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List Of Top 10 Richest Person In The World By 1997
BY SACNILK
Here is the list of the top 10 richest people in the world by 1997.## Bill Gates tops the list with a total of $36.4 billion. He is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, together with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.## Check out the complete list below.## List of top 10 richest person in the world by 1997 # Name Net worth USD Age Nationality Source of wealth 1.- Bill Gates $36.4 billion 42 United States Microsoft 2.- Walton family $27.6 billion _ United States Wal-Mart 3.- Warren Buffett $23.2 billion 66 United States Berkshire Hathaway 4.- Lee Shau-kee $14.7 billion 69 Hong Kong Henderson Land Development 5.- Paul Allen $14.1 billion 44 United States Microsoft 6.- Kwok brothers $12.3 billion 48 Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai Properties 7.- Haas family $12.3 billion _ United States Levi Strauss & Co 8.- Forrest Mars Sr. & family $12.0 billion 93 United States Mars, Inc. 9.- Karl and Theo Albrecht $11.5 billion 77 Germany Aldi Süd 10.- Tsai Wan-lin & family $11.3 billion 73 Taiwan Cathay Life Insurance Stay Tuned##