Forbes Rich List 2009
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The World’s Billionaires 2009
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The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. This year the world’s billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23% in 12 months.
Bill Gates and Mayor Michael Bloomberg were once again high on the Forbes’ 2009 list of the World’s Billionaires, with Gates at #1.
Here’s the Forbes Top 25 Billionaires list for the year 2009.
| Rank | Name | Citizenship | Age | Net Worth ($bil) | Residence |
| 1 | William Gates III | United States | 53 | 40.0 | United States |
| 2 | Warren Buffett | United States | 78 | 37.0 | United States |
| 3 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | Mexico | 69 | 35.0 | Mexico |
| 4 | Lawrence Ellison | United States | 64 | 22.5 | United States |
| 5 | Ingvar Kamprad & family | Sweden | 83 | 22.0 | Switzerland |
| 6 | Karl Albrecht | Germany | 89 | 21.5 | Germany |
| 7 | Mukesh Ambani | India | 51 | 19.5 | India |
| 8 | Lakshmi Mittal | India | 58 | 19.3 | United Kingdom |
| 9 | Theo Albrecht | Germany | 87 | 18.8 | Germany |
| 10 | Amancio Ortega | Spain | 73 | 18.3 | Spain |
| 11 | Jim Walton | United States | 61 | 17.8 | United States |
| 12 | Alice Walton | United States | 59 | 17.6 | United States |
| 12 | Christy Walton & family | United States | 54 | 17.6 | United States |
| 12 | S Robson Walton | United States | 65 | 17.6 | United States |
| 15 | Bernard Arnault | France | 60 | 16.5 | France |
| 16 | Li Ka-shing | Hong Kong | 80 | 16.2 | Hong Kong |
| 17 | Michael Bloomberg | United States | 67 | 16.0 | United States |
| 18 | Stefan Persson | Sweden | 61 | 14.5 | Sweden |
| 19 | Charles Koch | United States | 73 | 14.0 | United States |
| 19 | David Koch | United States | 68 | 14.0 | United States |
| 21 | Liliane Bettencourt | France | 86 | 13.4 | France |
| 22 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | Saudi Arabia | 54 | 13.3 | Saudi Arabia |
| 23 | Michael Otto & family | Germany | 65 | 13.2 | Germany |
| 24 | David Thomson & family | Canada | 51 | 13.0 | Canada |
| 25 | Michael Dell | United States | 44 | 12.3 | United States |
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