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Your Introduction to the world's wealthiest Billionaires

TOP 10
RICH LISTS

Spend a few moments going through these Top 10 Rich Lists and just wonder what the hell you could do with just a fraction of the billions of dollars these guys and gals have.

And if your name is on one of these lists, I'd welcome any how-to-get-rich tips you may like to share with my readers.

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BILLIONAIRE
JOKES

Before You Meet With God

A billionaire died and went to The Judgment. St. Peter met him at the Gates of Heaven and said, "Before you meet with God, I thought I should tell you -- we've looked at your life, and your really didn't do anything particularly good or bad.

We're not at all sure what to do with you. Can you tell us anything you did that can help us make a decision?"

The billionaire thought for a moment and replied, "Yeah, once I was driving along in my ferrari and came upon a woman who was being harassed by a group of bikers. So I pulled over, got out my tire iron, and went up to the leader of the bikers. He was a big, muscular, hairy guy with tattoos all over his body and a ring pierced through his nose. Well, I tore the nose ring out of his nose, and told him he and his gang had better stop bothering the woman or they would have to deal with me!"

"I'm impressed," St. Peter responded, "When did this happen?"

"About two minutes ago," came the reply.

Heaven Cafeteria

A billionaire dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates and checks him in.

After he's registered, St. Peter says to him, "Look at the time: you must be hungry! Heaven Cafeteria is serving lunch, why don't you get yourself something to eat?"

The billionaire goes to the cafeteria and notices the long line. He immediately cuts in at the front, only to hear loud protests. "I'm a billionaire" he says, "I'm a busy man, I don't have time to wait in line."

The others say, "You're in heaven now, we're all the same here, get to the back of the line and wait your turn!"

A few weeks later, waiting patiently on line for lunch, the billionaire notices a man come dashing in wearing a 3 piece suit and accompanied by a 6 man entourage. He butts in at the head of the line and no one utters a peep.

"Hey," he says to the guy in front of him, "Who does that guy think he is?" "Oh, that's God," says the guy, "He likes to play billionaire."

Genie With A Catch

A guy found a bottle on the beach. He rubbed it and, sure enough, out popped a genie.

"I will grant you three wishes," said the Genie. "But there's a catch." "What catch?" he asked.

The genie replied, "Every time you make a wish, every politician in the world will receive double what you asked for."

"Well, I can live with that! No problem!" replied the elated man.

"What is your first wish?" asked the Genie. "Well, I've always wanted a Ferrari," he said. POOF! A Ferrari appeared in front of the man. "Now, every politician in the world has two Ferraris," said the genie.

"Next wish?" "I'd love a billion dollars," replied the man. POOF! One billion dollars appeared at his feet. "Now, every politician in the world has two billion dollars," said the genie. "Well, that's okay, as long as I've got my billion," replied the man.

"What is your final wish?" asked the genie. The man thought long and hard, and finally said, "Well, you know, I've always wanted to donate a kidney."

VW v. Rolls Royce

A man from Texas, driving a Volkswagen Beetle, pulls up next to a billionaire in a Rolls Royce at a stop sign. Their windows are open and he yells at the billionaire, "Hey, you got a telephone in that Rolls?"

The billionaire says, "Yes, of course I do."

"I got one too... see?” the Texan says.

"Uh, huh, yes, that's very nice."

"You got a fax machine?" asks the Texan.

"Why, actually, yes, I do."

"I do too! See? It's right here!" brags the Texan.

The light is just about to turn green and the guy in the Volkswagen says, "So, do you have a double bed in back there?"

The billionaire replies, "NO! Do you?"

"Yep, got my double bed right in back here," the Texan replies.

The light turns and the Volkswagen takes off.

Well, the billionaire is not about to be one-upped, so he immediately goes to a customizing shop and orders them to put a double bed in back of his Rolls.

About two weeks later, the job is finally done. He picks up his Rolls and drives all over town looking for the Volkswagen beetle with the Texas plates. Finally, he finds it parked alongside the road, so the billionaire pulls his Rolls up next to it.

The windows on the Volkswagen are all fogged up ...

(it's OK to continue ... it's a clean joke.)

... and he feels somewhat awkward about it, but the billionaire gets out of his newly modified Rolls and taps on the foggy window of the Volkswagen.

The man in the Volkswagen finally opens the window a crack and peeks out.

The billionaire says, "Hey, remember me?"

"Yeah, yeah, I remember you," replies the Texan, "What's up?"

"Check this out...I got a double bed installed in my Rolls."

The Texan exclaims, "YOU GOT ME OUT OF THE SHOWER TO TELL ME THAT!"

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NEW LIST FOR 2009

The World's Billionaires
Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller and Tatiana Serafin
11 March 2009

[For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 13, 2009.]

It's been a tough year for the richest people in the world. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires. This year there are just 793 people rich enough to make our list.

The world has become a wealth wasteland. Like the rest of us, the richest people in the world have endured a financial disaster over the past year. Today there are 793 people on our list of the World's Billionaires, a 30% decline from a year ago.

Of the 1,125 billionaires who made last year's ranking, 373 fell off the list--355 from declining fortunes and 18 who died. There are 38 newcomers, plus three moguls who returned to the list after regaining their 10-figure fortunes. It is the first time since 2003 that the world has had a net loss in the number of billionaires.

The world's richest are also a lot poorer. Their collective net worth is $2.4 trillion, down $2 trillion from a year ago. Their average net worth fell 23% to $3 billion. The last time the average was that low was in 2003.

Bill Gates lost $18 billion but regained his title as the world's richest man. Warren Buffett, last year's No. 1, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50% in 12 months, but he still managed to slip just one spot to No. 2. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helú also lost $25 billion and dropped one spot to No. 3.

It was hard to avoid the carnage, whether you were in stocks, commodities, real estate or technology. Even people running profitable businesses were hammered by frozen credit markets, weak consumer spending or declining currencies.

The biggest loser in the world this year, by dollars, was last year's biggest gainer. India's Anil Ambani lost $32 billion--76% of his fortune--as shares of his Reliance Communications, Reliance Power and Reliance Capital all collapsed.

Ambani is one of 24 Indian billionaires, all but one of whom are poorer than a year ago. Another 29 Indians lost their billionaire status entirely as India's stock market tumbled 44% in the past year and the Indian rupee depreciated 18% against the dollar. It is no longer the top spot in Asia for billionaires, ceding that title to China, which has 28.

Russia became the epicenter of the world's commodities bust, dropping 55 billionaires--two-thirds of its 2008 crop. Among them: Dmitry Pumpyansky, an industrialist from the resource-rich Ural mountain region, who lost $5 billion as shares of his pipe producer, TMK, sank 84%. Also gone is Vasily Anisimov, father of Moscow's Paris Hilton, Anna Anisimova, who lost $3.2 billion as the value of his Metalloinvest Holding, one of Russia's largest ore mining and processing firms, fell along with his real estate holdings.

Here's something I stumbled across which made me laugh because it seemed so appropriate for this site.

A letter to "Rich Bastards" from a bank!
(From New Scientist, 28 August 1993, Feedback column)

The National Westminster Bank admitted last month that it keeps personal information about its customers-such as their political affiliation-on computer. But now Computer Weekly reveals that a financial institution, sadly unnamed, has gone one better and moved into the realm of personal abuse.

The institution decided to mailshot 2000 of its richest customers, inviting them to buy extra services. One of its computer programmers wrote a program to search through its databases and select its customers automatically. He tested the program with an imaginary customer called Rich Bastard.

Unfortunately, an error resulted in all 2000 letters being addressed "Dear Rich Bastard". The luckless programmer was subsequently sacked.

Billionaire News and Tips ...

I must admit that reseaching this information has been very enlightening, and loads of fun. Here's a few things I came up with:

How to Become a Billionaire by H. L. Hunt.

Wealth building habits for kids by John D. Rockerfeller, Jr.

4 Tips (Trumpisms) from Donald Trump.

8 Wealth Building Secrets from J Paul Getty.

Billionaire Revelations (including):

Which billionaire eats Happy Meals at McDonalds?

Which billionaire used to drive a beat up car?

Which billionaire paid $127 million for his London mansion?

The Real Estate Billionaires

Who was the highest paid English celebrity in 2004?

Who are the 40 richest celebrities in the USA under 40?

Hollywood's Richest Celebrities

How to Become a Billionaire by H. L. Hunt

When H. L. Hunt was asked what does it take to become a billionaire he said:

1. You must know what you really want.

2. You must know what you are willing to sacrifice to get it. And be willing to do what it takes to accomplish it.

3. You must write it down.

Mr. Hunt in the latter years of his life had a personal income of over 5 million dollars a DAY. (He should know what he was taking about.)

