Top 10 Richest People In The World 2006

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Forbes has released their latest list of the richest people in the world. There are over 100 new billionaires (102) added to this year's list whose combined net worth reaches $2.6 trillion, up 18% since March 2005. The average net worth comes in at a cool $3.3 billion. Here are the top 10 billionaires in the world for 2006:

1. William Gates III $50.0 Billion
2. Warren Buffett $42.0 Billion
3. Carlos Slim Helu $30.0 Billion
4. Ingvar Kamprad $28.0 Billion
5. Lakshmi Mittal $23.5 Billion
6. Paul Allen $22.0 Billion
7. Bernard Arnault $21.5 Billion
8. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.0 Billion
9. Kenneth Thomson & family $19.6 Billion
10. Li Ka-shing $18.8 Billion




and the rest that round out the top 25 billionaires:

11. Roman Abramovich $18.2 Billion
12. Michael Dell $17.1 Billion
13. Karl Albrecht $17.0 Billion
14. Sheldon Adelson $16.1 Billion
15. Liliane Bettencourt $16.0 Billion
15. Lawrence Ellison $16.0 Billion
17. Christy Walton $15.9 Billion
17. Jim Walton $15.9 Billion
19. S Robson Walton $15.8 Billion
20. Alice Walton $15.7 Billion
21. Helen Walton $15.6 Billion
22. Theo Albrecht $15.2 Billion
23. Amancio Ortega $14.8 Billion
24. Steven Ballmer $13.6 Billion
25. Azim Premji $13.3 Billion

If you'd like to know if you have what it takes to be a billionaire, you can take this billionaire quiz to see if your name may one day be among those above.