No.1 Carlos Slim Helu
- Networth : 74 Billion $
- Age: 71
- Title: Chairman
- Organization: Telmex
- Source: telecom, self-made
- Residence: Mexico City, Mexico
- Country of citizenship: Mexico
- Education: BA/BS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Marital Status: Widow
- Children: 6
No.2 Bill Gates
- Networth : 56 Billion $
- Age: 55
- Title: Co-Chair
- Organization: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Source: Microsoft, self-made
- Residence: Medina, WA
- Country of citizenship: United States
- Education: Dropout, Harvard University
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
No.3 Warren Buffett
- Networth:50 Billion $
- Age: 80
- Title: CEO
- Organization: Berkshire Hathaway
- Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made
- Residence: Omaha, NE
- Country of citizenship: United States
- Education: MS, Columbia University; BA/BS, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Marital Status: Widowed, Remarried
- Children: 3
No.4 Bernard Arnault
- Networth:41 Billion $
- Age: 62
- Title: Chairman
- Organization: Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH)
- Source: LVMH, inherited and growing
- Residence: Paris, France
- Country of citizenship: France
- Education: BA/BS, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 5
No.5 Lawrence Ellison
- Networth: 39.5 Billion $
- Age: 66
- Source: Oracle, self-made
- Residence: Woodside, CA
- Country of citizenship: United States
- Education: Dropout, University of Chicago; Dropout, University of Illinois at Urbana
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 2
No.6 Lakshmi Mittal
- Networth: 31.1 Billion $
- Age: 60
- Title: Chairman
- Organization: ArcelorMittal ADS
- Source: Steel, inherited and growing
- Residence: London, United Kingdom
- Country of citizenship: India
- Education: BA/BS, St Xavier’s College Calcutta
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 2
No.7 Amancio Ortega
- Networth: 31 Billion $
- Age: 74
- Source: Zara, self-made
- Residence: La Coruna, Spain
- Country of citizenship: Spain
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
No.8 Eike Batista
- Networth: 30 Billion $
- Age: 54
- Title: CEO
- Organization: EBX Group
- Source: mining, oil, self-made
- Residence: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Country of citizenship: Brazil
- Education: Dropout, RWTH Aachen University
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Children: 2
No.9 Mukesh Ambani
- Networth: 27 Billion $
- Age: 53
- Title: Chairman
- Organization: Reliance Industries
- Source: petrochemicals, oil & gas, inherited and growing
- Residence: Mumbai, India
- Country of citizenship: India
- Education: Dropout, Stanford University; BA/BS, University of Bombay
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
No.10 Christy Walton
- Networth: 26.5 Billion $
- Age: 56
- Source: Walmart, inherited
- Residence: Jackson, WY
- Country of citizenship: United States
- Marital Status: Widow
- Children: 1