The World’s Billionaires

Presented By: Irish Viegas

Intro…

• Forbes magazine unveiled its 25th annual ranking of the richest men on the planet based on the reporting of 50 journalists across 13 countries.

• The final net worth of these billionaires are based on a valuation of the individuals' assets, including stakes in public and private companies, real estate, yachts, art and cash-and also account for debt.

• The number of billionaires from China almost doubled to 115, while with 101 and 30 representations respectively

• Russia and Brazil saw a two-thirds jump. India had 55, which is six more than last year's representation.

RANK 1

CARLOS SLIM HELU & FAMILY

• 2010 Rank: 1• Education: BA/BS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de

Mexico• Age: 71• Fortune: $ 74 billion (up $20.5 billion)• Source: Telecom• Country: Mexico• Title: Chairman• Organization: Telmex• The world's richest man owns stakes in more than 200

companies, notably in retail (Saks), media (The New York Times), tobacco (Philip Morris) and telecommunications.

RANK 2

Bill Gates

• 2010 Rank: 2• Education: Dropout from Harvard University• Age: 56• Fortune: $ 56 billion (up $3 billion)• Title: Co-Chair• Organization: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation• Source: Microsoft, self-made• Country of citizenship: United States• His focus on creating, promoting and distributing

vaccines is having a massive impact on global health.

RANK 3

Warren Buffet

• 2010 Rank: 3• Education: MS, Columbia University; BA/BS,

University of Nebraska Lincoln • Age: 80• Fortune: $50 billion (up $3 billion)• Title: CEO• Organization: Berkshire Hathaway• Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made• Country of citizenship: United States

Rank 4

BERNARD ARNAULT

• 2010 Rank: 7• Education: BA/BS, Ecole Polytechnique de

Lausanne • Fortune: $41 billion (up $13.5 billion)• Age: 62• Title: Chairman• Organization: Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy

(LVMH)• Source: LVMH, inherited and growing• Country of citizenship: France

RANK 5

LARRY ELLISON

• 2010 Rank: 6• Education: Dropout, University of Chicago and

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign• Fortune: $39.5 billion (up 11.5 billion)• Age: 66• Source: Oracle, self-made• Country of citizenship: United States

RANK 6

LAKSHMI MITTAL

• 2010 Rank: 5• Education: BA/BS, St Xavier's College Calcutta,

India• Fortune: $31.1 billion (up $2.4 billion)• Title: Chairman• Organization: ArcelorMittal ADS• Source: Steel, inherited and growing• Country of citizenship: India

RANK 7

AMANCIO ORTEGA

• 2010 Rank: 9• Education: Not Known; son of a railway worker,

he is said to have started his career as a gofer in a shirt store

• Fortune: $31 billion (up $6 billion)• Age: 75• Source: Zara, self-made• Country of citizenship: Spain• Announced his retirement as chairman of

Inditex, the $15.8 billion (sales) fashion firm in January;

RANK 8

EIKE BATISTA

• 2010 Rank: 8• Education: Dropout, RWTH Aachen University• Fortune: $30 billion (up $3 billion)• Age: 54• Title: CEO• Organization: EBX Group• Source: mining, oil, self-made• Country of citizenship: Brazil

RANK 9

MUKESH AMBANI

• 2010 Rank: 4• Education: Dropout, Stanford University;

BA/BS, University of Bombay • Fortune: $27 billion (down $2 billion)• Age: 54• Title: Chairman• Organization: Reliance Industries• Source: petrochemicals, oil & gas, inherited

and growing• Country of citizenship: India

RANK 10

CHRISTY WALTON & FAMILY

• She is the wealthiest member of the family that runs the retailing giant Wal-Mart

• She is the widow of John T. Walton, who was a son of Wal-Mart’s founder, Sam Walton.

• After John's death in June 2005, she inherited his fortune of $15.7 billion.

• Age: 56• Source: Walmart, inherited• Country of citizenship: United States• She is noted for her extraordinary charitable

and philanthropic endeavors.

Azim Premji

• Rank: 36• Fortune: $16.8 billion• Title: Chairman, Wipro Limited• Age: 66 • Source: software • Country of Citizenship: India • Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Stanford

University

Shashi & Ravi Ruia

• Rank: 42• Fortune: $15.8 Billion• Age: 67• Source: diversified (ESSAR GROUP)• Country of Citizenship: India• Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science,

University of Madras

Savitri Jindal & family

• Rank: 56• Fortune: $ 13.2 billion• Age: 61 • Source: steel • Country of Citizenship: India• Chairs $12 billion (revenues) O.P. Jindal Group, a steel

and power conglomerate founded by her late husband Om Prakash Jindal who died in a helicopter crash.

• Sons Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen manage operations of companies in their charge

Gautam Adani

• Rank: 81• Fortune: $ 10 Billion• Age: 48 • Source: commodities, infrastructure, self-made • Country of Citizenship: India• Fast-rising industrialist, started out as trader in

1988, expanded into infrastructure.• His Adani Group owns Mundra Port, India's biggest

in the private sector

Kumar Birla

• Rank: 97• Fortune: $ 9.2 Billion• Age: 43 Source: commodities • Country of Citizenship: India• Education: Master of Business Administration, London

Business School; Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Bombay

• Fourth generation of storied Birla clan, runs $29 billion (revenues) Aditya Birla Group, a commodities conglomerate named after his late father.

• It's among the world's top ten producers of cement, aluminum.

RANK 1 (Future)

IRISH VIEGAS

• Education: MBA, Brindavan College Bangalore, BBA, Rosary College of Commerce and Arts Goa

• Fortune: $ 100 billion• Title: Chairman• Organization: Irish & Co.• Source: Hospitality Industry• Country of citizenship: India

Summary

• Any one from the class can come in the top 100 billionaires

• To be a billionaire, we don’t need MBA degree, bt it all starts wid an idea…

“Think Big… Achieve Big”

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