The complete list of world's billionaires 2003

Billionaire list 2003

Rank

Name

Age

Net Worth
(bil US$)

Citizenship

1William H Gates III4740.7United States
2Warren E Buffett7230.5United States
3Karl & Theo Albrecht—25.6Germany
4Paul G Allen5020.1United States
5Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud4617.7Saudi Arabia
6Lawrence J Ellison5816.6United States
7Alice L Walton5416.5United States
7Helen R Walton8316.5United States
7Jim C Walton5516.5United States
7John T Walton5716.5United States
7S Robson Walton5916.5United States
12Liliane Bettencourt8014.5France
13Kenneth Thomson & family7914Canada
14Ingvar Kamprad7613Sweden
15Birgit Rausing & family—12.9Sweden
16Steven A Ballmer4611.1United States
17John W Kluge8810.5United States
18Barbara Cox Anthony7910.3United States
18Anne Cox Chambers8310.3United States
18Amancio Ortega6710.3Spain
21Forrest E Mars Jr7110United States
21Jacqueline Mars6410United States
21John F Mars6610United States
24Michael Dell389.8United States
25Abigail Johnson418.2United States
26Mikhail B Khodorkovsky398Russia
26Sumner M Redstone798United States
28Li Ka-shing747.8Hong Kong
29Donald E Newhouse737.7United States
29Samuel I Newhouse Jr757.7United States
29Hans Rausing767.7Sweden
32Robert A Pritzker767.6United States
32Thomas J Pritzker527.6United States
34Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor517.5United Kingdom
35Carlos Slim Helu637.4Mexico
36Samuel C Johnson747.3United States
37Nobutada Saji & family577.1Japan
38George Soros727United States
39Khaled, Hayat, Hutham, Lubna & Mary Olayan—6.9Saudi Arabia
40Bernard Arnault546.7France
40Stefan Persson556.7Sweden
42Walter, Thomas & Raymond Kwok—6.6Hong Kong
43Galen Weston & family626.2Canada
44H Ty Warner596United States
45Silvio Berlusconi665.9Italy
45Charles Ergen505.9United States
45Azim Premji575.9India
48Carl Icahn675.8United States
49Roman A Abramovich365.7Russia
49Curt Engelhorn765.7Germany
49Friedrich K Flick Jr765.7Germany
52Leonardo Del Vecchio675.6Italy
52August von Finck725.6Germany
54Keith R Murdoch725.5United States
54Rudolf August Oetker & family865.5Germany
54Michael Otto & family595.5Germany
57Susanne Klatten415.3Germany
58Nasser Al-Kharafi & family595.1Kuwait
59Pierre Landolt & family555Switzerland
59Pierre M Omidyar355United States
59Yasuo Takei & family735Japan
62Philip F Anschutz634.9United States
63Michael R Bloomberg604.8United States
64Ernesto Bertarelli374.7Switzerland
65Luciano Benetton & family674.6Italy
65Marvin H Davis774.6United States
67Alain & Gerard Wertheimer—4.5France
68Mikhail M Fridman384.3Russia
68Lorenzo A Mendoza & family374.3Venezuela
68Stefan Quandt374.3Germany
71Philip H Knight654.2United States
72Eitaro Itoyama604.1Japan
72Fukuzo Iwasaki784.1Japan
72Edward C Johnson III724.1United States
72Karl-Heinz Kipp794.1Germany
72Reinhard Mohn & family814.1Germany
72Akira Mori664.1Japan
78Donald L Bren704United States
78Gustavo Cisneros & family574Venezuela
78Charles D Koch674United States
78David H Koch624United States
82Eli Broad693.9United States
83Rafik Al-Hariri & family593.8Lebanon
83David Geffen603.8United States
83Erivan Haub & family703.8Germany
83Maria -Elisabeth & Georg Schaeffler—3.8Germany
83Dieter, Monika & Stefan von Holtzbrinck—3.8Germany
88Charlene L de Carvalho483.7Netherlands
88Lee Shau Kee753.7Hong Kong
88Henry Ross Perot723.7United States
88Tsai Wan Lin783.7Taiwan
92Antonia Johnson593.6Sweden
92Joseph & Moise Safra—3.6Brazil
94Michele Ferrero763.5Italy
