How Forbes evaluates the rich list

The Forbes Rich List is a wealth list selected by the authoritative American financial magazine "Forbes". It is selected once a year and is the world's most authoritative wealth list.

2007 "Forbes" Global Billionaires Ranking

On March 8, "Forbes" magazine announced the ranking of the world's richest people with a net worth of more than one billion US dollars. In 2007, there were 946 billionaires in the world with a net worth of more than one billion US dollars. There are three Americans, one Mexican, one Swede, one Indian, one French, one Spanish, one Canadian and one Hong Konger in the top ten. With a net worth of US$56 billion, Bill Gates has become the world's richest man for the 13th time in a row. Ranked second only to Bill Gates is investment expert "Stock God" Buffett (USD 52 billion), and third is Mexican telecommunications giant Carlos Slim Hiru (USD 49 billion). Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, who is worth US$23 billion, rose to ninth place from tenth last year.

Two-thirds of billionaires became richer last year. Only 17% lost value, and 32 of them fell below the $3 billion mark. The total net worth of billionaires increased to US$3.5 trillion, an increase of US$900 billion from last year. This is equivalent to an average of 3.6 billion yuan per person. Among billionaires, Americans account for 44% of the total. There are 415 American billionaires with a total net worth of US$1.36 trillion, and there are 531 non-American billionaires with a total net worth of US$2.1 trillion.

This year there are 178 newcomers to the rankings, including 19 Russians, 14 Indians, 13 Chinese and 10 Spaniards, as well as the first billionaires from Cyprus, Oman, Romania and Serbia. Millionaire. Among the 13 new richest people in China, Zhang Yin, the chairman of Nine Dragons Paper this year and the richest woman in China, is included. Forbes specifically mentioned her as a new tycoon among women who have made money through entrepreneurship.

The average age of billionaires this year is 62, two years younger than in 2005. The new billionaires are seven years younger than last year. 60% of the richest people in the rankings made their wealth from scratch through entrepreneurship. Only No. 10 on the top 10 list is Canada's David Thompson family.

Among the richest people with assets of more than one billion US dollars, there are 20 people from mainland China, 21 people from Hong Kong, China, and 8 people from Taiwan, China.

Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence

1 Bill Gates (William Gates III) United States 51 56.0 United States

2 Wow Warren Buffett United States 76 52.0 United States

3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 67 49.0 Mexico

4 Invar· Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 80 33.0 Switzerland

5 Lakshmi Mittal India 56 32.0 United Kingdom

6 Sheldon ·Sheldon Adelson United States 73 26.5 United States

7 Bernard Arnault France 58 26.0 France

8 Amancio Orr Amancio Ortega Spain 71 24.0 Spain

9 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 78 23.0 Hong Kong

10 David Thomson & family Canada 49 22.0 Canada

11 Lawrence Ellison United States 62 21.5 United States

12 Liliane Bettencourt France 84 20.7 France

13 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 50 20.3 Saudi Arabia

14 Mukesh Ambani India 49 20.1 India

15 Karl Albrecht Germany 87 20.0 Germany

16 Roman Abramovich Russia 40 18.7 United Kingdom

17 Stefan Persson Sweden 59 18.4 Sweden

18 Anil Ambani India 47 18.2 India

19 Paul Allen United States 54 18.0 United States

20 Theo Albrecht Germany 84 17.5 Germany

21 Azim Premji India 61 17.1 India

22 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 79 17.0 Hong Kong

23 Jim Walton United States 59 16.8 United States

24 Christy Walton & family United States 52 16.7 United States

24 S Robson Walton United States 63 16.7 United States

Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence

26 Sergey Brin United States 33 16.6 United States

26 Larry Page United States 34 16.6 United States

26 Alice Walton United States 57 16.6 United States

29 Helen Walton United States 87 16.4 United States

30 Michael Dell United States 42 15.8 United States

31 Steven Ballmer United States 51 15.0 United States

31 Kirk Kerkorian United States 89 15.0 United States

31 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok Hong Kong NA 15.0 Hong Kong

34 Francois Pinault France 70 14.5 France

35 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 41 14.4 Russia

36 Vladimir Lisin Russia 50 14.3 Russia

37 Jack Taylor & family United States 84 13.9 United States

38 Vladimir Potanin Russia 46 13.5 Russia

38 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 41 13.5 Russia

40 Oleg Deripaska Russia 39 13.3 Russia

40 Michael Otto & family Germany 63 13.3 Germany

42 Carl Icahn United States 71 13.0 United States

42 Abigail Johnson United States 45 13.0 United States

44 Adolf Merckle Germany 72 12.8 Germany

45 Barbara Cox Anthony United States 83 12.6 United States

45 Anne Cox Chambers United States 87 12.6 United States

45 Mikhail Fridman Russia 42 12.6 Russia

48 Vagit Alekperov Russia 56 12.4 Russia

49 Charles Koch United States 71 12.0 United States

49 David Koch United States 66 12.0 United States