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There are over 1,000 billionaires currently in the world. See related link for names and amounts!The overwhelming most of the billionaires are included in the Forbes 2012 list which is regarded as the international official list.Normally , out of experience when business persons ask about the Billionaires there is a reason for it in the back of their heads such as increased business.Others are interested out of curiosity , for academic reasons or for publicity reasons or for fund raising activity reasons or to find out how these persons became billionaires in the first place.Forbes is an excellent place to start virtually for free and if you have a credit card with a few units of thousands of United States Dollars on it to spent , excellent lists can be obtained with verified and audited correct contact details from Ben H. Campbell with the following contact details :Website: www.billionaires.00cash.comEmail: billionaires@email.comPhone: 323-573-2501There is however a cheaper website option called billionairemailinglist.com where you can get all the United States Billionaires home mailing addresses. These are probably better than the email addresses because you get the letter right into their mailboxes, thus getting the letter right into the billionaires home. Chances are better of getting a reply that way. Several people have had great success with mailing a letter directly to their home. (which is back ground information provided you want the details as business contacts or as a fund rasing drive contact portal).There are a lot of possible search recommendations. These list is nowhere complete , but it will give you a few pointers as a start in the correct direction :In the event that you have a fund rasing drive in mind for a worthy and deserving welfare or social responsibility purpose in mind , the following is pointers and recommendations as initial steps that might hopefully be helpful in the correct direction , even for business it might be highly valuable (a very few people that are insignificant in numbers of 7 ' 000 ' 000 ' 000 people on planet Earth has a high percentage of its power and value directly and indirectly under their control De Facto) :The first step would be to complete as much as possible complete a full list of all rich people on the planet and then to compare it with all known philantrophists.It must be stated that there are more than 40 Billionaires that together with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Microsoft Corporation of Medina , Washington State , United States of America and Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation of Omaha(together with his son Howard Buffett of De Wildt Cheetah Centre , Hartbeespoortdam , Republic of South Africa ) , of Nebraska State , United States of America that has made an Astronomical Philantrophist Pledge in Principle.Recommended ideas and/or books in the search :Recommendation 1 :Sunday Times Rich List 2006-2007 was published by A & C Black in December 2006 (ISBN 978-0713679410). This list with office addresses the richest 5000 multi billionaires , billionaires and penta (supermulti and multi) millionaires in the United Kingdom and Great Britain.It has been compiled by the Rich List Staff of the London Sunday Times with the editor listed asDr Philip Beresford, with Tristian Davies serving as the executive editor in later years.Recommendation 2 :Sunday Times Rich List 2007-2008 was due to be published by A & C Black in November 2007 (ISBN 978-0713685152) but no book appeared due to a deadlock between the publishers and The Sunday Times. The publisher was keen to carry on but only if a CD version was attached to the book. The Sunday Times would not allow this as it would give competitors a chance to develop their own database and launch rival rich listsRecommendation 3 :Amazon.com: Asia's Wealth Club: A Who's Who of Business and Billionaires (in the greater Asia area) (ISBN 9781857881622): Geoff Hiscock: Books.This lists all the Billionaires in the greater Asia area a few years back with references