The richest people in the world 2012
- 1/14
Billionaire wealth
- 2/14
Biggest loser - Lakshmi Mittal
- 3/14
Richest Brit – Gerald Cavendish £7bn
- 4/14
Richest woman - Christy Walton £16.1bn
- 5/14
10. Karl Albrecht £16.14bn
- 6/14
9. Li Ka-shing £16.2bn
- 7/14
8. Stefan Persson £16.5bn
- 8/14
7. Eike Batista £19bn
- 9/14
6. Larry Ellison £22.9bn
- 10/14
5. Amancio Ortega £23.8bn
- 11/14
4. Bernard Arnault £26.1bn
- 12/14
3. Warren Buffett £28bn
- 13/14
2. Bill Gates £38.8bn
- 14/14
1. Carlos Slim Helú £43.9bn