Wealth building habits for kids by John D. Rockerfeller, Jr

According to Nelson Rockerfeller, the one time Vice President of the United States, his father John D. Rockerfeller, Jr, gave each of his five sons an allowance "We got 25 cents a week, and had to earn the rest of the money we got."

To earn part of that extra money he raised vegetables and rabbits...

"We always worked. All the boys were required to keep personal daily account books. They were required to give 10 percent of their income to charity, to save 10 percent, and to account for all the rest."

They had to balance their account books every month and to be able to tell what happened to every penny they earned.

(From the book, Kids and Cash
Ken Davis and Tom Taylor, 1979, Oak Tree Publications)

4 Tips (Trumpisms) from Donald Trump

Trumpism #1: Making It Big

“I like things big. I always have. To me, it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”

Trumpism #2: Accentuate the Negative

“It’s been said that I believe in the power of positive thinking. In fact, I believe in the power of negative thinking. I happen to be very conservative in business. I always go into the deal anticipating the worst. If you plan for the worst – if you can live with the worst – the good will always take care of itself.”

Trumpism #3: Hiding Your Light Under A Bushel

"You can have the most wonderful product in the world, but if people don’t know about it, it’s not going to be worth much.”

Trumpism #4: Show Me the Money

“Don’t believe the critics unless they love your work.”

8 Wealth Building Secrets from J Paul Getty

Let the Wealth Building Secrets of one of America's greatest and famous Billionaire, J. Paul Getty inspire you to a great Achievement.

One of the shortcuts to building wealth is to learn from those who have achieved great wealth.

The late Billionaire John Paul Getty was known as one of the greatest wealth builders in American history.

He was kind enough to distill his building wealth rules for anyone who desires to amass wealth like him to follow.

Do you want to be fabulously rich? Then learn from the master wealth builder himself, and follow in his footsteps:

Building Wealth Secret No. 1:

To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.

You may think that the corporate executive with a $100,000 salary is better off than small shop owner, but the executive will be hard-pressed to double his income and taxes will eat up most of any increase.

The simplest peanut vendor has unlimited opportunity to expand his business and his income, and even salesmen, who in most cases are able to write their own paychecks, can control his sale increases himself.

Building Wealth Secret No. 2.

You must have a working knowledge of the business when you start and continue to increase your knowledge of it as you go along.

If you don't know what you're doing when you start, your mistakes will be costly and often unnecessary, and you won't be able to keep up with the technological explosions in any field.

Start smart and stay that way.

Building Wealth Secret No. 3.

You must save money in your personal life and in your business venture as well.

Discipline is the key to saving money. You must develop the will power to deny yourself immediate gratification or the temptation to gamble on the quick buck. Resources will be needed for expansion and should be guarded carefully.

Building Wealth Secret No. 4.

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money.

Risk-taking is essential to business growth.

Nelson Bunker Hunt is admired for his guts in trying to corner the silver market, not scorned for losing money on this deal.

Some of the richest men have staked their entire fortunes and lost, several times over, before the risk-taking paid off.

Back those risks with good judgment, experience, commitment, And the right support.

Seek advice on risks from the wealthy who still take risks, not friends who dare nothing more than a football bet.

Building Wealth Secret No. 5.

You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out.

Thrive on stress! If it means getting physically fit, having a psychiatric overall or losing 50 pounds before you can handle it, do it.

Once you can learn to thrive on stress, you will not only enjoy it, you will seek it out willingly and enthusiastically and wonder how you could live any other way.

Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.

Consider it serious business and you will suffer far more stress than you need or want.

Keep your perspective or your stress level will rocket beyond your control.

Building Wealth Secret No. 6.

Build wealth as a by-product of your business success.

If wealth is your only object in business, you will probably fail.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game. If you win, the money will be there.

If you lose, and you will from time to time if you play long and hard enough, it must have been fun or it was not worth it.

Building Wealth Secret No. 7.

Patience.

This is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.

Let your business grow naturally, not by pressing your luck.

Building Wealth Secret No. 8.

Diversify at the top.

Once you've made it, you'll understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers.

You'll want and need other games to play, so you'll look for other ventures to hold your interest.

There are 793 Billionaires in 54 Countries in 2009 (2008-1125 billionaires) (2007-946 billionaires)
Rating-Country
1-USA	359
2-Germany	54
3-Russia	32
4-China	28
5-UK	25
6-India	24
7-Canada	20
8-Hong Kong	19
9-Japan	17
10-Saudi Arabia	14
12-Brazil	13
11-Turkey	13
13-Italy	12
14-Spain	12
15-Australia	10
16-France	10
17-Israel	10
19-Mexico	9
20-Sweden	9
18-Switzerland	9
21-Malaysia	6
22-United Arab Emirates	6
23-Indonesia	5
24-Ireland	5
25-Taiwan	5
26-Austria	4
27-Kuwait	4
28-Norway	4
29-South Korea	4
30-Ukraine	4
31-Chile	3
32-Egypt	3
33-Lebanon	3
34-Netherlands	3
35-New Zealand	3
36-South Africa	3
37-Thailand	3
38-Belgium	2
39-Colombia	2
40-Denmark	2
41-Kazakhstan	2
42-Nigeria	2
43-Philippines	2
44-Portugal	2
45-Singapore	2
46-Venezuela	2
47-Argentina	1
48-Cyprus	1
49-Czech Republic	1
50-Greece	1
51-Iceland	1
52-Monaco	1
53-Poland	1
54-Romania	1
xx-Belize	0
xx-Oman	0
TOTAL:	793

COMPARE TO
2008

There were 1,125 Billionaires in 56 Countries in 2008 (2007 - 946 billionaires)
Rating-Country
1-USA	469
2-Russia	87
3-Germany	59
4-India	53
5-China	42
6-Turkey	35
7-UK	35
8-Hong Kong	26
9-Canada	25
10-Japan	24
11-Brazil	18
12-Spain	18
13-Australia	14
14-France	14
15-Italy	13
16-Saudi Arabia	13
17-South Korea	12
18-Switzerland	11
19-Mexico	10
20-Sweden	10
21-Israel	9
22-Malaysia	8
23-Taiwan	7
24-Lebanon	7
25-Ukraine	7
26-Ireland	6
27-Kazakhstan	6
28-Poland	6
29-United Arab Emirates	6
30-Indonesia	5
31-Netherlands	5
32-Singapore	5
33-Austria	4
34-Chile	4
35-Egypt	4
36-Greece	4
37-Kuwait	4
38-New Zealand	4
39-Norway	4
40-Portugal	4
41-South Africa	4
42-Thailand	3
43-Belgium	2
44-Colombia	2
45-Cyprus	2
46-Iceland	2
47-Philippines	2
48-Romania	2
49-Venezuela	2
50-Argentina	1
51-Belize	1
52-Czech Republic	1
53-Denmark	1
54-Monaco	1
55-Nigeria	1
56-Oman	1
TOTAL:	1,125

MORE BILLIONAIRE
JOKES

50cents To Heaven

A billionaire died and arrived at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter asked him, "What have you done to merit entrance into Heaven?"

The billionaire thought a moment, then said, "A week ago, I gave a quarter to a homeless person on the street."

Saint Peter asked Gabriel to check this out in the records, and after a moment Gabriel affirmed that it was true. Saint Peter said, "Well , that's fine, but it's not really quite enough to get you into Heaven."

The billionaire said, "Wait, wait! There's more! Three years ago, I also gave a homeless person a quarter." Saint Peter nodded to Gabriel, who, after a moment, nodded back to affirm that it was true.

Saint Peter then whispered to Gabriel, "Well, what do you suggest we do with this fellow?" Gabriel gave the billionaire a sidelong glance, then said to Saint Peter, "Let's give him back his 50 cents and tell him to go to Hell."

Be Nice To Your Nurse

A billionaire had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. He was a royal pain in the butt to the nurses because he bossed them around just like he did his staff. None of the hospital staff wanted to have anything to do with him.

The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came into his room and announced, "I have to take your temperature."

After complaining for several minutes, the billionaire finally settled down, crossed his arms and opened his mouth.

"No, I'm sorry, the nurse stated, "but for this reading, I can't use an oral thermometer."

This started another round of complaining, but eventually he rolled over and bared his backside.

After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, the billionaire heard her announce, "I have to get something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get back!"

