2012年福布斯全球富豪榜前100名|Forbes rich list 2012: top 100
As Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim tops the Forbes rich list for a third year and British author JK Rowling slides off the billionaire's roster, here are the top 50 richest individuals for 2012.
(Clockwise from top left) Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Bernard Arnault
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
$69 B | 72 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 |
Bill Gates |
$61 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 |
Warren Buffett |
$44 B | 81 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 |
Bernard Arnault |
$41 B | 63 | LVMH | France |
| 5 |
Amancio Ortega |
$37.5 B | 75 | Zara | Spain |
| 6 |
Larry Ellison |
$36 B | 67 | Oracle | United States |
| 7 |
Eike Batista |
$30 B | 55 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 8 |
Stefan Persson |
$26 B | 64 | H&M | Sweden |
| 9 |
Li Ka-shing |
$25.5 B | 83 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 10 |
Karl Albrecht |
$25.4 B | 92 | Aldi | Germany |
| 11 |
Christy Walton & family |
$25.3 B | 57 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 12 |
Charles Koch |
$25 B | 76 | diversified | United States |
| 12 |
David Koch |
$25 B | 71 | diversified | United States |
| 14 |
Sheldon Adelson |
$24.9 B | 78 | casinos | United States |
| 15 |
Liliane Bettencourt |
$24 B | 89 | L'Oreal | France |
| 16 |
Jim Walton |
$23.7 B | 64 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 17 |
Alice Walton |
$23.3 B | 62 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 |
S. Robson Walton |
$23.1 B | 68 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 19 |
Mukesh Ambani |
$22.3 B | 54 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 20 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$22 B | 70 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 21 |
Lakshmi Mittal |
$20.7 B | 61 | steel | India |
| 22 |
George Soros |
$20 B | 81 | hedge funds | United States |
| 23 |
Michele Ferrero & family |
$19 B | 85 | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 |
Sergey Brin |
$18.7 B | 38 | United States | |
| 24 |
Larry Page |
$18.7 B | 39 | United States | |
| 26 |
Jeff Bezos |
$18.4 B | 48 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 27 |
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family |
$18.3 B | 0 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 28 |
Alisher Usmanov |
$18.1 B | 58 | steel, telecom, stocks | Russia |
| 29 |
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud |
$18 B | 57 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 29 |
Lee Shau Kee |
$18 B | 84 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 29 |
Georgina Rinehart |
$18 B | 58 | Mining | Australia |
| 32 |
Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family |
$17.8 B | 0 | Aldi, Trader Joes | Germany |
| 32 |
Iris Fontbona & family |
$17.8 B | 0 | mining | Chile |
| 34 |
Michael Otto & family |
$17.6 B | 68 | retail | Germany |
| 35 |
David Thomson & family |
$17.5 B | 54 | media | Canada |
| 35 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
$17.5 B | 27 | United States | |
| 37 |
Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family |
$17.4 B | 56 | retail, media, financing | Mexico |
| 38 |
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family |
$16.5 B | 80 | mining | Mexico |
| 39 |
Rinat Akhmetov |
$16 B | 45 | steel, coal mines | Ukraine |
| 39 |
Cheng Yu-tung |
$16 B | 86 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 41 |
Michael Dell |
$15.9 B | 47 | Dell | United States |
| 41 |
Vladimir Lisin |
$15.9 B | 55 | steel, transport | Russia |
| 41 |
Azim Premji |
$15.9 B | 66 | software | India |
| 44 |
Steve Ballmer |
$15.7 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 45 |
Alexei Mordashov |
$15.3 B | 46 | steel, stocks | Russia |
| 46 |
Vladimir Potanin |
$14.5 B | 51 | nonferrous metals | Russia |
| 47 |
Phil Knight |
