Filthy Rich

Its that time again... Where do you rank on the Forbes list

Thats billions not millions.

1. William Gates III, Washington, 50, $50, Microsoft

2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 75, $42, Berkshire Hathaway

3. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 66, $30, telecom

4. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden, 79, $28, Ikea

5. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 55, $23.5, steel

6. Paul Allen, Washington, 53, $22, Microsoft, investments

7. Bernard Arnault, France, 57, $21.5, LVMH

8. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 49, $20, investments

9. Kenneth Thomson and family, Canada, 82, $19.6, publishing

10. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 77, $18.8, diversified

11. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 39, $18.2, oil

12. Michael Dell, Texas, 41, $17.1, Dell

13. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 86, $17, supermarkets

14. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 72, $16.1, casinos, hotels

15. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 83, $16, L'Oreal

15. Lawrence Ellison, California, 61, $16, Oracle

17. Christy Walton, Wyoming, 51, $15.9, Wal-Mart inheritance

17. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 58, $15.9, Wal-Mart

19. S. Robson Walton, Arkansas, 62, $15.8, Wal-Mart

20. Alice Walton, Texas, 56, $15.7, Wal-Mart

21. Helen Walton, Arkansas, 86, $15.6, Wal-Mart

22. Theo Albrecht, Germany, 83, $15.2, supermarkets

23. Amancio Ortega, Spain, 70, $14.8, Zara

24. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 50, $13.6, Microsoft

25. Azim Premji, India, 60, $13.3, software

The ranking of the Canada's richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.

9. Kenneth Thomson and family, 82, $19.6, publishing

59. Galen Weston and family, 65, $8.4, retail

106. James, Arthur and John Irving, $5.5, oil

114. Jeffrey Skoll, 41, $5, eBay

174. Paul Desmarais, 79, $3.8, finance

181. Bernard (Barry) Sherman, 64, $3.7, drugs

194. Jim Pattison, 77, $3.5, diversified

224. Robert Miller, 60, $3, Future Electronics

224. Edward Rogers, 72, $3, media

258. Charles Bronfman, 74, $2.7, liquor

317. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo and family, 69, $2.4, dairy

335. Wallace McCain, 76, $2.3, food

365. Michael Lee-Chin, 55, $2.1, mutual funds

382. Clayton Riddell, 68, $2, oil and gas

486. Daryl Katz, 44, $1.6, pharmacies

486. Alexander Shnaider, 37, $1.6, steel

512. Jean Coutu, 78, $1.5, pharmacies

512. Stephen Jarislowsky, 80, $1.5, asset management

562. N. Murray Edwards, 46, $1.4, oil and gas

562. Guy Laliberte, 46, $1.4, Cirque du Soleil

746. Calvin Ayre, 44, $1, Bodog.com

746. David Cheriton, $1, Google