There are 1,210 people on FORBES' list of billionaires this year, marking the largest number ever. That figure is up from 793 last year and 1,125 in '09. The collective net worth of those on the list is $4.5 trillion, a record that is up from $4.4 trillion last year and $900B in '09. There are 413 billionaires in the U.S., up from 272 last year. Listed below are billionaires in the top 400 with sports interests (FORBES, 3/28 issue).
SPORTS INTERESTS AMONG TOP 400 FORBES' GLOBAL BILLIONAIRES |
RK |
NAME |
COUNTRY |
NET WORTH
(BILLIONS) |
SPORTS INTERESTS |
3 |
Warren Buffett |
U.S. |
$47.0 |
Triple-A PCL Omaha
Storm Chasers co-Owner |
4 |
Mukesh Ambani |
India |
$29.0 |
Indian Premier League
Mumbai Indians Owner |
5 |
Lakshmi Mittal |
India |
$28.7 |
English Championship League
club QPR co-Owner |
6 |
Larry Ellison |
U.S. |
$28.0 |
BNP Paribas Open,
Indian Wells Tennis Garden Owner |
37 |
Paul Allen |
U.S. |
$13.5 |
Trail Blazers, Seahawks Owner |
39 |
Mikhail Prokhorov |
Russia |
$13.4 |
Nets Owner |
50 |
Roman Abramovich |
Russia |
$11.2 |
EPL club Chelsea Owner |
62 |
Phil Knight |
U.S. |
$10.2 |
Nike Chair |
74 |
Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
$9.0 |
Serie A club AC Milan Owner |
100t |
Lee Kun-Hee |
South Korea |
$7.2 |
IOC Member |
100t |
Alisher Usmanov |
Russia |
$7.2 |
EPL club Arsenal Investor |
117 |
Rupert Murdoch |
U.S. |
$6.3 |
News Corp. Owner (Fox Sports) |
123 |
Phil Anschutz |
U.S. |
$6.0 |
AEG Chair |
127 |
Masayoshi Son |
Japan |
$5.9 |
Japanese baseball club
Fukuoka Hawks Owner |
136 |
Leonid Fedun |
Russia |
$5.5 |
Russian soccer club
FC Spartak Moscow Owner |
148t |
Rinat Akmetov |
Ukraine |
$5.2 |
Ukrainian soccer club
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Owner |
148t |
Charles Ergen |
U.S. |
$5.2 |
EchoStar Chair |
154 |
Jim Kennedy |
U.S. |
$5.0 |
Cox Enterprises Chair |
167 |
Hiroshi Mikitani |
Japan |
$4.7 |
Japanese baseball club
Rakuten Eagles Owner |
176 |
Rich DeVos |
U.S. |
$4.5 |
Magic Owner |
189 |
Micky Arison |
U.S. |
$4.4 |
Heat Owner |
208t |
Lester Crown |
U.S. |
$4.1 |
Bulls, Yankees stakeholder |
208t |
Dietrich Mateschitz |
Austria |
$4.1 |
MLS Red Bulls,
Red Bull Racing Owner |
212 |
Bernie Ecclestone |
U.K. |
$4.0 |
F1 Management Chair |
258 |
David Tepper |
U.S. |
$3.5 |
Steelers stakeholder |
277 |
Stephen Ross |
U.S. |
$3.4 |
Dolphins Owner |
297 |
Ron Burkle |
U.S. |
$3.2 |
Penguins co-Owner |
316t |
Ted Lerner |
U.S. |
$3.0 |
Nationals Owner |
316t |
Joe Lewis |
U.K. |
$3.0 |
EPL club Tottenham Hotspur Owner |
342 |
Stan Kroenke |
U.S. |
$2.9 |
Kroenke Sports Enterprises Owner |
367 |
Charles Dolan |
U.S. |
$2.6 |
Cablevision Owner (MSG, Knicks,
NHL Rangers, WNBA Liberty) |
400t |
Mark Cuban |
U.S. |
$2.4 |
Mavericks Owner |
400t |
Malcolm Glazer |
U.S. |
$2.4 |
Buccaneers, EPL club
Manchester United Owner |
400t |
John Malone |
U.S. |
$2.4 |
Liberty Media Chair (Braves) |
400t |
Sumner Redstone |
U.S. |
$2.4 |
CBS Chair |
