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There are 1210 billionaires in the world as of march 2011 The World billionaires list of Forbes.The world billionaries list total net worth is 4.5 trillion$ and the winner is Carlos Slim from Mexico.
How many millionaires are there in the world today? It depends on what you mean by “millionaire”. The Economist reports that there are two different “official” methods for determining who makes the cut. Capegemini, a financial consultancy, defines a millionaire as anyone with investable assets of $1 million or more – meaning that they actually have over a million dollars as that doesn’t include the home in which they live, for instance.
By this measure there are about 10 million millionaires on the planet, according to Capegemini and Merrill Lynch. Mega bank Credit Suisse uses a different definition, however, denoting anyone whose net assets exceed $1 million a millionaire. In those terms, there are 24.2 million millionaires on the planet – about 0.5% of the world’s adult population, or more than the entire population of Australia. 41% of them live in the U.S., 10% in Japan and 3% in China.
Number 1 Billionaires: Carlos Slim Helu
Net Worth (USD) : $74.0 billion
Age : 71
Citizenship : Mexico
Born : Mexico
Residence : Mexico
Sources of wealth : Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
Number 2 Billionaires: Bill Gates
Net Worth (USD) : $56.0 billion
Age : 55
Citizenship : United States
Born : United States
Residence : United States
Sources of wealth : Microsoft
Number 3 Billionaires: Warren Buffet
Net Worth (USD) : $50.0 billion
Age : 81
Citizenship : United States
Born : United States
Residence : United States
Sources of wealth : Berkshire Hathaway
Number 4 Billionaires: Bernard Arnault
Net Worth (USD) : $41.0 billion
Age : 62
Citizenship : France
Born : France
Residence : France
Sources of wealth : LVMH Moët Hennessy, Louis Vuitton
Number 5 Billionaires: Lawrence Ellison
Net Worth (USD) : $39.5 billion
Age : 66
Citizenship : United States
Born : United States
Residence : United States
Sources of wealth : Oracle Corporation
Number 6 Billionaires: Lakshmi Mittal
Net Worth (USD) : $31.1 billion
Age : 60
Citizenship : India
Born : India
Residence : United Kingdom
Sources of wealth : Arcelor Mittal
Number 7 Billionaires: Amancio Ortega
Net Worth (USD) : $31.0 billion
Age : 74
Citizenship : Spain
Born : Spain
Residence : Spain
Sources of wealth : Inditex Group
Number 8 Billionaires: Eike Batista
Net Worth (USD) : $30.0 billion
Age : 53
Citizenship : Brazil
Born : Brazil
Residence : Brazil
Sources of wealth : EBX Group
Number 9 Billionaires: Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth (USD) : $27.0 billion
Age : 53
Citizenship : India
Born : Yemen
Residence : India
Sources of wealth : Reliance Industries
Number 10 Billionaires: Christy Walton
Net Worth (USD) : $26.5 billion
Age : 55
Citizenship : United States
Born : United States
Residence : United States
Sources of wealth : Walmart
