 | Jeff Bezos | $18.1 B | 47 | Amazon | United States |
| 32 | Michele Ferrero & family | $18 B | 84 | chocolates | Italy |
| 32 | Mikhail Prokhorov | $18 B | 45 | Investments | Russia |
| 34 | Vladimir Potanin | $17.8 B | 50 | nonferrous metals | Russia |
| 35 | Alisher Usmanov | $17.7 B | 57 | steel, telecom, stocks | Russia |
| 36 | Azim Premji | $16.8 B | 65 | Software | India |
| 36 | Oleg Deripaska | $16.8 B | 43 | aluminum | Russia |
| 38 | Michael Otto & family | $16.6 B | 67 | Retail | Germany |
| 39 | German Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $16 B | 57 | Mining | Mexico |
| 39 | Rinat Akhmetov | $16 B | 44 | steel, coal mines | Ukraine |
| 39 | John Paulson | $16 B | 55 | hedge funds | United States |
| 42 | Shashi & Ravi Ruia | $15.8 B | 67 | Diversified | India |
| 43 | Mikhail Fridman | $15.1 B | 46 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 44 | Michael Dell | $14.6 B | 46 | Dell | United States |
| 44 | Susanne Klatten | $14.6 B | 48 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 46 | Steve Ballmer | $14.5 B | 54 | Microsoft | United States |
| 46 | George Soros | $14.5 B | 80 | hedge funds | United States |
| 48 | Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family | $14.4 B | N/A | Aldi, Trader Joes | Germany |
| 49 | Birgit Rausing & family | $14 B | 87 | packaging | Sweden |
| 50 | Vagit Alekperov | $13.9 B | 60 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 51 | Aliko Dangote | $13.8 B | 53 | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria |
| 52 | Mark Zuckerberg | $13.5 B | 26 | | United States |
| 53 | Anne Cox Chambers | $13.4 B | 91 | Cox Enterprises | United States |
| 53 | Roman Abramovich | $13.4 B | 44 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 55 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $13.3 B | 71 | beer | Brazil |
| 56 | Savitri Jindal & family | $13.2 B | 60 | Steel | India |
| 57 | Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family | $13 B | 59 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 57 | Paul Allen | $13 B | 58 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 57 | Viktor Vekselberg | $13 B | 53 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 60 | Phil Knight | $12.7 B | 73 | Nike | United States |
| 61 | Robert Kuok | $12.5 B | 87 | Diversified | Malaysia |
| 61 | Carl Icahn | $12.5 B | 75 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 63 | Mohammed Al Amoudi | $12.3 B | 66 | oil | Saudi Arabia |
| 64 | Donald Bren | $12 B | 78 | real estate | United States |
| 64 | Ron Perelman | $12 B | 68 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 66 | Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family | $11.9 B | 79 | Mining | Mexico |
| 67 | Francois Pinault & family | $11.5 B | 74 | Retail | France |
| 68 | Joseph Safra | $11.4 B | 72 | banking | Brazil |
| 69 | Abigail Johnson | $11.3 B | 49 | Fidelity | United States |
| 70 | Viktor Rashnikov | $11.2 B | 62 | Steel | Russia |
| 71 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $11 B | 75 | eyewear | Italy |
| 72 | John Fredriksen | $10.7 B | 66 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 72 | Stefan Quandt | $10.7 B | 44 | BMW | Germany |
| 74 | James Simons | $10.6 B | 72 | hedge funds | United States |
| 75 | Luis Carlos Sarmiento | $10.5 B | 78 | banking | Colombia |
| 75 | Horst Paulmann & family | $10.5 B | 76 | Retail | Chile |
| 77 | Nasser Al-Kharafi & family | $10.4 B | 67 | construction | Kuwait |
| 77 | Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte http://www.forbes.com/profile/eliodoro-bernardo-patricia-matte | $10.4 B | N/A | paper | Chile |
| 79 | Sammy Ofer & family | $10.3 B | 89 | shipping | Israel |
| 80 | Len Blavatnik | $10.1 B | 53 | Access Industries | United States |
| 81 | Hans Rausing | $10 B | 84 | packaging | Sweden |
| 81 | Ernesto Bertarelli & family | $10 B | 45 | biotech | Switzerland |
| 81 | John Mars | $10 B | 74 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | Jacqueline Mars | $10 B | 71 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | Forrest Mars | $10 B | 79 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | Klaus-Michael Kuhne | $10 B | 73 | shipping | Germany |
| 81 | Gautam Adani | $10 B | 48 | commodities, infrastructure | India |
| 88 | Iskander Makhmudov | $9.9 B | 47 | mining, metals, machinery | Russia |
| 89 | Johanna Quandt | $9.8 B | 84 | BMW | Germany |
| 89 | George Kaiser | $9.8 B | 68 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 89 | Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler | $9.8 B | N/A | ball bearings | Germany |
| 92 | German Khan | $9.6 B | 49 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 93 | Ananda Krishnan | $9.5 B | 72 | telecom | Malaysia |
| 93 | Dmitry Rybolovlev | $9.5 B | 44 | fertilizer | Russia |
| 95 | Robin Li | $9.4 B | 42 | Internet | China |
| 96 | Serge Dassault & family | $9.3 B | 85 | aviation | France |
| 97 | Kumar Birla | $9.2 B | 43 | commodities | India |
| 97 | Petr Kellner | $9.2 B | 46 | insurance | Czech Republic |
| 99 | Leonid Mikhelson | $9.1 B | 55 | Natural gas | Russia |
| 100 | Cheng Yu-tung | $9 B | 85 | real estate | Hong Kong |
If you and I missed the cut this year, maybe next year?
NM
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