of their specific companiesRecommendation 4 :Eurobusiness Magazine Rich 400 list for richest Europeans back Issuesfor e.g from 3 February 2000Recommendation 5 :Who's Who of the WorldMany of the World's Leaders and Decision Makers and even Billionaires has in depth details and sometimes with e-mail addressesRecommendation 6:International Who's Who of the WorldBoth the Who's Who of the World , and preferably of the last couple of years together with the International Who's Who of the World should be looked up for every single BillionaireRecommendation 7:Regional Who's Who of certain globe regions is very valuable for e.g Who's Who in the United States of America is very valuable , and also smaller areas for e.g Who's Who of Southern Africa list the richest black billionaire on the planet e-mail as patrice.motsepe@arm.co.za(arm.co.za standing for African Rainbow Minerals)Recommendation 8:Some of the Forbes lists specifically list residence and source with the specific home town residence such as the 2011 Forbes 400 listing the richest 400 Billionaires in the United States of AmericaRecommendation 9:ThinkResource.Org has one the most in depth Rich List links on the Planet from one platform available. It is however needed to join them with a specific Username and Password as a Login after joining them.This includes the following :Rich Lists from around the worldHere you'll find a fairly comprehensive list of Rich Lists from aroundthe world that are all included in ThinkResource.Org databases:UK* Asian Rich List - index of Britain's Asian millionaires compiledby Philip Beresford* Asian Rich List - compiled by Dr Spinder Dhaliwal and publishedin Eastern Eye's Success Magazine* Birmingham Post Midland Rich List 2006* City & Guilds Vocational Rich List 2007 - charts the wealth ofthe UK's top millionaires, who have all made their money using theirwork-related training* icCoventry Midland Rich List* Estates Gazette Rich List - contains Britain's top propertymagnates in order of wealth* Greek Rich List 2007 - compiled by Philip Beresford profiles thetop 50 richest Greeks in the UK* Kent Life Rich List 2008 - the top 50 wealthiest pepople in Kent* Midlands Rich List - supplement from Business Insider magazine* North West Rich List - supplement from Business Insider magazine* Public Sector Rich List 2007 - list of the most highly paidpeople in the public sector* Reality TV Celebrity Rich List - list of the top 10 celebritieswho have appeared on reality TV in the UK* Rich List 2020 - 20 young British stars-in-the-making (from 2003)* South West Rich List - supplement from Business Insider magazine* Sunday Times Rich List 2007 - definitive guide to the richest1000 people in Britain and Ireland* Sunday Times Rich List 2007 - Top 5,000 - book version of thepaper's supplement that includes 5000 of Britain's richest individuals* Surrey Life Rich List 2007 - the top 50 wealthiest pepople in Surrey* Sussex Life Rich List 2008 - the top 50 wealthiest pepople in Sussex* Town Hall Rich List 2008 - list of local authority employees whoearn over £100,000 a year from the taxpayer* Welsh Rich List - supplement from Business Insider magazine* Yorkshire Rich List - supplement from Business Insider magazineAmerica* The Forbes 400 - list of the 400 richest Americans* America's Top 100 Asian Entrepreneurs* Top 10 Asian American Corporate SuperstarsAustralia and New Zealand* Australia and New Zealand's 40 Richest* 2007 BRW Rich 200 - covers the 200 richest Australians* BRW Australian Executive Rich List* BRW Australian Young Rich List* The National Business Review 2007 Rich List - lists NewZealanders, both local and expatriate, worth more than NZ$50 million* Australian Resources Rich List 2007 - lists the top 100investors in the Australian resources industry* New Zealand Legal Aid Rich List 2007 - lists the top 25 legalaid lawyers in New ZealandCanada* The Rich 100: Canada's wealthiest people - Lists the top 100richest people in CanadaChina* China RIch List 2008* China Rich List 2007* Richest Women in China List 2006 - lists the top 50 richestwomen in China for 2006Eastern