who is the richest politician in the world ?
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Pol.Lt.Col.Thaksin Shinawatra - Thailand's ex-Prime Minister who voluntarily stepped down from office - could be the wealthiest. He is a multi billionaire.
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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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Corruption has no barrier of border..it is everywhere..i think politicians all over the world are corrupted..
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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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Richest tends to be David Geffin, a movie producer, who is to be worth 4.6 Billion (He's part of Dreamworks and Geffen records)\n\nA problem is Steve Jobs, He is worth 4.9 Billion, but most of his money comes from Apple, although he is connected to Pixar\n\nActor wise is still Tom Cruise
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former President Joseph Estrada\n\nformer first family: the greedy Marcoses <we want justice for their ill-gotten wealth!!!>\n\nstill more politicians to make it to the top charts for becoming a billionaire by amassing the country's treasury and budget!!!
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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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Bill Gates  $46,500,000,000 BILLION\n\nTop Ten:\nWilliam H. Gates \nWarren E. Buffett \nPaul G. Allen \nMichael Dell \nLawrence Ellison \nChristy Walton \nJim C. Walton \nS. Robson Walton \nAlice L. Walton \nHelen R. Walton
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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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The richest Indian is Lakshmi Mittal, # 3 on World's Richest People 2005 by Forbes.\n\nLakshmi Narayan Mittal (also known as Lakshmi Niwas Mittal) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, born on 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur, in Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and residing in Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK. He is the 4th richest man in the world and, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, the richest in the UK, with a net worth of £14.8 billion (April 2006).\n\nHe spent his first years in Sadulpur, living with his extended family on bare concrete floors and rope beds in a house built by his grandfather. His family, from the Marwari Agarwal caste, was from humble roots, his grandfather worked for the Tarachand Ghanshyam Das firm, one of the leading marwari industrial firms of pre-independance india. They eventually moved to Kolkata where his father, Mohan, became a partner in a steel company and made a fortune. Lakshmi graduated from St. Xavier's College in Kolkata with a business degree in 1969. His classmates knew him as a sharp student who was good with numbers.\n\nIn 1994, due to differences with his father and brothers, he branched out on his own, taking over the international operations of the Mittal steel business.\n\nToday he is chairman and CEO of the Mittal Steel Company NV, which is the world's largest producer of steel, with steel assets in Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Africa, Poland, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the United States, Ukraine and other countries. He was the Fortune European Businessman of the Year for 2004.
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Rank, Name, Citizenship, Age and then Net Worth (by the BILLIONS), Current Residency\n\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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He is the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft Corporation. He is also the founder of Corbis, a digital image archiving company. The Forbes international rich list has ranked him as the world's richest person for the last twelve years straight. In 1999, Gates' wealth briefly surpassed $100 billion making him America's first centibillionaire. According to the Forbes 2004 magazine, Bill Gates's net worth was approximately $46.6 billion.
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Its Lakshmi Mittal (NRI). Here is what has to say about  his rise in 2005.\n\n"The biggest gainer was easily India's Lakshmi Mittal with an amazing increase of $US18.8 billion in 12 months. Another 18 months at that rate and he'll be pushing Bill Gates and Warren Buffett aside to take the number one position! The UK based steel tycoon is now in third position with an estimated $25US billion. He doesn't mind spending a little either, with a recent purchase of a 12 bedroom residence in London for $US100 million."
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The richest country, I believe is the United States of America and the richest person in the world is someone in the middle east. I can't remember his name but he owns A LOT of oil.
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Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: ทักษิณ ชินวัตร, IPA: [tʰáksǐn tɕʰinnawát] (help·info); born July 26, 1949), Thai politician, is the current caretaker prime minister of Thailand and the leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. On 4 April 2006, following protests against his policies and a snap election were he won the majority of votes[1], he announced that he would not accept Parliament's nomination for the Premiership and would be handing over his responsibilities to caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Wannasathit. Before entering politics Thaksin was the founder of Shin Corporation, which included Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile phone operator. He was one of the richest individuals in Thailand, although prior to becoming Prime Minister, he transferred ownership of his companies to his family members, maids and drivers. He is married to Khunying Potjaman Shinawatra (Damapong) and has three children: Panthongtae, Pinthongtha and Praethongtharn. Thaksin is commonly referred to by the press and his critics as "Na Liam" (Thai: หน้าเหลี่ยม - "square face") and "Maeo" (Thai: แม้ว - a derogatory term for people of the Hmong hilltribe
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Bill Gates is the richest... he has been the richest person on earth for 11 years now...\nthe second is Warren Buffett, \nthe third is Lakshmi Mittal\nif u wanna know the rest of the 100 richest people check out this site... :o)\nhttp://www.forbes.com/billionaires/2005/03/10/cz_lk_lg_0310billintro_bill05.html
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THE MOST POOREST OR NON RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ARE\n\nEAST TIMOR   $500\nSOMALIA      $500\nSIERRA LEONE $500\n\nAND THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS LUXEMBOURG