Are you rich enough to buy your own Hawaiian island? If you are on this Top 10 list of richest people in the world, you just may be able to purchase an island in Hawaii. According to Forbes, these billionaires have made their money from telecommunications to software to clothing. It just shows that there are many ways to make a billion. So get back to work on your latest get rich scheme and maybe you will be the next name on this list of the Top 10 richest people in the world from 2011.
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1. Carlos Slim : $69Billion telecommunications
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2. Bill Gates : $61B , Microsoft
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3. Warren Buffett : $44B , Berkshire Hathaway
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4. Bernard Arnault : $41B , LVMH Moet Hennessy
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5. Armancio Ortega : $37.5B , Zara International
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6. Larry Ellison : $36B , Oracle
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7. Eike Batista : $30B , mining and oil industries
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8. Stefan Persson : $26B , clothing chain H&M
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9. Li Ka-shing : $25.5B , diversified industries
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10. Karl Albrecht : $25.4B , discount supermarket chain Aldi Group
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Who did you think would have been on the list that was not?
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