Europe* Eastern European Rich List - list of the top 100 richest eastern europeansFrance* Le 500 Plus Grandes Fortunes - Lists the 500 richest people inFrance in 2007Germany* Top 55 Richest Germans/Top 10 Richest FamiliesGlobal* The Football Rich List 2007 - lists the world's wealthiestfootball directors and highest earning football players* The Virgin Money Spend List 2007 - looks at how the financialelite spend their money, where they spend it and who spends the most* The World's Billionaires* World's 5 Richest Families* New Economy Millionaires Rich List (2006) - contains a number ofpeople not found in the Sunday Times Rich ListHong Kong and Taiwan* Hong Kong and Taiwan's 40 Richest* Hong Kong's 40 Richest 2008 (different to the above)* Hong Kong's 40 Richest 2009India* India's Top 10 Billionaires* The Billionaire Club - Lists the 533 richest people in India,including 48 dollar billionairesIndonesia* Indonesia's 40 Richest - Forbes' list of the wealthiest 40Indonesians from 2006Israel* Israel's 40 RichestJapan* Japan's 40 RichestKorea* Korea's 40 RichestMalaysia* Malaysia's 40 RichestMiddle East* Arabian Business Rich List 2007Monaco* Monaco Rich List 2007 - list of Monaco's 30 richest British residentsNetherlands* Quote 500 - List of the top 500 richest people in the NetherlandsPakistan* Pakistan Rich List 2008 - List of the 44 richest people inPakistan (unknown source)Poland* Polish Top 100 Rich ListSingapore* Singapore's 40 RichestSwitzerland* Swiss Billionaires Rich List* Swiss Rich List 300 - list of the 300 richest people inSwitzerland (in million swiss francs)Turkey* The 40 Richest TurksRecommendation 10:The latest Wikipedia Reference Billionaire is also a good place to start with reliable linksRecommendation 11:The Forbes latest 2011 list of Billionaires : Go to forbes.com and follow the lists is most probably the first place to startRecommendation 12:The World Wealth Report and previous years back Issues can also be helpfulRecommendation 13:The Foremost World Authority on the contact details of Billionaires that are purchasable is Ben Campbell that has the direct contact details of several hunderd Billionaires on the Planet available. He has published a few advertisements on free press release.In my opinion there are 3 international experts on thissubject.The most important of them is Ben Campbell that has launchedextensive advertisements on freepress release.WebSite:http://www.billionaires.00cash.comSeveral lists for sale has been drawn up over the yearsby him.When the most powerful political parties in theUnited States and other countries want funding,his lists is the first place to start.His phone number in the USA was at a stageTelephone:323-573-2501BEN CAMPBELL Executive Advisor.He is one of the only experts in the world with directhome address , telephone email etc. contactable quick details.for. e.g.His advisory service also provides you with the "home addresses" of 334 billionaires. Gives you the "home telephone numbers" of 164 billionaires. Gives you the wives names of 228 billionaires.The other international expert , that is the best to get the Billionaires to actually give some cash out isformer President of the United States of America Bill Clinton , as reported in the Readers Digest of January 2011on page 54 till 61.He is doing it via the William J. Clinton Foundation and the specific attempt is called the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).Steve Forbes is running Forbes magazine and website andis the foremost Financial Executive Expert on the Planetfor Financial Executive Reporting.Recommendation 14:Photos_of_about_227_Billionaires_and_Celebrities_in_the_U.S.A._http://www.billionaireshomes.com/">Photos_of_about_227_Billionaires_and_Celebrities_in_the_U.S.A._http://www.billionaireshomes.com/">Photos_of_about_227_Billionaires_and_Celebrities_in_the_U.S.A._http://www.billionaireshomes.com/">Photos of about 227 Billionaires and Celebrities in the U.S.A. http://www.billionaireshomes.com/Recommendation 15 : http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence(as per City and U.S.A. State) Source1Bill