Top 10 Richest People in the World
March 6th, 2008 | business -

Warren Buffett has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s richest and wealthiest person. Known for his frugal lifestyle, Warren Buffett is unlikely to get too excited about the news. When he got married recently, he bought a cheap discount ring for his wife. Warren Buffet makes most of his money from investing. 2007 saw a particularly good year as he made good choices on the Brazilian currency.
Top 10 Rich List
1 Warren Buffett Investments $(bn) 62.0
2 Carlos Slim Helu Telecoms 60.0
3 Bill Gates Software 58.0
4 Lakshmi Mittal Steel 45.0
5 Mukesh Ambani Petrochemicals 43.0
6 Anil Ambani Diverse sources 42.0
7 Ingvar Kamprad Ikea stores 31.0
8 KP Singh Property 30.0
9 Oleg Deripaska Aluminium 28.0
10 Karl Albrecht Aldi stores 27.0
The richest Britain is the Duke of Westminster with $14bn (ranked no. 46). The richest young person is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, currently worth $1.3bn.
According to the Forbes list, Bill Gates has been the richest person for the last 13 years

43 comments ↓
#1 Sam Kambadi Akambadi Kambani on 03.07.08 at 3:30 pm
the rankings are very misleading as it presents diverse reports on the First, second and third. Forbes list, Bill Gates as the richest with, other webs point ou slim as the first and Gates as the second, but this one is ranking:
1 Warren Buffett Investments $(bn) 62.0
2 Carlos Slim Helu Telecoms 60.0
3 Bill Gates Software 58.0
whic is whic. please school me on this.
#2 Sam Kambadi Akambadi Kambani on 03.07.08 at 3:33 pm
tell me whether all the wealth is emanating from one source. for example i may wish to know how much is from real estate, industry and others.
#3 yash on 05.17.08 at 2:29 pm
The top five richest people in india?
#4 G S Akinbode on 07.10.08 at 10:37 pm
Their lives and stories are a major inspiration for me.Its good to be wealthy and to use the same to improve the conditions of less lucky humanity.
#5 odole kayode on 08.02.08 at 12:11 pm
the use of money given by God 2 bless others is a good thing
#6 odole kayode on 08.02.08 at 12:19 pm
the use of money given by God 2 bless others is a good thing.
#7 Name on 09.25.08 at 2:32 pm
Nerd’s need to egt a life.
#8 ven on 10.02.08 at 5:43 pm
is it all real and accurate details
#9 ven on 10.02.08 at 5:44 pm
bill gates is a great business man who rocked for 13 years!
#10 Jerry on 10.09.08 at 3:31 am
Good day our fathers, I am a student with University of Jos, Nigeria. i am really facing a financial problem in catering for myself and my studies, if any of you out there can come to my aid, i will be very grateful. Remain Bless! netjdan@yahoo.com
#11 job on 11.12.08 at 1:27 pm
God has blessed them with money and yet some do not think about others i plead that they use their money to help country that are in need “MOTHER AFRICA” espercially GHANA
#12 Dawlat Dawlatmamadov on 12.14.08 at 8:47 am
Dear Warren Buffett.
My name is Dawlat Dawlatmamadov. I am a driver and I live in Tajikistan. And I earn for the living with my car which was stolen few day ago. As you we have no firm legal forces to support the laws and citizens and I have no hopes to find my car. And I honestly ask you to help me to buy a new car at the price for 9000 thousand dollars. The car with a good condition in our country cost 11 000 and I only ask you about the rest 9 thousand as I know that this amount does not worth for you.
Your truly,
Dawlat Dawlatmamadov
#13 darren jones on 01.01.09 at 9:12 pm
any way
dear mr buffett you are a very clever man i have read
all about you and would be great to meet you our email
back yours faithfully
darren jones
#14 usman a isa on 01.19.09 at 3:01 pm
i wander how they make their money, more especially the india man that bought a house of 70million dollars and 60million usdollars for his daugter wedding,infact for me he is the richer and kudos to him
#15 nathan on 01.27.09 at 2:50 pm
no 1 in the world needs all that money so y not give some 2 a good cause
#16 Lee on 02.04.09 at 6:09 am
I understand your point but understand nobody help him make all that money so why share.Look a Bill Gates gave 17 billion dollers to charity.He dident have to but he did.
