Richest People in World 2012

By Tejvan Pettinger on April 29, 2012 in economics

Source: Economic Help

We may be in a longer recession than the 1930s Great Depression (see: link) but it hasn’t prevented the richest people in Britain increase their net wealth. The richest 1000 men and women have a combined wealth of £414bn, up 4.7% on the previous year.

Richest People in the World 2012

1. The Walton Family (US)	Retail (Walmart)	£51bn
2. Carlos Slim (Mexico)	Telecoms	£44bn
3. Bill Gates (US)	Microsoft	£39bn
4. Charles and David Kock (US)	Oil	£32bn
5. Warren Buffet (US)	Investment	£28bn
5. K Berthold and Theo Albrecht (Germany	Supermarkets (Aldi)	£28bn
7. Forrest and John Mars (US)	Confectionary (Mars)	£26bn
7. Bernard Arnault (France)	Luxury Goods	£26bn
9. Ingvar Kamprad (Sweden)	Ikea (retail)	£25bn
10. Amancio Ortega (Spain)	Zara (fashion)	£24bn

The richest 20 people have a wealth of £288.5bn – more than triple the wealth of 2003, when the richest 20 people’s combined wealth was £102bn. The credit crunch temporarily reduced wealth. In 2008, it was £280bn, falling to £167bn in 2009. But now their wealth has climbed above the 2008 peak.

Richest People in Britain

1. Lakshmi Mittal and family	Steel	£12.7bn
2. Alisher Usmanov	Mining and investment	£12.32bn
3. Roman Abramovich	Oil and industry	£9.5bn
4, Sri And Gopi Hinduja	Industry and finance	£8.6 bn
5. Leonard Blavatnik	Industry (Russian oil)	£7.58 bn
6. Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli	Pharmaceuticals	£7.48bn
7. The Duke of Westminster	Property	£7.3 bn
8. David and Simon Reuben	Property and investment	£7.08bn
9. John Fredriksen and Family	Shipping and oil services	£6.6 bn
10. Galen and George Weston and Family	Retailing	£5.9