Data of Top Richest people in the Forbes

II. Data
There were 25 Billionaires from list of Forbes 2009 world’s Billionaires who are presented in the website. All of the listed billionaires were included in this study. The billionaires residence were Switzerland, Sweden, United States, France, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and lastly the India.

Majority of the Billionaires were reside in United States with 11 population or 44%, followed by 12% of Germany, and 8% of France (see table 1).
Table 1. List of Forbes 2009 world’s Billionaires
Rank-- Net Worth ($bil)-- Age-- Citizenship --------Residence
1 ------------40------------------ 53 ----United States ----United States
2 ------------37------------------ 78-----United States----United States
3------------35 ------------------ 69---- Mexico-----------Mexico
4------------22.5---------------- 64-----United States----United States
5------------22 ------------------83-----Sweden----------Switzerland
6------------21.5 ----------------89-----Germany--------Germany
7------------19.5 ----------------51------India-------------India
8------------19.3----------------58------India------------United Kingdom
9------------18.8----------------87------Germany--------Germany
10-----------18.3----------------73------Spain------------Spain
11-----------17.8----------------61-------United States---United States
12-----------17.6----------------59 ------United States---United States
12-----------17.6----------------54 ------United States---United States
12-----------17.6----------------65 ------United States---United States
15-----------16.5----------------60------ France----------France
16-----------16.2----------------80------ Hong Kong-----Hong Kong
17-----------16------------------67 ------ United States---United States
18-----------14.5---------------61 ------- Sweden---------Sweden
19-----------14 -----------------73 -------United States---United States
19-----------14-----------------68--------United States---United States
21-----------13.4 ---------------86------- France----------France
22-----------13.3---------------54 -------Saudi Arabia----Saudi Arabia
23-----------13.2---------------65-------Germany--------Germany
24-----------13-----------------51--------Canada---------Canada
25-----------12.3---------------44 -------United States--United States
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