List of billionaires (2006) 101-334

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This is the second list of billionaires of 2006 compiled by Forbes.

Main article: List of billionaires (2006)

[edit] Top billionaires

#	Name	Net Worth	Citizenship	Source
103	Eli Broad	US$5.9 billion	United States
104	Anil Ambani	US$5.7 billion	India	Reliance ADA Group
104	Donald Bren	US$5.7 billion	United States
106	James, Arthur and John E. Irving	US$5.5 billion	Canada	Irving Group of Companies
107	The Yasuo Takei family	US$5.4 billion	Japan
107	YC Wang	US$5.4 billion	Taiwan
109	Shari Arison	US$5.2 billion	Israel
109	The Kunio Busujima family	US$5.2 billion	Japan
109	Nikolai Tsvetkov	US$5.2 billion	Russia
112	Michael Bloomberg	US$5.1 billion	United States
112	Cheng Yu-tung	US$5.1 billion	Hong Kong, China
114	Leonard Blavatnik	US$5 billion	Russia
114	The Gustavo Cisneros family	US$5 billion	Venezuela
114	Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken	US$5 billion	Netherlands	Heineken
114	John Fredriksen	US$5 billion	Norway	Frontline Ltd
114	Saleh Kamel	US$5 billion	Saudi Arabia
114	Karl-Heinz Kipp	US$5 billion	Germany
114	Robert Kuok	US$5 billion	Malaysia
114	John Menard, Jr.	US$5 billion	United States	Menards
114	James Packer	US$5 billion	Australia
114	Kushal Pal Singh	US$5 billion	India	DLF Universal
114	Jeffrey Skoll	US$5 billion	United States
125	Alexander Abramov	US$4.9 billion	Russia
125	The Erivan Haub family	US$4.9 billion	Germany
125	The Lorenzo Mendoza family	US$4.9 billion	Venezuela
125	Sunil Mittal	US$4.9 billion	India	Airtel
129	Alexei Kuzmichov	US$4.8 billion	Russia
129	Robert Rowling	US$4.8 billion	United States
129	Onsi Sawiris	US$4.8 billion	Egypt
129	Eric Schmidt	US$4.8 billion	United States	Google; Novell; Sun Microsystems
133	The Nobutada Saji family	US$4.7 billion	Japan
134	Jeronimo Arango	US$4.6 billion	Mexico
134	The Nicky Oppenheimer family	US$4.6 billion	South Africa
136	Iskander Makhmudov	US$4.5 billion	Russia
136	The Akira Mori family	US$4.5 billion	Japan
136	Julio Mario Santo Domingo	US$4.5 billion	Colombia
136	The Shin Kyuk-Ho family	US$4.5 billion	South Korea
140	Kumar Birla	US$4.4 billion	India	Aditya Birla Group
140	David Geffen	US$4.4 billion	United States
140	Steve Jobs	US$4.4 billion	United States	Apple Inc.
140	George Kaiser	US$4.4 billion	United States	BOK Financial Corporation
140	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	US$4.4 billion	Colombia
140	Thomas Schmidheiny	US$4.4 billion	Switzerland
140	Ty Warner	US$4.4 billion	United States	Ty Inc. (Beanie Babies)
147	Jeff Bezos	US$4.3 billion	United States	Amazon.com
147	Terry Gou	US$4.3 billion	Taiwan	Foxconn
147	Walter Haefner	US$4.3 billion	Switzerland
147	Ananda Krishnan	US$4.3 billion	Malaysia
147	Charles Bartlett Johnson	US$4.3 billion	United States
147	The Reinhard Mohn family	US$4.3 billion	Germany
147	Ross Perot	US$4.3 billion	United States
154	Jean-Claude Decaux	US$4.2 billion	France
154	Eitaro Itoyama	US$4.2 billion	Japan
154	Nina Wang	US$4.2 billion	China
154	Tadashi Yanai	US$4.2 billion	Japan
158	Giorgio Armani	US$4.1 billion	Italy
158	Vladimir Bogdanov	US$4.1 billion	Russia
158	The Lester Crown family	US$4.1 billion	United States
158	James Goodnight	US$4.1 billion	United States
158	Bahaa Hariri	US$4.1 billion	Switzerland
158	Saad Hariri	US$4.1 billion	Saudi Arabia
158	Antonia Johnson	US$4.1 billion	Sweden
158	Klaus-Michael Kühne	US$4.1 billion	Germany
158	The Eliodoro Matte family	US$4.1 billion	Chile
158	Richard M. Schulze	US$4.1 billion	United States	Best Buy
169	Leonid Fedun	US$4 billion
169	David Murdock	US$4 billion
169	Shiv Nadar	US$4 billion	India	Hindustan Computers Ltd.
169	Madeleine Schickedanz	US$4 billion	Germany
169	Charles R. Schwab	US$4 billion	United States
174	Boris Ivanishvili	US$3.9 billion	Russia
175	Abdullah Al Rajhi	US$3.8 billion	Saudi Arabia
175	Paul Desmarais	US$3.8 billion	Canada	Power Corporation of Canada
175	Aloysio de Andrade Faria	US$3.8 billion
