Era evidente que en algún lugar tenía que estar todo lo que se nos está «recortando»
“Este ha sido un año de récords con 214 nuevo multimillonarios”, subrayó la revista Forbes al contabilizar 1.210 personas con un patrimonio superior a los mil millones de dólares.
Las cifras son apabullantes, más aún en el contexto de la actual recesión. La fortuna media de los multimillonarios es de 3.700 millones de dólares, 200 millones más que en 2010, y 700 millones más que en 2009. El monto total de las fortunas, calcula Forbes, es de 4,5 billones de dólares, un récord respecto a años anteriores.
Entre los 20 más ricos, todos excepto uno, han ganado más dinero que en el año anterior.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
$74 B | 71 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 | 
Bill Gates |
$56 B | 55 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 | 
Warren Buffett |
$50 B | 80 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 4 | 
Bernard Arnault |
$41 B | 62 | LVMH | France |
| 5 | 
Larry Ellison |
$39.5 B | 66 | Oracle | United States |
| 6 | 
Lakshmi Mittal |
$31.1 B | 60 | Steel | India |
| 7 | 
Amancio Ortega |
$31 B | 74 | Zara | Spain |
| 8 | 
Eike Batista |
$30 B | 54 | mining, oil | Brazil |
| 9 | 
Mukesh Ambani |
$27 B | 53 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 10 | 
Christy Walton & family |
$26.5 B | 56 | Walmart | United States |
| 11 | 
Li Ka-shing |
$26 B | 82 | Diversified | Hong Kong |
| 12 | 
Karl Albrecht |
$25.5 B | 91 | Aldi | Germany |
| 13 | 
Stefan Persson |
$24.5 B | 63 | H&M | Sweden |
| 14 | 
Vladimir Lisin |
$24 B | 54 | Steel | Russia |
| 15 | 
Liliane Bettencourt |
$23.5 B | 88 | L’Oreal | France |
| 16 | 
Sheldon Adelson |
$23.3 B | 77 | casinos | United States |
| 17 | 
David Thomson & family |
$23 B | 53 | media | Canada |
| 18 | 
Charles Koch |
$22 B | 75 | Diversified | United States |
| 18 | 
David Koch |
$22 B | 70 | Diversified | United States |
| 20 | 
Jim Walton |
$21.3 B | 63 | Walmart | United States |
| 21 | 
Alice Walton |
$21.2 B | 61 | Walmart | United States |
| 22 | 
S. Robson Walton |
$21 B | 67 | Walmart | United States |
| 23 | 
Kwok Thomas & Raymond & family |
$20 B | N/A | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 24 | 
Larry Page |
$19.8 B | 37 | United States | |
| 24 | 
Sergey Brin |
$19.8 B | 37 | United States | |
| 26 | 
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud |
$19.6 B | 56 | Investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 |
Iris Fontbona & family |
$19.2 B | N/A | Mining | Chile |
| 28 | 
Lee Shau Kee |
$19 B | 83 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 29 | 
Alexei Mordashov |
$18.5 B | 45 | Steel | Russia |
| 30 | 
Michael Bloomberg |
$18.1 B | 69 | Bloomberg | United States |
| 30 | 
Jeff Bezos |
$18.1 B | 47 | Amazon | United States |
| 32 | 
Michele Ferrero & family |
$18 B | 84 | chocolates | Italy |
| 32 | 
Mikhail Prokhorov |
$18 B | 45 | Investments | Russia |
| 34 | 
Vladimir Potanin |
$17.8 B | 50 | nonferrous metals | Russia |
| 35 | 
Alisher Usmanov |
$17.7 B | 57 | steel, telecom, stocks | Russia |
| 36 | 
Azim Premji |
$16.8 B | 65 | Software | India |
| 36 | 
Oleg Deripaska |
$16.8 B | 43 | aluminum | Russia |
| 38 | 
Michael Otto & family |
$16.6 B | 67 | Retail | Germany |
| 39 |
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
$16 B | 57 | Mining | Mexico |
| 39 | 
Rinat Akhmetov |
$16 B | 44 | steel, coal mines | Ukraine |
| 39 | 
John Paulson |
$16 B | 55 | hedge funds | United States |
| 42 | 
Shashi & Ravi Ruia |
$15.8 B | 67 | Diversified | India |
| 43 | 
Mikhail Fridman |
$15.1 B | 46 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 44 | 
Michael Dell |
$14.6 B | 46 | Dell | United States |
| 44 | 
Susanne Klatten |
$14.6 B | 48 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 46 | 
Steve Ballmer |
$14.5 B | 54 | Microsoft | United States |
| 46 | 
George Soros |
$14.5 B | 80 | hedge funds | United States |
| 48 |
Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family |
$14.4 B | N/A | Aldi, Trader Joes | Germany |
| 49 | 
Birgit Rausing & family |
$14 B | 87 | packaging | Sweden |
| 50 | 
Vagit Alekperov |
$13.9 B | 60 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 51 | 
Aliko Dangote |
$13.8 B | 53 | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria |
| 52 | 
Mark Zuckerberg |
