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World's Billionaires for 2008

Rank
Name
Citizenship
Age
Net Worth ( $billion)
Residence
1
Warren Buffett
United States
77
62.0
United States
2
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Mexico
68
60.0
Mexico
3
William Gates III
United States
52
58.0
United States
4
Lakshmi Mittal
India
57
45.0
United Kingdom
5
Mukesh Ambani
India
50
43.0
India
6
Anil Ambani
India
48
42.0
India
7
Ingvar Kamprad & family
Sweden
81
31.0
Switzerland
8
KP Singh
India
76
30.0
India
9
Oleg Deripaska
Russia
40
28.0
Russia
10
Karl Albrecht
Germany
88
27.0
Germany
11
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
79
26.5
Hong Kong
12
Sheldon Adelson
United States
74
26.0
United States
13
Bernard Arnault
France
59
25.5
France
14
Lawrence Ellison
United States
63
25.0
United States
15
Roman Abramovich
Russia
41
23.5
Russia
16
Theo Albrecht
Germany
85
23.0
Germany
17
Liliane Bettencourt
France
85
22.9
France
18
Alexei Mordashov
Russia
42
21.2
Russia
19
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
51
21.0
Saudi Arabia
20
Mikhail Fridman
Russia
43
20.8
Russia
21
Vladimir Lisin
Russia
51
20.3
Russia
22
Amancio Ortega
Spain
72
20.2
Spain
23
Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok
Hong Kong
NA
19.9
Hong Kong
24
Mikhail Prokhorov
Russia
42
19.5
Russia
25
Vladimir Potanin
Russia
47
19.3
Russia