Authoritative publication Forbes, this spring, again published a list of the richest and most prosperous people in the world. There were quite a few people with a fortune of more than 1 billion US dollars, about 2 thousand people. And what is noteworthy is that in the ranking of famous “oligarchs”, there are 67 people under 40 years of age. Which indicates a large increase in young, but very wealthy people. Also in the ranking of billionaires, 77 people come from Russia. The combined wealth of all billionaires is $6.4 trillion.
$75 billion
Change over the year:-$4.2 billion Status source: Microsoft
The list of the richest people in 2016 opens with Bill Gates. One of the main and largest shareholders of Microsoft. Its capital at the end of 2015 amounted to $75 billion. Over the past 20 years, he has topped the list 16 times, but it is worth noting that Bill is actively involved in philanthropy, donating approximately $32 billion. Only because of this, he dropped to second place in the ranking several times. The past year brought Bill Gates about 4.2 billion dollars, 20% of all income is from Microsoft shares, but Bill also invests in railroads, waste recycling companies and engineering companies.
$67 billion
Change over the year:+$2.5 billion Status source: Zara
The businessman's income is 67 billion US dollars. He became famous for creating the world famous brand Zara. Quite economical and at the same time good quality clothing is currently produced in 70 countries, and during the crisis, it helped not only to keep its owner afloat, but also to increase profits significantly. Over the course of a year, he increased his fortune by $2.5 billion, and if we take from 2009 to 2014, then in 6 years Ortega became richer by $45 billion, such income was caused by the rapid growth of shares. Ortega also invests money in real estate in large cities, gas, tourism and many other areas.
$60.8 billion
Change over the year:-$11.9 billion Status source: Berkshire Hathaway
Oil tycoon. Owner of 60 billion dollars. Engaged in the purchase of oil shares, metallurgy, and food products. Last fall, Warren became the owner of the metallurgy holding company Precision Castparts, which, in fact, became one of the most important and profitable agreements for his business. The purchase cost a colossal amount - $37 billion. Also, do not forget about Warren's charity; in 2010, he announced that he was donating more than 50% of his fortune ($37 billion) to charitable foundations, this is the largest charitable act in the history of mankind.
$50 billion
Change over the year:-$27.1 billion Status source: Telecommunications
In 2016, Carlos has a net worth of $50 billion. The main direction of the “rich man” is the corporatization of the America Movil holding. 2015 was not entirely successful for Carlos; his income fell rapidly, reducing his capital by $27 billion. This is due to the government's policies, which tightened legislation in the field of telecommunications, as well as the crisis and weakening of the Mexican currency, all of which dealt a crushing blow to Carlos's shares. Over the course of a year, the TV mogul dropped from first position in the rating to fourth. But in addition to these activities, he owns the financial company Ideal and is on the founding board of the New York Time house.
$45.2 billion
Change over the year:+$10.4 billion Status source: Amazon
Next on the list of richest people is Jeff Bezos, with savings of $45 billion. Jeff closes the top five, the best of the best, oligarchs in the world. The owner of the Washington Post newspaper and the Blue Origin aerospace corporation, he is also the main face of the online sales portal Amazon, which earned $107 billion in 2015. Jeff's fortune increased by 10.4 billion this year.
$44.6 billion
Change over the year:+$11.2 billion Status source: Facebook
A favorite of young people around the world. The young philanthropist's fortune is estimated at $44.5 billion. Founder of the most popular social network Facebook. The billionaire's net worth over the past year has amounted to more than $11 billion, 99% of which he plans to donate to charity. Mark is also making a serious bet on the Oculus Rift helmet, which is currently at the prototype stage, however, he has already invested about 2 billion dollars there.
$43.6 billion
Change over the year:-$10.7 billion Status source: Oracle
Director of the Oracle Company and the greatest sponsor of various types of games in America. As of February 2016, his fortune is estimated at $43 billion, part of which was brought to him by investments from such organizations as Salesforce and NetSuite Inc. But overall, Larry lost $10.7 billion over the past year. All this does not prevent the billionaire from buying real estate around the world, for example, not so long ago he bought the island of Lanai for $300 million.