She leaves the door to his room open on her way out. The billionaire curses under his breath as he hears people walking past his door, laughing.

After a half hour, the billionaire's doctor comes into the room.

"What's going on here?" asked the doctor.

Angrily, the billionaire answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever seen someone having their temperature taken?"

After a pause, the doctor confesses, "Yes, but Not with a carnation."

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Top 10 Rich Lists 2009

Richest Billionaire in 54 Countries

Richest Billionaire in each Country... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Citizenship	Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Argentina	Gregorio Perez Companc & family (High school drop out)	$1.8 billion	oil & gas	Argentina	74yo - Married, 7 children
2. Australia	Frank Lowy & family (Czech-born)	$2.7 billion	retail property (shopping centres) (biggest shopping mall chains, Westfield, with 119 malls in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Britain)	Australia	78yo - Married, 3 children
3. Austria	Karl Wlaschek (former jazz pianist)	$4.2 billion	department stores	Austria	91yo - Widowed, 2 children
4. Belgium	Albert Frere (High school drop out)	$2.4 billion	investments	Belgium	83yo - Married, 3 children
5. Brazil	*Eike Batista* (college dropout ... one-time champion offshore powerboat racer ... his father was former mining minister of Brazil)	$7.5 billion	iron-ore mining	Brazil	52yo - Divorced, 2 children (formerly married to Playboy cover girl)
6. Canada	David Thomson & family (father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died June 2006)	$13.0 billion	inherited	Canada	51yo - Divorced, 3 children (split from Kelly Rowan, star of defunct TV show The O.C., last April when she gave birth to a daughter)
7. Chile	Iris Fontbona & family (Second wife of billionaire Andronico Luksic, who died of cancer in 2005)	$6.0 billion	mining/lumber	Chile	na - Widowed, 3 children
8. China	*Liu Yongxing*	$3.0 billion	agriculture/aluminium (Hope Group became one of China's largest makers of animal feed)	China	60yo - Married 1 child
9. Colombia	Julio Mario Santo Domingo	$4.0 billion	beverages	Colombia	85yo - Married, 3 children
10. Cyprus	John Fredriksen (Born in Norway ... World's leading oil tanker tycoon )	$4.0 billion	shipping	UK	64yo - Widowed, 2 children
11. Czech Republic	Petr Kellner (in 1992, used a $1 million loan he got through his small office-supplies business to start an investment fund)	$6.0 billion	insurance	Czech Republic	44yo - Married, 4 children
12. Denmark	Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (Grandson of the founder of Danish toymaker Lego; sole owner)	$2.1 billion	manufacturing	Denmark	61yo - Married, 3 children
13. Egypt	Nassef Sawiris(Youngest son of Orascom conglomerate founder and fellow billionaire, Onsi Sawiris)	$3.1 billion	construction	Egypt	47yo - na
14. France	Bernard Arnault (skilled pianist)	$16.5 billion	LVMH (world's largest luxury goods empire)	France	60yo - Married, 5 children
15. Germany	Karl Albrecht (Fiercely private ... raises orchids and plays golf)	$21.5 billion	supermarkets (over 8,000 Aldi stores)	Germany	89yo - Married, 2 children
16. Greece	Spiro Latsis & family	$3.8 billion	banking/diversified	Switzerland	62yo - Married, 2 children
17. Hong Kong	Li Ka-shing (High School drop out)	$16.2 billion	diversified (world's largest operator of container terminals, world's largest health and beauty retailer)	Hong Kong	80yo - Widowed, 2 children
18. Iceland	Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson	$1.0 billion	diversified	UK	42yo - Engaged, 1 child (long-time girlfriend is a movie producer)
19. India	*Mukesh Ambani* (Asia's richest resident ... is using some of his money to build a 27-story home.)	$19.5 billion	petrochemicals	India	51yo - Married, 3 children
20. Indonesia	Michael Hartono	$1.7 billion	tobacco	Indonesia	69yo - Married, 4 children
	*R Budi Hartono*	$1.7 billion			68yo
21. Ireland	Pallonji Mistry (rarely ever seen in public; became Irish citizen in recent years but maintains a residence in Mumbai)	$2.5 billion	construction	India	79yo - Married, 4 children
22. Israel	Sammy Ofer & family (Romanian-born Israeli ... famously press-shy)	$4.0 billion	diversified (shipping, banking, real estate)	Monaco	87yo - Married, 2 children
23. Italy	Michele Ferrero & family (Tied up in legal battle that pits Ferrero against a Chinese chocolate maker that also makes a gold-wrapped candy. )	$9.5 billion	Ferrero chocolates (also Nutella and Tic Tac)	Monaco	82yo - Married, 2 children
24. Japan	Tadashi Yanai & family (His discount clothing chain Fast Retailing has thrived amid the downturn; shifting production away from China to lower-wage Cambodia to keep prices low)	$6.0 billion	retail	Japan	60yo - Married, 2 children
25. Kazakhstan	Alijan Ibragimov	$1.2 billion	mining	Kazakhstan	55yo - Married, 6 children
26. Kuwait	Nasser Al-Kharafi & family (has exclusive franchise rights in Middle East for brands like Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays, KFC and Wimpy)	$8.1 billion	construction	Kuwait	65yo - Married, 5 children
27. Lebanon	Najib Mikati (Former Lebanese Prime Minister - briefly in 2005)	$2.0 billion	telecom	Lebanon	53yo - Married, 3 children
	*Taha Mikati*	$2.0 billion		Lebanon	60yo
28. Malaysia	Ananda Krishnan (Malaysia's largest cell phone service provider, with more than 10 million subscribers)	$7.0 billion	Telecom	Malaysia	70yo - Married, 3 children
	Robert Kuok (Onetime rice and sugar trader)	$7.0 billion	diversified (shipping, real estate, media)	Hong Kong	85yo - Married, 8 children
29. Mexico	Carlos Slim Helu & family (son of a Lebanese immigrant ... just call him Midas ... baseball fan and art collector)	$35.0 billion	telecom	Mexico	69yo - Widowed, 6 children
30. Monaco	Lily Safra (Widow of Brazilian billionaire banker Edmond Safra, who died in a fire in his Monaco apartment 1999)	$1.0 billion	inheritance	UK	71yo - Widowed, 2 children
31. Netherlands	Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken	$4.6 billion	inheritance (Inherited 25% stake in Dutch brewer Heineken 6 years ago from her late father, Freddy Heineken)	UK	54yo - Married, 5 children
32. New Zealand	Graeme Hart (Former tow truck driver now known for astute leveraged purchases ... owner of 190-foot yacht, Ulysses)	$4.5 billion	investments	New Zealand	53yo - Married, 2 children
33. Nigeria	Aliko Dangote (Closely linked to Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo)	$2.5 billion	inheritance (sugar, flour, cement manufacturing)	Nigeria	51 - na
34. Norway	Stein Erik Hagen & family (owns island in the Caribbean and one of the biggest sailboats in Europe)	$3.1 billion	supermarkets	Norway	52yo - Married, 4 children
35. Philippines	Henry Sy & family	$2.7 billion		Philippines	84yo
36. Poland	Zygmunt Solorz-Zak	$1.0 billion	leasing, banking	Poland	52yo
37. Portugal	Americo Amorim (King of cork)	$3.3 billion	cork, investments (world's largest producer of cork)	Portugal	74yo - Married, 3 children
38. Romania	Dinu Patriciu (Onetime architect and former parliamentarian)	$1.8 billion	oil & gas refineries	Romania	58yo - Married, 2 children
39. Russia	Mikhail Prokhorov	$9.5 billion	metals (often featured in gossip pages for his parties)	Russia	43yo - Single
40. Saudi Arabia	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (nephew of the Saudi king )	$13.3 billion	investments (incl. Citicorp)	Saudi Arabia	54yo - Married, 2 children
41. Singapore	Ng Teng Fong (developed more than 700 hotels, malls and condos in Singapore)	$5.5 billion	real estate	Singapore	80yo - Married, 6 children
42. South Africa	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	$5.0 billion	De Beers (diamond mining)	South Africa	63yo - Married, 1 child
43. South Korea	Lee Kun-Hee	$3.0 billion		South Korea	67yo
44. Spain	Amancio Ortega (High School drop out ... shuns neckties)	$18.3 billion	Zara (apparel) (3,245 stores in 66 countries)	Spain	73yo - Married, 3 children
45. Sweden	Ingvar Kamprad & family (flies economy class and frequents cheap restaurants)	$22.0 billion	Ikea (retail) (stores in 40 countries)	Switzerland, Lausanne	83yo - Married, 4 children
46. Switzerland	Ernesto Bertarelli (inherited the business after father's death in 1998 ... yachtsman who won the America's Cup in 2003 and 2007)	$8.2 billion	Sereno (biotech)	Switzerland	43yo - Married (to British beauty queen)
47. Taiwan	Tsai Wan-Tsai & family	$3.3 billion		Taiwan	79yo
48. Thailand	Chaleo Yoovidhya	$3.7 billion	Red Bull (beverages)	Thailand	77yo - Married, 5 children
49. Turkey	Husnu Ozyegin (gives away 2% of net income every month for the construction of primary schools and girls' dormitories in poor Turkish neighborhoods)	$2.9 billion	banking	Turkey	64yo - Married, 2 children
50. Ukraine	Victor Pinchuk	$2.6 billion		Ukraine	48yo
51. United Arab Emirates	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family (Paragliding enthusiast )	$7.8 billion	banking	United Arab Emirates	55yo - Married, 5 children
52. United Kingdom	Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family (6th Duke of Westminister ... supports more than 150 charities)	$11.0 billion	real estate (incl. Mayfair)	UK	57yo - Married, 4 children
53. United States	William Gates III (world's richest person - for 13 years in a row!) Harvard Uni drop out.	$40.0 billion	Microsoft	USA	53yo - Married, 3 children
54. Venezuela	Gustavo Cisneros & family	$3.8 billion		Venezuela	63yo