$13.5 B | 26 | United States | |
| 53 | 
Anne Cox Chambers |
$13.4 B | 91 | Cox Enterprises | United States |
| 53 | 
Roman Abramovich |
$13.4 B | 44 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 55 | 
Jorge Paulo Lemann |
$13.3 B | 71 | beer | Brazil |
| 56 | 
Savitri Jindal & family |
$13.2 B | 60 | Steel | India |
| 57 | 
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family |
$13 B | 59 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 57 | 
Paul Allen |
$13 B | 58 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 57 | 
Viktor Vekselberg |
$13 B | 53 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 60 | 
Phil Knight |
$12.7 B | 73 | Nike | United States |
| 61 | 
Robert Kuok |
$12.5 B | 87 | Diversified | Malaysia |
| 61 | 
Carl Icahn |
$12.5 B | 75 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 63 | 
Mohammed Al Amoudi |
$12.3 B | 66 | oil | Saudi Arabia |
| 64 | 
Donald Bren |
$12 B | 78 | real estate | United States |
| 64 | 
Ron Perelman |
$12 B | 68 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 66 | 
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family |
$11.9 B | 79 | Mining | Mexico |
| 67 | 
Francois Pinault & family |
$11.5 B | 74 | Retail | France |
| 68 | 
Joseph Safra |
$11.4 B | 72 | banking | Brazil |
| 69 | 
Abigail Johnson |
$11.3 B | 49 | Fidelity | United States |
| 70 | 
Viktor Rashnikov |
$11.2 B | 62 | Steel | Russia |
| 71 | 
Leonardo Del Vecchio |
$11 B | 75 | eyewear | Italy |
| 72 | 
John Fredriksen |
$10.7 B | 66 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 72 | 
Stefan Quandt |
$10.7 B | 44 | BMW | Germany |
| 74 | 
James Simons |
$10.6 B | 72 | hedge funds | United States |
| 75 | 
Luis Carlos Sarmiento |
$10.5 B | 78 | banking | Colombia |
| 75 | 
Horst Paulmann & family |
$10.5 B | 76 | Retail | Chile |
| 77 |
Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte |
$10.4 B | N/A | paper | Chile |
| 77 | 
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family |
$10.4 B | 67 | construction | Kuwait |
| 79 | 
Sammy Ofer & family |
$10.3 B | 89 | shipping | Israel |
| 80 | 
Len Blavatnik |
$10.1 B | 53 | Access Industries | United States |
| 81 | 
Forrest Mars |
$10 B | 79 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Klaus-Michael Kuhne |
$10 B | 73 | shipping | Germany |
| 81 |
John Mars |
$10 B | 74 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Jacqueline Mars |
$10 B | 71 | candy, pet food | United States |
| 81 | 
Hans Rausing |
$10 B | 84 | packaging | Sweden |
| 81 | 
Ernesto Bertarelli & family |
$10 B | 45 | biotech | Switzerland |
| 81 | 
Gautam Adani |
$10 B | 48 | commodities, infrastructure | India |
| 88 | 
Iskander Makhmudov |
$9.9 B | 47 | mining, metals, machinery | Russia |
| 89 | 
Johanna Quandt |
$9.8 B | 84 | BMW | Germany |
| 89 | 
Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler |
$9.8 B | N/A | ball bearings | Germany |
| 89 | 
George Kaiser |
$9.8 B | 68 | oil & gas, banking | United States |
| 92 | 
German Khan |
$9.6 B | 49 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 93 | 
Dmitry Rybolovlev |
$9.5 B | 44 | fertilizer | Russia |
| 93 | 
Ananda Krishnan |
$9.5 B | 72 | telecom | Malaysia |
| 95 | 
Robin Li |
$9.4 B | 42 | Internet | China |
| 96 | 
Serge Dassault & family |
$9.3 B | 85 | aviation | France |
| 97 | 
Kumar Birla |
$9.2 B | 43 | commodities | India |
| 97 | 
Petr Kellner |
$9.2 B | 46 | insurance | Czech Republic |
| 99 | 
Leonid Mikhelson |
$9.1 B | 55 | Natural gas | Russia |
| 100 | 
Cheng Yu-tung |
$9 B | 85 | real estate | Hong Kong |
Los españoles de la lista
1.- Amancio Ortega (7) 22.300 millones de euros
2.- Isak Andic (159) 4.385 millones de euros.
3.- Rosalía Mera (254) 3.020 millones de euros
4.- Manuel Jové (376) 2.160 millones de euros
5.- Juan Roig (393) 2.085 millones de euros
6.- Alicia Koplowitz (512) 1.655 millones de euros
7.- Esther Koplowitz (651) 1.367 millones de euros
8.- Florentino Pérez (651) 1.367 millones de euros
9.- José María Aristrain (736) 1.223 millones de euros
10.- Emilio Botín (833) 1.079millones de euros
11.- Enrique Bañuelos (879) 1.007 millones de euros
12.- Gabriel Escarrer (879) 1.007 millones de euros
13.- Juan Abelló (938) 935 millones de dólares
14.- Alberto Alcocer (993) 863 millones de dólares
15.- Alberto Cortina (993) 863 millones de dólares
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