60-year-old Bill Gates topped the Forbes list of the world's richest people for the seventeenth time in the last 22 years. At the same time, his fortune decreased by $4.2 billion, to $75 billion, according to the magazine’s thirtieth annual ranking. 
Second place was taken by Zara founder Amancio Ortega ($64.5 billion, an increase of $0.5 billion over the year), and investor Warren Buffett closed the top three ($60.8 billion, a decrease of $11.9 billion). In fourth place was Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim with $50 billion, having lost almost a third of his fortune in a year (about $27.1 billion).
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rose from 15th to 5th place ($45.2 billion, an increase of $10.4 billion), the head of Facebook - from 16th to 6th position ($44.6 billion, an increase of $11.2 billion).
The 2016 Forbes list included 77 representatives of Russia, which is 11 people less than the year before. The Russian part of the ranking was headed for the first time by the co-owner of Novatek and Sibur Leonid Mikhelson (60th place in the general list, $14.4 billion), displacing Vladimir Potanin from this position, who dropped to fourth place (78th place in the general list, $12.1 billion).
Second place in the list of the richest Russians was taken by Mikhail Fridman ($13.3 billion, a drop of $1.3 billion over the year, 63rd place in the overall list), third – Alisher Usmanov ($12.5 billion, minus $1.9 billion over the year, 73 place in the general list).
The third position in the ranking of the richest citizens of Russia was taken by Alisher Usmanov (Metalloinvest, Megafon, Kommersant), who headed the Russian segment of the ranking for several years in a row. His fortune is estimated at $12.5 billion.
Roman Abramovich took 12th place in the Russian segment of the rating and 151st place in the overall list ($7.6 billion, a drop of $1.5 billion). The founder of Magnit, Sergei Galitsky, was ranked 16th in the Russian ranking and 219th in the overall list ($5.7 billion, a drop of $2.6 billion).
There are more than 7.4 billion people on planet Earth, but only a very small part of them have the ability to change the world. Forbes magazine presents ranking of the most influential people in the world. The selection of participants was made according to the following criteria: the number of people over whom the candidate has power; fortune and fame.
10. Mark Zuckerberg
The youngest influential person on the planet according to Forbes. Mark is only 32 years old, while other participants on average are already in their sixties. In 2016, he made a breakthrough, rising 9 positions in the rankings, and also became the year. With all their wealth (Mark is worth $50 billion), Zuckerberg and his wife do not forget about charity. In September 2016, he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to spend $3 billion to eradicate all diseases in the world by the end of the century.
9. Narendra Modi
Narendra's popularity among the people of India is becoming greater and greater. Even the sudden monetary reform in order to fight corruption did not harm it. In November 2016, the 66-year-old prime minister suddenly ordered the cancellation of India's two highest denomination notes, prompting the public to storm exchange offices.
8. Larry Page
In eighth position is the developer of the world famous search engine Google. Last year, Google was reorganized and is now one of the subsidiaries of Alphabet. Larry serves as chairman of the board there.
7. Bill Gates
A man worth $83.8 billion can afford extravagant gestures, such as setting up a chicken coop in one of the Manhattan skyscrapers. But don’t think anything negative – this is all part of the fight against poverty. Bill Gates is simply fascinated by chickens and believes that breeding these animals is a sure way for the African population to get out of poverty.
6. Janet Yellen
American economist and head of the US Federal Reserve System, which oversees the activities of banks and other financial institutions. What adds to her popularity among ordinary Americans is that Janet prefers to express herself as clearly, clearly and understandably as possible, which makes her one of.
5. Pope Francis
The only religious leader and the oldest participant in the ranking of the most influential people on the planet. Pope Francis is already 79 years old! However, he is quite cheerful and continues to inspire his gigantic flock (according to statistics - 1.3 billion people).
4. Xi Jinping
From the very beginning of his presidency in 2012, Xi Jinping set a course for reform and the fight against corruption. The popularity of the Chinese leader is also enhanced by his openness, which is unconventional for China - for example, he recently allowed the media to publish a detailed description of one day in his life.
