Two-thirds of the wealthiest people in the U.S. added to their
fortunes, boosting their average net worth by $400 million to a record
$4.2 billion.
Net Worth Calculated March 2012
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, investments | 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 |
$17.8 B | 0 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany |
| 32 |
Iris Fontbona & family |
$17.8 B | 69 | mining | Chile |
| 34 |
Michael Otto & family |
$17.6 B | 68 | retail, real estate | 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 | Mexico |
| 38 |
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family |
$16.5 B | 80 | mining | Mexico |
| 39 |
Rinat Akhmetov |
$16 B | 45 | steel, coal | 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 |
Alexey Mordashov |
$15.3 B | 46 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 46 |
Vladimir Potanin |
$14.5 B | 51 | 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 | 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, diversified | 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 & 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, investments | 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 | Technology | 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 & gas | Russia |
| 100 |
Laurene Powell Jobs & family |
$9 B | 48 | Apple, Disney | United States |
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