Billionaires

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2000. Gates became the first American to take the top spot of the world's billionaires...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2001. In 2001, BET founder Robert L. Johnson became the first ever African-American billionaire. Here is a List of...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2002. As a result of the market crash caused by the Dot-com bubble, 83 billionaires dropped...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2003. Oprah Winfrey became the first female African-American billionaire. Here is a List of Top 10...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2004. The founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, became billionaires at age 30. Here is a List...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2005. The net worth of 2005's 691 billionaires was $2.2 trillion. More than half of...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2006. Free cash used by consumers from home equity extraction, known as the real estate bubble created...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2008. Forbes recorded a then record of 946 billionaires. There were 178 newcomers, as well...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2008. After 13 years as number one Bill Gates ceded the title of richest man...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2009. In the wake of the Financial crisis of 2007–2008, the world's billionaires lost $2 trillion...

Top 10 World’s Billionaires in 2010. Slim narrowly eclipsed Gates to top the billionaire list for the first time. Slim...