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 It is hardly difficult to find a man or a woman who
actually has not heard of Bill Gates. Similarly, Warren Buffett, Lakshmi
Mittal, Mukesh Ambani, Paul Allen are some of the widespread name who enlisted
themselves in the list of wealthiest people. The first and foremost reason
behind this admiration is that they are rich, richest people around the world. Whoever
not willing to hear the story of such people established in different professions!
Almost all of us undoubtedly deserve some passions for that.
We could see the catalog of wealthiest
people in every year by dint of Forbes Magazine, an American bi-weekly
publication. It publishes the names of richest people and billionaires according
to their net amount of wealth.
Index of measuring wealth
The latest list of richest people was made
in the month of February, 2008. It was just a one day's estimation of wealth.
The things considered to make the list were stock prices of particular
companies owned by the richest people, exchange rates, ownership shares of
corporation, exchange rates comparison between the companies etc. Due to
fluctuation in share market, a single day was selected to evaluate the persons'
valuation.
The catalog based on the basis of the whole
net worth of the richest persons. The total amount was measured in US dollars
($). But it should be mentioned here that the chief representatives of a
country or state (president, leader, chancellor) were not enlisted in this
catalog.
Who take over the title of richest person!
Knowing the richest people, their net worth
of wealth and identity are always a matter of pleasure. The first 20 persons
appeared in the list of affluent people are -Warren Buffett, ($62.0 billion)
United States, Carlos Slim Helú ($60), Mexico, Bill Gates, ($58) United States,
Lakshmi Mittal ($45) India, Mukesh Ambani,
($43) India, Anil Ambani ($42) India, Rinat Akhmetov ($31.1) Ukraine,
Ingvar Kamprad and family, ($31) Sweden, Kushal Pal Singh, ($30) India, Oleg
Deripaska ($28) Russia, Karl Albrecht, ($27) Germany, Li Ka-shing ($26.5) Hong
Kong, Sheldon Adelson, ($26) United States, Bernard Arnault ($25.5) France,
Lawrence Ellison, ($25) United States, Roman Abramovich, ($23.5) Russia, Theo
Albrecht, ($23), Germany, Liliane Bettencourt ($22.9) France, Alexei Mordashov,
($21.2), Russia, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud ($21) Saudi Arabia.
Warren Buffett
Placing the Microsoft founder Bill Gates behind,
Warren Buffet becomes the richest person in 2008. The American wealthiest Buffett
possesses more than $62 billion. His company is Berkshire Hathaway. He is one
and the same person who is an investor, businessman and philanthropist as well.
Carlos Slim Helu
The 2nd top wealthiest person Helu
almost doubled his earnings for the last two years and maintained this position. The Mexican telecom
tycoon Slim Helu's net worth of wealth is $62 billion. He invested in Telmex,
América Móvil and Grupo Financiero Inbursa.
Bill Gates
People usually have been observing Gates' name
at the top for more than last 13 years. So someone might be confused after
hearing the news that Bill Gates is the third richest person. But it is true,
Bill Gates is not holding the top rank. In 2008, Gates' wealth is measured as $58
billion, just $2 billion less than in the previous year. His source of wealth is
definitely the Microsoft Corporation- the largest software company in the world.
Indian billionaires give surprises
It was generally seen over the years that
most billionaires come in fact from the United States of America. In 2006, a
good number of American richest placed in top 10 while the figure prevailed
eight out of 10 in 2004. But the change has also come in the position of the
wealthiest people. Indian billionaires show supremacy. At least four Indian
richest (Kushal Pal Singh, Lakshmi Mittal
Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani) were among
the top 10.
Though Indian showed dominance in the top
10, American richest were the largest in number. The USA held 42% of total
number of billionaires while Russia became second gripping 87 billionaires and
Germany surprisingly seized 59 billionaires.
Youngest billionaires
Though it is no longer news that Bill Gates
lost his top position but that a 23 year-old man became a billionaire is unquestionably
hot news. The youngest billionaire's name is Mark Zuckerberg. He is just 23. He
made his money creating social networking site, very well known name,
Facebook.
Women wealthiest
There exist a number of women billionaires
in the world. Oprah Winfrey is one of the richest women having net worth of
$2.5 billion. Being an American she got familiarity as a queen of media.
Similarly, we can mention here Liliane
Bettencourt who earned approximately $20.7 billion through her family business
while Christy Walton, $15.9 billion, Alice Walton, $16.6, Abigail Johnson, $13,
Anne Cox Chambers, $12.6, Birgit Rausing, $11, Jacqueline, $14, Susanne
Klatten, $8.1, Yang Huiyan, $9 and Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler held $8.7
billion.
Md. Asraful Alam
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