Top Ten Richest People In The World

Here are the richest people in the world:


10: Christy Walton 

Widow of John Walton, this woman inherited the wealth of her husband after he died in a plane crash near his home in Wyoming in 2005. Most of the heritage of Christy, which amounts to $ 26.5 billion, comes from its holdings in Wal-Mart, chain founded by his father-in-law Sam Walton in 1962. Wal-Mart today has sales of $ 405 million and employs more than 2.1 million people. 


9: Mukesh Ambani 

Reliance Industries, the oil and gas conglomerate, is recognized as the most valuable company in India. The equity of this Indian living in Mumbai is $ 27 billion.


8: Eike Batista 

Considered the richest man in Brazil, Eike Batista has a wealth of $ 30 billion. Batista controls companies covering the mining, construction, energy, tourism and entertainment. Two-thirds of his fortune came from OGX company oil and gas which he founded in 2007. In interviews this Brazilian has said that will soon take the place of Carlos Slim as the world's richest man, but certainly still has a long way to go.


7: Amancio Ortega

This entrepreneur, Spanish-born, obtained a net worth of $ 31 billion, He's one of the owners of Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivariusa with 5 000 stores in 77 countries.


6: Lakshmi Mittal

This magnate Hindu is the owner of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel. His wealth is a total of $32.20 billions.


5: Larry Ellison 

In only one year the owner of Oracle's fortune rose $ 11.5 billion, thanks to a 30% jump in shares of software company, giving him a total of $ 39.5 billion in fortune. Like other magnates, Ellison intends to donate 95% of their wealth to charity.


4: Bernard Arnault
 
Easily retains the top spot of the richest in Europe, thanks to his fortune of $ 13.5 billion revenue product from his company LVMH. This man also owns the yacht builder Royal Van Lent.

3: Warren Buffett

His net worth is a of total $ 50 billion. His wealth added $ 3 billion in one year, thanks to an increase of 15% from his investments in Berkshire Hathaway.

2: Bill Gates.

His wealth is a total of $56 billions. The Microsoft  owner is standing as the richest person in the USA. He's not the richest man in the world because he donated about $30 billions of his fortune to charity.

1: Carlos Slim

With a net worth of $ 74 billion, this Mexican was placed second consecutive year as the richest person in the world. In one year he earned about $20 billions. Slim's wealth was the result of several factors, like an %19 increase in the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexican Stock Exchange).

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Top Ten Best Countries To Live In

These are the top ten best countries to live in. According to five factors: education, health, quality of life,economic competitiveness and political environment.
10: Denmark.

Denmark has given a boost to industrialization favoring the establishment of a welfare state that guarantees access to public services. The high quality of life ranking 5 in the world  is marked by low unemployment (4.3 percent) and high response in the other indicators such as average education of 16 years and life expectancy above the average.

9:Japan 


Japan is the country with more healthy life expectancy in the world (an average of 76 years).
men and women have a longer life. All this without forgetting that this country has enormous technological capabilities of the highest figures in education and an exponential growth of world power.

8:Netherlands

Ranks among the top in human development (ninth in 2008 as the United Nations), excels in education with 19.7 years of schooling and has half a per capital income of $ 49.400. The political participation of its citizens has the highest demonstrate the commitment that people have with this small country. It lies well ranked # 3 in the ranking of "political environment".

7:Canada

It is the second largest country in the world, but also one of the least populated. Technologically advanced and with a strong culture of support for education -2 º in the world in this area. This American country maintains low levels of inequality in wages and gender. Liberal and modern, the country of North America has a healthy life expectancy of 73 years and a solvent to be economy of a country this size.

6:Norway

Since the Second World War, the standard of living Norway is always in the first places in the world. Today is No. 1 in quality of life and 2 in the political environment. It also has the highest GDP per capital ($ 86.4) and the lowest unemployment figures (3.2 percent). Abundant in natural resources, economic sectors included in the full range of activities from extraction of oil to shipbuilding, according to a study by the Global Peace 2007 is one of the most peaceful countries in the world.

5: Luxembourg

This small European country is one of the most commercial and financial centers in Europe. The income per capital is $ 74.400. Further underlined by the quality of life: No. 3 ranking and its low unemployment (3.2 percent).

4:Australia

With a healthy economy and the most resistant to economic crisis, Australia is the country with its high standard of living, safe cities, sunny climate and level of education above the average make it worthy of the fourth place. It is among the top 10 in all rankings, except in education, No. 13.

3: Sweden

Country of great cultural attraction, the conservation and protection of the environment is a priority of this nation whose participation is the highest in the world and the political stability in the strongest. His healthy life expectancy is 74 years. In general Sweden has a very high quality of life and security, with a low number of homicides.

2. Switzerland

It is one of the richest countries with a capital income of $ 56.400. But not only that makes a place of privilege, but its high levels of quality of life: has one of the highest healthy life expectancy (75 years), a literacy rate of 99 percent and a rate of 0.6 homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants, the lowest in the world. Switzerland's economy stands out as the most stable in the world, and its level of citizen participation is also high.

1.Finland

The best of the best. Nordic country with the lowest population density of the European Union, Finland's economy is one of the most prosperous on the continent and their educational level-n º 1 - an example worldwide. It also has an enviable political stability, and only drops to 17th place in the ranking of health, with healthy life expectancy of 72 years. 


There are about 200 countries in the world, each with its own characteristics. If we could be born again and choose the country in which we live, we have a wide range of possibilities and I'm pretty sure that we would choose any of these top ten countries :>)

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