- Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, … - Carl Icahn
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. - Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, … - Tiger Woods
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. - Silvio Berlusconi
(born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. He is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 1993 in Rome. Berlusconi has twice held office as prime minister of Italy, most recently from 2001 to 2006. Berlusconi is the founder and main shareholder of Fininvest, among the ten largest Italian privately-owned companies, operating in media and finance including three national TV channels. - Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, … - Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang
Jerry Yang Chih-Yuan (born November 1968) is a Taiwanese American entreprenuer, co-founder with David Filo and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. He is also one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes. - Roman Abramovich
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian oil billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. According to the 2006 "Forbes" magazine, as of 13 February 2006, he had a net worth of $18.2 billion, and according to Russian "Finance" magazine, as of January 2007, his fortune was $21.0 billion. - Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort." Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills and Nevada. One of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, … - Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. Although a lifelong Democrat, he ran on the Republican ballot and was elected mayor in 2001, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the highest rated talk show in television history. She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. - Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur. With Bill Gates, he formed Microsoft. Allen regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world; as of 2007 "Forbes" ranks him the fifth richest American, worth an estimated $18.0 billion. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc. (his private asset management company)and chairman of Charter Communications. - Warren Buffet
Warren Edward Buffett (b. August 30 1930, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessperson and philanthropist. Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments managed through the holding company Berkshire Hathaway, of which he is the largest shareholder and CEO. With an estimated current net worth of around US$52 billion, he was ranked by "Forbes" as the third-richest person in the world as of April 2007, … - Steve Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates . Since then, Ballmer's leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company. - Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director and producer. Spielberg is a three-time Academy Award winner and is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion. As of 2006, "Premiere" listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry. "TIME" named him in the '100 Greatest People of the Century'. - J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling BA (Exon.) OBE is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. Rowling is the author of the "Harry Potter" fantasy series, which has gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 325 million copies worldwide. In 2007, "The Sunday Times Rich List" estimated her fortune at £545 million (about US$1 billion), … - Ross Perot
Henry Ross "The Boss" Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot Systems. Perot is a billionaire. With an estimated net worth of around $4.3 billion as of 2006, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 57th-richest person in America. - Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney MBE, known as Paul McCartney, (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. McCartney and John Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history." On leaving The Beatles, … - Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. - Thaksin Shinawatra
Thai businessman and politician, is the former Prime Minister of Thailand, the former leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party, and current owner of the Manchester City Football Club. Thaksin is wanted back in Thailand to face criminal charges of abuse of power and corruption during his reign as Prime Minister. Thaksin started his career in the Thai Police, and later became a successful entrepreneur, establishing Shin Corporation and Advanced Info Service, … - Larry Page
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26 1973 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin. Page is currently the President of Products at Google Inc. and has a net worth estimated at 16.6 billion dollars, making him the 26th richest (living) person in the world together with Sergey Brin according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires on 2007 - Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Nivas Mittal is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur Village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and residing in Kensington, London. He is the fifth richest person in the world, with a fortune of US$32 billion according to "Forbes". The "Financial Times" named Mittal its 2006 Person of the Year. In May 2007, he was named one of the "100 most influential people" by "Time" magazine. - Sam Zell
Samuel Zell , 66, has been a Director since 1984, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1985. He has served as Chairman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company, since 1999 and its President since 2006; Zell has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Tribune Co., a diversified media company, since December 2007 and has been a Director since May 2007. - Mike Ashley