The World
(men)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Men ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Citizenship	Personal
1. William Gates III (world's richest person - for 13 years in a row!) Harvard Uni drop out.	$40.0 billion	Microsoft	USA	53yo - Married, 3 children
2. Warren Buffett (America's most beloved investor ... married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday in Aug. 2006 ... will donate $31 billion to charity!)	$37.0 billion	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	78yo - Widowed, re-married, 3 children
3. Carlos Slim Helu $19 billion richer this year!	$35.0 billion	Telecom	Mexico	69yo - Widowed, 6 children
*4. Lawrence Ellison*	$22.5 billion		USA	64yo
5. Ingvar Kamprad & family (flies economy class and frequents cheap restaurants)	$22 billion	Ikea (retail) (stores in 40 countries)	Sweden	83yo - Married, 4 children
6. Karl Albrecht (Fiercely private ... raises orchids and plays golf)	$21.5 billion	supermarkets (over 8,000 Aldi stores)	Germany	89yo - Married, 2 children
*7. Mukesh Ambani* (Asia's richest resident ... is using some of his money to build a 27-story home.)	$19.5 billion	petrochemicals	India	51yo - Married, 3 children
8. Lakshmi Mittal (Europe's richest resident)	$19.3 billion	Mittal Steel (world's largest steelmaker)	India	58yo - Married, 2 children
9. Theo Albrecht	$18.8 billion		Germany	87yo
10. Amancio Ortega	$18.3 billion		Spain	73yo

The World
(women)

TOP 10 - World's Richest Women ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Citizenship	Personal
1. Alice Walton (Daughter of retail pioneer Sam Walton)	$17.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	USA	59yo - Divorced
1. Christy Walton & family (widow of John Walton - son of retail pioneer Sam Walton - who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005)	$17.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	USA	54yo - Widowed, 1 child
3. Liliane Bettencourt	$13.4 billion	L'Oreal (daughter of L'Oréal founder Eugene Schueller)	France	86yo - Widowed, 1 child (husband, Andre Bettencourt , died Nov 2007 at age 88)
4. Abigail Johnson	$10.0 billion	Fidelity investments	USA	47yo - Married, 2 children
4. Susanne Klatten (Inherited stake in automaker BMW from late father Herbert Quandt)	$10.0 billion	BMW, pharmaceuticals	Germany	46yo - Married, 3 children
6. Birgit Rausing & family (husband Gad Rausing died in 2000)	$9.9 billion	Tetra Laval (packaging manufacture)	Sweden	85yo - Widowed, 3 children
7. Anne Cox Chambers	$9.0 billion	media/entertainment - Cox Enterprises (owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 80 radio stations)	USA	89yo - Divorced, 3 children
7. Jacqueline Mars	$9.0 billion	candy, pet food (incl. Mars bar, Snickers, M&Ms) world's largest confectioner ... pet food division (includes Whiskas, Pedigree) now larger than candy by sales.	USA	69yo - Divorced, 3 children
9. Iris Fontbona & family (Second wife of billionaire Andronico Luksic, who died of cancer in 2005)	$6.0 billion	mining/lumber	Chile	na - Widowed, 3 children
*10. Antonia Johnson*	$4.8 billion		Sweden	65yo

Helen Walton - widow of Sam Walton (d.1992) - died 19 Apr 2007 at age 87. She was the world's 4th richest woman at the time - worth $16.4 billion.
Barbara Cox Anthony - sister of Anne Cox Chambers - died 28 May 2007 at age 83. She was the world's 6th richest woman - worth $12.6 billion.

Australia

TOP 10 - Australia's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth US$	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Frank Lowy & family (Czech-born)	$2.7 billion	retail property (shopping centres) (biggest shopping mall chains, Westfield, with 119 malls in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Britain)	Sydney	78yo - Married, 3 children
2. James Packer (father, Kerry, died Dec 26, 2005)	$2.5 billion	inherited (media/Entertainment)	Sydney	41yo -Married (to model turned singer/songwriter Erica Baxter)
*3. Gina Rinehart* (Battled for 14 years to win control of his assets from her stepmother)	$1.9 billion	mining	Perth	55yo - Widowed, 4 children
3. Andrew Forrest (nicknamed Twiggy)	$1.9 billion	mining, metals	Perth	47yo - Married, 3 children
5. Harry Triguboff (born in China to Russian parents )	$1.5 billion	residential property development (Biggest builder of apartments in Australia)	Sydney	76yo - Married, 2 children
5. Richard Pratt (onetime actor ... In Oct 2007 Visy admitted colluding with its main competitor Amcor to fix prices in the corrugated box industry. Pratt apologized for his role in cartel and paid $33 million fine to Australian government.)	$1.5 billion	Visy packaging (manufacturing, recycling)	Melbourne	74yo - Married, 4 children DIED: 29 April, 2009 - from prostate cancer.
*7. Kerr Neilson* (South African-born)	$1.1 billion	investments	Sydney	59yo - Married, 2 children
7. John Gandel (Medical Doctor )	$1.1 billion	retail property (shopping centres) (Owns 50% of Chadstone mall in Melbourne, the biggest in the southern hemisphere)	Melbourne	74yo - Married, 4 children
*9. Kerry Stokes*	$1.0 billion			67yo
*9. Lindsay Fox*	$1.0 billion			70yo

Kerry Packer, Australia's long-time richest person, died 26 Dec 2005, age 68.

Brazil

TOP 10 - Brazil's Richest People ... (11 March 2009)... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
*1. Eike Batista* (college dropout ... one-time champion offshore powerboat racer ... his father was former mining minister of Brazil)	$7.5 billion	iron-ore mining	Rio de Janeiro	52yo - Divorced, 2 children (formerly married to Playboy cover girl)
2. Joseph Safra (cut financial ties with his older brother Moise in mid-2006. )	$7.0 billion	banking	Sao Paulo	70yo - Married, 4 children
3. Jorge Paulo Lemann (onetime tennis champion - he played at Wimbledon)	$5.3 billion	banking, beer	Sao Paulo	69yo - Married, 5 children
4. Aloysio de Andrade Faria	$3.1 billion	banking	Sao Paulo	88yo - Married, 5 children
*5. Dorothea Steinbruch & family* (sister-in-law of Eliezer* Steinbruch)*	$3.0 billion	Inheritence (steel)	Sao Paulo	na - Widowed, 3 children
6. Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family	$2.8 billion	diversified	Sao Paulo	80yo - na, 9 children
7. Marcel Herman Telles (keen spearfisher)	$2.4 billion	banking, beer	Sao Paulo	59yo - Married, 2 children
8. Moise Safra (cut financial ties with his younger brother Joseph in mid-2006. )	$2.1 billion	banking	Sao Paulo	74yo - Married
8. Carlos Alberto Sicupira	$2.1 billion	banking, beer	Sao Paulo	61yo - Married, 3 children
*10. Abilio dos Santos Diniz*	$1.5 billion			72yo

