List of billionaires (2005)
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This list of billionaire
s is based on the annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes
magazine on March 10, 2005. The listed net worth represents the estimated value of assets less debt as of February 11, 2005. There were 691 officially known billionaires in the world as of 2005.
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 the annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people 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, 2005. The listed net worth represents the estimated value of assets less debt as of February 11, 2005. There were 691 officially known billionaires in the world as of 2005.
Top 15 billionaires
| # | Name | Nationality | 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... |
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| 1 | Bill Gates Bill Gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen... |
$46.5 billion | ||
| 2 | Warren Buffett Warren Buffett Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often introduced as "legendary investor, Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is... |
$44.0 billion | ||
| 3 | Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company.... |
$25.0 billion | ||
| 4 | Carlos Slim Helú Carlos Slim Helú Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who as of 2011 is the richest person in the world, for the second year in a row... |
$23.8 billion | ||
| 5 | Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Al-Waleed bin Talal Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is a Saudi Arabian billionaire and member of the Saudi royal family. He is the nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. An entrepreneur and international investor he has amassed a fortune through investments in real estate and the stock market.He is founder and CEO of... |
$23.7 billion | ||
| 6 | Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar Kamprad Ingvar Feodor Kamprad is a Swedish and the founder of IKEA, a retail company.According to Forbes magazine, as of 2011 he is the 162nd wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of around US$6 billion in 2011... |
$23.0 billion | ||
| 7 | Paul Allen Paul Allen Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates... |
$21.0 billion | ||
| 8 | Karl Albrecht Karl Albrecht Karl Hans Albrecht 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 2011 of $25.5 billion according to Forbes, which ranks him 12th in its 2011 list of billionaires - making him... |
$18.5 billion | ||
| 9 | Larry Ellison Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2011, he is the third wealthiest American citizen, with an estimated worth of $33 billion.- Early life :Larry Ellison was born in the... |
$18.4 billion | ||
| 10 | S. Robson Walton S. Robson Walton Samuel Robson "Rob" Walton is the eldest son of Helen Walton and Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. He is currently chairman of the worldwide company... |
$18.3 billion | ||
| 11 | Jim Walton Jim Walton James Carr Walton is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the Chairman of Arvest Bank.With an estimated net worth of around US$21.3 billion, Walton is currently ranked by Forbes as the 20th-richest person in the world.... |
$18.2 billion | ||
| 12 | Alice Walton Alice Walton Alice Louise Walton is an American heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune. She is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton and Jim Walton. Another brother, John T. Walton, died in a 2005 plane crash. In September 2011, her estimated net worth was... |
$18.0 billion | ||
| 13 | Helen Walton Helen Walton Helen Robson Kemper Walton was the wife of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club founder Sam Walton. At one point in her life, she was the eleventh richest American and the richest woman in the world.-Early life:... |
$18.0 billion | ||
| 14 | Lord Thomson of Fleet Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet , in Canada known as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian businessman and art collector who, at the time of his death, was the richest person in Canada, and the ninth richest person in the world, according to Forbes.com, with assets of approximately US $17.9... and family |
$17.9 billion | ||
| 15 | Liliane Bettencourt Liliane Bettencourt Liliane Bettencourt is a French heiress, socialite, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal and, with a fortune estimated at US$23.5 billion, is one of the wealthiest people in the world.-Biography:... |
$17.2 billion | ||
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