TOP 25 BILLIONAIRES OF 2009

Forbes magazine’s 2009 list of the top 25 billionaires (weath in billions of dollars in parentheses). All are United States citizens unless otherwise indicated.

• 1. William Gates III ($40)
• 2. Warren Buffett ($37)
• 3. Carlos Slim Helu - Mexico ($35)
• 4. Lawrence Ellison ($22.5)
• 5. Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden/Switzerland ($22)
• 6. Karl Albrecht - Germany ($21.5)
• 7.Mukesh Ambani - India ($19.5)
• 8. Lakshmi Mittal - India ($19.3)
• 9. Theo Albrecht - Germany (18.8)
• 10. Amancio Ortega - Spain ($18.3)
• 11. Jim Walton ($17.8)
• 12. Alice Walton ($17.6 )
• 12. Christy Walton ($17.6)
• 12. S. Robson Walton ($17.6)
• 15. Bernard Arnault - France ($16.5)
• 16. Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong ($16.2)
• 17. Michael Bloomberg ($16.0)
• 18. Stefan Persson - Sweden ($14.5)
• 19. Charles Koch ($14)
• 19. David Koch ($14)
• 21. Liliane Bettencourt - France ($13.4)
• 22. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - Saudi Arabia ($13.3)
• 23. Michael Otto - Germany ($13.2)
• 24. David Thomson - Canada ($13)
• 25. Michael Dell ($12.3)