List Of Top 10 Richest Person In The World By 2006
Here is the list of the top 10 richest people in the world by 2006.## Bill Gates tops the list with a total of $52.0 billion. He is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, together with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.## Check out the complete list below.## List of top 10 richest person in the world by 2006 # Name Net worth USD Age Nationality Source of wealth 1.- Bill Gates $52.0 billion 50 United States Microsoft 2.- Warren Buffett $42.0 billion 75 United States Berkshire Hathaway 3.- Carlos Slim $30.0 billion 66 Mexico América Móvil, Grupo Carso 4.- Ingvar Kamprad $28.0 billion 79 Sweden IKEA 5.- Lakshmi Mittal $23.5 billion 55 India Mittal Steel Company 6.- Paul Allen $22.0 billion 53 United States Microsoft 7.- Bernard Arnault $21.5 billion 57 France LVMH Moët Hennessy 8.- Al-Waleed bin Talal $20.0 billion 49 Saudi Arabia Kingdom Holding Company 9.- Kenneth Thomson $19.6 billion 82 Canada Thomson Corporation 10.- Li Ka-shing $18.8 billion 77 Hong Kong Cheung Kong Group, Hutchison Whampoa Stay Tuned##