Rich List

L.A. Times Archives

Aug. 20, 1992 12 AM PT

Here is Fortune magazine’s 1992 ranking of the world’s top 10 billionaires, with name, home, source of wealth and estimated fortune:

1. Sultan of Brunei; oil and gas, real estate, investments; $37 billion.

2. Walton family; Arkansas; Wal-Mart stores; $24 billion.

3. Taikichiro Mori and family; Japan; real estate; $14 billion.

4. Forrest Mars Sr., Nevada; Forrest Mars Jr., Virginia; John Mars, Virginia; Jacqueline Mars Vogel, New Jersey; Mars Inc.; $13 billion.

5. Samuel I. Newhouse Jr., Donald E. Newhouse and family; New York; publishing and broadcasting; $13 billion.

6. Queen Elizabeth II; England; real estate, stock investments, race horses, jewelry and art; $11.7 billion.

7. King Fahd; Saudi Arabia; oil and gas; $10 billion.

8. Anne Cox Chambers, Georgia; Barbara Cox Anthony, Hawaii; media and publishing; $8.2 billion.

9. John Werner Kluge; Virginia; communications and real estate; $8.1 billion.

10. Gad Rausing, Hans Rausing; England; liquid-food packaging; $7.2 billion.