Amancio Orteg
Amancio Ortega is placed in the tenth position among the top ten wealthiest people in the world in 2009. In 2009, he was worth $18.3 Billion and has a fortune that is self-made. He was the son of a railway worker and he worked in a shirt shop in Spain. Later, he with his wife started making lingerie and dressing gowns. Soon, they started their own company naked Inditex. Today, the brand has more than 4000 stores all-round the globe.
Theo Albrecht
Theo Albrecht, who was worth $18.8 billion in 2009, has the brand rights to the discount grocer Aldi (northern part of Germany) and Europe (except UK). The rights to the Aldi brand in the United States belong to his brother Karl Albrecht. Later, Theo Albrecht started his own brand by name Trader Hoe that is gaining popularity in the US.
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian immigrant in the UK. He is the wealthiest person in Great Britain in the year 2009. He inherited a good fortune from his family’s steel making business. Mittal Steel is the company that has been started by him and this brought him better prospects. Mittal is worth $19.3 billion.
Mukesh Ambani
Upon the death of his father, Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil Ambani inherited the company Reliance from their father. This company is listed among the most valuable companies in the country India. Mukesh Ambani merged Reliance Petroleum with Reliance Industries. He was worth $19.5 billion in 2009, and is the wealthiest person in India in 2009.
Karl Albrecht
Karl Albrecht is the wealthiest person in Germany, and was worth $21.5 billion in 2009. He is a self-made billionaire. Albrecht and his brother transformed their mother’s grocery shop into Aldi, which has become popular for discount prices on groceries. He has the rights of the brand in countries like UK, US, Southern part of Germany and Australia.
Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Kamprad is a Swedish entrepreneur who had a net worth of $22 billion in 2009. Being the child of Swedish parents, Kamprad started his baby steps in business by selling cards, pens, and lots more right when he was a child. He later started selling furniture and opened his own furniture store that offered customers furniture at reliable rates. His brand is famous for its stylish modern furniture that can be affordable for anyone.
Lawrence Ellison
Lawrence Ellison started the software Oracle, and he was worth $22.5 billion in 2009. Ellison was adopted by his mother’s aunt and uncle who lived in South Shore, Chicago. Ellison is a college dropout and made his money through software designing. The database project for the CIA, which is a part of Ampex Corporation, was known as Oracle. Ellison started his own company with $2,000 and later on growing it into one of the leading companies in the world.
Carlos Slim Helu
Carlos Slim Helu is the wealthiest man in Latin America in the year 2009. He was worth $35 billion in 2009. Like the most individuals on this top ten list, Helu too is a self-made billionaire. He is the son of an immigrant from Lebanon. He lives in Mexico City and has made a fortune with the help of the telecom industry. Helu’s wealth is worth 2% of the economic output of the whole of Mexico.
Warren Buffett
He is the famous investor, who after losing $25 billion has a net worth of $37 billion in 2009. He is a self-made billionaire. He has made a fortune out of a textile firm by name Berkshire Hathaway. He bought Berkshire. Berkshire owns stakes in Coco-cola, Geico, dairy Queen, See’s candy, Wells Fargo and other popular companies.
Bill Gates
The world’s richest man in the year 2009, Bill Gates, had a net worth $40 billion. He is a self-made billionaire who started making an income as an entrepreneur. He was a skilled disk operating system pioneer and started a company for developing software with his friends. This company is the famous Microsoft.