The long and short scales are two different numerical systems used throughout the world:

Short scale is the English translation of the French term échelle courte.

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This list of billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 8, 2007.^[1] There are altogether 946 billionaires on this list, with 178 newcomers and 17 returning after some period of
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The following is a list of billionaires, in United States dollars, worldwide for 2006 compiled by Forbes, not including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth).
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What follows is the list of billionaires, in US dollars, worldwide for 2005 by Forbes, not including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth).
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What follows is the list of billionaires (in US dollars) worldwide, for 2004 by Forbes, not including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position. See the link to the list ranking heads of government and state at the bottom of this article.
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The following is a list of known U.S. dollar billionaires in 2006 as of February 2006, listed by nationality, and grouped by continent. The lists of billionaires is compiled annually by the Forbes Magazine.
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Billionaires with sub-Saharan ancestry by year (wealth valuations by Forbes magazine)
Year Number of Billionaires of predominantly sub-Saharan ancestry Number of billionaires with any known sub-Saharan ancestry Number of all billionaires
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This list of female billionaires is based on an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine in March 2007,^[1] based on the closing stock prices and exchange rates on 9 February, 2007.
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most wealthy historical figures is based on the work done by Forbes. ^[1] It is updated annually to reflect inflation. Most of the people on the list are from the Industrial age, however, there are a few Information Age people on the list.
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This is a list of heads of state and government by the net worth of their liquid assets. This list does not include property and other material goods.

Name Title Net Worth Country
Hassanal (Bolkiah) King $30 billion  Brunei
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Forbes magazine annually lists the world's wealthiest individuals - The World's Richest People . What follows is the list of billionaires (in US dollars) in South East Asia, for 2005

Rank Name Age Country Worth (USD)

1. Robert Kuok 83 Malaysia, 7.

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The following is a list of Canadians by net worth:

Billionaires

1. David Thomson and family (Thomson Corporation) $24 billion (CAD) ^{http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/lifestyle_activities/article.}

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Forbes magazine annually lists the world's wealthiest individuals - The World's Richest People . What follows is the list of billionaires (in US dollars) in mainland China, for 2005

Rank Name Net Worth (US$ bil) Age Main Source
1 Zhu Mengyi 1.
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1. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller - $5.1 billion
2. Jørgen Mads Clausen - $3.5 billion
3. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - $2.5 billion

See also

• Lists of billionaires
• List of countries by the number of billionaires
• Lists of people by nationality

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1. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken - US$ 7.2 billion
2. Frits Goldschmeding - US$ 3.8 billion
3. John de Mol - US$ 2.2 billion
4. John A. Fentener van Vlissingen - US$ 1.6 billion
5. Joop van den Ende - US$ 1.

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Rank Name Worth ( $USBil ) Worth ( €Bil ) Source
1 Bernard Arnault 24.51 17.20 LVMH
2 Gerard Mulliez and Family 19.95 14.00 Auchan
3 Liliane Bettencourt 17.28 12.13 L'Oréal
4 Serge Dassault 9.45 6.
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$20.0 billion Karl Albrecht (15)

$17.5 billion Theo Albrecht (20)

$11.5 billion Adolf Merckle (36)

$10.4 billion Michael Otto & family (42)

$8.1 billion Susanne Klatten (60)

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The following is a list of Indians by net worth. According to the Forbes magazine, India is home to the largest number of billionaires in Asia. The following data from the Forbes World's Billionaires 2007. There are 36 Indians (inclusive of non-resident Indians) on the list.
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This is a list of Indonesians ordered by their net worth. According to Forbes (2007),^[1] there were only two Indonesians who were listed among world's billionaiers. Rachman Halim (and family) with the net worth of US$ 1.
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This is an incomplete list of Korean billionaires and multi-millionaires, and also describes wealth in Korea.

Introduction

There are several published Korean rich lists within Korea including ones issued by the wealth valuation company Equitable, the Digital Times, Korea
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The list was published in Forbes Asia for the Malaysia's Wealthiest in 2007. [1]

Rank Name Worth (US $)

1. Robert Kuok 7.6 billion
2. Ananda Krishnan 7.4 billion
3. Lim Goh Tong 4.3 billion
4. Lee Shin Cheng 3.9 billion
5. Teh Hong Piow 3.

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According to Forbes 2007, Mexicans with a wealth of one billion dollars or more are:

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Lorenzo Zambrano

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The following is a list of Singaporeans by net worth.^[1][2]

Billionaires

1. Ng Teng Fong (Far East Organization) $6.7 billion
2. Kwek Leng Beng and family (Hong Leong Group) $4.0 billion
3. Wee Cho Yaw (United Overseas Bank) $3.

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Forbes magazine 2007

1. Ingvar Kamprad - $33 billion (Lives in Switzerland)
2. Stefan Persson - $18.2 billion
3. Birgit Rausing - $8.6 billion (Lives in Switzerland)
4. Hans Rausing - $8.5 billion (Lives in United Kingdom)
5. Antonia Johnson - $4.

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From the Ekonomist magazine as of August 2006.

TOP 10 List Turks by net worth

1. Hüsnü Özyeğin - FIBA Holding. . . . . . . 3.5 Billion dollar
2. Mehmet Karamehmet - Çukurova Holding. . 2.4 Billion dollar
3. Şevket Sabancı - Sabancı Holding . . 2.

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The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans (first published in 1982) is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September. In 2007, the combined wealth of the 400 was $1.
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Overclass is a recent and pejorative term for the most powerful group in a social hierarchy. Users of the term generally imply excessive and unjust privilege and exploitation of the rest of society.
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Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate". The choice of the word oligarch denotes the significant influence such wealthy individuals may have on the life of a nation.
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New Russian (новый русский—novyi russkiy in Russian) is a term denoting a stereotypical caricature of the newly rich business class in post-Soviet Russia.
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