#17 badiwe tanko on 02.11.09 at 12:28 pm
could u please give me a brief biography
of these people?thanks
#18 Finance Study on 02.16.09 at 9:38 am
When is the 2009 report due? Though I doubt any of them will be worrying about keeping a roof over their heads.
#19 thomas Anom on 02.17.09 at 5:49 pm
i want to know were he works, how he makes his money because am less privileged, an need some money to start up my bussiness. pls let him help me in the name of god
#20 JENEFER on 03.16.09 at 7:47 pm
thiis is very unlucky as the richest person alive buys a cheap ring hoe disfortunate stupid ugly guyz got everything while people are dying of poverty around the world and still wants to be CHEAP!!!!!!
#21 NICK KNIGHT on 03.23.09 at 9:14 pm
Hi,
Mukesh Ambani i thing luck is a book which is written
by ourself. i want only once talk to u…….. on the
phone plz give me u number.. plz i hope my wise
full fill very soon……..
#22 NICK KNIGHT on 03.23.09 at 9:16 pm
Hi,
Mukesh Ambani i thing luck is a book which is written
by ourself. i want only once talk to u…….. on the
phone plz give me u r number.. plz i hope my wise
full fill very soon……..
#23 Nhlakanipho on 03.27.09 at 11:45 am
Bill gates is gonna be the world wealthiest pearson after 2010.
#24 bobby on 04.14.09 at 3:50 pm
that is mad how if u are the richest man can u give ur wife a cheap ring that is rubbish and bill gates is the best he has given billions to charitys that is amasing
#25 nordine on 04.17.09 at 10:02 pm
Dear Mr Buffet
I need £1million pounds to save a life. Can you please help.
Thankyou
#26 swetha on 04.18.09 at 9:15 pm
i have come from a poor family i am looking for 36 lakhs
indian money please i need to save my home as well i need to continue my studies as well as my sister . so please i would pardon you to help with the finicical suppoet once when i coplete my studies and get my job i would make sure that i would repay our money
#27 RONALD on 04.22.09 at 2:58 pm
these people are rich but in heart very poor……..be rich like us if ur neighbour is hungry.we will feed him first………not like these guys….making the words most expensive houses……
#28 Kiran on 04.24.09 at 8:06 am
some are rich some poor, some have everything in life some do not, some are obsessed by god but here we can’t say some do not as there is a saying “we can’t have everything in life, somewhere somehow we do have to compromise on one or the other thing” so it is their luck and their work and brain by which they have achieved this position in life.
I just want to say to them that, do justify ur presence in life as one or the other day we all will die and nobody have seen the next world. Be good to urself thats all.
#29 Joker Kennedy on 05.01.09 at 2:26 pm
I do believe this list is a bit outdated. Bill Gates has recently regained his spot as the richest person after the others lost a lot of their money.
#30 M. Chowdhury on 05.06.09 at 5:50 pm
I am a well ambitious asian student continuing study in ireland and willing to get kind information about career and need kind help to build up my career as i am looking after my family and bearing expenses to a uni and facing lots of complication by this time………..and have trouble for having lots of debt of my family and my own………..and looking forward to get kind help to overcome my problems……..just help……….Please………………….i hope the richest people will understand the problems of middle class family……………………..my
e-mail address-……………looking forward to get help and i know its not good to ask for help but believe me i have done lots of struggle for existance and i know one day i will over come ………….but i will remember the people who helped me out and i believe God Helps everyone and he will help me out ….one day……
Kind Regards
M. Chowhdury
manofgalway@gmail.com………………
#31 D.S.R.K .Azad on 05.07.09 at 12:01 pm
ok its good they are the richest people but please do some thing for the poor who are fighting for their livelihood
#32 D.S.R.K .Azad on 05.07.09 at 12:02 pm
ok its good they are the richest people but please do some thing for the poor .Please help the poor people
#33 Fishani Zimba on 05.12.09 at 2:57 pm
its good to have this information but i want to know how regularly do you update the information. but above all thank you.
