| NAME | COUNTRY | NET WORTH ($ million) |
SOURCE |
| Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal | Brunei | 38,000 | oil,gas |
| Gates, William H. III | United States | 36,400 | Microsoft Corp. |
| Walton Family | United States | 27,600 | Inheritance (Wal-Mart Stores) |
| Buffett, Warren E. | United States | 23,200 | Stock market |
| Alsaud, King Faud Bin Abdul Aziz | Saudi Arabia | 20,000 | oil,investments, real estate |
| Suharto | Indonesia | 16,000 | investments |
| Allen, Paul Gardner | United States | 15,314 | Microsoft Corp. |
| Al-Sabah, Sheikh Jaber Al-ahmed Al-jaber | Kuwait | 15,000 | oil, investments, real estate |
| Lee Shau Kee | Hong Kong | 14,700 | real estate |
| Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families | Switzerland | 14,300 | pharmaceuticals:Roche |