94James, Arthur & John Irving—3.5Canada
94William Wrigley Jr393.5United States
97Jeronimo Arango773.4Mexico
97Kirk Kerkorian853.4United States
97Robert Kuok803.4Malaysia
97Johanna Quandt753.4Germany
101Michael Kadoorie & family623.3Hong Kong
101Spiro Latsis & family563.3Greece
101Adolf Merckle683.3Germany
104Micky Arison533.2United States
104Riley P Bechtel503.2United States
104Stephen D Bechtel Jr773.2United States
104William A Cook713.2United States
104Serge Dassault & family783.2France
104Bernard Ecclestone & family723.2United Kingdom
104Paul Louis Halley & family683.2France
104Nicky Oppenheimer & family573.2South Africa
112James Goodnight603.1United States
113Rolf Gerling483Germany
113Mohammed Jameel & family—3Saudi Arabia
113George Lucas583United States
113David Sainsbury & family623United Kingdom
113Jack C Taylor803United States
118Abdulaziz Bin Hamad Algosaibi & family692.9Saudi Arabia
118Robert Bosch Jr & family752.9Germany
118Hubert Burda632.9Germany
118Henry L Hillman842.9United States
118Hasso Plattner592.9Germany
123Mukesh & Anil Ambani—2.8India
123Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family562.8Saudi Arabia
123Lester Crown & family772.8United States
123Lee Kun-hee612.8South Korea
123Francois Pinault662.8France
123Sakip Sabanci & family702.8Turkey
123Jeffrey S Skoll382.8Canada
123Nina Wang—2.8Hong Kong
132Heinz Bauer632.7Germany
132Aloysio de Andrade Faria822.7Brazil
132Walter Haefner922.7Switzerland
132Kyosuke Kinoshita & family622.7Japan
132Ann Walton Kroenke532.7United States
137John E Abele652.6United States
137George B Kaiser602.6United States
137Khoo Teck Puat862.6Singapore
137Leonard A Lauder692.6United States
137Samuel J LeFrak & family852.6United States
137Sergio Mantegazza752.6Switzerland
137Gordon Earle Moore742.6United States
137Charles R Schwab652.6United States
137Patrick Wang522.6Hong Kong
137Reinhold Würth672.6Germany
147Robert M Bass552.5United States
147Jeffrey P Bezos392.5United States
147Jon M Huntsman652.5United States
147Craig O McCaw532.5United States
147John R Menard Jr632.5United States
147Kerry Packer652.5Australia
147Ronald O Perelman602.5United States
147David Rockefeller Sr872.5United States
147Stephan Schmidheiny552.5Switzerland
147Yoshiaki Tsutsumi682.5Japan
147Viktor Vekselberg452.5Russia
158Shari Arison452.4Israel
158Kumar M Birla352.4India
158Masatoshi Ito782.4Japan
158Stefan Schörghuber412.4Germany
162Edgar M Bronfman Sr742.3United States
162Clive Calder562.3United Kingdom
162John T Dorrance III592.3Ireland
162Tetsuro Funai762.3Japan
162Maurice R Greenberg772.3United States
162Ray L Hunt602.3United States
162Barbara Piasecka Johnson662.3United States
162Saleh Kamel612.3Saudi Arabia
162Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen552.3Denmark
162Nancy Walton Laurie512.3United States
162Hugo Mann & family892.3Germany
162A Jerrold Perenchio722.3United States
162Robert Rowling492.3United States
162Anton Schlecker582.3Germany
162Preston R Tisch762.3United States
177Charles R Bronfman712.2Canada
177Susan Thompson Buffett702.2United States
177Jean-Claude Decaux & family652.2France
177Yoshitaka Fukuda & family552.2Japan
177Ronald S Lauder592.2United States
177Achille Maramotti762.2Italy
177Lakshmi Mittal522.2India
177Peter M Nicholas622.2United States
177Jim Pattison742.2Canada
177Bernard (Barry) Sherman612.2Canada
177Shin Kyuk-ho802.2South Korea
177John R Simplot & family942.2United States
177James L Sorenson812.2United States
177Steven A Spielberg562.2United States
177Leonard N Stern642.2United States
192Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi832.1Saudi Arabia
192Gerald Cadogan652.1United Kingdom
192Rafael del Pino & family822.1Spain
192Gordon P Getty662.1United States
192Martha R Ingram & family672.1United States
192Girard Louis-Dreyfus & family702.1France
192Leslie Herbert Wexner652.1United States
199Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair492United Arab Emirates
199Amos B Hostetter Jr662United States
199Rahmi Koc & family722Turkey
199Patrick J McGovern652United States
199Pallonji S Mistry732India
199Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller892Denmark
199Carl Pohlad872United States
199Laurence A Tisch802United States
199Robert E (Ted) Turner642United States
199Lorenzo Zambrano & family582Mexico
209Donald J Hall741.9United States
209Otto Happel551.9Germany
209Leona Helmsley831.9United States
209Ralph Lauren641.9United States
209Lim Goh Tong851.9Malaysia
209Richard E Rainwater581.9United States
209Thomas Schmidheiny571.9Switzerland
209Clemmie D Spangler Jr701.9United States
209Lucio Tan681.9Philippines
209Glen Taylor611.9United States
209Donald J Trump571.9United States
209Klaus Tschira621.9Germany
209YC Wang861.9Taiwan
222S D Abraham791.8United States
222Herbert A Allen Jr631.8United States
222Kunio Busujima & family631.8Japan
222Charles C Butt641.8United States
222William M Davidson801.8United States
222Eugenio Garza Laguera & family791.8Mexico
222Jess S Jackson731.8United States
222Frank Lowy & family721.8Australia
222Wallace McCain731.8Canada
222Vladimir O Potanin421.8Russia
222Robert E Rich Sr891.8United States
222Ferit Sahenk & family391.8Turkey
222Tsai Wan Tsai—1.8Taiwan
222Samuel Zell611.8United States
236Giorgio Armani681.7Italy
236Alberto Bailleres701.7Mexico
236Richard Branson521.7United Kingdom
236Cheng Yu-tung771.7Hong Kong
236Paul Desmarais & family761.7Canada
236Richard M DeVos771.7United States
236Edward L Gaylord831.7United States
233Günter Herz621.7Germany
236H W Huizenga651.7United States
236Steven P Jobs481.7United States
236Peter R Kellogg601.7United States
236Kwek Leng Beng621.7Singapore
236Juan & Carlos March—1.7Spain
236Clayton Lee Mathile621.7United States
236Rosalia Mera591.7Spain
236Kenneth Morrison & family711.7United Kingdom
236Ng Teng Fong741.7Singapore
236Haim Saban581.7United States
236Takemitsu Takizaki571.7Japan
236Dennis Washington681.7United States
256Donald G Fisher741.6United States
256Doris Feigenbaum Fisher721.6United States
256Alec Gores501.6United States
256Terry Gou—1.6Taiwan
256Nicolas Hayek741.6Switzerland
256Roberto Hernandez601.6Mexico
256Daniela Herz491.6Germany
256Bradley W Hughes691.6United States
256Ananda Krishnan641.6Malaysia
256Lee Seng Wee781.6Singapore
256Willi and Isolde Liebherr—1.6Switzerland
256Andronico Luksic & family761.6Chile
256E Pierce Marshall641.6United States
256Sammy and Yuli Ofer—1.6Israel
256Gregorio Perez Companc & family681.6Argentina
256Mikhail Prokhorov371.6Russia
256Hans Riegel801.6Germany
256Paul Riegel761.6Germany
256Fayez S Sarofim741.6United States
256Madeleine Schickedanz591.6Germany
256Steven Udvar-Hazy571.6United States
256Eugen Viehof & family861.6Germany
278Umberto Agnelli & family681.5Italy
278Mohammad H Al Amoudi571.5Saudi Arabia
278Ronald Burkle501.5United States
278Oleg V Deripaska341.5Russia
278Stanley Druckenmiller491.5United States
278Jean-Louis Dumas & family641.5France
278Thomas F Frist Jr641.5United States
278Tom T Gores381.5United States
278Alfredo Harp Helu591.5Mexico
