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Carlos Slim Helu & family 2010 and 2011 World's richest man ... $20.5 billion richer this year! ... son of a Lebanese immigrant ... just call him Midas ... baseball fan and art collector

William Gates III was world's richest person for 14 of the past 17 years ... Harvard Uni drop out ... he's given away $30 billion to his Gates Foundation

Warren Buffett America's most beloved investor ... married longtime girlfriend on his 76th birthday in Aug. 2006 ... will donate $31 billion to charity!

Bernard Arnault up $13.5 billion from last year! ... richest European ... skilled pianist ... world's largest luxury goods empire

Lawrence Ellison up $11.5 billion this year! ... University of Illinois, drop out ... Feb 2010, finally won yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup ... intends to give 95% of wealth to charity ... purchased 75 companies over the years worth $40 billion

Lakshmi Mittal world's largest steelmaker

Amancio Ortega high school drop out ... shuns neckties ... 5,000 stores in 77 countries

Eike Batista college dropout ... one-time champion offshore powerboat racer ... his father was former mining minister of Brazil ... formerly married to Playboy cover girl

Mukesh Ambani Asia's richest resident ... built a 27-story home in Mumbai

Li Ka-shing high school drop out ... Asia's most generous individual, has given out $1.56 billion to education and medical research ... world's largest operator of container terminals, world's largest health and beauty retailer

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Christy Walton & family widow of John Walton - son of retail pioneer Sam Walton - who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in 2005 ... world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees

Liliane Bettencourt 2009 world's richest woman ... daughter of L'Oréal founder Eugene Schueller ... husband, Andre Bettencourt - thought to have wartime ties with the Nazis - died Nov 2007 at age 88 ... in Dec 2010 she reconciled with her daughter who was taking her to court for giving $1.4 billion to a well-known photographer

Alice Walton daughter of retail pioneer Sam Walton ... world's largest retailer, with over 6,800 stores in 14 countries and 1.9 million employees

Iris Fontbona & family up $8.2 billion from last year! ... second wife of billionaire Andronico Luksic, who died of cancer in 2005

Susanne Klatten won a civil case against Helg Sgarbi, the ex-lover who tried to blackmail her for millions. Sgarbi is now in jail ... inherited stake in automaker BMW from late father Herbert Quandt

Birgit Rausing & family husband Gad Rausing - brother of Hans Rausing - died in 2000 ... family keeps low profile due to kidnapping attempt on son, Jorn, in 1989

Anne Cox Chambers owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 86 radio stations

Savitri Jindal husband, Om Prakash Jindal, died in helicopter crash in 2005

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Jacqueline Mars third generation inherited company when dad died in 1999 ... incl. Mars bar, Snickers, M&Ms) world's largest confectioner ... acquired gum maker Wrigley in 2008 for $23 billion ... pet food division (includes Whiskas, Pedigree) now larger than candy by sales

Helen Walton widow of Sam Walton (d.1992) - died 19 Apr 2007 at age 87. Was the world's 4th richest woman worth $16.4 billion

Barbara Cox Anthony sister of Anne Cox Chambers - died 28 May 2007 at age 83. Was the world's 6th richest woman worth $12.6 billion

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