2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
1. William (Bill) Gates III. (Microsoft Computer Software) 56,0 + 6,0 + 3,5 - ,1 - 1,4
2. Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway insurance, stock investor) 52,0 +10,0 - 2,0 + 1,1 - ,1
3. Carlos Slim Helu (Telmex Mexico, telecomunication) 49,0 +19,0 + 6.2 + 9,9
4. Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA, Swedish furniture company) 33,0 + 5,0 + 5,0 + 4,5
5. Lakshmi Mittal (International Steel Group, India) 32,0 + 8,5 - 1,5 +18,8
6. Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Casinos and Hotels) 26,5
7. Bernard Arnauld (Luxury goods LVMH, France) 26,0 + 4,5
8. Amancio Ortega (Zara Women's exquisite Wear) 24,0
9. Li Ka-Shing (Hong-Kong, Real-estate, cellphone, electr.) 23,0 + 4,2
10. David Thomson & family (Media entertainment, Canada) 22,0 + 2,4
11. Larry Ellison (ex Oracle database) 21,5 + 5,1 - 2,4 - ,3 + 6,0
13. Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (Saudi-Arabian Prince, oil) 20,3 + ,3 - 3,7 - ,1 + 2,3
15. Karl Albrecht (ALDI south German supermarket) 20,0 + 3,0 - 1,5 - 4,5 + ,0
16. Roman Abramowich (Russia, oil and gas) 18,7 + ,5
19. Paul Allen (ex Microsoft software, SETI ex NASA project) 18,0 - 4,0 + 1,0 + ,0 + 1,0
26. Sergey Brin (Google searching engine) 16,6 + 3,7 + 4,3 + 6,2 + 1,4
27. Lawrence (Larry) Page (Google searching engine) 16,6 + 3,7 + 4,2 + 6,2 + 1,3
30. Michael Dell (Dell computers) 15,8 - 1,3 + 1,1 + 3,0 - 1,2
31. Steven Ballmer (Microsoft Computer Software) 15,0 + 1,4 + 1,5 - ,3
76. Pierre Omidyar (Ebay online auctions) 8,8 - 1,3 + ,2 + 1,4 - 1,3
119. Hasso Plattner (Germany, ex SAP software) 6,0 - ,4 + 1,4 - ,4
132. Steven Jobs (Apple computer) 5,7 + 1,3 + 1,4 + ,9
188. Jeff Bezos (Amazon online book store) 4,4 + ,1 + ,2 - 1,0 + ,8
204. Jeffrey Skoll (Ebay online auctions) 4,2 - ,8 + ,0 + ,6
243. Gordon Moore (Intel computer processors) 3,6 - ,1 - ,6 - 1,2 + 1,7
287. Klaus Tschira (Germany, SAP software) 3,0 - ,3 + ,1 - ,2
369. David Filo (Yahoo internet portal) 2,5 - ,4 - ,2 + ,9
432. Jerry Yang (Yahoo internet portal) 2,2 - ,2 - ,2 + ,7
richest people in the world 2007 according to Forbes list