Forbes rich list 2012: Top 50

 (Clockwise from top left) Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Bernard Arnault
1. Carlos Slim Helu & family: $69bn fortune (Mexico)

2. Bill Gates: $61bn (United States)

3. Warren Buffett: $44bn (United States)

4. Bernard Arnault: $41bn (France)

5 Amancio Ortega $37.5bn (Spain)

6 Larry Ellison: $36bn (United States)

7 Eike Batista: $30bn (Brazil)
8 Stefan Persson: $26bn (Sweden)
9 Li Ka-shing: $25.5bn (Hong Kong)
10 Karl Albrecht $25.4bn (Germany)

11 Christy Walton & family: $25.3bn (United States)
12 Charles Koch: $25bn (United States)
12 David Koch: $25bn (United States)
14 Sheldon Adelson: $24.9bn (United States)
15 Liliane Bettencourt: $24bn (France)
16 Jim Walton: $23.7bn (United States)
17 Alice Walton: $23.3bn (United States)
18 S. Robson Walton: $23.1bn (United States)
19 Mukesh Ambani $22.3bn (India)
20 Michael Bloomberg: $22bn (United States)
21 Lakshmi Mittal: $20.7bn (India)
22 George Soros: $20bn (United States)
23 Michele Ferrero & family: $19bn (Italy)
24 Sergey Brin: $18.7bn (United States)
24 Larry Page: $18.7bn (United States)
26 Jeff Bezos: $18.4bn (United States)
27 Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family $18.3bn (Hong Kong)
28 Alisher Usmanov: $18.1bn (Russia)
29 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud: $18bn (Saudi Arabia)
29 Lee Shau Kee: $18bn (Hong Kong)
29 Georgina Rinehart: $18bn (Australia)
32 Berthold & Theo Jr. Albrecht & family: $17.8bn (Germany)
32 Iris Fontbona & family: $17.8bn (Chile)
34 Michael Otto & family: $17.6bn (Germany)
35 David Thomson & family: $17.5bn (Canada)
35 Mark Zuckerberg: $17.5bn (United States)
37 Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family: $17.4bn (Mexico)
38 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family: $16.5bn (Mexico)
39 Rinat Akhmetov: $16bn (Ukraine)
39 Cheng Yu-tung: $16bn (Hong Kong)
41 Michael Dell: $15.9bn (United States)
41 Vladimir Lisin: $15.9bn (Russia)
41 Azim Premji: $15.9bn (India)
44 Steve Ballmer: $15.7bn (United States)
45 Alexei Mordashov: $15.3bn (Russia)
46 Vladimir Potanin: $14.5bn (Russia)
47 Phil Knight: $14.4bn (United States)
48 Paul Allen: $14.2bn (United States)
48 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family: $14.2bn (Mexico)
50 Carl Icahn: $14bn (United States)
50 Birgit Rausing & family: $14bn (Sweden)