$14.4 B | 74 | Nike | United States |
| 48 |
Paul Allen |
$14.2 B | 59 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 48 |
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
$14.2 B | 58 | mining | Mexico |
| 50 |
Carl Icahn |
$14 B | 76 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 50 |
Birgit Rausing & family |
$14 B | 88 | packaging | Sweden |
| 52 |
Forrest Mars Jr |
$13.8 B | 80 | candy | United States |
| 52 |
Jacqueline Mars |
$13.8 B | 72 | candy | United States |
| 52 |
John Mars |
$13.8 B | 75 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 52 |
Joseph Safra |
$13.8 B | 73 | banking | Brazil |
| 56 |
Vagit Alekperov |
$13.5 B | 61 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 57 |
Mikhail Fridman |
$13.4 B | 47 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 58 |
Mikhail Prokhorov |
$13.2 B | 46 | investments | Russia |
| 59 |
Susanne Klatten |
$13 B | 49 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 59 |
Francois Pinault & family |
$13 B | 75 | retail | France |
| 61 |
Mohammed Al Amoudi |
$12.5 B | 67 | oil | Saudi Arabia |
| 61 |
Anne Cox Chambers |
$12.5 B | 92 | media | United States |
| 61 |
John Paulson |
$12.5 B | 56 | hedge funds | United States |
| 64 |
Robert Kuok |
$12.4 B | 88 | diversified | Malaysia |
| 64 |
Luis Carlos Sarmiento |
$12.4 B | 79 | banking | Colombia |
| 64 |
Viktor Vekselberg |
$12.4 B | 54 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 67 |
Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family |
$12.2 B | 83 | diversified | Brazil |
| 68 |
Roman Abramovich |
$12.1 B | 45 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 69 |
Donald Bren |
$12 B | 79 | real estate | United States |
| 69 |
Jorge Paulo Lemann |
$12 B | 72 | beer | Brazil |
| 69 |
Ronald Perelman |
$12 B | 69 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 72 |
Len Blavatnik |
$11.9 B | 54 | diversified | United States |
| 72 |
Leonid Mikhelson |
$11.9 B | 56 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| 74 |
Leonardo Del Vecchio |
$11.5 B | 76 | eyewear | Italy |
| 75 |
John Fredriksen |
$11.3 B | 67 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 76 |
Aliko Dangote |
$11.2 B | 54 | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria |
| 76 |
Stefan Quandt |
$11.2 B | 45 | BMW | Germany |
| 78 |
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family |
$11 B | 60 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 78 |
Harold Hamm |
$11 B | 66 | oil & natural gas | United States |
| 80 |
Savitri Jindal & family |
$10.9 B | 62 | steel | India |
| 81 |
Andrey Melnichenko |
$10.8 B | 40 | coal, fertilizers | Russia |
| 82 |
James Simons |
$10.7 B | 73 | hedge funds | United States |
| 83 |
Ernesto Bertarelli & family |
$10.6 B | 46 | biotech | Switzerland |
| 84 |
Jack Taylor & family |
$10.4 B | 89 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | United States |
| 85 |
Abigail Johnson |
$10.3 B | 50 | Fidelity | United States |
| 86 |
Robin Li |
$10.2 B | 43 | Baidu | China |
| 86 |
Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte |
$10.2 B | 0 | paper | Chile |
| 88 |
Ray Dalio |
$10 B | 62 | hedge funds | United States |
| 88 |
George Kaiser |
$10 B | 69 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 88 |
Johanna Quandt |
$10 B | 85 | BMW | Germany |
| 88 |
Hans Rausing |
$10 B | 86 | packaging | Sweden |
| 88 |
Tadashi Yanai & family |
$10 B | 63 | retail | Japan |
| 93 |
Serge Dassault & family |
$9.9 B | 86 | aviation | France |
| 93 |
Ananda Krishnan |
$9.9 B | 73 | telecoms | Malaysia |
| 95 |
Klaus-Michael Kuhne |
$9.8 B | 74 | shipping | Germany |
| 96 |
Pallonji Mistry |
$9.7 B | 82 | construction | Ireland |
| 97 |
Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila |
$9.5 B | 35 | beer | Colombia |
| 98 |
Horst Paulmann & family |
$9.3 B | 77 | retail | Chile |
| 99 |
Gennady Timchenko |
$9.1 B | 59 | oil trading, gas | Russia |
| 100 |
Laurene Powell Jobs & family |
$9 B | 48 | inheritance | United States |