The complete list of world's billionaires 2000

Billionaire list 2000

Rank

Name

Net Worth
(bil US$)

Citizenship

1Gates, William H. III60United States
2Ellison, Lawrence Joseph47United States
3Allen, Paul Gardner28United States
4Buffett, Warren Edward25.6United States
5Albrecht, Theo & Karl and family20Germany
6Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal20Saudi Arabia
7Walton, S. Robson20United States
8Son, Masayoshi19.4Japan
9Dell, Michael19.1United States
10Thomson, Kenneth16.1Canada
11Anschutz, Philip F.15.5United States
12Ballmer, Steven Anthony15.5United States
13Bettencourt, Liliane15.2France
14Berlusconi, Silvio12.8Italy
15Quandt, Johanna and family12.8Germany
16Arnault, Bernard12.6France
17Redstone, Sumner M.12.1United States
18Kluge, John Werner11.9United States
19Kirch, Leo11.5Germany
20Li Ka-shing11.3Hong Kong
21Ergen, Charles11.2United States
22Pritzker, Thomas J.10.7United States
23Murdoch, Keith Rupert9.4United States
24Takei, Yasuo9.3Japan
25Bertarelli, Ernesto9.1Switzerland
26Kwok brothers, Walter, Thomas, Raymond9Hong Kong
27Rausing, Gad and family9Sweden
28Lee Shau Kee8.6Hong Kong
29Haefner, Walter8.3Switzerland
30Turner, Robert E. (Ted)8.3United States
31Karamehmet, Mehmet and family8Turkey
32Olayan, Suliman8Saudi Arabia
33Slim Helu, Carlos7.9Mexico
34Pinault, Francois7.8France
35Persson, Stefan7.7Sweden
36Schwab, Charles R.7.5United States
37Johnson, Abigail7.4United States
38Rausing, Hans7.4Sweden
39Saji, Nobutada and family7.1Japan
40Mars, Forrest Edward Jr.7United States
41Mars, Jacqueline Badger7United States
42Mars, John Franklyn7United States
43Premji, Azim and family6.9India
44Tsai Wan-lin and family6.7Taiwan
45Ambani, Dhirubhai and family6.6India
46Filo, David6.6United States
47Huntsman, Jon Meade6.6United States
48Sidhu, Sanjiv6.5United States
49Marinho, Roberto and family6.4Brazil
50Yang, Jerry6.4United States
51Halley, Paul-Louis and family6.3France
52Landolt, Pierre and family6.3Switzerland
53Otto, Michael and family6.3Germany
54Ito, Masatoshi6.2Japan
55Bezos, Jeffrey P.6.1United States
56Mccaw, Craig O.6.1United States
57Kerkorian, Kirk5.9United States
58von Siemens family5.9Germany
59Yanai, Tadashi5.8Japan
60Al-Kharafi, Nasser and family5.7Kuwait
61Mohn, Reinhard and family5.7Germany
62Sabanci, Sakip and family5.7Turkey
63Del Vecchio, Leonardo5.5Italy
64Grosvenor, Gerald Cavendish and family5.5U.K.
65Pritzker, Robert Alan5.5United States
66Waitt, Theodore W.5.5United States
67Nicholas, Henry T.5.4United States
68Engelhorn, Curt5.2Germany
69von Finck, August and family5.2Germany
70Dassault, Serge and family5.1France
71Goodnight, James5.1United States
72Samueli, Henry5.1United States
73Agnelli, Giovanni and family5Italy
74Kinoshita, Kyosuke5Japan
75Omidyar, Pierre M.5United States
76von Holtzbrinck, Dieter and family5Germany
77Plattner, Hasso4.9Germany
78Benetton, Luciano and family4.8Italy
79Wurth, Reinhold4.8Germany
80Bass, Lee Marshall4.7United States
81Fukuda, Yoshitake4.7Japan
82Herz, G|nter and family4.7Germany
83Okada, Kazuo4.7Japan
84Kuok, Robert4.6Malaysia
85Newhouse, Donald Edward4.5United States
86Newhouse, Samuel Irving Jr.4.5United States
87Simplot, John R.4.5United States
88Wang, Patrick4.5Hong Kong
89Woeste, Albrecht and Henkel family4.5Germany
90Iwasaki, Fukuzo4.4Japan
91Johnson, Samuel Curtis4.4United States
92Koc, Rahmi and family4.4Turkey
93Doris, Ennio4.3Italy
94Gerling, Rolf4.3Germany
95Heineken, Alfred4.3Netherlands
96Latsis, Spiro4.3Greece
97Li, Richard4.3Hong Kong
98Schmidheiny, Stephan4.3Switzerland
99Soru, Renato4.3Italy
100Wang, Y.C.4.3Taiwan
101Bass, Sid Richardson4.2United States
102Broad, Eli4.2United States
