Forbes Rich List 2012

1. Carlos Slim Helu & family: $69bn fortune (Mexico)

2. Bill Gates: $61bn (United States)

3. Warren Buffett: $44bn (United States)

4. Bernard Arnault: $41bn (France)

5 Amancio Ortega $37.5bn (Spain) 
6 Larry Ellison: $36bn (United States)
7 Eike Batista: $30bn (Brazil)
8 Stefan Persson: $26bn (Sweden)
9 Li Ka-shing: $25.5bn (Hong Kong)
10 Karl Albrecht $25.4bn (Germany)
11 Christy Walton & family: $25.3bn (United States)
12 Charles Koch: $25bn (United States)
12 David Koch: $25bn (United States)
14 Sheldon Adelson: $24.9bn (United States)
15 Liliane Bettencourt: $24bn (France)
16 Jim Walton: $23.7bn (United States)
17 Alice Walton: $23.3bn (United States)
18 S. Robson Walton: $23.1bn (United States)
19 Mukesh Ambani $22.3bn (India)
20 Michael Bloomberg: $22bn (United States)
21 Lakshmi Mittal: $20.7bn (India)
22 George Soros: $20bn (United States)
23 Michele Ferrero & family: $19bn (Italy)
24 Sergey Brin: $18.7bn (United States)
24 Larry Page: $18.7bn (United States)
26 Jeff Bezos: $18.4bn (United States)
27 Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family $18.3bn (Hong Kong)
28 Alisher Usmanov: $18.1bn (Russia)
29 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud: $18bn (Saudi Arabia)
29 Lee Shau Kee: $18bn (Hong Kong)
29 Georgina Rinehart: $18bn (Australia)
32 Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family: $17.8bn (Germany)
32 Iris Fontbona & family: $17.8bn (Chile)
34 Michael Otto & family: $17.6bn (Germany)
35 David Thomson & family: $17.5bn (Canada)
35 Mark Zuckerberg: $17.5bn (United States)
37 Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family: $17.4bn (Mexico)
38 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family: $16.5bn (Mexico)
39 Rinat Akhmetov: $16bn (Ukraine)
39 Cheng Yu-tung: $16bn (Hong Kong)
41 Michael Dell: $15.9bn (United States)
41 Vladimir Lisin: $15.9bn (Russia)
41 Azim Premji: $15.9bn (India)
44 Steve Ballmer: $15.7bn (United States)
45 Alexei Mordashov: $15.3bn (Russia)
46 Vladimir Potanin: $14.5bn (Russia)
47 Phil Knight: $14.4bn (United States)
48 Paul Allen: $14.2bn (United States)
48 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family: $14.2bn (Mexico)
50 Carl Icahn: $14bn (United States)
50 Birgit Rausing & family: $14bn (Sweden) 

Don't know how this is going to help me, but it's quite amazing seeing that people actually have that much money, and it's just weird seeing it written so casually.


Then again it may give me the culture to aim at... U.S.A





http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/9130322/Forbes-rich-list-2012-top-50.html