The Top Ten Billionaires :: Talking to Terry

12/09/2009 21:42

I just can't imagine having that much money!!!

Last year the world had 1,125 billionaires. Today there are 793. The Top Ten richest billionaires in the world according to the Forbes business magazine in 2009 are:

1. Bill Gates, $40 billion
2. Warren Buffett, $37 billion
3. Carlos Slim Helu, $35 billion
4. Lawrence Ellison, $22.5 billion
5. Ingvar Kamprad, $22 billion
6. Karl Albrecht, $21.5 billion
7. Mukesh Ambani, $19.5 billion
8. Lakshmi Mittal, $19.3 billion
9. Theo Albrecht, $18.8 billion
10. Amancio Ortega, $18.3 billion