In the 25th year of Tracking Global Wealth has done the fantastic job which one has to remember.This year’s 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records that was quite amazing.BRICs led the way: Brazil, Russia, India and China produced 108 of the 214 new names.In the pas few decades U.S. had ever produced more than 100 billionaires. Including in all of these countries China now has 115 and Russia 101.
Here’s the list of Top 10 Richest Person in the World 2011:
- Carlos Slim Helu
- Bill Gates
- Warren Buffett
- Bernard Arnault
- Lawrence Ellison
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Amancio Ortega
- Eike Batista
- Mukesh Ambani
- Christy Walton and family
1- Carlos Slim Helu:
Carlos Slim Helu has hit for the second time in a row with the name of telecom tycoon as the Mexican telecom mogul is also the year’s biggest gainer.Carlos Slim Helu has now worth of $74 billion. He also merged his fixed-line telecom company into America Movil, Latin America’s largest wireless carrier; the Slim family stake in that holding accounts for 62% of his net worth.He had rewarded with this honour by the beating the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with the help of added $20.5 billion to his fortune.
2- William Bill Gates:
The founder of Microsoft has net worth up to $13 billion a year on his Microsoft share rose 50% in 12 months. He also has investments that include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation.His total net worth is almost $56 billion. Gates holds 70% of his wealth in investment fund Cascade, dabbling in everything from autos to hedge funds to Mexican Coke bottler Femsa; the rest of his wealth is held in Microsoft stock. He is no longer the planet’s richest person, but that’s because he’s given away $30 billion to his foundation.
3 – Warren Buffett:
The outstanding venerable investor from Berkshire Hathaway has increased 15% over the last year adding $3 billion to his fortune.He is the favorite Favorite’s investor up to $10 billionon past 12 months on surging Berkshire Hathway shares.Has net worth of $50 billion increased from $47 billion. He met value investor Benjamin Graham at Columbia; bought textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965, and transformed it into massive holding company: food,insurance, utilities, industrials. Buffett acquired railroad giant Burlington
Northern Santa Fe for $26 billion in 2009.
4 – Bernard Arnault:
5 – Larry Ellison:
Larry Ellison, the chief of oracle has a fortune that is $11.5 billion bigger than last year by the help of 30% jump in the software company’s shares. In November Oracle won a mud-slinging copyright infringement court battle against German software rival SAP worth $1.3 billion. Larry Ellison has the net worth of $39.5 billion. Database giant bought 57 companies in the past five years. Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January;acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in1986.
6 – Lakshmi Mittal:
7 – Amancio Ortega:
8 – Eike Batista:
The man who is the most richest man in Brazil, Eike Batista gearing up to take over the world.Eike Batista has the net worth of $30 billion up from $27.0 billion (increased by $4 billion). Mining and Oil become the source of Eike Batista around the globe.
9 – Mukesh Ambani:
10 – Christy Walton and family:
Christy Walton is the widow of John Walton inherited her wealth after the former Green Beret and Vietnam warmedic died in an airplane accident near his home Wyoming 2005. Christy Walton and family has the net worth of $26.5 billion up from $22.5 billion. Christy Walton is increasing her worth by the increase of popularity andincome of walmart.