Top 20 des hommes les plus riches 2009
| Rang | Nom | Pays | Age | Fortune (milliars de $) |
| 1 | William Gates III (Bill Gates) | Etats-Unis | 53 | 40.0 |
| 2 | Warren Buffett | Etats-Unis | 78 | 37.0 |
| 3 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | Mexique | 69 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Lawrence Ellison | Etats-Unis | 64 | 22.5 |
| 5 | Ingvar Kamprad & family | Suède | 83 | 22.0 |
| 6 | Karl Albrecht | Allemagne | 89 | 21.5 |
| 7 | Mukesh Ambani | Inde | 51 | 19.5 |
| 8 | Lakshmi Mittal | Inde | 58 | 19.3 |
| 9 | Theo Albrecht | Allemagne | 87 | 18.8 |
| 10 | Amancio Ortega | Spain | 73 | 18.3 |
| 11 | Jim Walton | Etats-Unis | 61 | 17.8 |
| 12 | Alice Walton | Etats-Unis | 59 | 17.6 |
| 12 | Christy Walton & family | Etats-Unis | 54 | 17.6 |
| 12 | S Robson Walton | Etats-Unis | 65 | 17.6 |
| 15 | Bernard Arnault | France | 60 | 16.5 |
| 16 | Li Ka-shing | Hong Kong | 80 | 16.2 |
| 17 | Michael Bloomberg | Etats-Unis | 67 | 16.0 |
| 18 | Stefan Persson | Suède | 61 | 14.5 |
| 19 | Charles Koch | Etats-Unis | 73 | 14.0 |
| 19 | David Koch | Etats-Unis | 68 | 14.0 |
| 21 | Liliane Bettencourt | France | 86 | 13.4 |
| 22 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | Arabie Saoudite | 54 | 13.3 |
| 23 | Michael Otto & family | Allemagne | 65 | 13.2 |
| 24 | David Thomson & family | Canada | 51 | 13.0 |
| 25 | Michael Dell | Etats-Unis | 44 | 12.3 |