Canada

TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. David Thomson & family (father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died June 2006)	$13.0 billion	inherited	Toronto	51yo - Divorced, 3 children (split from Kelly Rowan, star of defunct TV show The O.C., last April when she gave birth to a daughter)
2. Galen Weston & family (Plays polo with Prince Charles ... Avid collector of avant-garde artist Christo)	$5.0 billion	retail (owns controlling stake in Canada's largest supermarket chain)	Toronto	68yo - Married, 2 children
3. James, Arthur & John Irving (brothers)	$3.9 billion	oil / gas (own 600 gas stations)	Saint John	n/a - n/a
4. Paul Desmarais (bought his father's one-route Ontario bus company for $1- in 1951)	$2.6 billion	finance	Montreal	82yo - Married, 4 children
*5. Guy Laliberte*	$2.5 billion			49yo
5. Bernard (Barry) Sherman	$2.5 billion	Apotex pharmaceuticals (seeking over-the-counter-sales approval of its controversial "morning-after" pill )	Toronto	67yo - Married, 4 children
*7. David Azrieli & family*	$2.1 billion			86yo
*7. Jim Pattison*	$2.1 billion	diversified (incl. Ripley's Believe It or Not ... Bought Guinness World Records in February)	Vancouver	80yo - Married, 3 children
*7. Robert Miller*	$2.1 billion			63yo
*10. Wallace McCain*	$2.0 billion			79yo

China

TOP 14 - China's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Head Office	Personal
*1. Liu Yongxing*	$3.0 billion	agriculture/aluminium (Hope Group became one of China's largest makers of animal feed)	China	60yo - Married 1 child
2. Zhang Jindong	$2.7 billion	Sunning Appliances (China's second-biggest electrical appliance chain - has 600 retail stores and plans to open another 400 by 2010)	Nanjing	46yo - Married
*3. Zhou Chengjian & family*	$2.6 billion			44yo
4. Liu Yonghao	$2.5 billion	Hope Group (agriculture, investments) (with three brothers, Liu started Hope Group 1982 with about $120; eventually became China's second-largest animal feed maker)	Chengdu	57yo - Married, 2 children
*5. Yang Huiyan*	$2.3 billion	real estate (received 58% stake in real estate developer Country Garden from its main founder, her father, Yeung Kwok Keung)	Shunde	27yo - Married
6. Shen Wenrong	$2.0 billion			63yo
7. Zong Qinghou	$1.9 billion			63yo
8. He Xiangjian & family	$1.8 billion			66yo
9. Zhang Xin & family (husband, Pan Shiyi, transferred shares to Zhang, prior to 2008 listing)	$1.6 billion	real estate	Beijing	44yo - Married
*10. Zhou Furen & family*	$1.5 billion			58yo
*10.* Lu Zhiqiang (Beijing's richest resident)	$1.5 billion	real estate	Beijing	56yo - Married
*10. Chen Fashu*	$1.5 billion			48yo
*10.* Liang Wengen	$1.5 billion	Sany Heavy Industry (makers of construction equipment)	Changsha	52yo - Married, 1 child
*10.* Shi Yuzhu (Shanghai's richest resident)	$1.5 billion	online gaming	Shanghai	47yo - Single

France

TOP 10 - France's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Bernard Arnault (skilled pianist)	$16.5 billion	LVMH (world's largest luxury goods empire)	Paris	60yo - Married, 5 children
2. Liliane Bettencourt (world's richest woman)	$13.4 billion	L'Oreal (daughter of L'Oréal founder Eugene Schueller)	Paris	86yo - Widowed, 1 child (husband, Andre Bettencourt , died Nov 2007 at age 88)
3. Alain & Gerard Wertheimer (brothers)	$8.0 billion	Chanel (apparel, perfume) (Chanel No. 5 perfume is the world's top selling scent)	USA, New York	n/a - n/a
4. Francois Pinault (High School drop out ... was awarded the French Legion d'honneur last year)	$7.6 billion	retail (incl. Gucci)	Paris	72yo - Married, 3 children
5. Serge Dassault & family (French senator)	$5.4 billion	aviation (makers of Mirage and Rafale jets)	Paris	83yo - Married, 4 children
6. Jean-Claude Decaux & family (Started out putting ads on public toilets and bus shelters)	$3.2 billion	advertising (number one outdoor advertiser in China)	Paris	71yo - Married, 3 children
7. Martin & Olivier Bouygues (brothers)	$2.7 billion	telecom, media, construction	Paris	56/58yo -n/a
8. Alain Merieux & family	$2.4 billion	biotech (specializes in the diagnosis of bacteria in the human body and infectious diseases like HIV and tuberculosis)	Lyon	71yo - Married, 3 children (eldest son killed in plane crash in 1996, age 28. 2nd- eldest son died of cardiac failure in 2006, age 32)
9. Pierre Bellon & family	$2.2 billion			79yo
10. Philippe Foriel-Destezet	$1.8 billion			73yo

Germany

TOP 10 - Germany's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Karl Albrecht (Fiercely private ... raises orchids and plays golf)	$21.5 billion	supermarkets (over 8,000 Aldi stores)	Muehlheim an der Ruhr	89yo - Married, 2 children
2. Theo Albrecht (was kidnapped for 17 days in 1971 )	$18.8 billion	supermarkets (over 7,000 Aldi stores)	Foehr	87yo - Married, 2 children
3. Michael Otto & family	$13.2 billion	retail (world's largest mail-order company)	Hamburg	65yo - Married, 2 children
4. Susanne Klatten (Inherited stake in automaker BMW from late father Herbert Quandt)	$10.0 billion	BMW, pharmaceuticals	Bad Homburg	46yo - Married, 3 children
5. August von Finck	$6.7 billion	investments	Switzerland, Thurgau	79yo - Married, 4 children
*6. Curt Engelhorn*	$6.3 billion			82yo
*7. Erivan Haub & family*	$5.4 billion	retail	Mulheim an der Ruhr	77yo - Married, 3 children
*8. Karl-Heinz Kipp*	$5.2 billion			85yo
8. Reinhold Würth (Took over tiny screw business from his father at age 19 ... has professional pilot's license; rides a Harley-Davidson)	$5.2 billion	manufacturing (screws)	Kuenzelsau	73yo - Married, 3 children
*10. Klaus-Michael Kuhne*	$4.7 billion			71yo

Adolf Merckle committed suicide 6 January 2009. He was 5th richest in Germany (valued at $9.2 billion) in 2008.

Hong Kong

TOP 10 - Hong Kong's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Li Ka-shing (High School drop out)	$16.2 billion	diversified (world's largest operator of container terminals, world's largest health and beauty retailer)	Hong Kong	80yo - Widowed, 2 children
2. Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok (brothers ... eldest brother Walter "temporarily" stepped down as chairman after disputing with his mother and two younger siblings over his unpopular long-term girlfriend)	$10.5 billion	real estate (Sun Hung Kai Properties)	Hong Kong	n/a - n/a
3. Lee Shau Kee (nicknamed "Asia's Warren Buffett" )	$9.0 billion	real estate	Hong Kong	81yo - Divorced, 5 children
4. Sir Michael Kadoorie & family (was knighted in the U.K. for his extensive charitable and philanthropic activities.)	$4.2 billion	diversified	Hong Kong	68yo - married
5. Cheng Yu-tung	$4.0 billion	New World Development (real estate)	Hong Kong	83yo - Married, 4 children
5. Joseph Lau (socialite ... one of largest collectors of red wine, with at least 10,000 bottles)	$4.0 billion	real estate	Hong Kong	57yo - Divorced, 3 children
7. Peter Woo & family	$2.6 billion	real estate	Hong Kong	63yo - na
*8. Michael Ying*	$2.2 billion			59yo
*9. Chen Din Hwa*	$1.8 billion	real estate	Hong Kong	86yo -
*10. William Fung*	$1.7 billion			61yo

Nina Wang - widow of husband kidnapped in 1990 - died 5 April 2007, age 69. She was worth $4.2 billion at the time.

