List of very Rich People!
William Henry "Bill" Gates III
(born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people.
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a U.S. investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in history, the largest shareholder and C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway, and is currently ranked by Forbes as the second richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of approximately $37 billion.
Carlos Slim Helu
Born January 28, 1940. Carlos is a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who is largely focused on the telecommunications industry. His wealth is primarily due to investments in Medium Term Notes and Standby Letters of Credit, via his power-broker, Kai Lassen, of Rockwick Capital, with a net worth of around US 35 billion dollars through his holdings.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison
Ellison was born on August 17, 1944). He is now an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company. He is currently listed on Forbes list of billionaires as the fourth richest person in the world as of March 11, 2009. Ellison is the 3rd richest American worth US 22.7 billion dollars. Ellison owns 22.59% of Oracle Corporation. His shares are worth between US 20-25 billion dollars.
Ingvar Kamprad and family
(born March 30, 1926) is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA. As of 2009 he is the richest person in Europe and the 5th wealthiest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around US$22 billion.
Karl Hans Albrecht
(born 20 February 1920) is a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He is among the richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth in 2009 of US 21.5 billion dollars according to Forbes Magazine. Albrecht is the wealthiest man in German.
Mukesh Ambani
(born April 19, 1957 in Yemen) is an Indian gujarati businessman. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. His wealth is valued at US 15.5 billion dollars(according to Forbes), making him the richest man in Asia as well as world's 7th richest person.
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian industrialist based in the United Kingdom. He was born in Sadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and he resides in Kensington, London. He is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal (founder of Mittal before merger with Arcelor) and also serves as a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs, EADS and ICICI Bank. As of 2009, Mittal is the world's 8th richest person with personal wealth of US 19.3 billion dollars.
Theodor Paul Albrecht
(born 28 March 1922) is a German entrepreneur, who in 2007 was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 20th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $23.5 billion. He owns and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owns the Trader Joe's specialty grocery store chain. His brother Karl Albrecht owns the Aldi Sd discount supermarket chain.
The two chains originally were a single family enterprise until a friendly division of assets in 1960. Aldi Sd operates the Aldi groceries in the United States. So Aldi and Trader Joe's, while owned by the brothers, have separate and distinct ownership and operations.
In 1971, Theo was kidnapped for 17 days. A $3 million ransom was paid for his release.
Amancio Ortega Gaona
(born March 28, 1936, Busdongo de Arbas, Len) is a Galician fashion entrepreneur. Ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man and the 10th richest man in the World in 2009. He is the founder, with his then-wife Rosala Mera, and chairman of the Inditex Group. He currently lives with his second wife in a discreet apartment building in the centre of A Corua (Corunna).