Bloomberg Billionaires Index

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Today's ranking of the world's richest people Name Est. Net Worth Ctry $ Chg Daily % Chg YTD Carlos Slim Helú $ 68.4 billion MEX - $ 135.1 M 11 William Henry Gates III $ 62.1 billion USA - $ 335.5 M 10.6 Warren E. Buffett $ 44.3 billion USA $ 533.1 M 3.6 Ingvar Kamprad $ 42.7 billion SWE $ 264.3 M 15 Bernard Arnault $ 42.5 billion FRA $ 177.7 M 20.2 Amancio Ortega Gaona $ 38.9 billion SPN $ 54.8 M 11.5 Lawrence Joseph Ellison $ 38.2 billion USA $ 296.7 M 16.1 Charles De Ganahl Koch $ 33.9 billion USA - $ 113.2 M 0.9 David Hamilton Koch $ 33.9 billion USA - $ 113.2 M 0.9 Eike Fuhrken Batista $ 29.7 billion BRA - $ 92.9 M 32 Mukesh D. Ambani $ 26.5 billion IND - $ 347.3 M 23.7 Li Ka-Shing $ 25.6 billion CHN - $ 266.9 M 15.5 Sheldon Gary Adelson $ 25 billion USA - $ 680.2 M 27 Christy R. Walton $ 25 billion USA $ 83.5 M 0.1 Stefan Persson $ 24.5 billion SWE $ 38.9 M 12.8 Jim C. Walton $ 23.5 billion USA $ 136.3 M 0.4 Lakshmi N. Mittal $ 23.2 billion IND - $ 398.7 M 10 Samuel Robson Walton $ 23 billion USA $ 133.3 M 0.5 Liliane Bettencourt $ 22.8 billion FRA $ 435.9 M 12.6 David K.R. Thomson $ 22.6 billion CAN - $ 20.7 M 5.7 As of March 5, 2012 Source: Bloomberg; Methodology