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SBD/Issue 122/The Back of the Book
Sports Interests Among Forbes' Top 100 Billionaires
Published March 14, 2008
FORBES has released its annual list of the world's billionaires, with 1,125 people making the list this year, the first time the list has cracked four figures. The collective net worth of the members is $4.4 trillion, up from $900B last year. The following chart lists a selection of those from the top 100 and their ties to the global sports industry (FORBES, 3/24 issue).
|
SPORTS INTERESTS AMONG FORBES' TOP 100
BILLIONAIRES IN THE WORLD |
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|
RK
|
NAME
|
COUNTRY
|
NET WORTH
|
SPORTS INTERESTS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3
|
Bill Gates
|
U.S.
|
$58.0
|
Comcast stakeholder
|
|
4
|
Lakshmi Mittal
|
India
|
$45.0
|
Queens Park Rangers stakeholder
|
|
14
|
Larry Ellison |
U.S.
|
$25.0
|
Oracle racing owner
|
|
15
|
Roman Abramovich |
Russia
|
$23.5
|
Chelsea owner |
|
24
|
Mikhail Prokhorov |
Russia
|
$19.5
|
CSKA Moscow financier |
|
39
|
Francois Pinault & family |
France
|
$16.9
|
Converse, Vail Ski Resort owner |
|
41
|
Paul Allen |
U.S.
|
$16.0
|
Seahawks, Trail Blazers owner |
|
58
|
Alain & Gerard Wertheimer |
France
|
$12.9
|
Thoroughbred horse racing business owners |
|
62
|
Anne Cox Chambers |
U.S.
|
$12.6
|
Cox Enterprises owner |
|
73
|
Phil Knight |
U.S.
|
$10.4
|
Nike chairman |
|
75
|
Ernesto Bertarelli |
Switzerland
|
$10.3
|
Team Alinghi owner |
|
76
|
Kumar Birla |
India
|
$10.2
|
2010 Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee member |
|
77
|
Leonardo Del Vecchio |
Italy
|
$10.0
|
Luxottica (Oakley) owner |
|
87
|
Charles Ergen |
U.S.
|
$9.5
|
EchoStar Chairman & CEO |
|
90
|
Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy
|
$9.4
|
AC Milan owner |
|
91
|
Alisher Usmanov |
Russia
|
$9.3
|
Arsenal stakeholder |
