World's Billionaires And Their Cars

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft has always been a Porsche fan. He has owned several Porsche sports cars since many years and his favourite Porsche is the venerable 959 Coupe. The Porsche 959 Coupe is said to be worth close to Rs.2.2 crores and the German sports car maker has built only 230 of them.

Carlos Slim Helu has been named as the world's richest man by Forbes. The Mexican businessman who runs a telecom company owns the Bentley Continental Flying Spur luxury sedan. The Flying Spur worth a whopping Rs.6 crores and is available in a variety of interior and exterior colours.

Eric, one of the founders of search engine giant Google does not show his wealth through his cars. He owns the Toyota Prius hybrid car which is currently priced at Rs.28 lakhs in India.

Steve Jobs's wife Laurene Power Jobs prefers to drive an Audi A5 sedan despite her riches. The late Apple founder used to prefer driving a Mercedes-Benz SL 55 AMG, his wife seems to like Merc's competitor Audi's premium sedan.

Facebook has made Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire for sure and what does he drive? He owns a black Acura TSX which costs about $30,000 in the USA. This is probably the cheapest car owned by a billionaire.

Moving on to Indian billionaires, Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian owns several premium cars but to top it all he has the Mayback S67 super luxury sedan. Mayback is the luxury car brand owned by Mercedes-Benz.

Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Sons has built his own car collection over the years. We have seen him drive a Maserati Quatroporte, obviously a Jaguar XF and even a Honda Accord. But his most recent buy is a Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Vijay Malya has a huge collection of vintage and premium cars. His collection includes several Ferraris, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. He also a owns the Mayback S67 super luxury saloon.

Anil Ambani is not too far behind his brother when it comes to cars. He owns a Lamborghini Gallardo sports car in which he has been seen driving around in the posh streets of Mumbai.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, the member of the Saudi royal family is said to own many premium cars, but his favourite is the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the epitome of luxury cars in the world.