2008 - World Richest Man in the World

By suplado on Mar 7, 2008 in Finance, People, Personalities, Records, Top 10

800px-warren_buffett_.jpgWarren Buffett, 77 years old head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.and  long time friend of Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, is now the world’s richest man with a net worth of  $US62 billion according to Forbes. While Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim now ranks second with estimated net worth of $60 billion, while 13 years holder in top spot Gates dropped into a third spot.

1 Warren Buffett, US, $62.0
2  Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico, $60.0 
3  William Gates III, US, $58.0 
4  Lakshmi Mittal, India, $45.0  
5  Mukesh Ambani, India, $43.0  
6  Anil Ambani, India, $42.0  
7  Ingvar Kamprad & family, Sweden, $31.0  
8  KP Singh, India, $30.0  
9  Oleg Deripaska, Russia, $28.0  
10  Karl Albrecht, Germany, $27.0  
11  Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, $26.5  
12  Sheldon Adelson, US, $26.0  
13  Bernard Arnault, France, $25.5  
14  Lawrence Ellison, US, $25.0  
15  Roman Abramovich, Russia, $23.5  
16  Theo Albrecht, Germany, $23.0  
17  Liliane Bettencourt, France, $22.9  
18  Alexei Mordashov, Russia, $21.2  
19  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, $21.0  
20  Mikhail Fridman, Russia, $20.8  

Did you know that in June 2006, Buffett announced that he had plans to give his 85 per cent of his fortune to charities? Even though he is giving away his fortune every year the stock of Berkshire Hathaway, the source of Warren Buffet’s wealth, has been rising very rapidly. $10 billion in the last calendar year
Buffett in June 2006 announced plans to give 85 per cent of his fortune away, granting it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities. Bill Gates serves on the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway and is a long-time bridge buddy of Buffett’s. Gates has also given a substantial amount of his fortune to the foundation.
In the early 1960s, Buffett started to invest in Berkshire, struggling textile maker that time, and took it over in 1965. Then he transformed it into a holding company for more than 50 companies, ranging from Benjamin Moore paint and Dairy Queen ice cream to Fruit of the Loom underwear and Ginsu knives. 
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5 Comment(s)

  1. Man life does not constitute the aboundance of his riches. I really appreciate the effort of Warren Buffett given his riches to charity. Main God bless him and Gates

    bayo balogun | May 9, 2008 | Reply

  2. A mans life does not depends on his wealth,but rather using is wealth to save lifes.thanks to warren buffet and gates.

    Segun ajide | Sep 4, 2008 | Reply

  3. I will plead onbehalf of the people in Africa please let this world richest people from oversea, please help us in Africa we are surfering from our leader let this people (the reachest people in the wold) help us we are dieing of stavation please help us. thnks

    Adegoke Adeyemi | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply

  4. Whatever they might have earned they can’t eat money for life. But still we can’t eat for life without money. so earn and let earn

    shigam | Nov 1, 2008 | Reply

  5. The rich get richer as they keep to the of sowing and reaping(lesson from the world richest man)

    Adegbite Daniel Oluwatobi | Nov 8, 2008 | Reply

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