No doubt many people are interested in the lives of the successful and Rich personalities and always curious to know how they actually succeed .All the wealthy persons listed below are self made personalities,they grew their business from the beginning to the peak.I found this listing in a famous business magazine "Forbes".
Below is the top twenty list of the world’s richest people as of 2012:
No. 1 Carlos Slim Helú:
Net Worth: $69 billion – As of July 2012
Source: Telecom , Age: 72 , Citizenship: Mexico
No. 2 Bill Gates:
Source: Microsoft, self-made , Age: 56 , Citizenship: U.S.
No. 3 Warren Buffett:
Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-made , Age: 81 , Citizenship: U.S.
No. 4 Bernard Arnault
Net Worth: $41 billion – As of March 2012
Source: LVMH, inherited and growing , Age: 63 , Citizenship: France
No. 5 Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $37.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Zara, self-made , Age: 75 , Citizenship: Spain
No. 6 Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $36 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Oracle, self-made , Age: 67 , Citizenship: U.S.
No. 7 Eike Batista
Net Worth: $30 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Mining, oil, self-made , Age: 55 , Citizenship: Brazil
No. 8 Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $26 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Hennes & Mauritz , Age: 64 , Citizenship: Sweden
No. 9 Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $25.5 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Diversified, self-made , Age: 83 , Citizenship: Hong Kong
No. 10 Karl Albrecht:
Net Worth: $25.4 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Aldi, self-made , Age: 92 , Citizenship: Germany
No. 11 Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $25.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Walmart, inherited , Age: 57 , Citizenship: U.S.
No. 12 Charles Koch (tie)
Source: Diversified, inherited and growing , Age: 76, Citizenship: United States
No. 13 David Koch (tie)
Net Worth: $25 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Diversified, inherited and growing , Age: 71 , Citizenship: United States
No. 14 Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $24.9 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Casinos, self-made , Age: 78 , Citizenship: United States
No. 15 Liliane Bettencourt
Net Worth: $24 billion – As of March 2012
Source: L’Oreal, inherited , Age: 89, Citizenship: France
No. 16 Jim Walton
Net Worth: $23.7 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Walmart, inherited , Age: 64 , Citizenship: United States
No. 17 Alice Walton
Net Worth: $23.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Walmart, inherited , Age: 62 , Citizenship: United States
No. 18 R. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $23.1 billion - As of March 2012
Source: Walmart, inherited , Age: 68 , Citizenship: United States
No. 19 Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $22.3 billion – As of March 2012
Source: petrochemicals, oil & gas, inherited and growing, Age: 54 , Citizenship: India
No. 20 Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $22 billion – As of March 2012
Source: Bloomberg PL, self-made , Age: 70 , Citizenship: USA