who is the richest person alive?
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as far as i know, bill gates.
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See Forbes.com  they have the top 100 richest and she is on it
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Bill Gates. That about says it all.
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The richest man in the entire world, is the man at his happiest moments with his loving family around him...\n\nwhat could be more rewarding from these riches?
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Why be a millionaire whe you could be a billionaire like.\n   1. Bill Gates - USA - $51.5 billion\n   2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion\n   3. Lakshmi Mittal - India - $25.0 billion (was No. 62 in 2004)\n   4. Carlos Slim Helú - Mexico - $23.8 billion\n   5. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Saudi Arabia - $23.7 billion\n   6. Ingvar Kamprad1 - Sweden - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)\n   7. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion\n   8. Karl Albrecht - Germany - $18.5 billion\n   9. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion\n  10. S. Robson Walton2 - USA - $18.3 billion\n  11. Jim Walton2 - USA - $18.2 billion\n  12. Alice Walton2 - USA - $18.0 billion\n  13. Helen Walton2 - USA - $18.0 billion\n  14. The Lord Thomson of Fleet and family - Canada - $17.9 billion\n  15. Liliane Bettencourt - France - $17.2 billion\n  16. Bernard Arnault - France - $17.0 billion\n  17. Michael Dell - USA - $16.0 billion\n  18. Sheldon Adelson - USA - $15.6 billion (was 311 in 2004)\n  19. Theo Albrecht - Germany - $15.5 billion\n  20. Roman Abramovich - Russia - $13.3 billion (lives both in Russia and UK)\n  21. Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong - $13.0 billion\n  22. Amancio Ortega Gaona - Spain - $12.6 billion\n  23. Steven Ballmer - USA - $12.1 billion\n  24. Silvio Berlusconi - Italy - $12.0 billion\n  25. Abigail Johnson - USA - $12.0 billion\n  26. Barbara Cox Anthony - USA - $11.7 billion\n  27. Anne Cox Chambers - USA - $11.7 billion\n  28. Stefan Persson - Sweden - $11.2 billion\n  29. John Kluge - USA - $11.0 billion\n  30. The Duke of Westminster - UK - $ 10 - 11 billion\n  31. Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok - Hong Kong - $10.9 billion\n  32. Forrest Mars, Jr. - USA - $10.4 billion\n  33. Jacqueline Mars - USA - $10.4 billion\n  34. John Mars - USA - $10.4 billion\n  35. Luciano Benetton and family - Italy - $9.9 billion\n  36. Pierre Omidyar - USA - $9.9 billion\n  37. Galen Weston and family - Canada - $9.9 billion\n  38. Lee Shau Kee - Hong Kong - $9.3 billion\n  39. Azim Premji - India - $9.3 billion\n  40. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family - Kuwait - $9.0 billion\n  41. Kirk Kerkorian - USA - $8.9 billion\n  42. Sumner Redstone - USA - $8.8 billion\n  43. Leonardo Del Vecchio - Italy - $8.5 billion\n  44. Michele Ferrero and family - Belgium - $8.5 billion\n  45. Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion\n  46. Susanne Klatten - Germany - $8.2 billion\n  47. Philip Knight - USA - $8.2 billion\n  48. Hans Rausing - Sweden - $8.0 billion (living in UK)\n  49. Serge Dassault and family - France - $7.8 billion\n  50. Carl Icahn - USA - $7.8 billion\n  51. Rupert Murdoch - Australia - $7.8 billion\n  52. Rudolf August Oetker and family - Germany - $7.7 billion\n  53. Birgit Rausing and family - Sweden - $7.6 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  54. Spiro Latsis and family - Greece - $7.5 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  55. Sergey Brin - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)\n  56. Charles Ergen - USA - $7.2 billion\n  57. Larry Page - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)\n  58. George Soros - USA - $7.2 billion\n  59. Reinhold Würth - Germany - $7.2 billion\n  60. Mukesh & Anil Ambani - India - $7.0 billion\n  61. Mikhail Fridman - Russia - $7.0 billion\n  62. Vladimir Lisin - Russia - $7.0 billion\n  63. Donald Newhouse - USA - $7.0 billion\n  64. Samuel Newhouse, Jr. - USA - $7.0 billion\n  65. Adolf Merckle - Germany - $6.9 billion\n  66. Stefan Quandt - Germany - $6.7 billion\n  67. Micky Arison - USA - $6.5 billion\n  68. Philip Green - UK - $6.3 billion (living in Monaco)\n  69. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler - Germany - $6.3 billion\n  70. August von Finck - Germany - $6.3 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  71. Eli Broad - USA - $6.1 billion\n  72. Curt Engelhorn - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Switzerland)\n  73. Friedrich Flick, Jr. - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Austria)\n  74. Edward Johnson, III - USA - $6.0 billion\n  75. Nicky Oppenheimer and family - South Africa - $6.0 billion\n  76. Francois Pinault
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Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and on this planet.  This is even in spite of him donating 53% of his net worth already to charity.
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Bill Gates - he is after all the richest man in the world.\nstarted Microsoft after dropping out of University, his first office was in the garage
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This link is the Forbes list of Billionaires.\nhttp://www.forbes.com/2006/03/07/06billionaires_all_slide.html?thisSpeed=6000
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To borrow a quote from Winston Churchill, the only problem with capitalism is greedy capitalists.  Yes, to everyone who answers that that's the capitalist way.  But for the love of all that is moral, 400 Billion?  At what point do we draw the line and say, ok that's enough money.  Bill Gates, the wealthiest man in the world, has a net worth of 10 Billion.  He makes 4 million each night, while he sleeps.  If he takes the time to bends down to pick up a $100 dollar bill, it costs him money.  Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world, is worth 7 billion.  A handful of other billionaires in the world.  None of these people can spend all their money during their life times, even though they give hundreds of million away each year to charity.  If the wealthiest men count their net worth in the 1 to 10 billion dollar range, what in the frack does Exxon need with a 400 billion profit?
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Yep - it looks like Mr. Microsoft wins again.  Attached is a list of the world's wealthiest by country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires_%282005%29
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In 2005, American business and financial magazine Forbes listed Castro among the world's richest people, with an estimated net worth of $550 million, based on his economic control of state-owned companies. In 2006, Forbes magazine increased their estimate of Castro's wealth to $900 million but acknowledged in the article that the estimates for all the leaders are "more art than science" and admitted that they had based their report on assumptions.
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Bill Gates\nWarren Buffett
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No, Bill gates is the richest person.
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Here is Forbes' list of the 10 richest people in the world as of 3/7/06:\n\nWilliam Gates \nWarren Buffett \nCarlos Slim Helú \nIngvar Kamprad \nLakshmi Mittal \nPaul Allen \nBernard Arnault \nPrince Alwaleed \nKenneth Thomson \nLi Ka-shing
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William Gates III \n\nFor the  whole list:\nhttp://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html
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He is so rich they don't even call him "rich". The term is actually wealthy and yes he is definitely the wealthiest man on earth. He has more money than some small countries.
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According to the Forbes list, Madonna is #8 and Mariah Carey isn't even on the list.  So I would say Madonna is wealthier.