Gates $59 B 55 Medina, Washington Microsoft2Warren Buffett $39 B 81 Omaha, Nebraska Berkshire Hathaway3Larry Ellison $33 B 67 Woodside, California Oracle4Charles Koch $25 B 75 Wichita, Kansas diversified4David Koch $25 B 71 New York, New York diversified6Christy Walton $24.5 B 56 Jackson, Wyoming Wal-Mart7George Soros $22 B 81 Katonah, New York hedge funds8Sheldon Adelson $21.5 B 78 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos9Jim Walton $21.1 B 63 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart10Alice Walton $20.9 B 61 Fort Worth, Texas Wal-Mart11S. Robson Walton $20.5 B 67 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart12Michael Bloomberg $19.5 B 69 New York, New York Bloomberg LP13Jeff Bezos $19.1 B 47 Seattle, Washington Amazon.com14Mark Zuckerberg $17.5 B 27 Palo Alto, California Facebook15Sergey Brin $16.7 B 38 Los Altos, California Google15Larry Page $16.7 B 38 Palo Alto, California Google17John Paulson $15.5 B 55 New York, New York hedge funds18Michael Dell $15 B 46 Austin, Texas Dell19Steve Ballmer $13.9 B 55 Hunts Point, Washington Microsoft20Forrest Mars $13.8 B 80 Big Horn, Wyoming candy20Jacqueline Mars $13.8 B 71 The Plains, Virginia candy20John Mars $13.8 B 75 Jackson, Wyoming candy, pet food23Paul Allen $13.2 B 58 Mercer Island, Washington Microsoft, investments24Phil Knight $13.1 B 73 Hillsboro, Oregon Nike25Carl Icahn $13 B 75 New York, New York leveraged buyouts26Donald Bren $12 B 79 Newport Beach, California real estate26Anne Cox Chambers $12 B 91 Atlanta, Georgia media26Ronald Perelman $12 B 68 New York, New York leveraged buyouts29Abigail Johnson $11.7 B 49 Milton, Massachusetts Fidelity30James Simons $10.6 B 73 East Setauket, New York hedge funds31George Kaiser $10 B 69 Tulsa, Oklahoma oil & gas, banking32Len Blavatnik $9.5 B 54 London, N/A diversified33Harold Simmons $9.3 B 80 Dallas, Texas investments34Jack Taylor $9 B 89 St. Louis, Missouri Enterprise Rent-A-Car35Steve Cohen $8.3 B 55 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds36Harold Hamm $7.5 B 65 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma oil & natural gas37Rupert Murdoch $7.4 B 80 New York, New York News Corp38James Goodnight $7.1 B 68 Cary, North Carolina SAS Institute39Philip Anschutz $7 B 71 Denver, Colorado investments39Andrew Beal $7 B 58 Dallas, Texas banks, real estate39Steve Jobs $7 B 56 Palo Alto, California Apple, Pixar39Patrick Soon-Shiong $7 B 59 Los Angeles, California generic drugs43Samuel Newhouse $6.6 B 83 New York, New York Conde Nast44Ray Dalio $6.5 B 62 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds44Edward Johnson $6.5 B 81 Boston, Massachusetts Fidelity46Charles Ergen $6.4 B 58 Denver, Colorado EchoStar46Richard Kinder $6.4 B 66 Houston, Texas pipelines48Eli Broad $6.3 B 78 Los Angeles, California investments48Leonard Lauder $6.3 B 78 New York, New York Estee Lauder50Pierre Omidyar $6.2 B 44 Honolulu, Hawaii Ebay50Eric Schmidt $6.2 B 56 Atherton, California Google52Ralph Lauren $6.1 B 71 New York, New York Ralph Lauren53Jim Kennedy $6 B 63 Atlanta, Georgia media53Blair Parry-Okeden $6 B 60 Scone, N/A media55Donald Newhouse $5.9 B 81 Somerset County, New Jersey Conde Nast55Ira Rennert $5.9 B 77 Sagaponack, New York investments57Charles Butt $5.7 B 73 San Antonio, Texas supermarkets58David Geffen $5.5 B 68 Malibu, California movies, music59Jeffrey Hildebrand $5.3 B 52 Houston, Texas Oil60Richard DeVos $5 B 85 Holland, Michigan Amway60Richard LeFrak $5 B 66 New York, New York real estate60Frederik G.H. Meijer $5 B 91 Grand Rapids, Michigan supermarkets60Thomas Peterffy $5 B 67 Greenwich, Connecticut discount brokerage60David Tepper $5 B 54 Livingston, New Jersey hedge funds60Dennis Washington $5 B 77 Missoula, Montana construction, mining66Robert Rowling $4.7 B 57 Dallas, Texas investments66Stephen Schwarzman $4.7 B 64 New York, New York investments66Sam Zell $4.7 B 69 Chicago, Illinois real estate, private equity69Rupert Johnson $4.5 B 70 Burlingame, California Franklin Resources69John Malone $4.5 B 70 Elizabeth, Colorado cable television69John Menard $4.5 B 71 