175	The Michael Kadoorie family	US$3.8 billion
175	The Frank Lowy family	US$3.8 billion	Australia	Westfield Group
175	Ng Teng Fong	US$3.8 billion	Singapore
175	James Sorenson	US$3.8 billion
182	Anacleto Angelini	US$3.7 billion
182	Henry Fok	US$3.7 billion
182	Gordon Moore	US$3.7 billion
182	Bernard Sherman	US$3.7 billion
186	Masatoshi Ito	US$3.6 billion
186	Rupert Johnson, Jr.	US$3.6 billion
186	The Kwek Leng Beng family	US$3.6 billion
186	Ralph Lauren	US$3.6 billion
186	Pallonji Mistry	US$3.6 billion	India
186	Viktor Rashnikov	US$3.6 billion
186	David and Simon Reuben	US$3.6 billion
186	Andreas Strüngmann	US$3.6 billion	Germany
186	Thomas Strüngmann	US$3.6 billion	Germany
195	William Davidson	US$3.5 billion
195	Bradley Hughes	US$3.5 billion
195	Edward Lampert	US$3.5 billion
195	Alexander Lebedev	US$3.5 billion
195	George Lucas	US$3.5 billion	United States
195	Jim Pattison	US$3.5 billion	Canada	Jim Pattison Group
201	Otto Beisheim	US$3.4 billion	Germany
201	Richard DeVos	US$3.4 billion
201	The Bernard Ecclestone family	US$3.4 billion	United Kingdom
201	Esther Koplowitz	US$3.4 billion	Germany  Spain
201	Jorge Paulo Lemann	US$3.4 billion	Brazil
201	The Gérard Louis-Dreyfus family	US$3.4 billion
207	The Chung Mong-Koo family	US$3.3 billion
207	Anurag Dikshit	US$3.3 billion
207	The Johann Rupert family	US$3.3 billion	South Africa
207	Rainier and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck	US$3.3 billion	Germany
207	The Tsai Wan Tsai family	US$3.3 billion
207	Klaus Tschira	US$3.3 billion
207	Karl Wlaschek	US$3.3 billion	Germany
214	The Khalid Bin Mahfouz family	US$3.2 billion
214	The Martin Bouygues family	US$3.2 billion
214	William Cook	US$3.2 billion
214	The Antonio Ermirio de Moraes family	US$3.2 billion
214	The Yoshitaka Fukuda family	US$3.2 billion
214	Maurice Greenberg	US$3.2 billion	United States
214	Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi	US$3.2 billion
221	The Ricardo Salinas Pliego family	US$3.1 billion
221	Stephan Schmidheiny	US$3.1 billion	Switzerland
221	Masayoshi Son	US$3.1 billion
224	Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte	US$3 billion
224	Roland Arnall	US$3 billion	United States
224	Pyotr Aven	US$3 billion
224	Edgar Bronfman, Sr.	US$3 billion	Canada	Formerly Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd.
224	Albert Frere	US$3 billion	Belgium
224	Frits Goldschmeding	US$3 billion	Netherlands
224	Heidi Horten	US$3 billion	Germany
224	Petr Kellner	US$3 billion	Czech Republic	PPF
224	The Lee Seng Wee family	US$3 billion
224	Hiroshi Mikitani	US$3 billion
224	Robert Miller	US$3 billion	United States
224	The Sammy Ofer family	US$3 billion
224	Edward Rogers	US$3 billion
224	Anton Schlecker	US$3 billion	Germany
224	Takemitsu Takizaki	US$3 billion
224	William Wrigley, Jr.	US$3 billion
240	David Filo	US$2.9 billion	United States	Yahoo!
240	Michael Herz	US$2.9 billion	Germany
240	Leonard Lauder	US$2.9 billion	United States
240	Arnon Milchan	US$2.9 billion	Israel
240	A Jerrold Perenchio	US$2.9 billion
245	Anil Agarwal	US$2.8 billion	India	Vedanta Resources
245	Alberto Bailleres	US$2.8 billion
245	David and Frederick Barclay	US$2.8 billion
245	Richard Branson	US$2.8 billion	United Kingdom	Virgin Group
245	The Earl Cadogan and family	US$2.8 billion
245	Wolfgang Herz	US$2.8 billion	Germany
245	Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen	US$2.8 billion	Denmark	LEGO
245	Lim Goh Tong	US$2.8 billion	Malaysia	Genting Group
245	Carl Pohlad	US$2.8 billion
245	Ravi and Shashi Ruia	US$2.8 billion
245	Haim Saban	US$2.8 billion	Egypt
245	Stefan Schörghuber	US$2.8 billion	Germany
245	Steven Spielberg	US$2.8 billion	United States
258	John Abele	US$2.7 billion	United States
258	Charles Bronfman	US$2.7 billion	Canada	Formerly Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd.
258	The Matthew Bucksbaum family	US$2.7 billion	Germany
258	John Calamos	US$2.7 billion
258	Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone	US$2.7 billion
