Sunday, March 1, 2009

The Green Rich List

Here's the top 10 of 100 from the Times of London:
A special survey of how the world's wealthiest people are turning into eco-pioneers

The global rich are going green as never before. This first Sunday Times Green Rich List shows that the enthusiasm among the world’s wealthiest for investments in areas as diverse as electric cars, solar power and geothermal energy is unaffected by the recession. Read the full article


Click on the names to read detailed files on each entry


Rank


Name


Country


Wealth


Green investment

1


Warren Buffett


USA


£27bn


Wind power

2


Bill Gates


USA


£26bn


Renewable fuel

3


Ingvar Kamprad


Sweden


£22bn


Renewable energy

4


Marcel Brenninkmeijer


Holland


£19bn


Natural power

5


Mukesh Ambani


India


£15bn


Life sciences

6


Michael Bloomberg


USA


£14.4bn


Natural energy

7


Michael Otto


Germany


£13.2bn


Green products

8


Paul Allen


USA


£11.5bn


Natural fuels

9


Donald Bren


USA


£8.2bn


Environmental research

10=


Sergey Brin


USA


£7.5bn


Green energy

10=


Larry Page


USA


£7.5bn


Green energy