Data from Forbes.com - 2010
| Rank | Country | Name | Welth | Source |
Age | Fortune |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Slim HelĂș | 53.5 billion | Telecom |
70 |
Self made | |
| 2 | William Bill Gates III | 53 billion | Microsoft |
54 |
Self made | |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | 47 billion | Berkshire Hathaway |
79 |
Self made | |
| 4 | Mukesh Ambani | 29 billion | Petrochemicals, oil & gas |
52 |
Inherited | |
| 5 | Lakshmi Mittal | 28.7 billion | Steel |
59 |
Inherited |
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