Forbes list of billionaires (2011)

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No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Born	Citizenship	Residence	Source(s) of wealth
1	Carlos Slim and family	$74.0 billion	71	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2	Bill Gates	$56.0 billion	55	United States	United States	United States	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$50.0 billion	80	United States	United States	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Bernard Arnault	$41.0 billion	62	France	France	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
5	Lawrence Ellison	$39.5 billion	66	United States	United States	United States	Oracle Corporation
6	Lakshmi Mittal	$31.1 billion	60	India	India	United Kingdom	Arcelor Mittal
7	Amancio Ortega	$31.0 billion	74	Spain	Spain	Spain	Inditex Group
8	Eike Batista	$30.0 billion	53	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	EBX Group
9	Mukesh Ambani	$27.0 billion	53	Yemen	India	India	Reliance Industries
10	Christy Walton	$26.5 billion	55	United States	United States	United States	Walmart
11	Li Ka-shing	$26.0 billion	82	China	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings
12	Karl Albrecht	$25.5 billion	91	Germany	Germany	Germany	Aldi Süd
13	Stefan Persson	$24.5 billion	63	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Hennes & Mauritz
14	Vladimir Lisin	$24.0 billion	54	Russia	Russia	Russia	Novolipetsk Steel
15	Liliane Bettencourt	$23.5 billion	88	France	France	France	L'Oréal
16	Sheldon Adelson	$23.3 billion	77	United States	United States	United States	Las Vegas Sands
17	David Thomson and family	$23 billion	53	Canada	Canada	Canada	Thomson Reuters
18	Charles G. Koch	$22 billion	75	United States	United States	United States	Koch Industries
18	David H. Koch	$22 billion	71	United States	United States	United States	Koch Industries
20	Jim Walton	$21.3 billion	63	United States	United States	United States	Walmart