Forbes' 27th annual report of the world's richest people of 2013 listed 1,426 billionaires, whose total assets totalled an estimated value of $5.4tn, compared to $4.6tn the year before, the result of the introduction of 200 new billionaires onto the world stage. Of these billionaires, 442 live in the United States, with 386 in Asia and the Pacific, 366 in Europe, and 123 in the Middle East. The average worth of those on the Forbes list was $3.8bn, with 138 of those listed being women, 34 more than in 2012. The women included Lilian Batancour, who placed 9th on the list with an estimated worth of $30bn. Despite economic problems in Spain, Amancio Ortego, owner of the supermarket chain Zara Shahira, secured the largest increase in wealth compared to the previous year, with his total assets valued at an estimated $19.5bn. In terms of richest Arabs, Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal came in at first place, and 26th on the list overall, with an estimated worth of $20bn, followed by Muhammad Al-Amudi of Saudi Arabia, the second richest Arab listed by Forbes, 65th on the list overall, with an estimated value of $13.5bn RANK NAME COUNTRY Aggregate Net worth 1 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico $73B 2 Bill Gates United States
$67B 3 Amancio Ortega Spain $57B 4 Warren Buffet United States $53.5B 5 Larry Ellison United States $43B 20 Larry Page United States $23B 21 Sergey Brin United States $22.8B 26 Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia $20B 30 George Soros United States $19.2B 65 Mohammed Al Amoudi Saudi Arabia $13.5B 66 Tadashi Yanai & family Japan $13.3B 69 Donald Bren United States $13B 166 Ralph Lauren United States $7B 182 Nassef Sawiris Egypt $6.5B 198 Sulaiman Al Rajhi & family Saudi Arabia $6B 376 Majid Al Futtaim United Arab Emirates $3.6B 384 Najib Mikati Lebanon $3.5B 384 Taha Mikati Lebanon $3.5B 437 Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Ghurair & family United Arab Emirates $3.1B 437 Othman Benjelloun Morocco $3.1B 554 Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Saudi Arabia $2.6B 589 Naguib Sawiris Egypt $2.5B 613 Bahaa Hariri Lebanon $2.4B 641 Mohammed Al Issa Saudi Arabia $2.3B 670 Abdullah Al Rajhi Saudi Arabia $2.2B 670 Mohamed Mansour Egypt $2.2B 736 Yasseen Mansour Egypt $2B 736 Onsi Sawiris Egypt $2B 785 Saleh Kamel Saudi Arabia $1.95B 785 Youssef Mansour Egypt $1.95B 922 Abdulla Al Futtaim United Arab Emirtaes $1.65B 1031 Mohamed Al Fayed Egypt $1.4B 1031 Saif Al Ghurair & family United Arab Emirates $1.4B