3. Angela Merkel
Forbes regards Merkel as the last bastion of the liberal West against Russia's growing influence. In 2016, Angela, as a supporter of the European Union, had to cope with the consequences of Brexit, and also had to somehow assimilate the migrants who had flooded Germany, the number of which had already exceeded a million. In 2017, the Germans will hold parliamentary elections, the result of which will show how the German people evaluate Merkel's policies.
2. Donald Trump
An unexpected result: the first billionaire in office took only second place in the top 10 most influential people of 2016. It seems that some Americans, especially the middle and upper classes, traditionally committed to liberal values, are ashamed of their president. True, they prefer to vent their anger not directly, but on Trump’s wife and children. Donald himself promises to devote himself completely to presidential affairs, and entrust the management of his entire vast real estate empire to his children.
1. Vladimir Putin
The Russian president has long arms - he has reached not only Syria, but even the USA! Rumor has it that Donald Trump is a Kremlin protege, and the scandal over alleged election interference by Russian hackers has only added to the heat of fears dating back to the Cold War. Both Putin and Trump, of course, deny their involvement in each other's political affairs, but not everyone believes them.
Our world is structured in such a way that there is no real equality in it. And this is observed in various areas of our lives. Including financial ones. There are quite poor people, there is a middle class, there are simply wealthy, rich and very rich. The latter, of course, are an absolute minority. And that’s exactly what we’ll talk about today. Some of them achieved everything through many years of hard work, some through their inventions and their successful promotion, some received an excellent inheritance and managed to use it correctly. Every year, publications such as Forbes publish a list of the most influential and wealthy people on our planet. Who got into it today? Who became the first in the category “The richest person in the world 2016”?
Latest trends in the world of the rich
How does the 2016 list differ from the previous one? Firstly, there are as many as 16 fewer people on it than in 2015 - there are 1,810 people on the list. Probably, the global crisis is having an effect. Additionally, the billionaires on the list have a combined wealth of $6.48 trillion. This figure also decreased by 570 billion compared to 2015. Another “value” has also changed – the members of the list have become younger. Of the total number, almost seven dozen people have not yet reached 40 years of age.
World billionaires. Who's on the list?
Let's find out who is on the list of the richest people in the world. Of course, it is impossible to describe almost 2 thousand people. So we'll take the top ten.
- Bill Gates. The founder of the world-famous Microsoft corporation is once again at the very top of the list. His fortune as of March of this year was estimated at $75 billion. Over the past year, the businessman has lost 4 billion. An American has headed the top ten richest people in the world for the 17th time in the last two decades. But Gates is known not only for his huge fortune, but also for his charity. The Foundation, jointly with his wife, focuses on vaccinations in developing countries and improving the level of medical care. If you count how much the philanthropist has donated to charity over the entire period, this figure will be $31 billion. The American has numerous profitable investments, including not only his own creation, but also the Canadian National Railway, a waste recycling plant, and mechanical engineering. Last year, Bill Gates became one of the investors in the original startup Impossible Food. Its creators decided to grow products that could replace meat.
- Amancio Ortega. Next on the list is a 79-year-old Spanish retailer. His fortune as of March 2016 was $67 billion. In 1975, the son of a railway worker created the Zara company. After 5 years, the network has already begun to expand beyond Spain. Today this brand is well-known in various cities around the world, and its founder himself, thanks to strict management and proper investments, today ranks second after the creator of Microsoft in the list of the richest people on the planet. From 2009 and over the next five years, thanks to the rapid growth of shares of his company Inditex, Ortega's fortune grew by $45 billion. And 2015 added another $2.5 billion to the total.
- Warren Buffett. At the beginning of 2016, the 85-year-old American’s fortune amounted to $60.8 billion. But last year cost him almost 12 billion in losses. The main source of his wealth is the investment corporation Berkshire Hathaway. Last year, it bought the metallurgical holding Precision Castparts, which is the most successful deal in the entire history of the enterprise. In addition, Buffett's corporation actively invests in the food industry (Burger King, the famous coffee chain Tim Hortons), buys shares in the oil industry, and cooperates with corporations such as Coca-Cola and IBM. He is also the owner of many other successful businesses. The billionaire himself believes that his first and best investment was studying Benjamin Graham’s book “The Smart Investor” in the long-past 1949. After that, under the “patronage” of Graham himself, he began his active work, which brings him success today.
