The World's Billionaires 2011
{{short description|2011 edition of Forbe's The World's Billionaires}}
The World's Billionaires 2011 edition was 25th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 14, 2011. It was released online on March 8, 2011. Russian investor Lucio Mata, a newcomer for 2011, was the cover photo.
Annual list
Mexican telecommunication mogul Carlos Slim added $20.5 billion to his fortune, the most of anyone, and retained his number one ranking with a total fortune of $74 billion.{{cn|date=June 2020}} Microsoft founder Bill Gates added $3 billion to his fortune and placed second, the same place he finished in 2010. Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett remained in third with $50 billion. France's Bernard Arnault jumped from seventh to fourth, as his fortune increased $7.5 billion. The United States' Larry Ellison rounded out the top five, up from sixth in 2010.{{cite news|title=Carlos Slim Tops Forbes List of Billionaires for Second Year|date=March 10, 2011|publisher=Bloomberg|author=Elizabeth Ody|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-09/carlos-slim-tops-forbes-list-of-billionaires-for-second-year.html|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}
According to Forbes editor Kerry Dolan, "media and technology billionaires definitely benefited from a stronger stock market and a growing enthusiasm for all things social" since the 2010 list. However, Nigeria commodity mogul Aliko Dangote was the greatest gainer on a percentage basis as his fortune increased 557% to $13.5 billion. Placing 51st overall, he finished one spot ahead of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg too was among the top gainers, adding $9.5 billion to his fortune. Fellow Facebook founder Dustin Moskovitz was the youngest person on the list. Aged 26, eight days younger than Zuckerberg, he debuted at number 420 with an estimated fortune of $2.7 billion. Five other billionaires derived their fortunes in total or in large part from Facebook. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was the largest loser as he saw his fortune plummet from $23 billion to $6 billion, dropping him from 11th to 162nd overall.{{cn|date=June 2020}} The average net worth of those on the list increased from $3.6 billion in 2010 to $3.7 billion.{{cite news|title=Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey Drop in Forbes Billionaire Ranking|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 9, 2011|author=Georg Szalai|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-oprah-winfrey-drop-166128|accessdate=March 15, 2014}}
A record 1,210 billionaires made the 2011 list, surpassing the 1,125 people who made the list in 2008. Their combined wealth was $4.5 trillion, up from $3.6 trillion the previous year.{{cite news|title=Forbes' 2011 list of 'World's Billionaires' is biggest ever|work=Syracuse Post-Standard|author=Geoff Herbert|date=March 10, 2011|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/forbes_2011_list_of_worlds_bil.html|accessdate=March 15, 2014}} On the individual level, 648 people saw their wealth increase since 2010, while 160 fortunes went down.
One third of the world's billionaires, 413, came from the United States. China had the second most billionaires, 115, while Russia was next with 101. Moscow was the home to the most billionaires of any city, 79, overtaking New York City. Asia moved up to 332 billionaires. The list included 214 newcomers. Of those, 54 were from China and 31 from Russia.
Top 10
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| No.
! Name ! Age ! Source(s) of wealth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}} {{steady}} | {{sortname|Carlos|Slim}} | style="text-align:center;"|$74.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|71 | Mexico | Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|2}} {{steady}} | {{sortname|Bill|Gates}} | style="text-align:center;"|$56.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|55 | United States | Microsoft |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|3}} {{steady}} | {{sortname|Warren|Buffett}} | style="text-align:center;"|$50.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|80 | United States | Berkshire Hathaway |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|4}} {{profit}} | {{sortname|Bernard|Arnault}} | style="text-align:center;"|$41.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|62 | France | LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|5}} {{profit}} | {{sortname|Larry|Ellison}} | style="text-align:center;"|$39.5 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|66 | United States | Oracle Corporation |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|6}} {{loss}} | {{sortname|Lakshmi|Mittal}} | style="text-align:center;"|$31.1 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|60 | India | Arcelor Mittal |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|7}} {{profit}} | {{sortname|Amancio|Ortega}} | style="text-align:center;"|$31.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|74 | Spain | Inditex Group |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|8}} {{steady}} | {{sortname|Eike|Batista}} | style="text-align:center;"|$30.0 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|53 | Brazil | EBX Group |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|9}} {{loss}} | {{sortname|Mukesh|Ambani}} | style="text-align:center;" |$27.0 billion {{loss}} | style="text-align:center;"|54 | India | Reliance Industries |
| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|10}} {{profit}} | {{sortname|Christy|Walton}} & family | style="text-align:center;"|$26.5 billion {{profit}} | style="text-align:center;"|55 | United States | Walmart |
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Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/10/billionaires_2011.html|title=The World's Billionaires 2011|website=Forbes}}</ref>
| class="wikitable"
|No. |Name |Net Worth USD billion |Age |Nationality |Source(s) of wealth | |
| 1
|Carlos Slim Helu & family |74,0 |71 | Mexico |
| 2
|56,0 |55 | |
| 3
|50,0 |88 | |
| 4
|41,0 |62 |LVMH | |
| 5
|39.5 |66 | |
| 6
|31.1 |60 |Steel | |
| 7
|31,0 |74 |Zara | |
| 8
|30,0 |54 |mining, oil | |
| 9
|27,0 |53 |petrochemicals, oil & gas | |
| 10
|Christy Walton & family |26.5 |56 | |
| 11
|26,0 |82 |Diversified | |
| 12
|25.5 |91 |Aldi | |
| 13
|24.5 |63 |H&M | |
| 14
|24,0 |54 |Steel | |
| 15
|23.5 |88 | |
| 16
|23.3 |77 |casinos | |
| 17
|David Thomson & family |23,0 |53 |media | |
| 18
|22,0 |75 |Diversified | |
| 18
|22,0 |70 |Diversified | |
| 20
|21.3 |63 | |
| 21
|21.2 |61 | |
| 22
|21,0 |67 | |
| 23
|20,0 |N/A |real estate | |
| 24
|19.8 |37 | |
| 24
|19.8 |37 | |
| 26
|Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud |19.6 |56 |Investments | |
| 27
|Iris Fontbona & family |19.2 |N/A |Mining | |
| 28
|19,0 |83 |real estate | |
| 29
|18.5 |45 |Steel | |
| 30
|18.1 |69 | |
| 30
|18.1 |47 | |
| 32
|Michele Ferrero & family |18,0 |84 |chocolates | |
| 32
|18,0 |45 |Investments | |
| 34
|17.8 |50 |nonferrous metals | |
| 35
|17.7 |57 |steel, telecom, stocks | |
| 36
|16.8 |65 |Software | |
| 36
|16.8 |43 |aluminum | |
| 38
|Michael Otto & family |16.6 |67 |Retail | |
| 39
|16,0 |44 |steel, coal mines | |
| 39
|Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco & family |16,0 |57 |Mining | |
| 39
|16,0 |55 |hedge funds | |
| 42
|15.8 |67 |Diversified | |
| 43
|15.1 |46 |oil, banking, telecom | |
| 44
|14.6 |46 |Dell | |
| 44
|14.6 |48 |BMW, pharmaceuticals | |
| 46
|14.5 |54 | |
| 46
|14.5 |80 |hedge funds | |
| 48
|Berthold & Theo Albrecht Jr. & family |14.4 |N/A |Germany |Aldi, Trader Joe's | |
| 49
|Birgit Rausing & family |14,0 |87 |packaging | |
| 50
|13.9 |60 | |
| 51
|13.8 |53 |sugar, flour, cement | |
| 52
|13.5 |26 | |
| 53
|13.4 |91 | |
| 53
|13.4 |44 |steel, investments | |
| 55
|13.3 |71 |beer | |
| 56
|Savitri Jindal & family |13.2 |60 |Steel | |
| 57
|Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family |13,0 |59 |real estate | |
| 57
|13,0 |58 |Microsoft, investments | |
| 57
|13,0 |53 |oil, metals | |
| 60
|12.7 |73 |Nike | |
| 61
|12.5 |75 |leveraged buyouts | |
| 61
|12.5 |87 |Diversified | |
| 63
|12.3 |66 |oil | |
| 64
|12,0 |78 |real estate | |
| 64
|12,0 |68 |leveraged buyouts | |
| 66
|Alberto Baillères Gonzalez & family |11.9 |79 |Mining | |
| 67
|Francois Pinault & family |11.5 |74 |Retail | |
| 68
|11.4 |72 |banking | |
| 69
|11.3 |49 | |
| 70
|11.2 |62 |Steel | |
| 71
|11,0 |75 |eyewear | |
| 72
|10.7 |66 |shipping | |
| 72
|10.7 |44 |BMW | |
| 74
|10.6 |72 |hedge funds | |
| 75
|10.5 |78 |banking | |
| 75
|Horst Paulmann & family |10.5 |76 |Retail | |
| 77
|Nasser Al-Kharafi & family |10.4 |67 |construction | |
| 77
|Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte |10.4 |N/A |paper | |
| 79
|Sammy Ofer & family |10.3 |89 |shipping | |
| 80
|10.1 |53 | |
| 81
|10,0 |79 |candy, pet food | |
| 81
|10,0 |73 |shipping | |
| 81
|10,0 |74 |candy, pet food | |
| 81
|10,0 |71 |candy, pet food | |
| 81
|10,0 |84 |packaging | |
| 81
|Ernesto Bertarelli & family |10,0 |45 |biotech | |
| 81
|10,0 |48 |commodities, infrastructure | |
| 88
|9.9 |47 |mining, metals, machinery | |
| 89
|9.8 |84 |BMW | |
| 89
|Maria-Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler |9.8 |N/A |ball bearings | |
| 89
|9.8 |68 |oil & gas, banking | |
| 92
|9.6 |49 |oil, banking, telecom | |
| 93
|9.5 |44 |fertilizer | |
| 93
|9.5 |72 |telecom | |
| 95
|9.4 |42 |Internet | |
| 96
|Serge Dassault & family |9.3 |85 |aviation | |
| 97
|9.2 |43 |commodities | |
| 97
|9.2 |46 |insurance | |
| 99
|9.1 |55 |Natural gas | |
| 100
|9,0 |85 |real estate | |
| 101
|9,0 |57 |Mining | |
| 102
|8.9 |50 |Steel |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/10/billionaires_2011.html Forbes: The World's Billionaires 2011] (complete list)
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