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Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
1
William Gates III
United States
51
56.0
United States
2
Warren Buffett
United States
76
52.0
United States
3
Carlos Slim Helu
Mexico
67
49.0
Mexico
4
Ingvar Kamprad & family
Sweden
80
33.0
Switzerland
5
Lakshmi Mittal
India
56
32.0
United Kingdom
6
Sheldon Adelson
United States
73
26.5
United States
7
Bernard Arnault
France
58
26.0
France
8
Amancio Ortega
Spain
71
24.0
Spain
9
Li
Ka-shing
Hong Kong
78
23.0
Hong Kong
10
David Thomson & family
Canada
49
22.0
Canada
11
Lawrence Ellison
United States
62
21.5
United States
12
Liliane Bettencourt
France
84
20.7
France
13
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
50
20.3
Saudi Arabia
14
Mukesh Ambani
India
49
20.1
India
15
Karl Albrecht
Germany
87
20.0
Germany
16
Roman Abramovich
Russia
40
18.7
United Kingdom
17
Stefan Persson
Sweden
59
18.4
Sweden
18
Anil
Ambani
India
47
18.2
India
19
Paul
Allen
United States