Li Ka-Shing (李嘉誠 pinyin: Lǐ Jiāchéng, Jyutping: Lei5 Gaa1-sing4, born July 29, 1928), is the wealthiest person in Hong Kong and East Asia. According to Forbes Magazine He is also the richest person of Chinese descent in the world. Presently, he is the Chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings.

HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, (born, March 1957) (Arabic: الوليد بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) commonly known as Prince Al-Waleed, is a member of the Saudi Royal Family, an entrepreneur and international investor who has amassed an enormous fortune through investments in shares and property. With an estimated net worth of US $20 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the eighth richest person in the world and nicknamed by Time magazine as Arabian Warren Buffett.

Bernard Arnault (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman. He is the 7th richest person in the world in March 2006 with a net worth of $21.5 billion US dollars, according to Forbes Magazine.[1]

A native of Roubaix, Arnault owns 51% of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), which is also partly owned by Christian Dior. Arnault is the Chairman and CEO of both companies. He also owns Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, an art auction house. His daughter Delphine Arnault is actively involved in the management of LVMH.

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American entrepreneur who established himself by co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates. He regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world; as of 2006 he is ranked by Forbes magazine as the sixth richest, worth an estimated $22.7 billion, of which $5 billion is in Microsoft stock. He is the Chairman of Charter Communications and is a shareholder in Dreamworks Animation. He was recently invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Lakshmi Narayan Mittal (also known as Lakshmi Niwas Mittal) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, born on 15 June (not certain) 1950 in Sadulpur, in Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and residing in Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK. He is the 5th richest man in the world and, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, the richest in the UK, with a net worth of £14.8 billion (April 2006).