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May 04, 2008

Does this mean anything = 4 of the 10 richest people in the world are Indian?

Warren Buffett (US): $62bn

Carlos Slim (Mexico): $60bn

Bill Gates (US): $58bn

Lakshmi Mittal (India): $45bn

Mukesh Ambani (India): $43bn

Anil Ambani (India): $42bn

Ingvar Kamprad (Sweden): $31bn

KP Singh (India): $30bn

Oleg Deripaska (Russia): $28bn

Karl Albrecht (Germany): $27bn

Probably not...

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wow, i've never noticed that.

Posted by: federal way flowers | May 04, 2008 at 10:55 PM

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