who is the richest woman in the world?
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I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but I was told that The Queen of England is the richest, followed by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter Author).
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1.Bill Gates\n2.Donald Trump\n3.The Beckhams\n4.Madonna\n5.Nicole Kidman\n6.Mariah Carey\n7.Tom Cruise\n8.The Hiltons\n9.Julia Roberts\n10.Queen Elizabeth
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Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and on this planet.  This is even in spite of him donating 53% of his net worth already to charity.
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According to Forbes, who produce all their annual "rich lists"\n\nThe richest sports body would be Bernie Ecclestone's Formula 1.\n\nFormula 1 revenue reports vary from one source to the next.\nSome say $US1200 Million some say $US4000 Million ($4 Billion!!)\n\nThe richest sports teams\n\nCricket\nIndia $US1500 Million\n\nSoccer\nMancester United $US1373 Million\n\nNFL\nWashington Redskins $US1264 Million\n\nMLB\nNew York Yankees $US1026 Million\n\nNBA\nNew York Knicks $US543\n\n\nAccording to Forbes the highest paid athletes are\n\n1 Tiger Woods $US87 Million.\n2 MichaelSchumacher 60M\n3 Oscar De La Hoya 38M\n4 Michael Vick 37M\n5 Shaquille O'Neal 33.4M\n6 Michael Jordan 33M\n7 David Beckham 32.5M\n8 Kobe Bryant 28.8M\n9 Valentino Rossi 28M\n10 Lance Armstrong 28M\n\nHighest Paid Woman\n\nMaria Sharapova $US18.
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Lakshmi Mittal\n\nCheck this out: http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/15/india-richest-40_05india_land.html
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"The World's Richest People\nRank  Name  Citizenship  Age  Net Worth ($bil)  Residence \n1  William Gates III  United States  50  50.0  United States  \n2  Warren Buffett  United States  75  42.0  United States  \n3  Carlos Slim Helu  Mexico  66  30.0  Mexico  \n4  Ingvar Kamprad  Sweden  79  28.0  Switzerland  \n5  Lakshmi Mittal  India  55  23.5  United Kingdom  \n6  Paul Allen  United States  53  22.0  United States  \n7  Bernard Arnault  France  57  21.5  France  \n8  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud  Saudi Arabia  49  20.0  Saudi Arabia  \n9  Kenneth Thomson & family  Canada  82  19.6  Canada  \n10  Li Ka-shing  Hong Kong  77  18.8  Hong Kong  \n11  Roman Abramovich  Russia  39  18.2  United Kingdom  \n12  Michael Dell  United States  41  17.1  United States  \n13  Karl Albrecht  Germany  86  17.0  Germany  \n14  Sheldon Adelson  United States  72  16.1  United States  \n15  Liliane Bettencourt  France  83  16.0  France  \n15  Lawrence Ellison  United States  61  16.0  United States  \n17  Christy Walton  United States  51  15.9  United States  \n17  Jim Walton  United States  58  15.9  United States  \n19  S Robson Walton  United States  62  15.8  United States  \n20  Alice Walton  United States  56  15.7  United States  \n21  Helen Walton  United States  86  15.6  United States  \n22  Theo Albrecht  Germany  83  15.2  Germany  \n23  Amancio Ortega  Spain  70  14.8  Spain  \n24  Steven Ballmer  United States  50  13.6  United States  \n25  Azim Premji  India  60  13.3  India\n26  Sergey Brin  United States  32  12.9  United States  \n27  Larry Page  United States  33  12.8  United States  \n28  Abigail Johnson  United States  44  12.5  United States  \n29  Nasser Al-Kharafi & family  Kuwait  62  12.4  Kuwait  \n29  Barbara Cox Anthony  United States  82  12.4  United States  \n29  Anne Cox Chambers  United States  86  12.4  United States  \n32  Stefan Persson  Sweden  58  12.3  Sweden  \n33  Charles Koch  United States  70  12.0  United States  \n33  David Koch  United States  65  12.0  United States  \n35  Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok  Hong Kong  NA  11.6  Hong Kong  \n36  Adolf Merckle  Germany  71  11.5  Germany  \n37  Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi  Saudi Arabia  86  11.0  Saudi Arabia  \n37  Vagit Alekperov  Russia  55  11.0  Russia  \n37  Silvio Berlusconi  Italy  69  11.0  Italy  \n37  Lee Shau Kee  Hong Kong  78  11.0  Hong Kong  \n41  Vladimir Lisin  Russia  49  10.7  Russia  \n42  Michael Otto & family  Germany  62  10.4  Germany  \n43  Pierre Omidyar  United States  38  10.1  United States  \n44  Leonardo Del Vecchio  Italy  70  10.0  Italy  \n44  Michele Ferrero & family  Italy  79  10.0  Monaco  \n44  Forrest Mars Jr  United States  