Forbes list of Billionaires (2010).

Forbes list of billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assetts compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 10, 2010.^[1][2]


Forbes list of billionaires (2010)

The following list is Forbes ranking of an assessment of the wealth and assets of the world's billionaires as of February 12, 2010, and does not reflect changes since then. There are 1,011 names in this year’s list.^[3]

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No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Residence	Sources of wealth
1	Carlos Slim Helú and family	$53.5 billion	70	Mexico	Mexico	Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2	Bill Gates	$53.0 billion	54	United States	United States	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$47.0 billion	80	United States	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Mukesh Ambani	$29.0 billion	53	India	India	Reliance Industries
5	Lakshmi Mittal	$28.7 billion	60	India	United Kingdom	Arcelor Mittal
6	Lawrence Ellison	$28.0 billion	66	United States	United States	Oracle Corporation
7	Bernard Arnault	$27.5 billion	61	France	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
8	Eike Batista	$27.0 billion	53	Brazil	Brazil	EBX Group
9	Amancio Ortega	$25.0 billion	74	Spain	Spain	Inditex Group
10	Karl Albrecht	$23.5 billion	90	Germany	Germany	Aldi Süd
11	Ingvar Kamprad	$23.0 billion	84	Sweden	Switzerland	Ikea
12	Christy Walton	$22.5 billion	55	United States	United States	Walmart
13	Stefan Persson	$22.4 billion	63	Sweden	Sweden	Hennes & Mauritz
14	Li Ka-shing	$21.0 billion	82	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings
15	Jim Walton	$20.7 billion	62	United States	United States	Walmart