278Michael Herz571.5Germany
278Wolfgang Herz521.5Germany
278Ryoichi Jinnai & family761.5Japan
278Charles B Johnson701.5United States
278Daryl A Katz411.5Canada
278Herbert Kohler & family641.5United States
278John C Malone621.5United States
278Harrison McCain751.5Canada
278Hideo Morita & family511.5Japan
278Quek Leng Chan621.5Malaysia
278Laurance Spelman Rockefeller921.5United States
278John Sall541.5United States
278Jackson T Stephens791.5United States
278Jay Van Andel781.5United States
278Albert von Thurn und Taxis191.5Germany
278Vladimir P Yevtushenkov541.5Russia
303Sheldon Adelson691.4United States
303Anacleto Angelini891.4Chile
303Christoph Blocher621.4Switzerland
303Antonio Champalimaud841.4Portugal
303Richard T Farmer681.4United States
303Philip Green511.4United Kingdom
303Rachman Halim & family551.4Indonesia
303Stanley Ho811.4Hong Kong
303Koo Chen-fu861.4Taiwan
303Bruce Kovner571.4United States
303Michael Krasny491.4United States
303E Stanley Kroenke551.4United States
303Michael Lee-Chin521.4Canada
303Kenichi Mabuchi & family701.4Japan
303Mary Alice Dorrance Malone531.4United States
303Bernard Marcus731.4United States
303Eliodoro Matte & family571.4Chile
303Eugene Melnyk431.4Canada
303George Phydias Mitchell831.4United States
303James M Moran841.4United States
303David H Murdock791.4United States
303Miuccia Prada & family531.4Italy
303Richard M Schulze621.4United States
303Adrian Swire & family721.4United Kingdom
303John A Fentener van Vlissingen641.4Netherlands
303Hiroshi Yamauchi751.4Japan
329Vagit Y Alekperov521.3Russia
329Franklin O Booth Jr801.3United States
329Martin Bouygues & family511.3France
329Dhanin Chearavanont & family631.3Thailand
329Chen Din Hwa801.3Hong Kong
329Jean Coutu751.3Canada
329Mark Cuban441.3United States
329David A Duffield621.3United States
329Louis L Gonda541.3United States
329Alicia Koplowitz501.3Spain
329Henry R Kravis591.3United States
329Robert C McNair641.3United States
329Carlos Peralta & family511.3Mexico
329Mitchell Rales461.3United States
329Steven Rales501.3United States
329George R Roberts581.3United States
329Ernest E Stempel861.3United States
329Kemal Uzan & family681.3Turkey
329Wee Cho Yaw741.3Singapore
348Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala & family391.2Mexico
348Lee M Bass461.2United States
348Julio Bozano671.2Brazil
348Gerd Brachmann—1.2Germany
348Ennio Doris621.2Italy
348Bennett Dorrance561.2United States
348Richard J Egan671.2United States
348Frederick W Field501.2United States
348Thomas J Flatley701.2United States
348Philippe Foriel-Destezet671.2France
348Barbara Carlson Gage & family611.2United States
348Blase T Golisano611.2United States
348Joachim Herz601.2Germany
348Joseph D Jamail Jr771.2United States
348Robert L Johnson561.2United States
348Rupert Johnson Jr621.2United States
348Richard Kinder581.2United States
348Joan B Kroc741.2United States
348George L Lindemann & family661.2United States
348L Lowry Mays671.2United States
348Alexei A Mordashov371.2Russia
348Charles T Munger781.2United States
348Robert A Naify811.2United States
348Marilyn Carlson Nelson & family641.2United States
348Winthrop P Rockefeller541.2United States
348Emanuele (Lino) Saputo & family661.2Canada
348Bruno Schroder & family701.2United Kingdom
348Thomas M Siebel501.2United States
348John A Sobrato631.2United States
348John Sperling821.2United States
348Peter Sperling431.2United States
348Jon L Stryker441.2United States
348Ronda E Stryker481.2United States
348Henry Sy & family781.2Philippines
