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This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes March 9 , 2006 .[ 1] American national business magazine. There are 793 billionaires on Forbes list with 102 newcomers, from 49 countries. More than half of the billionaires are from the United States and Germany . 2006 saw an increase in billionaires from Russia , India , and Brazil mainly due to economic growth in these countries. The combined net worth of the list is US$ 2.6 trillion , an 18% increase from 2005 .[ 2]
The total net worth is an estimate measured in United States dollars , based on the closing stock prices of the stock exchanges on which each person's company is listed on, and exchange rates on February 9 , 2006 . Stock prices are defined as shares of ownership in a corporation, and exchange rates are defined as how much one currency is worth in terms of another. This list only represents each person's valuation on a single day due to daily fluctuations among exchange rates and stock valuations. The first 100 billionaires are listed here, and the billionaires ranked 101–334 are found at List of billionaires (2006) 101-334 .
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The following list is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires on March 9 2006 , and does not reflect changes since that date.
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Name
Net worth (USD )Citizenship Sources of wealth
1 Richard Pants $9999999999999.0 billion
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2 Warren Buffett $42.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Berkshire Hathaway
3 Steve Jobs $41.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Apple Inc.
4 Ingvar Kamprad $28.0 billion
Schweden IKEA
5 Lakshmi Mittal $23.5 billion
Indien Mittal Steel Company
6 Paul Allen $22.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Microsoft
7 Bernard Arnault $21.5 billion
Frankreich LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
8 Prince Al-Waleed $20.0 billion
Saudi-Arabien Kingdom Holding Company
9 Kenneth Thomson $19.6 billion
Kanada The Thomson Corporation
10 Li Ka Shing $18.8 billion
Hong Kong, China Cheung Kong Group ; Hutchison Whampoa
11 Roman Abramovich $18.2 billion
Russland Sibneft ; Rusal ; Chelsea F.C.
12 Michael Dell $17.1 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Dell Inc.
13 Karl Albrecht $17.0 billion
Deutschland ALDI
14 Sheldon Adelson $16.1 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Las Vegas Sands
15 Liliane Bettencourt $16.0 billion
Frankreich L'Oréal
15 Larry Ellison $16.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Oracle Corporation
17 Christy Walton $15.9 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Wal-Mart
17 Jim Walton $15.9 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Wal-Mart
19 S. Robson Walton $15.8 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Wal-Mart
20 Alice Walton $15.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Wal-Mart
21 Helen Walton $15.6 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Wal-Mart
22 Theo Albrecht $15.2 billion
Deutschland ALDI
23 Amancio Ortega $14.8 billion
Spanien Inditex
24 Steven Ballmer $13.6 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Microsoft
25 Azim Premji $13.3 billion
Indien Wipro
26 Sergey Brin $12.9 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Google
27 Larry Page $12.8 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Google
28 Abigail Johnson $12.5 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Fidelity Investitionen
29 Nasser Al-Kharafi and family$12.4 billion
Kuwait M. A. Kharafi & Sons
29 Barbara Cox Anthony $12.4 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Cox Enterprises
29 Anne Cox Chambers $12.4 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Cox Enterprises
32 Stefan Persson $12.3 billion
Schweden H&M
33 Charles Koch $12.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Koch Industries
33 David H. Koch $12.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Koch Industries
35 Raymond Kwok Thomas Kwok , and Walter Kwok $11.6 billion
Hong Kong, China Sun Hung Kai
36 Adolf Merckle $11.5 billion
Deutschland Phoenix Pharmahandel
37 Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi $11.0 billion
Saudi-Arabien Al Rajhi Bank
37 Vagit Alekperov $11.0 billion
Russland Novolipetsk Steel
37 Silvio Berlusconi $11.0 billion
Italien Fininvest ; Mediaset ; A.C. Milan
37 Lee Shau Kee $11.0 billion
Hong Kong, China Henderson Land Development
