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The Chinese mainland almost doubled its number of billionaires from last year's 64 to 115 on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest people. More>>

2011 Rank

 2010 Rank

 Name

 Source

Country of Citizenship

 Net Worth

1 

 1

Carlos Slim Helu & family 

Telecom 

Mexico 

$74 B

2

 2

  Bill Gates

 Microsoft

 United States

$56 B

 3

 3

  Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway 

United States

$50 B

 4

7

 Bernard Arnault

 LVMH

France

$41 B

 5

6

 Larry Ellison

 Oracle

United States

$39.5 B

 6

5

  Lakshmi Mittal

Steel 

India

$31.1 B

 7

9 

  Amancio Ortega

 Zara

Spain

$31 B

 8

8

  Eike Batista

Mining, Oil 

Brazil

$30 B

 9

4

  Mukesh Ambani

 Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas

 India

$27 B

 10

12

  Christy Walton & family

 Walmart

United States

$26.5 B

Robin Li
Rank: 95  
Net Worth: $9.4 billion
Source: Internet

Liang Wengen
Rank: 114
Net Worth: $8 billion
Source: Machinery

Zong Qinghou
Rank: 169
Net Worth: $5.9 billion
Source: Beverages

Li Li & family
Rank: 179
Net Worth: $5.7 billion
Source: Pharmaceuticals

He Xiangjian
Rank: 185
Net Worth: $5.5 billion
Source: Air conditioners

Wu Yajun
Rank: 185
Net Worth: $5.5 billion
Source: Real Estate

Xu Jiayin
Rank: 200
Net Worth: $5.1 billion
Source: Real Estate

Ma Huateng
Rank: 208
Net Worth: $5 billion
Source: Internet

Zhang Jindong
Rank: 208
Net Worth: $5 billion
Source: Appliances

Wang Jianlin
Rank: 232
Net Worth: $4.6 billion
Source: Real Estate