who are the 5 world's richest men now?
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William Gates III \nWarren Buffett \nLakshmi Mittal \nCarlos Slim Helu \nPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud \nIngvar Kamprad \nPaul Allen \nKarl Albrecht \nLawrence Ellison \nS Robson Walton
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The richest man in the world is Bill Gates since he is the creator of Microsoft and the video game system (that is with Microsoft) Xbox and Xbox 360.
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Actually it is NOT Michael Jordan.\n\nTiger Woods & Michael Schumacher tie for first place with an approximate wealth of $80 million.\n\nHere is the top 10...\n\n1.  Tiger Woods \n1.  Michael Schumacher \n3.  Peyton Manning \n4.  Michael Jordan \n5.  Shaquille O'Neal \n6.  Kevin Garnett \n7.  Andre Agassi \n8.  David Beckham \n9.  Alex Rodriguez \n10. Kobe Bryant
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1. Mittal\n2. Arcelor\n3. Nippon Steel\n4. Posco\n5. JFE
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In my opinion (which is based on the facts,) Bill Gates is THE best entrepreneur in the world. He started his own company, Microsoft, and has since then become the richest man in the WORLD! His net worth is $40.7 BILLION!\n\nThis site has some more info on Bill and his accomplishments: http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&datatype=Person&uniqueId=BH69
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Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.   It's been in all the papers.
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You could check on the Forbes website. Google Forbes or try forbes.com oh and Junior, Bill Gates bleeds us all dry to be No. 1 and he has been for the past 5yrs.His income increased this time
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Yep - it looks like Mr. Microsoft wins again.  Attached is a list of the world's wealthiest by country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires_%282005%29
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Technology of the future.\n\nGuranteed by the richest man in the world.
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The richest man in the world is Bill Gates and he is only a billionaire. There are only millionaires and billionairs, no such thing as a trillionaire yet.
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Forbes list of the highest paid athletes:\n\n   1. Tiger Woods\n   2. Michael Schumacher\n   3. Peyton Manning\n   4. Michael Jordan\n   5. Shaquille O'Neal\n   6. Kevin Garnett\n   7. Andre Agassi\n   8. David Beckham\n   9. Alex Rodriguez\n  10. Kobe Bryant
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1.Cristiano Ronaldo\n2. Beckham\n3. Kaka\n4. Podolski\n5. Ballack
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Bill Gates, but most of it is in Microsoft stock. I think he should sell all and buy his own country! Anyway, the most wealthy family is the Waltons. They own the Wal-Mart chain.\n\nAnyway Bill is so rich that he can buy a $200,000 Lamborghini, and the purchase would be proportionate to a regular person buying a $0.50 candybar!
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1 William Gates III  49 46.5 United States United States , WA , Medina  \n2 Warren Buffett  74 44.0 United States United States , NE , Omaha  \n3 Lakshmi Mittal  54 25.0 India United Kingdom , London  \n4 Carlos Slim Helu  65 23.8 Mexico Mexico , Mexico City  \n5 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud  48 23.7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , Riyadh  \n6 Ingvar Kamprad  78 23.0 Sweden Switzerland , Lausanne  \n7 Paul Allen  52 21.0 United States United States , WA , Seattle  \n8 Karl Albrecht  85 18.5 Germany Germany , Mülheim an der Ruhr  \n9 Lawrence Ellison  60 18.4 United States United States , CA , Silicon Valley  \n10 S Robson Walton  61 18.3 United States United States , AR , Bentonville  \n11 Jim Walton  57 18.2 United States United States , AR , Bentonville  \n11 John Walton  59 18.2 United States United States , AR , Bentonville  \n13 Alice Walton  56 18.0 United States United States , TX , Fort Worth  \n13 Helen Walton  85 18.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville  \n15 Kenneth Thomson & family  81 17.9 Canada Canada , Toronto  \n16 Liliane Bettencourt  82 17.2 France France , Paris  \n17 Bernard Arnault  56 17.0 France France , Paris  \n18 Michael Dell  40 16.0 United States United States , TX , Austin  \n19 Sheldon Adelson  71 15.6 United States United States , NV , Las Vegas  \n20 Theo Albrecht  83 15.5 Germany Germany , Foehr  \n21 Roman Abramovich  38 13.3 Russia United Kingdom , London  \n22 Li Ka-shing  76 13.0 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong  \n23 Amancio Ortega  69 12.6 Spain Spain , La Coruna  \n24 Steven Ballmer  49 12.1 United States United States , WA , Redmond  \n25 Silvio Berlusconi  68 12.0 Italy Italy , North of Milan  \n25 Abigail Johnson  43 12.0 United States United States , MA , Boston  \n27 Barbara Cox Anthony  81 11.7 United States United States , HI , Honolulu  \n27 Anne Cox Chambers  85 11.7 United States United States , GA , Atlanta  \n29 Stefan Persson  57 11.2 Sweden Sweden , Stockholm  \n30 John Kluge  90 11.0 United States United States , FL , Palm Beach  \n31 Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok  -- 10.9 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong  \n32 Forrest Mars Jr  73 10.4 United States United States , VA , McLean  \n32 Jacqueline Mars  65 10.4 United States United States , NJ , Bedminster  \n32 John Mars  68 10.4 United States United States , VA , Arlington  \n35 Luciano Benetton & family  69 9.9 Italy Italy , Treviso  \n35 Pierre Omidyar  37 9.9 United States United States , NV , Henderson  \n35 Galen Weston & family  64 9.9 Canada Canada , Toronto  \n38 Lee Shau Kee  77 9.3 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong  \n38 Azim Premji  59 9.3 India India , Bangalore  \n40 Nasser Al-Kharafi & family  61 9.0 Kuwait Kuwait , Kuwait City  \n41 Kirk Kerkorian  87 8.9 United States United States , CA , Los Angeles  \n42 Sumner Redstone  81 8.8 United States United States , CA , Beverly Hills  \n43 Leonardo Del Vecchio  69 8.5 Italy Italy , Milan  \n43 Michele Ferrero & family  78 8.5 Italy Belgium , Brussels  \n45 Michael Otto & family  61 8.3 Germany Germany , Hamburg  \n46 Susanne Klatten  43 8.2 Germany Germany , Bad Homburg  \n46 Philip Knight  67 8.2 United States United States , OR , Beaverton  \n46 Hans Rausing  79 8.2 Sweden United Kingdom , Wadhurst  \n49 Serge Dassault & family  80 7.8 France France , Paris  \n49 Carl Icahn  69 7.8 United States United States , NY , New York
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According to Forbes magazine, in 2005 it's Warren Buffet.
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IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest - TV\n\nSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday. \n\nCiting next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion). \n\nGates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said. \n\nKamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family. \n\nSVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates.
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Richest man, money is power:)