103Haub, Erivan and family4.2Germany
104Reimann family4.2Germany
105Siebel, Thomas M4.2United States
106Beisheim, Otto4.1Germany
107Irving, James, Arthur and John4.1Canada
108Malone, John C.4.1United States
109Sainsbury, David and family4.1UK
110Schmidt-Ruthenbeck family4.1Germany
111Greenberg, Maurice Raymond4United States
112Haffa, Thomas4Germany
113Kamel, Saleh4Saudi Arabia
114Merck family4Germany
115Bronfman, Edgar M. Sr.3.9United States
116Deshpande, Gururaj, E.3.9United States
117Hostetter, Amos Barr Jr.3.9United States
118Lauder, Leonard Alan3.9United States
119Lauder, Ronald Steven3.9United States
120Mori, Akira3.9Japan
121Bombardier family3.8Canada
122Jacobs, Klaus3.8Switzerland
123Knight, Philip H.3.8United States
124Lerner, Alfred3.8United States
125Packer, Kerry3.8Australia
126Takizaki, Takemitsu3.8Japan
127Dumas, Jean-Louis and family3.7France
128Icahn, Carl Celian3.7United States
129Johnson, Edward Crosby III3.7United States
130Nadar, Shiv3.7India
131Schmidheiny, Thomas3.7Switzerland
132Wang, Nina3.7Hong Kong
133Al Rajhi, Saleh bin Abdul Aziz3.6Saudi Arabia
134Lim Goh Tong3.6Malaysia
135Otsuka, Akihiko and family3.6Japan
136Sahenk, Ayhan and family3.6Turkey
137Al-Hariri, Rafik and family3.5Lebanon
138Bass, Robert Muse3.5United States
139Cisneros, Gustavo and family3.5Venezuela
140Jameel, Mohammed and family3.5Saudi Arabia
141Schickedanz family3.5Germany
142Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki3.5Japan
143Ng Teng Fong and Robert3.4Singapore
144Tschira, Klaus3.4Germany
145Branson, Richard3.3UK
146Bronfman, Charles R.3.3Canada
147Moller, Maersk Mc-Kinney3.3Denmark
148Kipp, Karl-Heinz3.2Germany
149Koo, Jeffrey and family3.2Taiwan
150Oetker, Rudolf and family3.2Germany
151Widjaja, Eka Tjipta3.2Indonesia
152Foriel-Destezet, Philippe3.1France
153Jinnai, Ryoichi3.1Japan
154Kristiansen, Kjeld Kirk3.1Denmark
155Chandra, Subhash3India
156Kamprad, Ingvar3Sweden
157Safra, Joseph and Moise3Brazil
158Cheng Yu-tung2.9Hong Kong
159Hayek, Nicolas2.9Switzerland
160Schmid, Gerhard2.9Germany
161Skoll, Jeff2.9Canada
162van Vlissingen family2.9Netherlands
163Vik, Alexander2.9Norway
164Bouygues, Martin2.8France
165Faria, Aloysio de Andrade2.8Brazil
166Funai, Tetsuro2.8Japan
167Itoyama, Eitaro2.8Japan
168Kuo, Terry2.8Taiwan
169Lee Kun-hee and family2.8South Korea
170Oppenheimer, Nicky and family2.8South Africa
171Khoo Teck Puat2.7Singapore
172Kokkalis, Socrates2.7Greece
173Yoshida, Tadahiro2.7Japan
174Kadoorie, Michael and family2.6Hong Kong
175Louis-Dreyfus, Gerard and family2.6France
176Jahr, John and family2.5Germany
177Mantegazza, Sergio2.5Switzerland
178Wertheimer, Alain2.5France
179Yamauchi, Hiroshi2.5Japan
180Al-Ghurair, Abdul-Aziz2.4UAE
181Fukutake, Soichiro2.4Japan
182Mann, Hugo and family2.4Germany
183Weston, Galen2.4Canada
184Fung, Victor & William2.3Hong Kong
185Schroder, Bruno2.3UK
186David-Weill, Michel2.2France
187Ecclestone, Bernard2.2UK
188Hopp, Dietmar and family2.2Germany
189Mikitani, Hiroshi2.2Japan
190O'Reilly, Anthony2.2Ireland
191Arison Dorsman, Shari2.1Israel
192John T. Dorrance 3rd2.1Ireland
193Kampf, Serge2.1France
194Lede, David and Cliff2.1Canada
195Lowy, Frank2.1Australia
196Mendoza, Lorenzo and family2.1Venezuela
197Mittal, Lakshmi2.1India
198Ofer, Yuli and Sammy2.1Israel
199Perez Companc, Gregorio2.1Argentina
200Sawiris, Onsi and family2.1Egypt
201Tan, Lucio2.1Philippines
202Zambrano, Lorenzo2.1Mexico
203Al Jeraisy, Abdul Al Rahman2Saudia Arabia
204Ermirio de Moraes, Jose and Antonio2Brazil
205Garza Laguera, Eugenio and family2Mexico
206Goldschmeding, Frits2Netherlands
207Kwek Leng Beng2Singapore
208Miyamoto, Masafumi2Japan
209Morita, Masao2Japan
210Rai, Vinay and family2India
