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Since 1996 the French weekly magazine Challenges has published the annual report "Les 500", a list of the richest people in France.

Contents 1 Challenges Rich List 2008 2 Previous years 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Challenges Rich List 2008

#	Name	Net worth	Citizenship	Sources of wealth
1	Gérard Mulliez	US$30.0 billion	France	Auchan
2	Bernard Arnault	US$25.5 billion	France	LVMH
3	Liliane Bettencourt	US$22.9 billion	France	L'Oréal
4	François Pinault	US$16.9 billion	France	PPR
5	Alain and Gérard Wertheimer	US$12.9 billion	France	Chanel
6	Serge Dassault	US$9.9 billion	France	Dassault
7	Jean-Claude Decaux and family	US$5.9 billion	France	JC Decaux
8	Martin Bouygues	US$4.5 billion	France	Bouygues
9	Didier Primat	US$2.9 billion	France	Schlumberger
10	Alain Merieux	US$2.8 billion	France	BioMerieux
11	Romain Zaleski	US$2.7 billion	France	Carlo Tassara
12	Philippe Foriel-Destezet	US$2.3 billion	France	Adecco
13	Pierre Bellon	US$2.2 billion	France	Sodexho
14	Vincent Bolloré	US$1.4 billion	France	Bolloré

[edit] Previous years

• Challenges Rich List 2005
• Challenges Rich List 2004
• Challenges Rich List 2003

[edit] See also

• List of French people
• List of people by nationality
• List of billionaires

[edit] External links

• Challenges

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