India

TOP 10 - India's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
*1. Mukesh Ambani* (Asia's richest resident ... is using some of his money to build a 27-story home.)	$19.5 billion	petrochemicals	Mumbai	51yo - Married, 3 children
2. Lakshmi Mittal (Europe's richest resident)	$19.3 billion	Mittal Steel (world's largest steelmaker)	UK, London	58yo - Married, 2 children
*3. Anil Ambani*	$10.1 billion	diversified	Mumbai	49yo - Married, 2 children
4. Sunil Mittal (son of a politician)	$7.7 billion	Telecom (has 60 million customers)	Delhi	51yo - Married, 3 children
5. Azim Premji	$5.7 billion	Wipro (software)	Bangalore	63yo - Married, 2 children
*6. Shashi & Ravi Ruia* (brothers)	$5.6 billion	diversified	Mumbai	65yo - n/a
*7. Kushal Pal Singh* (in 2008 was 10th richest in the world and world's richest real estate baron ... lost $25.0 billion last year!)	$5.0 billion	real estate	Delhi	77yo - Married, 3 children
8. Kumar Birla	$4.2 billion	commodities (copper & aluminium)	Mumbai	41yo - Married, 2 children
9. Adi Godrej & family	$3.3 billion			66yo
10. Dilip Shanghvi	$3.0 billion			53yo

Israel

TOP 10 - Israel's Billionaires... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Sammy Ofer & family (Romanian-born Israeli ... famously press-shy ... In May 2006, paid $40 million for Van Gogh's "Madame Ginoux")	$4.0 billion	diversified (shipping, banking, real estate)	Tel Aviv; Monaco	87yo - Married, 2 children
2. Stef Wertheimer & family (grade school dropout)	$3.5 billion	tools	Tefen	83yo - Married, 4 children
3. Shari Arison (In June Arison's husband was released from prison following a three-month stint for a sexual harassment conviction)	$2.7 billion	inheritance, cruise ships	Tel Aviv	51yo - Married, 4 children
4. Arnon Milchan (former soccer player)	$2.0 billion	New Regency Productions (include Pretty Woman, The War of the Roses, Fight Club and Mr. and Mrs. Smith)	Tel Aviv	64yo - Divorced, 4 children
4. Benny Steinmetz	$2.0 billion	diamonds (largest customer of De Beers)	Netanya	52yo - Married, 4 children
6. Lev Leviev (Leviev's new home is the $65 million Palladio, a seven-bedroom bulletproof estate replete with in-house nightclub and gold-plated indoor pool—the most expensive new home in Britain)	$1.5 billion	diamonds (cuts and polishes more diamonds than anyone else in the world)	UK, London	53yo - Married, 9 children
7. Yitzhak Tshuva (his Cinderella story began in Netanya in a single room where his penniless family of 11 lived briefly)	$1.3 billion	real estate (also operates 232 gas stations in Israel)	Netanya	60yo - Married, 5 children
8. Alexander Machkevich (native of Kyrgyzstan ... has been very active in Jewish causes)	$1.2 billion	mining, metals	Kazakhstan, Almaty	55yo - Married, 2 children
9. Morris Kahn (a former diver)	$1.0 billion	software	Beit Yanay	79yo - Married
*9. Michael Federmann & family*	$1.0 billion			65yo

Italy

TOP 10 - Italy's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Michele Ferrero & family (Tied up in legal battle that pits Ferrero against a Chinese chocolate maker that also makes a gold-wrapped candy. )	$9.5 billion	Ferrero chocolates (also Nutella and Tic Tac)	Monaco, Montecarlo	82yo - Married, 2 children
2. Silvio Berlusconi (Italy's Prime Minister from 2001-2006. Started out singing on cruise ships.)	$6.5 billion	media	North of Milan	72yo - Married, 5 children
3. Leonardo Del Vecchio (sent to an orphanage at age 7)	$6.3 billion	eyewear (Ray-Ban) (owns over 6,000 retail stores)	Milan	73yo - Married, 6 children
4. Giorgio Armani (goes to the gym for at least an hour a day)	$2.8 billion	Armani fashion / apparel	Milan	74yo - n/a
*5. Stefano Pessina*	$1.6 billion			67yo
6. Carlo Benetton	$1.5 billion	Benetton (apparel) (5,000 stores in 120 countries)	Treviso	65yo - Single, 4 children
*6. Mario Moretti Polegato* (owns two Lamborghinis, a Ferrari 360 Modena Spider, five Arabian horses and six antique Moto Guzzi motorcycles.)	$1.5 billion	Geox shoes	Crocetta del Montello	56yo - Married, 1 child
6. Gilberto Benetton	$1.5 billion	Benetton (apparel) (5,000 stores in 120 countries)	Treviso	67yo - Married, 2 children
6. Luciano Benetton	$1.5 billion	Benetton (apparel) (5,000 stores in 120 countries)	Treviso	73yo - Married, 4 children
6. Giuliana Benetton	$1.5 billion	Benetton (apparel) (5,000 stores in 120 countries)	Treviso	71yo - Married, 4 children

Japan

TOP 10 - Japan's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Tadashi Yanai & family (His discount clothing chain Fast Retailing has thrived amid the downturn; shifting production away from China to lower-wage Cambodia to keep prices low)	$6.0 billion	retail	Tokyo	60yo - Married, 2 children
2. Kunio Busujima & family	$5.2 billion	pinball machines (manufacturing)	Gunma	83yo - Married, 4 children
3. Hiroshi Yamauchi	$4.5 billion	Nintendo	Kyoto	81yo - Married, 2 children
4. Akira Mori & family (Hobbies: golf, Japanese chess, and reading)	$4.2 billion	Mori Trust (real estate)	Tokyo	72yo - Married, 3 children
5. Eitaro Itoyama (Likes to collect expensive wines)	$3.7 billion	golf courses	Tokyo	66yo - Married, 2 children
5. Masayoshi Son	$3.7 billion	Softbank (software)	Tokyo	51yo - Married, 2 children
7. Nobutada Saji & family (Avid swimmer, opening chain of gyms through Suntory)	$3.5 billion	Suntory (beverages) - recently engineered the world's first blue rose!	Tokyo	63yo - Married
8. Hiroshi Mikitani	$3.4 billion	e-commerce (Rakuten, Internet shopping mall, hosts more than 18,000 virtual stores)	Tokyo	44yo - n/a
9. Takemitsu Takizaki	$2.5 billion	sensors (manufacturing)	Osaka	63yo - Married
*10. Masatoshi Ito*	$2.2 billion	retail (Has 12,000 7-Eleven stores and 160 Denny's restaurants in Japan. Has expanded 7-Eleven to China )	Tokyo	84yo - Married, 3 children

Taikichiro Mori (d. 1993) was the World's Richest Person from 1991-1992.

Mexico

TOP 9 - Mexico's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Carlos Slim Helu & family (son of a Lebanese immigrant ... just call him Midas ... baseball fan and art collector)	$35.0 billion	telecom	Mexico City	69yo - Widowed, 6 children
2. Alberto Bailleres	$5.7 billion	mining silver (world's top producer of silver)	Mexico City	76yo - Married
3. Ricardo Salinas Pliego (in Sep 2006, paid $7.5 million to settle accusations about a business scandal)	$4.2 billion	retail/media	Mexico City	53yo - Married, 3 children
4. Jeronimo Arango	$3.4 billion	supermarkets (was a Wal-Mart partner)	Mexico City	83yo - n/a
*5. German Larrea Mota-Velasco & family*	$2.6 billion	mining	Mexico City	55yo - na
6. Roberto Hernandez Ramirez	$1.2 billion	Banamex (banking)	Mexico City	67yo - Married, 3 children
*7. Joaquin Guzman Loera*	$1.0 billion			54yo
7. Emilio Azcárraga Jean	$1.0 billion	media (inherited empire in 1997)	Mexico City	41yo - Married, 1 child
7. Alfredo Harp Helu (owns the Red Devils baseball team) cousin of Carlos Slim Helu.	$1.0 billion	Banamex (banking)	Mexico City	65yo - Married, 4 children

Russia

TOP 10 - Russia's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Mikhail Prokhorov	$9.5 billion	metals (often featured in gossip pages for his parties)	Moscow	43yo - Single
2. Roman Abramovich (college drop out; orphaned as a child ... owns U.K. soccer club, Chelsea)	$8.5 billion	oil	UK, London	42yo - Divorced, 5 children
3. Vagit Alekperov (Has good relationship with Vladimir Putin)	$7.8 billion	Lukoil (in December 2006 he acquired nearly 400 stations from ConocoPhillips)	Moscow	58yo - Married, 1 child
4. Mikhail Fridman (strong Kremlin connections)	$6.3 billion	oil / banking	Moscow	44yo - Divorced, 2 children
5. Vladimir Lisin	$5.2 billion	Novolipetsk steel mill	Moscow	52yo - Married, 3 children
*6. Alexander Abramov*	$4.4 billion			50yo
*7. Leonid Fedun*	$4.3 billion			52yo
7. Alexei Mordashov	$4.3 billion	Severstal (steel)	Moscow	43yo - Married, 3 children
*9. German Khan*	$4.0 billion	oil	Moscow	47yo - Married, 2 children
10. Oleg Deripaska (Married into family of former President Yeltsin; in 2008 was 9th richest in the world and richest in Russia ... lost $24.5 billion last year)	$3.5 billion	Russian Aluminum (world's largest aluminum producer)	Moscow	41yo - Married, 2 children

