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Eighth Spot: Eike Batista

Eike Batista (born 1957 in Brazil) is the son of the former Brazilian mining minister. He has vowed to become the world's richest man and may well become just that having added $19.5 billion to his wealth in a single year!

Fortune	Business	Country	Status
27 Billion	Mining / Oil	Brazil	Divorced, 2 children

He began his assault on dominating the world's rich list by trading in gold and mining before moving on to resources and other services.

Two-thirds of his fortune comes from relatively new source, OGX, the oil-and-gas exploration company he founded in 2007 and took public a year later.

H was a onetime champion offshore powerboat racer and was formerly married to a former Playboy cover girl, Luma de Oliveira.

Batista provided significant financing to Rio de Janeiro's Olympic committee, thereby helping the city win its bid for 2016 Olympic Games.

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