Top 10 world richest person 2012

 

1. Carlos Slim Helu

• Net Worth: $69 billion (down from $74 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #1
• Age: 72
• Fortune: Self made
• Source: Telecom
• Country of Citizenship: Mexico
• Residence: Mexico City, Mexico
• Industry: Communications
• Marital Status: widowed, 6 children
• Education: BA/BS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

 2.William Gates III

• Net Worth: $61 billion (up from $56 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #2
• Age: 56
• Fortune: Self made
• Source: Microsoft
• Country of Citizenship: United States
• Residence: Medina, Washington, USA
• Industry: Software
• Marital Status: Married, 3 children
• Education: Dropout, Harvard University

3.Warren Buffet

• Net Worth: $44 billion (down from $50 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #3
• Age: 81
• Fortune: Self made
• Source: Berkshire Hathaway
• Country Of Citizenship: United States
• Residence: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
• Industry: Investments
• Marital Status: widowed, remarried, 3 children
• Education: MS, Columbia University; BA/BS, University of Nebraska Lincoln

 

4. Bernard Arnault

• Net Worth: $41 billion (no change from last year)
• 2010 Rank: #4
• Age: 63
• Fortune: Inherited and growing
• Source: Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH)
• Country of Citizenship: France
• Residence:Paris, France
• Marital Status: Married; five children
• Education: BA/BS, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne 

5. Amancio Ortega

• Net Worth: $37.5 billion (up from $31 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #7
• Age: 75
• Fortune: Self-made
• Source: Zara
• Country of Citizenship: Spain
• Residence: La Coruna, Spain
• Marital Status: Married; three children

6. Larry Ellison

 

• Net Worth: $36 (down from $39.5 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #5
• Age: 67
• Fortune: Self-made
• Source: Oracle
• Country of Citizenship: United States
• Residence: Woodside, California, USA
• Marital Status: Thrice divorced, remarried; two children
• Education: Dropout, University of Chicago; Dropout, University of Illinois at Urbana

7.Eike Batista

 

• Net Worth: $30 billion (no change from last year)
• 2010 Rank: #8
• Age: 55
• Fortune: Self-made
• Source: Mining, Oil
• Country of Citizenship: Brazil
• Residence: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Marital Status: Divorced, two children
• Education: Dropout, RWTH Aachen University

8.Stefan Persson

• Net Worth: $26 billion (down from $24.5 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #13
• Age: 64
• Fortune: Inherited and growing
• Source: H&M
• Country of Citizenship: Sweden
• Residence: Stockholm, Sweden
• Marital Status: Married, three children
• Education: Associate in Arts / Science, University of Stockholm

9. Li Ka-shing

•  Net Worth: $25.5 billion (up from $22 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #11
• Age: 83
• Fortune: Diversified, self-made
• Source: Hutchison Whampoa Limited
• Country of Citizenship: Hong Kong
• Residence: Hong Kong
• Marital Status: Widow, two children
• Education: Drop Out, High School

 

10. Karl Albrecht

• Net Worth: $25.4 billion (down from $25.5 billion in 2010)
• 2010 Rank: #12
• Age: 92
• Fortune: Self-made
• Source: Aldi Supermarkets
• Country of Citizenship: Germany
• Residence: Mulheim an der Ruhr,
• Marital Status: Married, two children