#34 A.M.M on 05.15.09 at 9:26 am
Ok! Its good they are the richest people but please do some thing for the poor. Please help the poor people to overcome their anguish and volunteer to assist towards endevours to fight/mitigate disease, illiteracy, institutionalised corruption and poverty among other social scourges befalling the world.
#35 NKOSENHLE on 05.19.09 at 3:30 pm
WHO IS REALLY THE RICHEST MEN ON EARTH?, IS STILL BILL GATES ?.WHAT ARE THE BASICS OF COMPARING RICH INDIVIDUALS?. IS IT FIXED ASSET? OR IT THE MONEY THAT ONE HAS IN HIS/HER BANK ACCOUNT OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE?. PLEASE HELP IF YOU KNOW THE CORRECT ANSWER
#36 rian alexander petts on 05.25.09 at 1:00 pm
please can any one help i will never have monny like you have got i work for wyvale and earn 5.75h and have my first son on the way can any one donate money to my new family it would be much aprecated. but i know i prob wont get help but if you dont ask you dont get.
#37 Mash.john kamwaro on 05.25.09 at 7:04 pm
I really dont beleave in cash in hnd or cash at bank.ithnk in the world we are livin in iguess n feel its better the rich in heart thn in asses.we really dnt knw who wil live 2c 2mrro.live smart n help wherever you can
#38 johnny turley on 05.29.09 at 11:21 am
I think every those persons should make a good doing to all this poor people, look outside ya window and you gonna see persons dying for misery and many other problems, so a really rich person must have a really rich heart
#39 elizabeth on 05.29.09 at 1:51 pm
Helloo<3
this note is to mr warren buffet investments,
Well Hello, Well um its hard cause iv never like left a note for a billianer! you must be so proud i mean i dont know what i’d do if had money that big,
Happy enough i have money, and im happy with it,
I wanna know how did you make such big money? i mean its quite fantasticly amazing! i would be over the moon if i got that much but i would donate i few thousands to charity x
all the best x
Miss Elizabeth Molloy (email back please thanks)
#40 Manasseh Agoo on 06.01.09 at 2:47 pm
hi, i belive there is a simple law to makin big money “sow a good seed than u are entitled to harvest the best.” Caution: risk are always included. i wish people would learn to put away the “beggers mentality”
#41 daniel opara on 06.01.09 at 3:08 pm
hello,my name is daniel opara, from nigeria,15 years of age,i was a awodiorasecondary school,i was doing well in untill my father died,my father was a businessman who deal with building materials,and my mom is a full house wife because my dad never let her to do anything,untill my dad was duped and the business went down,a year latter he died in heart attack and things become so difficult for my family so difficult that we hardly feed and i dropet out of school and started hocking ababnas just to help my mom feed the younger once,we are 4 children 2 girls 2 boyz and i am the elder one ,i am i in high school why the other three are still in in primary sch
ool,please i need your help dont let our mother die she’s all we got, in any way youcan helpme and my family please i will be greatful, imy self want to go back to school as soon as i got a help from any one,please you have been doing it for others please don’t turn your back on my family and the good lord will never turn his abundant bless away from you,god bless you for kindness,please dont let our mother die,she’s all we have left,
daniel opara
#42 Piyauddin on 06.03.09 at 10:21 pm
money is nothing without knowledge
#43 Adesegun S. Adewale on 06.04.09 at 3:51 pm
Pls,
I’m very comfusing about the richest man in the world. Some says Billgate while some says buffet and others says collins. who is the topest among them.Alert me for me not to give false information
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