Richest Men in the World 2010
March 12, 2010
The richest person in the world this year is not anymore Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.
It is Mexican Carlos Slim Helu — the first man from a developing country to grab that top spot since Forbes Magazine started the list.
There are 1,011 billionaires in the 2010 Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires, with the US claiming 403, followed by China and Russia, both with 62. Germany has 53, India has 49, Hong Kong has 41, France has 37, Turkey has 28, Taiwan and Brazil both have 18 billionaires.
The Philippines has 2 — Henry Sy at #201 (US$4.2 billion) and Lucio Tan at #582 (US$1.7 billion).
The Top 10 list of the world’s wealthiest people below.
(2009) Top 10 Richest Filipinos
August 30, 2009
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the richest of them all?
If you’re interested to know who the wealthiest people are in the Philippines, you need not ask the magic mirror but instead refer to Forbes Magazine’s list of The Philippines’ 40 Richest released this August 2009.
Who are the richest Filipinos? Read below.
Top 10 Richest, Highest-paid Athletes – 2009
July 21, 2009
Here at PinoyMoneyTalk, we’ve always been a fan of the “List of the World’s Richest.”
We continue this today with a list of the top-paid sports persons in 2009. Compiled by Forbes Magazine, the ranking is based on earnings of the athletes from salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and licensing income between June 2008 and June 2009 and does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.
Interestingly, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is ranked 6th on the list, having earned more than $40 million.
(2009) Top 10 Richest People in the World
March 25, 2009
The world’s richest people are now getting “poorer.”
According to the 2009 Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires, there are now only 793 billionaires around the world — down from 1,132 in the 2008 Richest People list. Their collective net worth is “just” $2.4 trillion, down $2 trillion from last year.
Who are the wealthiest people in the world? Read on.
Filipino billionaires in 2009
March 18, 2009
Who are the richest Filipinos? How many Filipino billionaires are there? Among the three — Henry Sy, Lucio Tan and Jaime Zobel de Ayala — who is currently the richest?
If you know the answers to these questions, then you are most likely following the list of the world’s richest.
If you know nothing, don’t worry. Keep reading.
Richest Young Billionaires under 40
March 11, 2009
Facebook is definitely in but the guy who created it — Mark Zuckerberg — is out of Forbes Magazine’s 2009 list of the world’s youngest billionaires.
The 24-year-old Facebook creator was the youngest billionaire in 2008 with around $1.5 billion networth. This year, he was dislodged from the Top 10 as the company’s revenues did not follow the growth of the site’s membership.
The title of youngest billionaire is now held by German Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis with a networth of $2.1 billion.
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are still the richest among the young billionaires.
Here is the 2009 list of the world’s richest and youngest, ranked based on networth.
Top 40 Richest Filipinos in 2008
October 17, 2008
Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family are not anymore the richest people in the Philippines. That’s according to the recent list of “The Philippines’ 40 Richest” published annually by business magazine Forbes. (See the 2007 list of richest filipinos here.)
Shopping mall and real estate mogul Henry Sy and his family are now on top of the list, with US$3.1 billion net worth. Tycoon Lucio Tan and family are next, with net worth amounting to US$1.5 billion. Last year’s richest person, Jaime Zobel de Ayala, is this year’s biggest loser, with total net worth down by US$800 million after his Ayala Corporation’s stock price plummeted 46%.
Top 10 Youngest Billionaires – 2008
April 23, 2008
We’ve seen this year’s Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s richest people but we’ve never been introduced yet to the world’s richest AND youngest people.
And so we bring you the list of the World’s Youngest Billionaires 2008.
Top 10 World’s Richest People 2008
April 20, 2008
Who’s the richest person in the world? If you answered Bill Gates, then you’re still stuck in the past.
According to Forbes Magazine’s The World’s Billionaires List 2008, the World’s Richest Man is magnanimous investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. His fortune is an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from last year.
(See also other lists of Richest People)
The 40 Richest People in the Philippines
October 21, 2007
Forbes Magazine released last week its list of “The Philippines’ 40 Richest.”
The top 40 are worth a combined $17 billion, a billion dollars more than last year. For the first time in a decade, a Filipino broke into the billionaire ranks. The son of a poor immigrant factory worker, Andrew Tan restructured his holding company, Alliance Global, and as a result, his net worth jumped to $1.1 billion from $480 million last year.