41 Vladimir Lisin $10.7 billion
Russland Novolipetsk Steel
42 Michael Otto and family$10.4 billion
Deutschland Otto GmbH
43 Pierre Omidyar $10.1 billion
Vereinigte Staaten eBay
44 Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion
Italien Luxottica ; Ray-Ban
44 Michele Ferrero and family$10.0 billion
Italien Nutella
44 Forrest Mars Jr. $10.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Mars, Incorporated
44 Jacqueline Mars $10.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Mars, Incorporated
44 John Mars $10.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Mars, Incorporated
44 Viktor Vekselberg $10.0 billion
Russland Renova Group
50 Mikhail Fridman $9.7 billion
Russland Alfa Group
51 Spiro Latsis and family$9.1 billion
Griechenland EFG Bank European Financial Group
52 John Kluge $9.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Metromedia
53 Carl Icahn $8.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Trans World Airlines
53 Kirk Kerkorian $8.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Tracinda Corporation
55 Birgit Rausing and family$8.6 billion
Schweden Tetra Laval
56 Mukesh Ambani $8.5 billion
Indien Reliance Industries
56 Serge Dassault and family$8.5 billion
Frankreich Dassault Industries
56 Hans Rausing $8.5 billion
Schweden Tetra Laval
59 Galen Weston and family$8.4 billion
Kanada George Weston Limited , Associated British Foods
60 Susanne Klatten $8.1 billion
Deutschland Altana , BMW
61 Rudolf August Oetker and family$8.0 billion
Deutschland Dr. Oetker
62 Oleg Deripaska $7.8 billion
Russland Rusal
63 Sumner Redstone $7.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Viacom
64 Alexei Mordashov $7.6 billion
Russland Severstal
65 Donald Newhouse $7.5 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Condé Nast Publications
65 Samuel Newhouse, Jr. $7.5 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Condé Nast Publications
65 Alain Wertheimer Gerard Wertheimer $7.5 billion
Frankreich Chanel
65 Reinhold Würth $7.5 billion
Deutschland Würth
69 Joseph Safra Moise Safra $7.4 billion
Brasilien Banco Safra
70 Philip Knight $7.3 billion
Vereinigte Staaten formerly Nike
71 George Soros $7.2 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Soros Fund Management
72 Ernesto Bertarelli $7.1 billion
Schweiz Serono
72 Suleyman Kerimov $7.1 billion
Russland Gazprom , Sberbank
74 Philip Green Cristina Green $7.0 billion
Vereinigtes Königreich Bhs , Arcadia Group
74 Francois Pinault $7.0 billion
Frankreich PPR
74 August von Finck $7.0 billion
Deutschland Allianz
77 Mohammed Al Amoudi $6.9 billion
Saudi-Arabien Corral Petroleum Holdings
77 Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family$6.9 billion
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Mashreq Bank
79 Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler Georg Schaeffler $6.8 billion
Deutschland Schaeffler Group
80 Charles Ergen $6.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Dish Network Corporation
80 Edward Johnson, III $6.7 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Fidelity Investitionen
82 Lee Kun-hee and family$6.6 billion
Südkorea Samsung
82 Stefan Quandt $6.6 billion
Deutschland BMW
84 Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi $6.5 billion
Saudi-Arabien Al-Rajhi Bank
84 Rafael del Pino and family$6.5 billion
Spanien Ferrovial
84 Stanley Ho $6.5 billion
Hong Kong, China Shun Tak Holdings
84 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller $6.5 billion
Dänemark A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group
84 Rupert Murdoch $6.5 billion
Vereinigte Staaten News Corporation
89 Philip Anschutz $6.4 billion
Vereinigte Staaten The Anschutz Corporation
89 Hasso Plattner $6.4 billion
Deutschland SAP AG
89 Vladimir Potanin $6.4 billion
Russland Interros
89 Mikhail Prokhorov $6.4 billion
Russland Interros
93 Vladimir Yevtushenkov $6.3 billion
Russland Sistema
94 Micky Arison $6.1 billion
Israel Carnival Corporation & plc
94 Curt Engelhorn $6.1 billion
Deutschland DePuy
94 Friedrich Karl Flick $6.1 billion
Deutschland Daimler-Benz
94 German Khan $6.1 billion
Deutschland Alfa Group
94 Ronald Perelman $6.1 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Revlon
94 Johanna Quandt $6.1 billion
Deutschland BMW
100 Dan Duncan $6.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Enterprise Products
100 Gerald Grosvenor $6.0 billion
Vereinigtes Königreich Grosvenor Group
100 Jack C. Taylor $6.0 billion
Vereinigte Staaten Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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