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Retail72Charles Johnson $4.4 B 78 Hillsborough, California financial services73Ray Lee Hunt $4.3 B 68 Dallas, Texas oil, real estate73Bruce Kovner $4.3 B 66 New York, New York hedge funds75Micky Arison $4.2 B 62 Bal Harbour, Florida Carnival Cruises75Leonard Stern $4.2 B 73 New York, New York real estate75Daniel Ziff $4.2 B 39 New York, New York investments75Dirk Ziff $4.2 B 47 North Palm Beach, Florida investments75Robert Ziff $4.2 B 45 New York, New York investments80Sumner Redstone $4.1 B 88 Beverly Hills, California Viacom81John Paul DeJoria $4 B 67 Austin, Texas hair products, tequila81David Green $4 B 69 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Hobby Lobby81William Koch $4 B 71 Palm Beach, Florida oil, investments81Roger Wang $4 B 62 Nanjing, Jiangsu retail85Leslie Wexner $3.8 B 74 New Albany, Ohio retail86Henry Kravis $3.7 B 67 New York, New York leveraged buyouts86Gordon Moore $3.7 B 82 Woodside, California Intel88Robert Bass $3.6 B 63 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments88Jin Sook & Do Won Chang $3.6 B 56 Beverly Hills, California retail88Trevor Rees-Jones $3.6 B 60 Dallas, Texas Oil & Gas91John Arnold $3.5 B 37 Houston, Texas hedge funds91Dustin Moskovitz $3.5 B 27 San Francisco, California Facebook91Henry Ross Perot $3.5 B 81 Dallas, Texas computer services, real estate91John Sall $3.5 B 63 Cary, North Carolina SAS Institute91Charles Schwab $3.5 B 74 Atherton, California discount brokerage96Dannine Avara $3.4 B 47 Houston, Texas pipelines96Gayle Cook $3.4 B 77 Bloomington, Indiana medical devices96Scott Duncan $3.4 B 28 Houston, Texas Pipelines96Milane Frantz $3.4 B 42 Houston, Texas Pipelines96Bruce Halle $3.4 B 81 Paradise Valley, Arizona Discount TireRecommendation 16:http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Business/world-billionaire.php gives profile lists of the world's top billionaires including :Carlos Slim Helu William Gates III Warren BuffettMukesh Ambani Lakshmi Mittal Lawrence EllisonBernard Arnault Eike Batista Amancio OrtegaKarl Albrecht Ingvar Kamprad Christy WaltonStefan Persson Li Ka-shing Jim WaltonAlice Walton Liliane Bettencourt S. Robson WaltonPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud David Thomson Michael OttoLee Shau Kee Michael Bloomberg Sergey BrinCharles Koch David Koch Larry PageMichele Ferrero Azim Premji Kwok familyTheo Albrecht Vladimir Lisin Steven BallmerRobert Kuok George Soros Anil AmbaniPaul Allen Michael Dell Mikhail ProkhorovBirgit Rausing Shashi & Ravi Ruia Mikhail FridmanJeffrey Bezos Savitri Jindal Donald BrenRecommendation 17:The following link list the Billionaires as per specific state in the U.S.A. :http://www.xerraireart.com/blog/2006/03/10/where-do-all-the-billionaires-live/Recommendation 18:The Hurun Rich List of China for 2011 is another source : http://www.hurun.net/usen/NewsShow.aspx?nid=154To download the complete list in an excel format scroll down to the link at the end of their discussion summaryand look for : Hurun Rich List 2011 Excel Download :2011 Rank 2011 Wealth US$m 2010 Rank 2010 Wealth US$m Name Company1 11,000 4 5,400 Liang Wengen Sany2 10,700 1 11,800 Zong Qinghou & family Wahaha3 8,800 5 5,300 Li Yanhong Baidu4 7,800 5 5,300 Yan Bin Ruoy Chai5 7,200 25 3,400 Xu Jiayin Evergrande Property6 7,100 7 5,100 Wang Jianlin Wanda7 6,600 15 4,100 Wu Yajun & family Longfor Properties8 6,400 7 5,100 Liu Yongxing & family East Hope9 6,300 18 3,700 He Xiangjian & family Midea Group10 5,600 21 3,500 Yang Huiyan & family Country Garden11 5,500 7 5,100 Zhang Jindong Suning11 5,500 297 690 Li Shuirong & family RongSheng Holdings13 5,300 11 4,700 Ma Huateng Tencent13 5,300 13 4,300 Shen Wenrong Sha Gang Group13 5,300 168 1,000 Qiu Guanghe & family Semir Group16 5,200 16 4,000 Chen Lihua Fu Wah International16 5,200 21 3,500 Huang Guangyu & family Pengrun Investment18 5,000 25 3,400 Zhou Chengjian & family Metersbonwe19 4,700 13 4,300 Lu Guanqiu & family Wanxiang Group19 4,700 18 3,700 Liu Yonghao & family New Hope Group19 4,700 25 3,400 Lu Zhiqiang FanHai19 4,700 25 3,400 Sun Guangxin Guanghui