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Jun 26 2012

Top 10 Richest People in the World

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.

1. Carlos Slim : $69Billion telecommunications

2. Bill Gates : $61B , Microsoft

3. Warren Buffett : $44B , Berkshire Hathaway

4. Bernard Arnault : $41B , LVMH Moet Hennessy

5. Armancio Ortega : $37.5B , Zara International

6. Larry Ellison : $36B , Oracle

7. Eike Batista : $30B , mining and oil industries

8. Stefan Persson : $26B , clothing chain H&M

9. Li Ka-shing : $25.5B , diversified industries

10. Karl Albrecht : $25.4B , discount supermarket chain Aldi Group

Who did you think would have been on the list that was not?

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Sep 26 2011

Top 10 Richest Americans in 2011

Category: Best List | Best of | new list | top 10 lists — The List Ninja @ 00:05

Which citizen of the United States has the highest estimated net worth on the recent list provided by Forbes? The combination of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet is impressive especially since they have started many foundations in order to support the greater good. You have to wonder if any of the people on this list would ever make our list of worst bosses of all time. So calculate your net worth and see how you compare to the Top 10 list of the richest Americans in 2011:

1. Bill Gates - $59 Billion (Microsoft)

2. Warren Buffet - $39B (Berkshire Hathaway)

3. Larry Ellison - $33B (Oracle)

4. Charles Koch - $25B (Koch Industries)

5. David Koch - $25B (Koch Industries)

6. Christy Walton - $24.5 B (Wal-Mart)

7. George Soros - $22B (Hedge Funds)

8. Sheldon Adelson - $21.5B (Casino’s)

9. Jim Walton - $21.1B (Wal-Mart)

10. Alice Walton - $20.9B (Wal-Mart)

Which of the newest billionaires will be next on this list?

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Mar 10 2011

Top 10 Wealthiest People in the World 2011

Category: Best List | Best of | new list | top 10 lists | trivia — The List Ninja @ 06:46

What does it take to become a Billionaire? The annual Forbes list of the Top 10 richest people in the world has been released and the list varies from tech moguls to resources. Charlie Sheen may not have made the list, but this is a list of the most winning people on the planet.

Here are the Top 10 wealthiest people of 2011:

Top 10

Name	Net worth	Industry

Carlos Slim Helú	$74 billion	Telecom

Bill Gates	$56 billion	Microsoft

Warren Buffett	$50 billion	Berkshire Hathaway

Bernard Arnault	$41 billion	LVMH

Larry Ellison	$39.5 billion	Oracle

Lakshmi Mittal	$31.1 billion	Steel

Amancio Ortega	$31 billion	Zara

Eike Batista	$30 billion	Mining, oil

Mukesh Ambani	$27 billion	Petrochemicals, oil & gas

Christy Walton	$26.5 billion	Wal-Mart

Who will be the next mogul to make the list in 2012?

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Aug 16 2010

Top 10 Colleges that produce Billionaires

Category: Best List | Best of | facts | top 10 lists | trivia — The List Ninja @ 22:03

Don’t we all want to be a Billionaire? It would be nice but when only a few hundred out of several billion people are billionaires, the odds seem a bit distant without a little luck. So to increase your odds, here is a list from Forbes of the Top 10 schools that the exclusive list of billionaires has attended:

Top 10 Universities that Produced the most billionaires

1. Harvard University: (54) Number of billionaire alumni
2. Stanford University (25)
3. University of Pennsylvania (18)
4. Columbia University (16)
5. Yale University (16)
6. University of Chicago (13)
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (11)
8. New York University (10)
9. Northwestern University (10)
10. Cornell University (9)

Only one of these made the list of the Top 10 Colleges for the money list.