- Carlos Slim Helu. A native of Mexico took an honorable fourth place in the top 10 richest people in the world in 2016 with a fortune of $50 billion. True, last year dealt a heavy blow to his well-being: the businessman suffered losses of 27 billion. The main reason is that the shares of his television operator America Movil seriously collapsed after the actions of the country's authorities. Carlos Slim Helu also remains one of the largest investors in The New York Times. The richest citizen of Mexico controls large enterprises in the fields of finance, industry and infrastructure.
- Larry Ellison. The 71-year-old founder of Oracle, a man of many interests and skills, was worth $43.6 billion at the beginning of the year. Moreover, its losses over the past 12 months amounted to almost 11 billion. Before the founding of Oracle in 1977, the talented software developer managed to work for American intelligence. Today he is one of the largest sponsors of traditional sailing competitions, as an avid sailing enthusiast. In 2014, Ellison voluntarily resigned as CEO of Oracle, but retained the positions of chairman of the board of directors and director of technology development. The businessman is actively engaged in buying real estate. For example, in 2012 he acquired the cozy Hawaiian island of Lanai. The billionaire's daughter Megan does not hide in the shadow of her rich father, but is herself a successful film producer.
- Michael Bloomberg took a respectable eighth position in the list of the richest people in the world in 2016. His financial wealth at the beginning of the year was 40 billion, and the increase in 2015 was 4.5 billion. The 74-year-old American resigned as mayor of New York in 2013. And two years later he returned to big business. As you might guess, his brainchild is the news agency Bloomberg LP. He decided to modernize his creation, focusing on his profile - finance and business. The businessman does not forget about charity. He has already spent a total of 3.8 billion on it.
- Charles and David Koch. The last two places in the top ten "money bags" of the globe are occupied by the Koch brothers, owners of the family holding Koch Industries. Charles's fortune, like David's, is 39.6 billion. Last year they suffered losses of 3 billion each. The brothers' company specializes in the construction of pipelines, the production of building materials and many other goods, and oil refining. The company's revenue is $115 billion. Like many other billionaires, the brothers are actively involved in charity work. Their main direction is the educational sphere.
Many of the famous multi-billionaires started their journey from the very bottom. An extraordinary mind, a desire for new knowledge and skills, development, entrepreneurial flair and profitable deals and operations have brought them to today's high level. These are people who were not afraid to take risks, discover new things and calculate their actions in advance. And every year more and more young people appear among the most respectable people on the planet. And if Bill Gates is the richest person in the world in 2016, who knows to whom he will lose the palm in a couple of years.
Forbes magazine estimated that there were 2,208 billionaires in the world in 2018, up from 2,043 in 2017. And the average wealth of these people is $4.1 billion, which is equivalent to or even greater than the GDP of some countries in the world. And collectively, all billionaires in the world are worth $9.1 trillion, up from $7.7 trillion in 2017.
According to the Forbes list, 67% (1490) of billionaires are so-called “self-made men”. That is, they did not inherit wealth, but earned it through their own labor.
