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List of Richest People in the World 2012
Below is the top fifty list of the world’s richest people as of 2012:
Net Worth Calculated March 2012
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
| 1 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $69 B | 72 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 | Bill Gates | $61 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | $44 B | 82 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 | Bernard Arnault | $41 B | 63 | LVMH | France |
| 5 | Amancio Ortega | $37.5 B | 76 | Zara | Spain |
| 6 | Larry Ellison | $36 B | 68 | Oracle | United States |
| 7 | Eike Batista | $30 B | 55 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 8 | Stefan Persson | $26 B | 65 | H&M | Sweden |
| 9 | Li Ka-shing | $25.5 B | 84 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 10 | Karl Albrecht | $25.4 B | 92 | Aldi | Germany |
| 11 | Christy Walton & family | $25.3 B | 57 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 12 | Charles Koch | $25 B | 76 | diversified | United States |
| 12 | David Koch | $25 B | 72 | diversified | United States |
| 14 | Sheldon Adelson | $24.9 B | 79 | casinos | United States |
| 15 | Liliane Bettencourt | $24 B | 89 | L’Oreal | France |
| 16 | Jim Walton | $23.7 B | 64 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 17 | Alice Walton | $23.3 B | 63 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 | S. Robson Walton | $23.1 B | 68 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 19 | Mukesh Ambani | $22.3 B | 55 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 20 | Michael Bloomberg | $22 B | 70 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 21 | Lakshmi Mittal | $20.7 B | 62 | steel | India |
| 22 | George Soros | $20 B | 82 | hedge funds | United States |
| 23 | Michele Ferrero & family | $19 B | 85 | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 | Sergey Brin | $18.7 B | 39 | United States | |
| 24 | Larry Page | $18.7 B | 39 | United States | |
| 26 | Jeff Bezos | $18.4 B | 48 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 27 | Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family | $18.3 B | - | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 28 | Alisher Usmanov | $18.1 B | 59 | steel, telecom, investments | Russia |
| 29 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $18 B | 57 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 29 | Lee Shau Kee | $18 B | 84 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 29 | Georgina Rinehart | $18 B | 58 | Mining | Australia |
| 32 | Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht | $17.8 B | - | Aldi, Trader Joe’s | Germany |
| 32 | Iris Fontbona & family | $17.8 B | 69 | mining | Chile |
| 34 | Michael Otto & family | $17.6 B | 69 | retail, real estate | Germany |
| 35 | David Thomson & family | $17.5 B | 55 | media | Canada |
| 35 | Mark Zuckerberg | $17.5 B | 28 | United States | |
| 37 | Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family | $17.4 B | 56 | retail, media | Mexico |
| 38 | Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family | $16.5 B | 81 | mining | Mexico |
| 39 | Rinat Akhmetov | $16 B | 46 | steel, coal | Ukraine |
| 39 | Cheng Yu-tung | $16 B | 87 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 41 | Michael Dell | $15.9 B | 47 | Dell | United States |
| 41 | Vladimir Lisin | $15.9 B | 56 | steel, transport | Russia |
| 41 | Azim Premji | $15.9 B | 67 | software | India |
| 44 | Steve Ballmer | $15.7 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 45 | Alexey Mordashov | $15.3 B | 47 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 46 | Vladimir Potanin | $14.5 B | 51 | metals | Russia |
| 47 | Phil Knight | $14.4 B | 74 | Nike | United States |
| 48 | Paul Allen | $14.2 B | 59 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 48 | German Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $14.2 B | 58 | mining | Mexico |
| 50 | Carl Icahn | $14 B | 76 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 50 | Birgit Raus | $14 B | 88 | packaging | Sweden |
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