Saudi Arabia

TOP 11 - Saudi Arabia's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (nephew of the Saudi king )	$13.3 billion	investments (incl. Citicorp)	Riyadh	54yo - Married, 2 children
2. Mohammed Al Amoudi (Born in Ethiopia)	$9.0 billion	oil	Jeddah	63yo - Married, 8 children
*3. Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber*	$7.0 billion	real estate, hotels	Jeddah	50yo - Married, 3 children
3. Maan Al-Sanea	$7.0 billion	construction / finance	Al Khobar	54yo - Married, 5 children
5. Sulaiman Al Rajhi (brother of Saleh and Abdullah Al Rajhi)	$6.2 billion	banking	Riyadh	89yo - Married, 23 children (yes ... 23!!!!)
*6. Saleh Kamel*	$3.5 billion			67yo
7. Saleh Al Rajhi (brother of Sulaiman and Abdullah Al Rajhi)	$3.3 billion	banking	Riyadh	97yo - Married, 61 children (yes, 61!!!! - 22 sons, 39 daughters, from 7 wives)
*8. Sulaiman Algosaibi*	$2.0 billion	diversified	Al Khobar	na - Married
8. Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family	$2.0 billion			80yo
10. Mohammed Al Issa	$1.8 billion			na
10. Abdullah Al Rajhi	$1.8 billion			na

NOTE: Two of the three Al Rajhi brothers have 84 children between them!

Spain

TOP 11 - Spain's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Amancio Ortega (High School drop out ... shuns neckties)	$18.3 billion	Zara (apparel) (3,245 stores in 66 countries)	La Coruna	73yo - Married, 3 children
2. Rosalia Mera (ex-wife of Amancio Ortega)	$2.6 billion	Zara (apparel) (3,245 stores in 66 countries)	La Coruna	65yo - Divorced, 2 children
3. Isak Andic (enthusiastic sailor ... his family came to Spain from Turkey)	$2.3 billion	Mango (apparel) (over 900 stores in 89 countries )	Barcelona	54yo - Married, 3 children
4. Alicia Koplowitz (sister of Esther Koplowitz ... rumored to be romantically involved with the Duque de Huescar )	$2.1 billion	investments	Madrid	56yo - Divorced, 3 children
5. Manuel Jove (carpenter by trade)	$1.9 billion	FADESA Immobiliaria (real estate)	La Coruna	67yo - Married, 2 children
6. Florentino Perez	$1.8 billion	construction	Madrid	62yo - Married, 3 children
7. Esther Koplowitz (married to Fernando Falcó, Marqués de Cubas)	$1.7 billion	Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (construction)	Barcelona	58yo - Married, 3 children
8. Jose Maria Aristrain (Press shy, reportedly never goes out in public without a bodyguard to safeguard him and his family from kidnapping and assassination attempts by Basque separatists)	$1.3 billion	steel	Madrid	46yo - Married, 1 child
*9. Alberto Alcocer*	$1.1 billion			66yo
9. Emilio Botin (enjoys golf, hunting and fishing)	$1.1 billion	banking	Santander	74yo - Married, 6 children
*9. Alberto Cortina*	$1.1 billion			63yo

Sweden

TOP 9- Sweden's Richest People... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Ingvar Kamprad & family (flies economy class and frequents cheap restaurants)	$22.0 billion	Ikea (retail) (stores in 40 countries)	Switzerland, Lausanne	83yo - Married, 4 children
2. Stefan Persson (enjoys downhill skiing, tennis and golf)	$14.5 billion	Hennes & Mauritz (retail) (has 1,400 stores in 28 countries)	Stockholm	61yo - Married, 3 children
3. Sir Hans Rausing (knighted last year for his services to charity ... resides on a 900-acre estate in the village of Wadhurst in East Sussex where he collects vintage cars)	$10.0 billion	Tetra Laval (packaging) (Moved to England in 1980 to avoid punitive Swedish taxes)	UK, Wadhurst	83yo - Married, 3 children
4. Birgit Rausing & family (husband Gad Rausing died in 2000 ... family keeps low profile due to kidnapping attempt on son, Jorn, in 1989)	$9.9 billion	Tetra Laval (packaging manufacture)	Switzerland, Vaud	85yo - Widowed, 3 children
5. Antonia Johnson (avid horsewoman )	$4.8 billion	A. Johnson & Co. (diversified)	Stockholm	65yo - Married, 4 children
6. Liselott (Lottie) Persson (sister of Stefan Persson )	$2.0 billion	Hennes & Mauritz (clothing retail chain) (has 1,400 stores in 28 countries)	Stockholm	59yo - n/a
7. Fredrik Lundberg (once a junior world champion of curling)	$1.8 billion	real estate / investments	Stockholm	57yo - Married, 2 children
8. Count Gustaf Douglas	$1.3 billion	Assa Abloy (locks) / security (worlds largest producer of locks)	Stockholm	71yo - Married, 2 children
*9. Thomas Sandell*	$1.0 billion			48yo

Switzerland

TOP 9- Switzerland's Richest People... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Ernesto Bertarelli (inherited the business after father's death in 1998 ... yachtsman who won the America's Cup in 2003 and 2007)	$8.2 billion	Sereno (biotech)	Geneva	43yo - Married (to British beauty queen)
2. Hansjorg Wyss (Wine connoisseur owns a 900-acre ranch and vineyard in California)	$5.7 billion	Synthes (medical-implants and biomaterials )	USA, NY, Westchester	74yo - na
3. Bahaa Hariri (Eldest son of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik)	$2.9 billion	inheritance	Geneva	42yo - Married
4. Walter Haefner (his Moyglare Stud Farm in Ireland has approx. 100 horses and has bred such winners as Simple Exchange and Media Puzzle)	$2.7 billion	Computer Associates (software)	Zurich	98yo - Married, 2 children
4. Thomas Schmidheiny	$2.7 billion	Holcim (cement) (world's second-largest supplier of cement and concrete)	Balgach	63yo - Married, 4 children
6. Sergio Mantegazza (Loves expensive toys, has a helicopter, a yacht (Lady Marina) and a $600,000 Mercedes Maybach. )	$2.6 billion	Globus & Cosmos (travel)	Lugano	81yo - Married, 1 child
7. Stephan Schmidheiny (facing lawsuits in Switzerland and Italy surrounding the asbestos-related deaths of former plant workers)	$2.5 billion	investments	Zurich	61yo - Married, 2 children
8. Nicolas Hayek (known as Mr. Swatch ... creating an eco-friendly auto with Mercedes-Benz to be called Swatchmobil smart car )	$2.0 billion	Swatch (world's largest manufacturer of finished watches with 156 factories)	Biel	80yo - Married, 2 children
9. Jean-Claude Gandur (His collection of Egyptian antiquities is among the best in the world)	$1.0 billion	oil trading and exploration	Geneva	60yo - na

Turkey

TOP 13 - Turkey's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Husnu Ozyegin (gives away 2% of net income every month for the construction of primary schools and girls' dormitories in poor Turkish neighborhoods)	$2.9 billion	banking	Istanbul	64yo - Married, 2 children
2. Mehmet Emin Karamehmet	$2.8 billion	Turkcell mobile phone company	Istanbul	64yo - Married, 1 child
3. Sarik Tara (born in Macedonia)	$1.6 billion	Enka (Turkey's largest construction company)	Istanbul	78yo - Married, 3 children
*4. Ali Ibrahim Agaoglu*	$1.5 billion			55yo
5. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (High School drop out; shuttles around Europe in custom-designed helicopter)	$1.3 billion	electronics, finance (Turkey's largest exporter)	Istanbul	64yo - Married, 1 child
6. Ferit Sahenk	$1.1 billion	diversified	Istanbul	45yo - Married, 2 children
6. Murat Ulker	$1.1 billion			49yo
6. Mubariz Gurbanoglu	$1.1 billion			41yo
6. Murat Vargi	$1.1 billion			60yo
10. Kamil Yazici	$1.0 billion			79yo
10. Ahmet Calik	$1.0 billion			50yo
10. Filiz Sahenk	$1.0 billion			42yo
10. Tuncay Ozilhan	$1.0 billion			61yo