Top 100 richest people in the world 2018 (Forbes)
| Place | Millionaire | State | Age | Source of income | A country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jeff Bezos | $112 billion | 54 | Amazon | USA |
| #2 | Bill Gates | $90 billion | 62 | Microsoft | USA |
| #3 | Warren Buffett | $84 billion | 87 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA |
| #4 | Bernard Arnault | $72 billion | 69 | LVMH | France |
| #5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $71 billion | 33 | USA | |
| #6 | Amancio Ortega | $70 billion | 81 | Zara | Spain |
| #7 | Carlos Slim Helu | $67.1 billion | 78 | telecom | Mexico |
| #8 | Charles Koch | $60 billion | 82 | Koch Industries | USA |
| #8 | David Koch | $60 billion | 77 | Koch Industries | USA |
| #10 | Larry Ellison | $58.5 billion | 73 | software | USA |
| #11 | Michael Bloomberg | $50 billion | 76 | Bloomberg L.P. | USA |
| #12 | Larry Page | $48.8 billion | 44 | USA | |
| #13 | Sergey Brin | $47.5 billion | 44 | USA | |
| #14 | Jim Walton | $46.4 billion | 69 | Walmart | USA |
| #15 | S. Robson Walton | $46.2 billion | 73 | Walmart | USA |
| #16 | Alice Walton | $46 billion | 68 | Walmart | USA |
| #17 | Ma Huateng | $45.3 billion | 46 | internet media | China |
| #18 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $42.2 billion | 64 | L'Oreal | France |
| #19 | Mukesh Ambani | $40.1 billion | 60 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| #20 | Jack Ma | $39 billion | 53 | e-commerce | China |
| #21 | Sheldon Adelson | $38.5 billion | 84 | casinos | USA |
| #22 | Steve Ballmer | $38.4 billion | 61 | Microsoft | USA |
| #23 | Li Ka-shing | $34.9 billion | 89 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| #24 | Hui Ka Yan | $30.3 billion | 59 | real estate | China |
| #24 | Lee Shau Kee | $30.3 billion | 90 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #26 | Wang Jianlin | $30 billion | 63 | real estate | China |
| #27 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. | $29.8 billion | 66 | supermarkets | Germany |
| #28 | Phil Knight | $29.6 billion | 80 | Nike | USA |
| #29 | Jorge Paulo Lehmann | $27.4 billion | 78 | beer | Brazil |
| #30 | Francois Pinault | $27 billion | 81 | luxury goods | France |
| #31 | Georg Scheffler | $25.3 billion | 53 | auto parts | Germany |
| #32 | Susanne Klatten | $25 billion | 55 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| #32 | David Thomson | $25 billion | 60 | media | Canada |
| #34 | Jacqueline Mars | $23.6 billion | 78 | candy, pet food | USA |
| #34 | John Mars | $23.6 billion | 82 | candy, pet food | USA |
| #36 | Joseph Safra | $23.5 billion | 79 | banking | Brazil |
| #37 | Giovanni Ferrero | $23 billion | 53 | Nutella, chocolates | Italy |
| #37 | Dietrich Mateschitz | $23 billion | 73 | Red billion | Austria |
| #39 | Michael Dell | $22.7 billion | 53 | Dell computers | USA |
| #39 | Son of Masayoshi | $22.7 billion | 60 | internet, telecom | Japan |
| #41 | Serge Dassault | $22.6 billion | 92 | diversified | France |
| #42 | Stefan Quandt | $22 billion | 51 | BMW | Germany |
| #43 | Yang Huiyang | $21.9 billion | 36 | real estate | China |
| #44 | Paul Allen | $21.7 billion | 65 | Microsoft, investments | USA |
| #45 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $21.2 billion | 82 | eyeglasses | Italy |
| #46 | Dieter Schwarz | $20.9 billion | 78 | retail | Germany |
| #47 | Thomas Peterffy | $20.3 billion | 73 | discount billionrokerage | USA |
| #48 | Theo Albrecht Jr. | $20.2 billion | 67 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany |
| #48 | Len Blavatnik | $20.2 billion | 60 | diversified | USA |
| #50 | He Xiangjian | $20.1 billion | 75 | home appliances | China |
| #50 | Lui Che Woo | $20.1 billion | 88 | casinos | Hong Kong |
