Richest 100 in the world 2007 April 14th, 2008 1 The Walton family America Retailing (Wal-Mart) £42.6bn £45.1bn 2 Bill Gates America Software (Microsoft) £28.7bn £28.6bn 3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico Telecoms £27.2bn £17.2bn 4 Warren Buffett America Investments £26.7bn £24bn 5 Mukesh & Anil Ambani India Petrochemicals £19.6bn £8.2bn 6 Karl & Theo Albrecht* Germany Supermarkets £19.2bn £18.4bn 7 Lakshmi Mittal UK Steel £19.2bn £14.9bn 8 Ingvar Kamprad Sweden Retailing (Ikea) £16.9

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Richest 100 in the world 2007