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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
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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
12		Serge Dassault		France		£7.5bn		Electric cars
13		Andreas and Thomas Strungmann		Germany		£6.8bn		Solar power
14		Hansjörg Wyss		Switzerland		£6bn		Open spaces
15		Philip Anschutz		USA		£5.8bn		Wind power
16		Hans Rausing		UK		£4bn		Packaging
17		Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen		Denmark		£3bn		Toymaker
18		Dennis Washington		USA		£2.7bn		Conservation
19		Alicia and Tannetta Fentener van Vlissingen		Holland		£2.4bn		Conservation
20		José Manuel Entrecanales		Spain		£2.3bn		Renewable energy
21		Aloys Wobben		Germany		£2.2bn		Wind turbines
22		Norbert Rethmann		Germany		£2bn		Waste services
23=		Bill Koch		USA		£1.9bn		Renewable energy
23=		Stephan Schmidheiny		Switzerland		£1.9bn		Sustainable development
25=		Nicolas Berggruen		Switzerland		£1.8bn		Wind power
25=		Gordon Moore		USA		£1.8bn		Bio-diversity
25=		T Boone Pickens		USA		£1.8bn		Natural power
25=		Jeff Skoll		Canada		£1.8bn		Electric cars
29=		Stein Erik Hagen		Norway		£1.7bn		Electric cars
29=		Theodore Lerner		USA		£1.7bn		Green sports
29=		David Rockefeller		USA		£1.7bn		Sustainable agriculture
32=		Edward Bass		USA		£1.5bn		Eco research
32=		Nicky Oppenheimer		S Africa		£1.5bn		Wildlife conservation
34		John Whittaker		UK		£1.3bn		Green energy
35=		Sir Richard Branson		UK		£1.2bn		Renewable energy
35=		Ted Turner		USA		£1.2bn		Wildlife conservation
37		Otto Happel		Germany		£1.1bn		Solar power
38=		Julian Robertson		USA		£1bn		Global warming
38=		Tom Siebel		USA		£1bn		Alternative energy
40=		Carl Berg		USA		£900m		Clean technology
40=		Tom Golisano		USA		£900m		Natural resources
42=		Nicholas Pritzker		USA		£800m		Electric cars
42=		Peter Sperling		USA		£800m		Renewable energy
44=		John Doerr		USA		£750m		Green venture capitalist
44=		Caroline Getty and Anne Earhart		USA		£750m		Conservation
46=		Sebastian Pinera		Chile		£700m		Conservation
46=		Petter Stordalen		Norway		£700m		Renewable energy
48		Jorgen Philip-Sorensen		UK		£650m		Eco-consumerism
49		Tulsi Tanti		India		£648m		Wind Turbines
50		Jaiprakash Gaur		India		£620m		Wind power
51		Brad Kelley		USA		£570m		Wildlife conservation
52=		Vinod Khosla		USA		£560m		Alternative energy
52=		Xiaofeng Peng		China		£560m		Solar power
54		Michael Ahearn		USA		£550m		Solar power
55=		Felix Dennis		UK		£500m		Tree planting
55=		Jim Mellon		UK		£500m		Solar power
55=		Axel and Erik Schweitzer		Germany		£500m		Recycling
58		Michael Moritz		USA		£475m		Alternative energy
59		Cheung Yan and family		China		£470m		Paper recycling
60		Frank Asbeck		Germany		£440m		Solar power
61=		Wendy McCaw		USA		£400m		Environmental research
61=		David Werklund		Canada		£400m		Oil recycling
61=		Selim Zilkha		USA		£400m		Renewable energy
64		Wang Chuanfu		China		£375m		Eco-friendly transport
65		Shi Zhengrong		China		£370m		Solar power
66		Morris Kahn		Israel		£350m		Environmental protection
67		Phillip Sheppard and family		UK		£330m		Recycling
68		Dou Zhenggang		China		£325m		Waste-to-energy
69		Yoon Seok-Keum		S Korea		£310m		Solar power
70=		Bruce Cheng		Taiwan		£300m		Renewable energy
70=		Johan Eliasch		UK		£300m		Forest preservation
70=		Teresa Heinz		USA		£300m		Environmental research
70=		Ralph Sarich		Australia		£300m		Carbon-free development
70=		Lawrence Tomlinson		UK		£300m		Green transport
70=		Robert Wilson		USA		£300m		Conservation
76		Lu Xiang-yang		China		£275m		Green transport
77		Thomas Domenig		Switzerland		£260m		Conservation
78=		Anu Aga		India		£250m		Energy conservation
78=		Jin Baofang		China		£250m		Solar power
78=		Angela Bennett		Australia		£250m		Carbon-free development
78=		Miao Shouliang		China		£250m		Renewable energy
78=		Akio Toyoda and family		Japan		£250m		Green transport
83		Liansheng Miao		China		£222m		Solar power
84=		Zhu Gongshan		China		£220m		Solar power
84=		Olivia Lum		Singapore		£220m		Clean energy
84=		Jöel Séché and family		France		£220m		Renewable energy
87=		Elon Musk		S Africa		£210m		Solar power and green transport
87=		Roxanne Quimby		USA		£210m		Conservation
89		Joan Smith		USA		£205m		Water conservation
90=		Jean-Michel Germa		France		£200m		Wind power
90=		Zac Goldsmith		UK		£200m		Environmental philantropy
90=		Lu Yonghua		China		£200m		Solar power
90=		Huang Ming		China		£200m		Solar power
90=		Terry Peabody		Australia		£200m		Waste and industrial recycling
90=		Zhang Weihua		China		£200m		Industrial recycling
90=		Chen Wukui and family		China		£200m		Solar power
90=		Li Xianshou		China		£200m		Solar power
90=		Qu Xiaohua		China		£200m		Solar power
90=		Huh Yong-do		S Korea		£200m		Wind power
90=		Jifan Gao		China		£200m		Solar powe