211Schoerghuber, Stefan2Germany
212Thurn und Taxis family2Germany
213Verspieren family2France
214Ebner, Martin1.9Switzerland
215Matthews, Terry1.9U.K.
216Oppenheim, Alfred von1.9Germany
217Pattison, Jim1.9Canada
218Sherman, Bernard (Barry)1.9Canada
219Bamford, Sir Anthony and family1.8UK
220Fok, Henry1.8Hong Kong
221Hargreaves, John and family1.8U.K.
222Ho, Stanley1.8Hong Kong
223Moores family1.8U.K.
224Quek Leng Chan1.8Malaysia
225Sekiya, Kenichi1.8Japan
226Birla, Kumar Mangalam1.7India
227Blocher, Christoph1.7Switzerland
228Busujima, Kunio1.7Japan
229Chang Yung-fa1.7Taiwan
230Lam, Barry1.7Taiwan
231Nambu, Yasuyuki1.7Japan
232Rogers, Edward S. (Ted)1.7Canada
233Rothschild family1.7France/UK
234Shigeta, Yasumitsu1.7Japan
235Brost family1.6Germany
236Champalimaud, Antonio and family1.6Portugal
237Chen Din Hwa1.6Hong Kong
238Fortabat, Amalia Lacroze de1.6Argentina
239Funke family1.6Germany
240Mabuchi, Kenichi family1.6Japan
241March, Juan and Carlos1.6Spain
242Pratt, Richard1.6Australia
243Robert, Jr. Bosch1.6Germany
244Uehara, Shoji1.6Japan
245Weston, Garry1.6UK
246Zobel de Ayala, Jaime Augusto1.6Philippines
247Arango, Jeronimo1.5Mexico
248Azcarraga Jean, Emilio1.5Mexico
249Camargo, Dirce Navarro and family1.5Brazil
250de Azevedo, Belmiro1.5Portugal
251Harmsworth, Jonathan1.5UK
252Kudelski, Andre1.5Switzerland
253Liebherr family1.5Switzerland
254Martin Bringas, Ricardo and family1.5Mexico
255Swire, Sir Adrian and family1.5United Kingdom
256Ty, George1.5Philippines
257Botin, Emilio and family1.4Spain
258Diniz, Abilio dos Santos and family1.4Brazil
259Fujita, Den1.4Japan
260Hilti, Michael1.4Liechtenstein
261Matte, Eliodoro1.4Chile
262Nakajima, Kenkichi1.4Japan
263Ogiwara, Ikuo1.4Japan
264Saba Raffoul, Isaac and family1.4Mexico
265Salinas Pliego, Ricardo and family1.4Mexico
266Tane, Hiroshi1.4Japan
267Tiong Hiew King1.4Malaysia
268Wada, Shigefumi1.4Japan
269Del Pino, Rafael and family1.3Spain
270Escarrer, Gabriel1.3Spain
271Hector, Hans Werner1.3Germany
272Ikemori, Kenji1.3Japan
273Mannix, Ron1.3Canada
274McCain, Wallace1.3Canada
275Raju, B.Ramalinga1.3India
276Schmidt, Karl Gerhard1.3Germany
277Sy, Henry1.3Philippines
278Andre, Henri and Eric1.2Switzerland
279Bailleres, Alberto and family1.2Mexico
280Bozano, Julio1.2Brazil
281Chearavanont, Dhanin1.2Thailand
282de Noble, Ernestina Herrera1.2Argentina
283Fukushima, Yasuhiro1.2Japan
284Haindl family1.2Germany
285Kozuki, Kagemasa1.2Japan
286Luksic And Family, Andronico1.2Chile
287Noda, Masahiro1.2Japan
288Romo Garza, Alfonso1.2Mexico
289Sato, Kenichiro1.2Japan
290Sirois, Charles1.2Canada
291Stroeher family1.2Germany
292Takenaka, Toichi1.2Japan
293Yeoh, Francis1.2Malaysia
294Angelini, Anacleto1.1Chile
295Asper, Israel1.1Canada
296Freudenberg family1.1Germany
297Kimura, Kenji1.1Japan
298Larrea Mota-Velasco, German1.1Mexico
299Lee family1.1Singapore
300Liselott Tham1.1Sweden
301McCain, Harrison1.1Canada
302Peralta, Carlos1.1Mexico
303Santo Domingo, Julio Mario1.1Colombia
304Wee Cho Yaw1.1Singapore
305Aramburuzabala, Maria Asuncion and family1Mexico
306Cutrale, Jose and family1Brazil
307Hinduja family1India
308Katayama, Takao1Japan
309Knauf, Baldwin and Nikolaus1Germany
310Koplowitz, Alicia1Spain
311Lewis, Joseph1UK
312Liem Sioe Liong1Indonesia
313Merckle, Adolf and family1Germany
314Miller, Robert1UK
315Oshima, Kenshin1Japan
316Rocca, Roberto and family1Argentina
317Simon family1Germany
318Tan Yu1Philippines
319Thyssen-Bornemisza, Georg ("Heini Jr.")1Switzerland
320Vidigal, Gaston1Brazil
321Yamaguchi, Hisakazu1Japan
322Yung, Larry1Hong Kong

 

Sources: see Forbes List of billionaires

 

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