Forbes list of billionaires (2010)
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Forbes list of billionaire
s is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes
magazine on March 10, 2010.
s as of February 12, 2010, and does not reflect changes since then. There are 1,011 names in this year’s list.
Billionaire
A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually the United States dollar, Euro, or Pound sterling. Forbes magazine updates a complete list of U.S. dollar billionaires around the...
s is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
magazine on March 10, 2010.
Forbes list of billionaires (2010)
The following list is Forbes ranking of an assessment of the wealth and assets of the world's billionaireBillionaire
A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually the United States dollar, Euro, or Pound sterling. Forbes magazine updates a complete list of U.S. dollar billionaires around the...
s as of February 12, 2010, and does not reflect changes since then. There are 1,011 names in this year’s list.
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| No. | Name | Net worth Net worth In business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders' preference and may be referred to as book value. Net worth is stated as at a particular year in time... (USD) |
Age | Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities... |
Residence Home A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either... |
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| 1 | and family | $53.5 billion | 30 | Telmex Telmex Telmex is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America. In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service, Telmex also offers Internet access, data,... , América Móvil América Móvil América Móvil is a Mexican telecommunication company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers, one of the largest corporations in Latin America, and the world. America Movil is a Fortune 500 company... , Grupo Carso Grupo Carso Grupo Carso is a global conglomerate company owned by the Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. It was formed in 1990 after the merger of Corporación Industrial Carso and Grupo Inbursa... |
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| 2 | $53.0 billion | 54 | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| 3 | $47.0 billion | 80 | Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company averaged an annual growth in book value of 20.3% to its shareholders for the last 44 years,... |
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| 4 | $29.0 billion | 53 | Reliance Industries Reliance Industries Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and... |
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| 5 | $28.7 billion | 60 | Arcelor Mittal | |||
| 6 | $28.0 billion | 66 | Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... |
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| 7 | $27.5 billion | 61 | LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., better known as LVMH, is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The company was formed after the 1987 merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy, a company formed after the 1971 merger... |
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| 8 | $27.0 billion | 53 | EBX Group | |||
| 9 | $25.0 billion | 74 | Inditex Group | |||
| 10 | $23.5 billion | 90 | Aldi Süd ALDI ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany... |
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| 11 | $23.0 billion | 84 | Ikea IKEA IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer... |
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| 12 | $22.5 billion | 55 | Walmart | |||
| 13 | $22.4 billion | 63 | Hennes & Mauritz | |||
| 14 | $21.0 billion | 82 | Cheung Kong Holdings | |||
| 15 | $20.7 billion | 62 | Walmart |