Michael James Wallace Ashley is an English billionaire retail entrepreneur, in the sporting goods market. He is also the largest shareholder in Newcastle United F.C after buying Sir John Hall's share in the club on 23 May 2007. Ranked 25th in the 2007 version of the "Sunday Times Rich List" with estimated wealth of £1.9 billion, Ashley is an intensely private person, who never attends industry functions or gives interviews. - Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt, Ph.D (b. 1955 in Washington, D.C.) is Chairman and CEO of Google Inc and a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. He also sits on the Princeton University Board of Trustees. He lives in Atherton, California with his wife Wendy. - Boris Berezovsky
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky a.k.a. Platon Elenin is a Russian-born billionaire. He emigrated to the UK in 2001, where he was granted political asylum. - Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin (born August 21, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin is currently the President of Technology at Google and has a net worth estimated at $16.6 billion as of march 9, 2007, making him the 26th richest person in the world together with Larry Page and the 9th richest person in the United States. He is also the 4th youngest billionaire in the world. - Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (born June 26, 1963) is a Russian businessman, a former Komsomol activist who became one of Russia's oligarchs at a very early age. He was later convicted for fraud and tax evasion and received a 9-year sentence. As of 2004, Khodorkovsky was the wealthiest man in Russia, and was the 16th wealthiest man in the world, … - Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. - Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian businessman. As of March 2007, he has a net-worth of US$ 18.2 billion, making him the 18th richest person in the world. His was the world's fastest-growing multi-billion-dollar fortune in percentage terms as his wealth tripled in 1 year. Ambani is chairman of Reliance Capital, Reliance Communications and Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Energy, … - Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho, GBS (born November 25, 1921), also known as Ho Hung-sun, Stanley Ho Hung-sun, is an entrepreneur in Hong Kong and Macau. Ho is sometimes nicknamed "The King of Gambling", reflecting the government-granted monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 35 years. Ho is the wealthiest person in Macau, and one of the wealthiest in Asia. - John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. (July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. Rockefeller had always believed since he was a child that his purpose in life was to make as much money as possible, and then use it wisely to improve the lot of mankind. - Philip Green
Sir Philip Green is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdom's largest retailers, including Bhs and the Arcadia Group. He is Britain's fourth richest man, with a total of 2300 shops in the UK and assets worth around £3.61bn. His assets currently control 12% of the UK clothing retail market, making his empire the second-largest in the sector. The leader, Marks and Spencer, has been the target of two unsuccessful takeover bids from Green. - Mukesh Ambani
Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is a Chemical Engineer from the University of Bombay and pursued MBA from Stanford University, USA. He is the son of Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani , Founder Chairman of the Company. Shri Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance's backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, petroleum refining and oil and gas exploration and production. - Nelson Peltz
Nelson Peltz is the CEO of Triarc Cos. and a billionaire. Nelson Peltz is the former owner of Snapple. Through Triarc, he also owns the Arby's fast food chain, as well as TJ Cinnamon and Pasta Connection. He dropped out of college in the 1960s to work in the family food business selling frozen and fresh produce to New York restaurants. He resides in Mt. Kisco, New York. - Oleg Deripaska
Having raised his initial capital by trading in metals, Oleg Deripaska acquired shares in the Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter and became its Director General in 1994. In 1997, Mr. Deripaska initiated the creation of the Sibirsky Aluminium Group, which was Russia's first vertically integrated industrial group. - Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife (born July 3, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American billionaire and newspaper publisher. Scaife owns and publishes the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review". With $1.2 billion, Scaife, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, is No. 283 on the 2005 Forbes 400. Scaife is particularly well known for his financial support of conservative public policy organizations over the past two decades. - James Packer
James Douglas Packer (born 8 September, 1967) is an Australian businessman and Australia's richest man. Packer is the son of the late billionaire media mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer. James Packer is the Executive Chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL), which owns some stations of the Australian commercial television network Nine. He also inherited the family private company: Consolidated Press Holdings Pty Ltd, … - Steve Wynn
Stephen Alan Wynn (born January 27, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a casino resort developer. He is credited with spearheading the dramatic resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. Wynn currently lives with his wife in a suite at Wynn Las Vegas, until their home in the Southern Highlands Golf Club is completed. Wynn suffers from retinitis pigmentosa which affects his peripheral vision and therefore his interaction with proximate objects. - Sam Walton
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29 1918 - April 6 1992), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma was the founder of two American retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. He was the patriarch of the Walton family, one of the richest families in the world.
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