| #52 | James Simons | $20 billion | 79 | hedge funds | USA |
| #52 | Heinrich Sy | $20 billion | 93 | diversified | Philippines |
| #54 | Elon Musk | $19.9 billion | 46 | Tesla Motors | USA |
| #55 | Hinduja family | $19.5 billion | - | diversified | Great Britain |
| #55 | Tadashi Yanai | $19.5 billion | 69 | fashion retail | Japan |
| #57 | Vladimir Lisin | $19.1 billion | 61 | steel, transport | Russia |
| #58 | Artwork by Lauren Powell | $18.8 billion | 54 | Apple, Disney | USA |
| #58 | Azim Preji | $18.8 billion | 72 | software services | India |
| #60 | Alexey Mordashov | $18.7 billion | 52 | steel, investments | Russia |
| #61 | Lee Kun-Hee | $18.6 billion | 76 | Samsung | South Korea |
| #62 | Lakshmi Mittal | $18.5 billion | 67 | steel | India |
| #63 | Wang Wei | $18.2 billion | 48 | package delivery | China |
| #64 | Leonid Mikhelson | $18 billion | 62 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| #65 | Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi | $17.9 billion | 73 | drinks, real estate | Thailand |
| #66 | Pallonji Mistry | $17.8 billion | 88 | construction | Ireland |
| #67 | Ray Dalio | $17.7 billion | 68 | hedge funds | USA |
| #68 | Takemitsu Takizaki | $17.5 billion | 72 | sensors | Japan |
| #69 | William Dean | $17.4 billion | 46 | online games | China |
| #69 | R. Budi Hartono | $17.4 billion | 77 | banking, tobacco | Indonesia |
| #69 | Gina Rinehart | $17.4 billion | 64 | mining | Australia |
| #72 | German Larrea Mota Velasco | $17.3 billion | 64 | mining | Mexico |
| #73 | Carl Icahn | $16.8 billion | 82 | investments | USA |
| #73 | Stefan Persson | $16.8 billion | 70 | H&M | Sweden |
| #75 | Michael Hartono | $16.7 billion | 78 | banking, tobacco | Indonesia |
| #75 | Joseph Lau | $16.7 billion | 66 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #77 | Thomas and Raymond Kwok | $16.5 billion | - | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #78 | Vagit Alekperov | $16.4 billion | 67 | oil | Russia |
| #78 | James Ratcliffe | $16.4 billion | 65 | chemicals | Great Britain |
| #80 | Donald Bren | $16.3 billion | 85 | real estate | USA |
| #80 | Iris Fontbona | $16.3 billion | 75 | mining | Chile |
| #82 | Gennady Timchenko | $16 billion | 65 | oil, gas | Russia |
| #83 | Abigail Johnson | $15.9 billion | 56 | money management | USA |
| #83 | Vladimir Potanin | $15.9 billion | 57 | metals | Russia |
| #83 | Lucas Walton | $15.9 billion | 31 | Walmart | USA |
| #86 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken | $15.8 billion | 63 | Heineken | Netherlands |
| #87 | Zhang Zhidong | $15.6 billion | 46 | internet media | China |
| #88 | Peter Kelner | $15.5 billion | 53 | banking | Czech Republic |
| #88 | Andrey Melnichenko | $15.5 billion | 46 | coal, fertilizers | Russia |
| #88 | David and Simon Ruben | $15.5 billion | - | investments, real estate | Great Britain |
| #91 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $15.3 billion | 80 | shipping | Germany |
| #91 | Li Shufu | $15.3 billion | 54 | automobiles | China |
| #93 | Mikhail Fridman | $15.1 billion | 53 | oil, billionanking, telecom | Russia |
| #94 | Rupert Murdoch | $15 billion | 87 | newspapers, TV network | USA |
| #95 | Dhanin Chearavanont | $14.9 billion | 78 | diversified | Thailand |
| #96 | Robert Kuok | $14.8 billion | 94 | palm oil, shipping, property | Malaysia |
| #97 | Emmanuel Besnier | $14.7 billion | 47 | cheese | France |
| #98 | Shiv Nadar | $14.6 billion | 72 | software services | India |
| #99 | Victor Vekselberg | $14.4 billion | 60 | metals, energy | Russia |
| #100 | Aliko Dangote | $14.1 billion | 60 | cement, sugar, flour | Nigeria |
| #100 | Harold Hamm | $14.1 billion | 72 | oil & gas | USA |
We present to you the top 10 richest businessmen of 2018 from the list.