Group19 4,700 220 840 Zhang Shiping & family Weiqiao Pioneering24 4,400 3 5,600 Zhang Yin & family Nine Dragons Paper24 4,400 29 3,200 Huang Wei & Li Ping XinHu Group26 4,200 29 3,200 Du Shuanghua Rizhao Iron and Steel27 4,150 43 2,600 Chen Zhuolin & family Agile Properties28 4,100 21 3,500 Chen Fashu Xinhuadu Industrial Group28 4,100 21 3,500 Zhu Mengyi & family Hopson / Pearl River Investment30 4,000 38 2,900 Zhang Zhirong & family Hengsheng Holding, Rongsheng Heavy Industry31 3,900 10 4,900 Xu Rongmao & family Shimao32 3,800 29 3,200 Liu Canglong & Liu Hailong Hongda Group33 3,600 38 2,900 Tong Jinquan Changfeng Real Estate34 3,400 29 3,200 Rong Zhijian Citic Pacific34 3,400 38 2,900 Li Jinyuan Tiens34 3,400 43 2,600 Ding Lei Netease37 3,300 2 5,900 Li Li & family Hepalink37 3,300 29 3,200 Zhu Yicai & Wu Xueqin Yurun Group37 3,300 51 2,200 Pan Shiyi & Zhang Xin SOHO China40 3,200 29 3,200 Xiuli Hawken & family Renhe GroupRecommendation 19 :Several sites on the internet alledge to have valuableinformation.Although there are unfortunately also unethical andquestionable sites , some is genuine.These 2 are an example of what is available :The following sites also advertise that they have contact details of the rich available :for e.g. for corporations and companies :http://www.rsateleservices.com/id55.htmlinfo@rsalistcorporation.com ;rsalists@gmail.comRSA TeleservicesInvestors & Millionaires Email ListRSA Teleservices has the largest Investor & Millionaires Email List available on the market, we have a database of over 7 Million.Did you know that there were over 7 Million Millionaires in America, according to the latest survey ? *2. for private individualsfor e.g.http://www.contactamillionaire.com/ has an advertisement for sale for 20 000 millionaire contact detailsRecommendation 20:1: William Gates III ($46.5 bil)Microsoft CorporationBoard of Directorsc/o William Gates, ChairmanOne Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-6399USA--Phone: +1-425-882-8080Fax: +1-425-936-7329E-Mail (direct): billg@microsoft.comE-Mail: askboard@microsoft.com2: Warren Buffett ($44.0 bil)Berkshire Hathaway Inc.c/o Warren Buffett, Chairman1440 Kiewit PlazaOmaha, NE 68131USA--Phone: +1-402-346-1400Fax: +1-402-346-3375E-Mail: berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com3: Lakshmi Mittal ($25.0 bil)Mittal Steel Company Ltd.c/o Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman7th FloorBerkeley Square HouseBerkeley SquareLondon W1J 6DAEngland--Phone: +44-20-7629-7988Fax: +44-20-7629-79934: Carlos Slim Helu ($23.8 bil)Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.Consejo de Administraciónc/o Carlos Slim Helu, Presidente Honorario VitalicioParque Via 198Oficina 701Colonia Cuauhtemoc06599 Mexico, D.F.Mexico--Phone: +52-55-5703-3990Fax: +52-55-5545-5550E-Mail: ri@telmex.com5: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud ($23.7 bil)Kingdom Holding Companyc/o HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, ChairmanSaudi Arabia Kingdom TowerRiyadh, 11321Saudi Arabia--Phone: +966-1-488-1111 / +966-1-211-1111Fax: +966-1-481-1954/ +966-1-211-1112E-Mail: info@kingdom.net6: Ingvar Kamprad ($23.0 bil)IKEA International A/Sc/o Ingvar Kamprad, FounderSjögatan 125106 HelsingborgSweden--Phone: +46-42-267-100Fax: +46-42-132-805E-Mail: prse@memo.ikea.com7: Paul Allen ($21.0 bil)Vulcan Inc.c/o Paul G. Allen, Chairman505 Fifth Ave SSuite 900Seattle, WA 98104USA--Phone: +1-206-342-2000Fax: +1-206-342-3000E-Mail: info@vulcan.com8: Karl Albrecht ($18.5 bil) Germany Germany , Mülheim an der RuhrAldi (Süd) GmbH & Co. oHGz.Hd. Karl Albrecht, EigentümerBurgstraße 37-3945476 Mülheim an der RuhrGermany--Phone: +49-208-9927-0Fax: +49-208-9927-249E-Mail: mail@aldisued.de9: Lawrence Ellison ($18.4 bil)Oracle Corporationc/o Lawrence Ellison, CEO500 Oracle ParkwayRedwood Shores, CA 94065USA--Phone: +1-650-506-7000Fax: +1-650-506-720010: S. Robson Walton ($18.3 bil)Wal-Mart Stores Inc.c/o S. Robson Walton, Chairman702 SW 8th St.Bentonville, AR 72716USA--Phone: +1-479-273-4000Fax: +1-479-273-4053E-Mail: irinqu@walmart.com11: Jim Walton ($18.2 