United Kingdom

TOP 10 - United Kingdom's Richest People ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family (6th Duke of Westminister ... supports more than 150 charities)	$11.0 billion	real estate (incl. Mayfair)	Chester	57yo - Married, 4 children
2. David & Simon Reuben (two brothers born in Mumbai )	$5.0 billion	investments, real estate	London / Monaco	n/a - 3 children
3. Sir Philip & Cristina Green (Knighted in 2006 for his services to the retail industry ... known for circulating with celebrities)	$4.8 billion	retail (British Home Stores and Arcadia)	London	57yo - Married, 2 children
4. Bernard Ecclestone & family (acquired Queens Park Rangers soccer club in September 2007)	$3.7 billion	Formula One (car racing)	London	78yo - Married, 2 children
5. Charles Cadogan & family (involved in animal welfare and cancer-research charities)	$3.3 billion	real estate	London	72yo - Married, 3 children
6. Simon Halabi (born in Syria)	$2.8 billion	real estate	London	59yo - Married
7. Richard Branson (high school dropout ... in February 2006, offered $25 million prize to anyone who can find a way to remove a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the Earth's atmosphere)	$2.5 billion	Virgin (airlines, etc) (Virgin Galactic space flights inched closer to takeoff: recently unveiled models of aircraft meant to carry civilian space travelers)	London	587yo - Married, 2 children
*7. Joseph Lewis* (nicknamed "the boxer" on Wall Street )	$2.5 billion	finance (currency speculator)	Bahamas, Lyford Cay	72yo - Married, 2 children
9. Clive Calder (started out playing in a band at age 18 to support his mother and sister after his father's death)	$2.4 billion	Zomba Recordings (incl. Britney Spears, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys ... sold Zomba Recordings to BMG for $2.7 billion in 2002)	Cayman Islands	62yo - Married, 2 children
*10. Laurence Graff*	$2.2 billion			70yo

United States
(men)

TOP 12 - USA's Richest Men ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. William Gates III (world's richest person - for 13 years in a row!) Harvard Uni drop out.	$40.0 billion	Microsoft	WA, Medina	53yo - Married, 3 children
2. Warren Buffett (America's most beloved investor ... married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday in Aug. 2006 ... will donate $31 billion to charity!)	$37.0 billion	Berkshire Hathaway	NE, Omaha	78yo - Widowed, re-married, 3 children
3. Lawrence Ellison (University of Illinois, drop out ... still yearning to win yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup. Lost in 2007 to Luna Rossi)	$22.5 billion	Oracle (purchased 21 firms for more than $19 billion since the beginning of 2006)	CA, Redwood City	64yo - Married, 2 children
4. Jim Walton (child of Sam Walton - d. 1992)	$17.8 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	AR, Bentonville	61yo - Married, 4 children
5. S Robson Walton (child of Sam Walton - d. 1992)	$17.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	AR, Bentonville	65yo - Married, 3 children
*6. Michael Bloomberg*	$16.0 billion			67yo
7. Charles Koch (Recently published self-help business book The Science of Success; claimed company would go public "over my dead body.")	$14.0 billion	Koch Industries (nation's largest privately held company)	KA, Wichita	73yo - Married, 2 children
7. David Koch (ran as vice presidential candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket in 1980)	$14.0 billion	Koch Industries (nation's largest privately held company)	NY, New York	68yo - Married, 3 children
9. Michael Dell	$12.3 billion			44yo
10. Donald Bren	$12.0 billion			76yo
10. Larry Page (school drop out ... son of a professor)	$12.0 billion	Google (bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007)	CA, San Francisco	36yo - Married
10. Sergey Brin (school drop out ... son of a professor ... emigrated from Russia)	$12.0 billion	Google (bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007)	CA, Palo Alto	35yo - Married

Sheldon Adelson (third Richest USA man in 2008) lost $22.6 billion last year and now is only worth $3.4 billion.

Uniteded States
(women)

TOP 10 - USA's Richest Women ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Residence	Personal
1. Alice Walton (Daughter of retail pioneer Sam Walton)	$17.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	TX , Fort Worth	59yo - Divorced
1. Christy Walton & family (widow of John Walton - son of retail pioneer Sam Walton - who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005)	$17.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	WY, Jackson	54yo - Widowed, 1 child
3. Abigail Johnson	$10.0 billion	Fidelity investments	MA, Boston	47yo - Married, 2 children
4. Anne Cox Chambers	$9.0 billion	media/entertainment - Cox Enterprises (owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 80 radio stations)	GA, Atlanta	89yo - Divorced, 3 children
4. Jacqueline Mars	$9.0 billion	candy, pet food (incl. Mars bar, Snickers, M&Ms) world's largest confectioner ... pet food division (includes Whiskas, Pedigree) now larger than candy by sales.	NJ, Bedminster	69yo - Divorced, 3 children
6. Pauline MacMillan Keinath	$3.6 billion	agriculture (Cargill Inc. has more than 900 subsidiaries in 66 countries)	MO, St Louis	75yo - Married, 4 children
*6. Marion MacMillan Pictet*	$3.6 billion	agriculture (Cargill Inc. has more than 900 subsidiaries in 66 countries)	Bermuda, Hamilton	76yo - Divorced, 1 child
*8. Oprah Winfrey*	$2.7 billion	TV (The Oprah Winfrey Show launched nationally 1986; currently airs in 135 countries, drawing 46 million viewers a week in the U.S)	IL, Chicago	55yo - Single
9. Barbara Piasecka Johnson (Polish immigrant ... married Johnson & Johnson heir John Seward Johnson - d. 1983. Inherited 36 million J&J shares)	$2.6 billion	Johnson & Johnson	Monaco, Monte Carlo	72yo - Widowed
*9. Ann Walton Kroenke* (neice of retail pioneer Sam Walton)	$2.6 billion	Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees)	MO, Columbia	60yo - Married, 2 children

Billionaires Under 38

TOP 13 - Billionaires Under 38yo ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Citizenship	Personal
1. Sergey Brin (school drop out ... son of a professor ... emigrated from Russia)	$12.0 billion	Google (bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007)	USA	35yo - Married
2. Larry Page (school drop out ... son of a professor)	$12.0 billion	Google (bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006 ... hit all-time high of $740 a share in early Nov 2007)	USA	36yo - Married
*3. Daniel Ziff*	$3.5 billion		USA	37yo
4. John Arnold (raised by a lawyer dad and accountant mom)	$2.7 billion	hedge funds	USA	35yo - Married
5. Malvinder & Shivinder Singh	$2.6 billion		India	33yo
6. Sergei Popov	$2.4 billion		Russia	37yo
*7. Yang Huiyan* YOUNGEST FEMALE BILLIONAIRE!	$2.3 billion	real estate (received 58% stake in real estate developer Country Garden from its main founder, her father, Yeung Kwok Keung)	China	27yo - Married
8. Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis (lives in one of the family castles ... went to high school in Rome; studied economics and theology in Scotland ... racecar driver, tours with a German auto-racing league) YOUNGEST BILLIONAIRE!	$2.1 billion	inherited, diversified (his 30,000 hectares of woodland in Germany is considered one of the largest forest holdings in Europe)	Germany	25yo - Single
*9.Ma Huateng*	$1.4 billion		China	37yo
10. Fahd Hariri (youngest son of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik)	$1.1 billion	inheritance	Lebanon	28yo - Single
11. Aymin Hariri (one of five children of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafik )	$1.1 billion	inheritance	Saudi Arabia	30yo - Married, 1 child
12. Anurag Dikshit	$1.0 billion		India	37yo
12. Andrey Melnichenko	$1.0 billion		Russia	37yo

Billionaires Over 90

TOP 11 - Billionaires Over 90yo ... (11 March 2009) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
Name	Wealth	Source	Citizenship	Personal
1. John Kluge (German immigrant ... became richest man in America 1989, lost title to Bill Gates 3 years later)	$6.0 billion	Metromedia	USA	94yo - Married, 3 children
2. Kirk Kerkorian	$5.0 billion		USA	91yo
3. Karl Wlaschek	$4.2 billion		Austria	91yo
4. Saleh Al Rajhi (brother of Sulaiman and Abdullah Al Rajhi)	$3.3 billion	banking	Saudi Arabia	97yo - Married, 61 children (yes, 61!!!! - 22 sons, 39 daughters, from 7 wives)
5. Walter Haefner (his Moyglare Stud Farm in Ireland has approx. 100 horses and has bred such winners as Simple Exchange and Media Puzzle)	$1.0 billion	Computer Associates (software)	Switzerland