74  10.0  United States  \n44  Jacqueline Mars  United States  66  10.0  United States  \n44  John Mars  United States  69  10.0  United States  \n44  Viktor Vekselberg  Russia  48  10.0  Russia  \n50  Mikhail Fridman  Russia  41  9.7  Russia  \n51  Spiro Latsis & family  Greece  59  9.1  Switzerland  \n52  John Kluge  United States  91  9.0  United States  \n53  Carl Icahn  United States  70  8.7  United States  \n53  Kirk Kerkorian  United States  88  8.7  United States  \n55  Birgit Rausing & family  Sweden  82  8.6  Switzerland  \n56  Mukesh Ambani  India  48  8.5  India  \n56  Serge Dassault & family  France  80  8.5  France  \n56  Hans Rausing  Sweden  80  8.5  United Kingdom  \n59  Galen Weston & family  Canada  65  8.4  Canada  \n60  Susanne Klatten  Germany  43  8.1  Germany  \n61  Rudolf August Oetker & family  Germany  89  8.0  Germany  \n62  Oleg Deripaska  Russia  37  7.8  Russia  \n63  Sumner Redstone  United States  82  7.7  United States  \n64  Alexei Mordashov  Russia  40  7.6  Russia  \n65  Donald Newhouse  United States  76  7.5  United States  \n65  Samuel Newhouse Jr  United States  78  7.5  United States  \n65  Alain & Gerard Wertheimer  France  NA  7.5  France  \n65  Reinhold Würth  Germany  70  7.5  Germany  \n69  Joseph & Moise Safra  Brazil  NA
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Rank Name Citizenship Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence\n1 William Gates III United States 50 50.0 United States\n2 Warren Buffett United States 75 42.0 United States\n3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 66 30.0 Mexico\n4 Ingvar Kamprad Sweden 79 28.0 Switzerland\n5 Lakshmi Mittal India 55 23.5 United Kingdom\n6 Paul Allen United States 53 22.0 United States\n7 Bernard Arnault France 57 21.5 France\n8 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 49 20.0 Saudi Arabia\n9 Kenneth Thomson & family Canada 82 19.6 Canada\n10 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 77 18.8 Hong Kong\n11 Roman Abramovich Russia 39 18.2 United Kingdom\n12 Michael Dell United States 41 17.1 United States\n13 Karl Albrecht Germany 86 17.0 Germany\n14 Sheldon Adelson United States 72 16.1 United States\n15 Liliane Bettencourt France 83 16.0 France\n15 Lawrence Ellison United States 61 16.0 United States\n17 Christy Walton United States 51 15.9 United States\n17 Jim Walton United States 58 15.9 United States\n19 S Robson Walton United States 62 15.8 United States\n20 Alice Walton United States 56 15.7 United States\n21 Helen Walton United States 86 15.6 United States\n22 Theo Albrecht Germany 83 15.2 Germany\n23 Amancio Ortega Spain 70 14.8 Spain\n24 Steven Ballmer United States 50 13.6 United States\n25 Azim Premji India 60 13.3 India
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must be sultan of Brunei. \nBill Gates is richest in US, he made his money by creating Microsoft.\n\nin UK, two richest people are the Queen and JK Rowling - author of Harry Potter books.
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1) William Gates \n2) Warren Buffett \n3) Carlos Slim Helú \n4) Ingvar Kamprad \n5) Lakshmi Mittal \n6) Paul Allen \n7) Bernard Arnault \n8) Prince Alwaleed \n9) Kenneth Thomson \n10) Li Ka-shing
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Celebrity,billionaires,millionaires and so on then \neveryone else......a whole lot of money!!\nI don't know i just answered so the question could be retired!\n\nGood question!!
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Their are many of them. Here is another link..\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?search=women+CEO%27s&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAva9WfQBLzat7gpsMyDzbmAezKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAsuDH46NSQ3svDe0wFKXk5UezKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=women+CEO%27s
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Definitely - William (Bill) Gates\n\nForbes 400 \nPage 2 of 11 from The Richest Of The Rich \nDavide Dukcevich, Forbes.com, 12.12.01, 6:00 PM ET \n\n 1992: Becomes world's richest man for the first time. Microsoft's operating system thought to be used by 93% of the world's personal computers. The company launches much-ballyhooed Windows 3.1. Gates' Redmond, Wash.-based company finishes year with profits of $708 million, compared with $463 million in 1991. Revenue jumps from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion--the second straight year of 50%-plus growth. Busily constructing an approximately $35 million home in the wealthy enclave of Medina.