bil)Arvest Holdings Inc.c/o Jim C. Walton, Chairman125 W. Central, Ste. 218Bentonville, AR 72712USA--Phone: +1-479-464-150011: John Walton ($18.2 bil)Wal-Mart Stores Inc.c/o John Walton, Director702 SW 8th St.Bentonville, AR 72716USA--Phone: +1-479-273-4000Fax: +1-479-273-4053E-Mail: irinqu@walmart.com13: Alice Walton ($18.0 bil)Rocking W Ranch Inc.c/o Alice Walton, Owner10587 Hwy 281 SouthMineral Wells, TX 76067USA--Phone: +1-940-325-9440E-Mail: horses@waltonsrockingwranch.com13: Helen Walton ($18.0 bil)The Walton Family Foundationc/o Helen R. Walton, FounderP.O. Box 2030Bentonville, AR 72712USA--Phone: +1-479-464-1570Fax: +1-479-464-158015: Kenneth Thomson & family ($17.9 bil)The Thomson Corporationc/o David K. R. Thomson, ChairmanToronto-Dominion Bank Tower, 66 Wellington Street WestToronto, Ontario M5K 1A1Canada--Phone: +1-416-360-8700Fax: +1-416-360-8812E-Mail: general.info@thomson.com16: Liliane Bettencourt ($17.2 bil)Fondation Bettencourt Schuellerc/o Liliane Bettencourt, présidente16 Place Vendôme75001 ParisFrance17: Bernard Arnault ($17.0 bil)LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SAc/o Bernard Arnault, président22 avenue Montaigne75008 ParisFrance--Phone: +33-1-44-13-22-22Fax: +33-1-44-13-21-1918: Michael Dell ($16.0 bil)Dell Inc.c/o Michael S. Dell, Chairman1 Dell WayRound Rock, TX 78682-2222USA--Phone: +1-512-338-4400Fax: +1-512-283-6161E-Mail (direct): michael.dell@dell.comE-Mail: info@dell.com19: Sheldon Adelson ($15.6 bil)Las Vegas Sands Corp.c/o Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman3355 Las Vegas Blvd. SouthLas Vegas, NV 89109USA--Phone: +1-702-414-1000Fax: +1-702-414-488420: Theo Albrecht ($15.5 bil)Aldi (Nord) GmbH & Co. oHGz.Hd. Theo Albrecht, EigentümerEckenbergstrasse 1645307 EssenGermany--Phone: +49-201-8593-0Fax: +49-201-8593-319E-Mail: mail@aldinord.de21: Roman Abramovich ($13.3 bil)Chelsea Football Clubc/o Roman Abramovich, OwnerStamford BridgeFulham RoadLondonSW6 1HSEngland--Phone: +44-20-7915-2900Fax: +44-20-7381-4831E-Mail: jax@chelseafc.co.uk22: Li Ka-shing ($13.0 bil)Hutchinson Whampoa Ltd.c/o Li Ka-shing, ChairmanHutchison House, 21/F10 Harcourt Rd.Hong Kong--Phone: (852) 2521 2281Fax: (852) 2810 0772E-Mail: info@hutchison-whampoa.com23: Amancio Ortega ($12.6 bil)Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A.c/o Amancio Ortega Gaona, ChairmanEdificio InditexAvenida de la Diputación15142 Arteixo, La CoruñaSpain--Phone: +34-981-18-54-00Fax: +34-981-18-55-44E-Mail: comunicacion@inditex.com24: Steven Ballmer ($12.1 bil)Microsoft CorporationBoard of Directorsc/o Steven Ballmer, Chief Executive OfficerOne Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-6399--Phone: +1-425-882-8080Fax: +1-425-936-7329E-Mail: askboard@microsoft.com25: Silvio Berlusconi ($12.0 bil)Presidenza del Consiglio dei MinistriIl Presidente del Consiglio dei MinistriSilvio BerlusconiPalazzo ChigiPiazza Colonna 37000186 RomaItaly--Phone: +39-06-67791 / +39-06-67793190Fax: +39-06-67793169E-Mail: redazione.web@governo.itRecommendation 21:By using Excel Spreadsheets linking Billionaires to specific Companies (the function to use is Data and Sort) and to Compare it with Fortune 500 Company Databasisses and Global 2000 Databasis with Address Links such as the One from CNN International.As a rule of thumb some of the details will match.Recommendation 22:Professional Financial Journalists in the financial field that has done either direct or indirect interviews with Billionaires will have some of their details.Recommendation 23:WHO'S WHO IN 2012 AC & BLACK ISBN 978 1408142295, 5TH DECEMBER 2011 , HARDBACK 225.00 POUNDS , 164TH EDITION , PRINT AND ONLINE EDITION 315.00 POUNDS (FROM OXFORD CITY PRESS) www.ukwhoswho.com www.acblack.com/whoswhoWildy & Sons Ltd - The World's Legal Bookshop : Who's Who 2012 Buy Who's Who 2012 , by A&C Black, ISBN 9781408142295, published by A & C Black from www.wildy.com, the World's Legal Bookshop. 