The World's 15 Richest People
#15 Liliane Bettencourt
Net worth: $24 billion. This widow from France looks like your grandmother, and with the L'Oreal money she's made, she could spoil you rotten.
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15:
Liliane Bettencourt
Net worth: $24 billion. This widow from France looks like your grandmother, and with the L'Oreal money she's made, she could spoil you rotten.
14:
Sheldon Adelson
Net worth: $24.9 billion. This self-made billionaire may have robbed you blind with his casinos. He dropped out of college—yeah, your creative writing degree IS useless.
13:
David Koch
Net worth: $25 billion. He is New York City's richest resident, earning his money with his brother Charles from a multitude of diversified industries.
12:
Charles Koch
Net worth: $25 billion. Technically, he's tied with his brother David for #12. Sometimes they fight about it and resolve the issue by seeing who can flush more Benjamins down the toilet in an hour.
11:
Christy Walton
Net worth: $25.3 billion. She's the richest woman in the world and earned her billions by selling you crap you didn't even know you needed at Wal-Mart.
10:
Karl Albrect
Net worth: $25.4 billion. This 92-year-old German made his billions through the supermarket behemoth, Aldi Sud. Sorry, gold-diggers... he's married.
9:
Li Ka-shing
Net worth: $25.5 billion. He is the richest person in Asia, and his name not only sounds like "cashing" but also rhymes with "ka-ching!"
8:
Stefan Persson
Net worth: $26 billion. With H&M, this Swedish billionaire made his fortune selling the world sweaters that fall apart in the first wash.
7:
Eike Batista
Net worth: $30 billion. The Brazilian billionaire turned a gigantic profit with—what else?—oil and gold. He also dropped out of college. So much for higher education.
6:
Larry Ellison
Net worth: $36 billion. The founder of Oracle enjoys the blue-collar sport of yachting—he won the America's Cup in 2010. And ladies... he's single!
5:
Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $37.5 billion. Ortega starts the top five and made his billions with the fashion firm, Inditex. He recently bought a 43-story skyscraper in Madrid for $536 million dollars. Rumor has it, he had the cash in his wallet.
4:
Bernard Arnault
Net worth: $41 billion. Europe's richest person controls a luxury goods empire that includes Louis Vuitton and Bulgari. If you're looking for a nice vacation spot, you can rent his Bahamian Indigo Island for the low rate of only $300,000 a week.
3:
Warren Buffet
Net worth: $44 billion. The 81-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is finally retiring. $44 billion was just enough of a nest-egg for him to live comfortably in his old age.
2:
Bill Gates
Net worth: $61 billion. The richest resident of the US has already given away $28 billion and eradicated polio in India (seriously). Yet, he still can't cure the viruses that plague Microsoft products. Thanks, Bill.
1:
Carlos Slim Helu
Net worth: $69 billion. The world's richest man retains the title for a third-consecutive year, despite losing $5 billion in the last 12 months. We wonder if he checked the couch cushions.