348Arthur L Williams Jr601.2United States
348Daniel M Ziff311.2United States
348Dirk E Ziff381.2United States
348Robert D Ziff351.2United States
386John Arrillaga651.1United States
386Frank Batten Sr761.1United States
386Otto Beisheim791.1Germany
386Emilio Botin & family681.1Spain
386Anneliese Brost821.1Germany
386Heinz-Horst Deichmann761.1Germany
386Adi Godrej601.1India
386Christopher Goldsbury601.1United States
386Pincus Green671.1United States
386John Hargreaves & family591.1United Kingdom
386Jonathan Harmsworth351.1United Kingdom
386Hans-Werner Hector631.1Germany
386Michael Hilti & family561.1Liechtenstein
386Robert E Holding761.1United States
386James Jannard531.1United States
386Klaus-Michael Kühne651.1Germany
386William S Kellogg591.1United States
386Esther Koplowitz521.1Spain
386Joseph Lewis661.1United Kingdom
386Peter B Lewis681.1United States
386John E McCaw Jr521.1United States
386Billy Joe (Red) McCombs751.1United States
386John P Morgridge691.1United States
386Leonid B Nevzlin431.1Russia
386Henry T Nicholas III431.1United States
386Richard Taylor Peery621.1United States
386Richard Pratt681.1Australia
386Marc D Rich681.1United States
386Isaac Saba Raffoul & family791.1Mexico
386Henry Samueli481.1United States
386Evgeny Schvidler381.1Russia
386Frederick W Smith581.1United States
386Masayoshi Son451.1Japan
386Friede Springer601.1Germany
386Patricia A Stryker461.1United States
386Joop van den Ende611.1Netherlands
386Theodore W Waitt401.1United States
386Sanford Weill701.1United States
386Chaleo Yoovidhya—1.1Thailand
386Henry B Zachry Jr681.1United States
386Mortimer B Zuckerman651.1United States
427Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi911Saudi Arabia
427Pierre Bellon & family731France
427Carl E Berg651United States
427Vladimir Bogdanov511Russia
427Mikhail B Brudno431Russia
427Turgay Ciner471Turkey
427Jorgen Clausen & family541Denmark
427Gary Campbell Comer751United States
427Scott D Cook501United States
427John de Mol471Netherlands
427Vladimir M Dubov451Russia
427Archie Aldis (Red) Emmerson731United States
427Henry Fok791Hong Kong
427James C France581United States
427William C France Jr701United States
427Albert Frere771Belgium
427Den Fujita & family771Japan
427Emilio Gnutti561Italy
427Leslie L Gonda831United States
427Stein Erik Hagen461Norway
427William R Hearst III531United States
427Marvin J Herb661United States
427Morris Kahn731Israel
427Jerome S Kohlberg Jr771United States
427Platon L Lebedev461Russia
427Richard Li361Hong Kong
427Steno Marcegaglia & family721Italy
427Richard E Marriott641United States
427Dietrich Mateschitz581Austria
427Terence Matthews591United Kingdom
427Mark McCormack721United States
427Robert D McLane Jr661United States
427Roger Milliken871United States
427Shiv Nadar571India
427Anthony O'Reilly661Ireland
427Kazuo Okada601Japan
427Didier Primat581France
427Johann Rupert & family521South Africa
427Lily Safra—1Brazil
427Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family471Mexico
427Luis Carlos Sarmiento701Colombia
427Richard Mellon Scaife701United States
427Walter Scott Jr711United States
427Vasily S Shakhnovsky451Russia
427Harold Clark Simmons711United States
427Charles Simonyi551United States
427Kenny A Troutt551United States
427Albert Lee Ueltschi851United States
427Dean White791United States
427Oprah Winfrey491United States
427Samuel Wyly681United States

 

Sources: see Forbes List of billionaires

 

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