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Si Sun Yat-sen (12 Nobyembre 1866 or 24 Nobyembre 1870 - 12 Marso 1925), kilala din bilang Sun Yixian, Sun Wen, Sun Itchisen/Sun Itchiyama(Japanese) and Sun Zhongshan (una Sun Deming), ay isang dating Instik na pinunong-rebolusyon at isang politikal na pinuno; tinuturing siyang Ama ng Modernong Tsina. Siya ay isa sa mahahalagang tao na nagpabagsak ng Dinastiyang Qing noong 1911. Siya ay anak ng isang magsasaka, inilipat siya sa Hawaii kung saan siya ay pinalaki ng kanyang nakakatandang kapatid. Nag-aaral siya ng medisina sa Hong Kong at nagtapos noong 1892. Siya nagtrabaho sa Macao, Guangzhou at Honolulu. Si Sun Yat-sen naging interesado sa pulitika. at itinatag ang Revive China Society. Sa 1895 Sun Yat sen-kinuha bahagi sa Guangzhou sa kanyang unang "abortive uprising". Sapilitang siyang pinatira sa Japan, Estados Unidos at Englatera. Habang sa London siya ay dinukot at ibinilanggo ng mga Intsik na legasyon. Ang Qing dinastya ay nagwakas noong Chinese Revolution ng 1911. Sun Yat-sen ay naging presidente at sa Song Jiaoren itinatag niya ang Kuomintang (National People's Party). Nung 1913, binigti ang partido na pinamunuan ni General Yuan Shikai, si Sun Yat-sen nakatakas sa Japan. Sun Yat-sen ay bumalik sa Guangzhou at sa tulong ng tagapayo mula sa Unyong Sobyet ang Kuomintang unti nadagdagan ang kanyang kapangyarihan sa Tsina. Sa 1924 pinagtibay ito at siya rin ay nagtatag ng Whampoa Military Academy sa ilalim ng Chiang Kai-shek. Si Sun Yat-sen ay namatay ng kanser sa Beijing sa 1925.


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3, proud sponsors of The 3 Irish Open, today announced sponsorship of three-time Major Champion Padraig Harrington, with the 3 logo appearing on his shirt collar. Padraig Harrington will sport the 3 collar sponsorship for the duration of the 2009 Open Championship in Turnberry later this week and the Bridgestone PGA Invitational in Ohio from 4th August - 9th August 2009. The sponsorship follows 3's previous support of Padraig as winner of the US PGA Championship and 3's title sponsorship of the Irish Open earlier this year. 3 is delighted to be associated with Padraig Harrington's bid to win The Open Championship for the third year running, something not achieved in any of the four Majors since Peter Thomson in 1956. Padraig will partner former Major winners Jim Furyk and Geoff Ogilvy in the first two rounds of The Open Championship and goes into it having won a third consecutive Irish PGA Championship over the weekend. Robert Finnegan, CEO of 3 said "We are proud to strengthen our association with Irish golf by supporting one of the country's finest players, and a world-class sportsman, Padraig Harrington. Our sponsorship of Padraig for these upcoming tournaments builds on 3's strategic involvement with Irish golf and we wish Padraig every success." Padraig Harrington said "I am proud to represent 3 and hope that I can repeat the result obtained when I last carried the 3 brand at the 2008 USPGA Championship" About 3: Launched in 2005, 3 is Ireland's fastest growing mobile network. Operating one of Ireland's 3G mobile phone licences, 3 Ireland has an over 400,000 customers and is the market leader in mobile broadband with a 150,000 subscribers. Switching to 3 is made easy by allowing customers keep their mobile number. 3 offers a wide range of price plans to suit everyone's budget: 1. Best of Both - Ireland's first price plan to combine the flexibility of pre-pay with the benefits of pay monthly. With a monthly cost of €25 customers receive 100 minutes talk plus 100 minutes 3 to 3 talk time and unlimited free texts to any network. Top up option available. 2. 3Pay - 99c per day provides 700 texts plus 200 weekend call minutes for a seven day period. New customers avail of 3cent texts and €80 credit. Top up option available. 3.Pay Monthly - customers can avail of free unlimited 3 to 3 calls on the Relax 350,650 and 950 tariffs. 100% owned by Hutchison Whampoa, a leading international corporation, 3 has over 20 million customers worldwide and is Europe's leading 3G operator. 3 holds 3G licences in Ireland, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Macau, Norway, Sweden and the UK.


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