The World's Billionaires
Edited by Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller and Tatiana Serafin
The Forbes annual Billionaires List: a grouping of the richest people in the world and how they became wealthy. Including Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates.



Emerging Titan
Naazneen Karmali
Gautam Adani has survived terrorists and kidnappers. He'll need that luck to hold for his high stakes bet in India's Gujarat to pay off.

Feed Fight
Russell Flannery
East Hope group eyes Thai agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand's backyard.

Know Thyself
Keren Blankfeld Schultz
Indonesian Peter Sondakh's introspection.

Pakistan's Almost First
Devon Pendleton
When Mian Mohammed Mansha sold 57% of his MCB shares to Malaysia's Maybank, he had big plans for the resulting $896 million cash windfall.

When Cronies Fall
Maha Atal
Nigeria's only two billionaires are locked in combat.

Flying High
Devon Pendleton
The Middle East's newest billionaire, Sheikh Al Nahayan.

Good Drugs, Great Timing
Steven Bertoni
The U.S.' Patrick Soon-Shiong is immune to market meltdown.

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Issues & Ideas

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Readers Say
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Current Events
Thoughts




Companies, People, Ideas


New Ord(er)
Tim Treadgold
Australia hopes to engineer its way out of a drought--and feed Asia at the same time.

Spend, Baby, Spend
Tim Kelly
Japan's shadow finance leader wants to jolt the economy to life.

Backcourt Scramble
Dorothy Pomerantz and David K. Randall
Live Nation and China's burgeoning basketball scene.


Detoured
Megha Bahree
The U.S. stimulus bill poses problems for foreigners.

Oh My Revenues
Elizabeth Woyke
A citizen-journalism effort in Korea struggles with the bottom line.

A Brand Re-Booted
Helen Coster
Hunter boots are everywhere.

Issues & Ideas


Warming to a Fight
Kerry A. Dolan
A physicist debunks popular wisdom about global warming..