10. Larry Ellison
Net worth: $58.5 billion
The ranking opens with the ex-CEO of Oracle, which ranks second after Microsoft in the software market. Ellison left his position as CEO in 2014 after 38 years at the helm of the company. He is now the Chief Technology Officer.
His strategy to develop cloud technologies has brought Oracle shares up 18 percent over the past 12 months.
9. David Koch
Co-owner and executive vice president of multinational corporation Koch controls the second largest private company in the United States. Charles and David Koch bought shares of their brothers Frederick and William to gain control of their father's company.
It is known that the Koch company is engaged in the creation of consumer goods, chemical technologies, the production of fertilizers and polymers, and owns oil refineries and pipelines. And this is not a complete list of her interests.
David Koch escaped death twice. In 1991, he was the only survivor after the plane he was flying in crashed. He also won his battle against prostate cancer. He is a generous donor who has donated more than $1.2 billion to cancer research programs, educational programs and other charitable causes.
8. Charles Koch
Wealth: $60 billion
The 82-year-old businessman is the CEO of the Koch Corporation. It has more than one hundred thousand employees.
7. Carlos Slim Helu
Owns: $67.1 billion
Mexico's richest man controls America Movil, Latin America's largest mobile phone operator. In addition, Carlos Slim has interests in the mining industry, foreign telecommunications, construction, real estate, and a number of consumer goods companies. He also owns a 17% stake in The New York Times.
6. Amancio Ortega
Capital: $70 billion
The source of this Spanish billionaire's wealth is Zara Inditex, a Spanish fashion line. Ortega once worked as an errand boy at a local clothing store. And now he owns over 200 stores in 48 countries.
But even with all this money, Ortega maintains a modest lifestyle. He eats lunch in the same canteen where his employees eat.
5. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $71 billion
This is not the first time that the Facebook founder and CEO is among the top five richest billionaires. His already fantastic wealth has grown by $15 billion in a year as Facebook's share price soars and investors scramble to buy a stake in the popular social network.
For all his billion-dollar capital, Mark Zuckerberg does not look like a classic “greedy capitalist.” He is one of the three. Together with his wife Priscilla, Mark donated $25 million to fight Ebola in 2015. In addition, the Zuckerbergs donated $100 million worth of stock to improve the public school system in New Jersey.
4. Bernard Arnault
Total earnings: $72 billion
Bernard is the founder of the LVMH consortium, which deals with luxury goods. It includes more than seventy luxury brands. All of them are controlled by the parent company Groupe Arnault.
3. Warren Buffett
Number of billions: $84 billion
Since Donald Trump became president, Warren Buffett has had one of the best times of his life. Thanks to Trump's tax reform, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment fund received a record profit of $44.9 billion. Of this amount, 29 billion was received after the US Congress approved one of the largest tax cuts to the federal budget in the history of the country.
Warren is the most successful investor of all time and proudly holds the title of "Oracle of Omaha." At age eleven, he purchased three shares on the US stock market. They cost $38 each. Buffett later sold them, making a $5 profit on each share. A few days later, the price of these securities soared to $202. This first unsuccessful experience taught the future billionaire that he should not pursue short-term gain.
Now the 87-year-old businessman owns over 60 companies, including Dairy Queen, Duracell, Geico, and others.
2. Bill Gates
Net worth: $90 billion
The name of the “father” of Microsoft is unlikely to disappear from the list of the richest entrepreneurs anytime soon. Over the past 23 years, he has been named the king of billionaires 18 times. Today, the founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company, is worth $90 billion. This is more than 4.7 times the state.
And, like many rich people in the West, Gates does not forget about charitable needs. His Gates Foundation has provided funds to improve the lives and health of children around the world.
1. Jeff Bezos
Wealth: $112 billion
Here he is, the richest man on Earth according to Forbes. Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon, the largest player in the e-commerce market.
Jeff Bezos was able to take a place at the top of the global “money pyramid” due to the sharp growth of his company’s shares. Over the year, their price increased by 59%, which increased Bezos’ fortune by $39.2 billion.
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