The world's richest

March 19 2000 RICH LIST 2000 - The Sunday Times

The world's richest 50

Wealth figures for 2000 and 1999 respectively fillowed by ranking in 1999

1 Bill Gates America Software (Microsoft) £53.12bn £36.25bn 1
2 Robson Walton and Family America Retailing (Wal-Mart) £52.87bn £34.37bn
3 Azim Premji India Software (Wipro) £35bn £1.75bn -
4 Paul Allen America Software (Microsoft) £25bn £13.75bn 7
5 Warren Buffett America Investments £19.37bn £18.12bn 4
6 Sultan of Brunei Brunei Oil £18.75bn £22.5bn 3
7 King Fahd and Family Saudi Arabia Oil £17.5bn £15.62bn 5
8 Steve Ballmer America Software (Microsoft) £14.37bn £7.5bn 20
9 Michael Dell America Computers (Dell) £12.5bn £8.12bn 18
10 Sheikh of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Oil, investments, property £12.5bn £9.37bn
11 Barbara Cox Anthony and Anne Cox Chambers America Media £12.12bn £8.81bn
12 Lukas Hoffman and Vera Oeri-Hoffman* Switzerland Pharmaceuticals
£10.62bn £15.48bn 6
13 Emir of Kuwait Kuwait Oil, investments, property £10.62bn £9.37bn 11
14 Forrest Mars Jnr and Family America Confectionery £10.31bn £12.5bn 8
15 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul aziz al Saud Saudi Arabia
Investments £9.37bn £8.31bn 17
16 Gordon Moore America Microchips £9.37bn £4.37bn 42
17 Liliane Bettencourt France Cosmetics £8.68bn £9.79bn 10
18 Karl and Theo Albrecht Germany Supermarkets £8.5bn £7.31bn 21
19 Craig McCaw and Family America Telecoms £8.37bn £3.81bn -
20 Larry Ellison America Computers £8.12bn £3.06bn -
21 Pierre du Pont and Family America Chemicals £8.12bn £8.45bn 16
22 The Bass Family America Oil £8bn £5.37bn 34
23 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong Property £7.93bn £6.25bn 25
24 The Haniel Family Germany Pharmaceuticals £7.75bn £6.25bn 25
25 Curt Engelhorn and Family Germany Pharmaceuticals £7.5bn £7.21bn 22
26 Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum UAE Oil, financial services £7.5bn
£6.25bn 25
27 Kenneth Thomson Canada Media, oil £7.43bn £9bn 13
28 Bennett Dorrance and Family America Soup (Campbell) £7.01bn £8.46bn 15
29 Abigail and Edward Johnson America Investments £6.93bn £4bn 50
30 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong Property £6.93bn £7.93bn 19
31 Philip Anschutz America Oil, railroads £6.87bn £3.87bn -
32 John Kluge America Media, phones £6.87bn £6.12bn 30
33 Robert and Thomas Pritzker America Investments £6.87bn £6.25bn 25
34 The Mellon Family America Banking £6.25bn £6.18bn 29
35 Johanna Quandt and Family Germany BMW cars £6.18bn £11.66bn 9
36 GŽrard Mulliez and Family France Retailing £6.12bn £6.43bn 24
37 Walter Thomas and Raymond Kwok Hong Kong Property £6.06bn £4.62bn 39
38 Sumner Redstone America Media £5.87bn £4bn 50
39 Samuel and Donald Newhouse America Publishing £5.62bn £5.62bn 32
40 Silvio Berlusconi Italy Media £5.12bn £4.37bn 42
41 Donald Fisher and Family America Retailing £5.12bn £3.91bn -
42 Charles Koch and Family America Oil services £5.06bn £4.56bn 40
43 Ronald and Leonard Lauder America Cosmetics £5.06bn £4bn 50
44 The Rockefeller Family America Oil £5bn £5bn 37
45 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico Telecoms £5bn £4.5bn 41
46 Jeff Bezos America Internet £4.87bn £1bn -
47 Yasuo Takei Japan Finance £4.87bn £3.25bn -
46 Ted and Norman Waitt America Computers £4.87bn £2.68bn -
49 Stephen and Thomas Schmidheiny Switzerland Cement £4.81bn £4.12bn -
50 Walter Haefner Switzerland Car sales, software £4.5bn £2.8bn -