28 TURKS, 2 ARMENIANS IN BILLIONAIRES LIST OF FORBES
news.az
March 11 2010
Azerbaijan
Forbes logo Forbes said this economic situation raised the number of
Turkish billionaires in the list.
Forbes magazine’s annual list of billionaires has been published and
for the first time in 16 years, a person from outside the US leads
the rankings: Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helú beat Bill Gates and Warren
Buffett for the top spot.
Armenian-American tycoon Kirk Kerkorian ranked 307th, dropping from
last year’s 209th place, with a net worth of $3.1 billion (as compared
to $5 bn last year). The other Armenian billionaire on Forbes’ list
is self-made Russian businessman Danil Khachaturov (at number 828),
who has a net worth of $1.2 billion, up $0.8 billion from last year.
Twenty-eight Turks took place in the 2010 billionaires list of US
financial magazine Forbes.
Luisa Kroll, one of the editors of the magazine, said Turkish lira
(TL) gained value against the USD made more Turks be included in the
billionaires list.
Husnu Ozyegin, the owner of the FIBA Holding, is the richest Turkish
person with 3 billion USD of wealth, according to the list.
Ozyegin was ranked the 316th in the list, and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet,
the owner of Cukurova Holding, was at the 342nd place with 2.9 billion
USD of wealth.