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Why be a millionaire whe you could be a billionaire like.\n   1. Bill Gates - USA - $51.5 billion\n   2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion\n   3. Lakshmi Mittal - India - $25.0 billion (was No. 62 in 2004)\n   4. Carlos Slim Helú - Mexico - $23.8 billion\n   5. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Saudi Arabia - $23.7 billion\n   6. Ingvar Kamprad1 - Sweden - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)\n   7. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion\n   8. Karl Albrecht - Germany - $18.5 billion\n   9. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion\n  10. S. Robson Walton2 - USA - $18.3 billion\n  11. Jim Walton2 - USA - $18.2 billion\n  12. Alice Walton2 - USA - $18.0 billion\n  13. Helen Walton2 - USA - $18.0 billion\n  14. The Lord Thomson of Fleet and family - Canada - $17.9 billion\n  15. Liliane Bettencourt - France - $17.2 billion\n  16. Bernard Arnault - France - $17.0 billion\n  17. Michael Dell - USA - $16.0 billion\n  18. Sheldon Adelson - USA - $15.6 billion (was 311 in 2004)\n  19. Theo Albrecht - Germany - $15.5 billion\n  20. Roman Abramovich - Russia - $13.3 billion (lives both in Russia and UK)\n  21. Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong - $13.0 billion\n  22. Amancio Ortega Gaona - Spain - $12.6 billion\n  23. Steven Ballmer - USA - $12.1 billion\n  24. Silvio Berlusconi - Italy - $12.0 billion\n  25. Abigail Johnson - USA - $12.0 billion\n  26. Barbara Cox Anthony - USA - $11.7 billion\n  27. Anne Cox Chambers - USA - $11.7 billion\n  28. Stefan Persson - Sweden - $11.2 billion\n  29. John Kluge - USA - $11.0 billion\n  30. The Duke of Westminster - UK - $ 10 - 11 billion\n  31. Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok - Hong Kong - $10.9 billion\n  32. Forrest Mars, Jr. - USA - $10.4 billion\n  33. Jacqueline Mars - USA - $10.4 billion\n  34. John Mars - USA - $10.4 billion\n  35. Luciano Benetton and family - Italy - $9.9 billion\n  36. Pierre Omidyar - USA - $9.9 billion\n  37. Galen Weston and family - Canada - $9.9 billion\n  38. Lee Shau Kee - Hong Kong - $9.3 billion\n  39. Azim Premji - India - $9.3 billion\n  40. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family - Kuwait - $9.0 billion\n  41. Kirk Kerkorian - USA - $8.9 billion\n  42. Sumner Redstone - USA - $8.8 billion\n  43. Leonardo Del Vecchio - Italy - $8.5 billion\n  44. Michele Ferrero and family - Belgium - $8.5 billion\n  45. Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion\n  46. Susanne Klatten - Germany - $8.2 billion\n  47. Philip Knight - USA - $8.2 billion\n  48. Hans Rausing - Sweden - $8.0 billion (living in UK)\n  49. Serge Dassault and family - France - $7.8 billion\n  50. Carl Icahn - USA - $7.8 billion\n  51. Rupert Murdoch - Australia - $7.8 billion\n  52. Rudolf August Oetker and family - Germany - $7.7 billion\n  53. Birgit Rausing and family - Sweden - $7.6 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  54. Spiro Latsis and family - Greece - $7.5 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  55. Sergey Brin - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)\n  56. Charles Ergen - USA - $7.2 billion\n  57. Larry Page - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)\n  58. George Soros - USA - $7.2 billion\n  59. Reinhold Würth - Germany - $7.2 billion\n  60. Mukesh & Anil Ambani - India - $7.0 billion\n  61. Mikhail Fridman - Russia - $7.0 billion\n  62. Vladimir Lisin - Russia - $7.0 billion\n  63. Donald Newhouse - USA - $7.0 billion\n  64. Samuel Newhouse, Jr. - USA - $7.0 billion\n  65. Adolf Merckle - Germany - $6.9 billion\n  66. Stefan Quandt - Germany - $6.7 billion\n  67. Micky Arison - USA - $6.5 billion\n  68. Philip Green - UK - $6.3 billion (living in Monaco)\n  69. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler - Germany - $6.3 billion\n  70. August von Finck - Germany - $6.3 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  71. Eli Broad - USA - $6.1 billion\n  72. Curt Engelhorn - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  73. Friedrich Flick, Jr. - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Austria)\n  74. Edward Johnson, III - USA - $6.0 billion\n  75. Nicky Oppenheimer and family - South Africa - $6.0 billion\n  76. Francois Pinault
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Bolivia.\n\nThe richest is Brazil.
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Currently...\n\n1. Bill Gates ($50 billion)\n2. Warren Buffett ($42 billion)\n3. Carlos Slim Helú ($30 billion)\n4. Ingvar Kamprad ($28 billion)\n5. Lakshmi Mittal ($23.5 billion)\n6. Paul Allen ($22 billion)\n7. Bernard Arnault ($21.5 billion)\n8. Prince Alwaleed ($20 billion)\n9. Kenneth Thomson ($19.6 billion)\n10. Li Ka-shing ($18.8 billion)
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His current wealth is $50 billion and is ranked as the richest person according to Forbes.com
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WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES\n_________________\n\n1. United States\n2. People's Republic of China\n3. Japan\n4. India\n5. Germany\n6. United Kingdom\n7. France\n8. Italy\n9. Brazil\n10. Russia\n\nWEALTHIEST MAN\n______________\n\nBill Gates - $51 billion\n\nWEALTHIEST WOMAN\n________________\n\nAlice Walton - $18 billion