258	Jesus de Polanco	US$2.7 billion
258	Otto Happel	US$2.7 billion	Germany
258	Ayman Hariri	US$2.7 billion	Lebanon
258	Fahd Hariri	US$2.7 billion	Lebanon
258	Henry Hillman	US$2.7 billion
258	The Martha Ingram family	US$2.7 billion
258	Manuel Jove	US$2.7 billion
258	Vladimir Kim	US$2.7 billion
258	Ronald Lauder	US$2.7 billion
258	Andrei Melnichenko	US$2.7 billion
258	Henry Nicholas III	US$2.7 billion
258	Sergei Popov	US$2.7 billion
258	Leonard N. Stern	US$2.7 billion
258	Leslie Wexner	US$2.7 billion	United States
258	Michael Ying	US$2.7 billion	Hong Kong, China
278	Chen Din Hwa	US$2.6 billion	Hong Kong, China
278	The Adi Godrej family	US$2.6 billion	India	Godrej Group
278	Barbara Piasecka Johnson	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Peter Kellogg	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Ann Walton Kroenke	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Lev Leviev	US$2.6 billion	Israel
278	The Hugo Mann family	US$2.6 billion	Germany
278	Naguib Sawiris	US$2.6 billion	Egypt
278	Harold Simmons	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Melvin Simon	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	James Simons	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	The John Simplot family	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Donald Trump	US$2.6 billion	United States
278	Alisher Usmanov	US$2.6 billion	Russia
292	Riley Bechtel	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Stephen Bechtel, Jr.	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Gilberto Benetton	US$2.5 billion	Italy
292	Giuliana Benetton	US$2.5 billion	Italy
292	Luciano Benetton	US$2.5 billion	Italy
292	Steven A. Cohen	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	The Barbara Davis family	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	John Dorrance III	US$2.5 billion	Ireland
292	The Jean-Louis Dumas family	US$2.5 billion	France
292	Nicolas Hayek	US$2.5 billion	Switzerland
292	Ray Hunt	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Fukuzo Iwasaki	US$2.5 billion	Japan
292	Bruce Kovner	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Henry Kravis	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Leonid Mikhelson	US$2.5 billion	Russia
292	The Miuccia Prada family	US$2.5 billion	Italy	Prada
292	The Sean Quinn family	US$2.5 billion	Ireland
292	The J Ricketts family	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	George Roberts	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	David Rockefeller	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	The Bruno Schroder family	US$2.5 billion	United Kingdom
292	Stephen A. Schwarzman	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Dennis Washington	US$2.5 billion	United States
292	Chaleo Yoovidhya	US$2.5 billion	Thailand
317	Clive Calder	US$2.4 billion	United States
317	The Dhanin Chearavanont family	US$2.4 billion	Thailand
317	Stein Erik Hagen	US$2.4 billion	Norway
317	Indu Jain	US$2.4 billion	India
317	Richard Kinder	US$2.4 billion	United States
317	Sergio Mantegazza	US$2.4 billion	Switzerland
317	Dietrich Mateschitz	US$2.4 billion	Austria	Red Bull
317	George P. Mitchell	US$2.4 billion	United States
317	Axel Oberwelland	US$2.4 billion	Germany
317	Didier Primat	US$2.4 billion	France
317	Henry Samueli	US$2.4 billion	United States
317	The Emanuele (Lino) Saputo family	US$2.4 billion	Canada	Saputo Incorporated
317	Dilip Shanghvi	US$2.4 billion	India	Sun Pharmaceuticals
317	Steven Udvar-Hazy	US$2.4 billion	United States
317	Wee Cho Yaw	US$2.4 billion	Singapore
317	The Stef Wertheimer family	US$2.4 billion	Israel
317	Jerry Yang	US$2.4 billion	United States	Yahoo!
317	Samuel Zell	US$2.4 billion	United States

[edit] See also

• List of billionaires (2008)
• List of billionaires (2007)
• List of billionaires (2006)
• List of billionaires (2005)
• List of billionaires (2004)

[edit] References

• Forbes The World's Billionaires in 2006

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