TOP TEN RICHEST IN THE WHOLE WORLD
1. Jeff Bezos, $110.1bn
Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet, worth an estimated $121billion, the Amazon CEO is $16billion richer than the world's next richest person, Bill Gates. The richest man in the world currently is Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos with a net worth of $112 billion.
2. Bill Gates, $106.2bn
A permanent fixture at the top of Forbes’ list for the past 20 years, the Microsoft founder has sold or given away much of his stake in the company – he owns just 1% of Microsoft – and now focuses predominantly on his philanthropic work. Gates' net worth is $110 billion. In July, Gates was temporarily ranked as the world's third-richest person behind Jeff Bezos and LVMH's Bernard Arnault for the first time in at least seven years, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
3. Bernard Arnault, $101.2bn
Arnault is the wealthiest European on the list. The French oversee an empire of more than 60 brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. Arnault is the chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company. He is one of the richest people in the world with a net worth of $109 billion, since November 2019. In April 2018, he became the richest person in fashion, toppling Zara's Amancio Ortega.
4. Warren Buffett, $84bn
Now in his ninth decade, the Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, known as the “Oracle of Omagh” is one of the most successful investors of all time. Like Gates, he has pledged to give away more than 99% of his fortune to charity. In 2008, Buffett became the richest person in the world, with a total net worth estimated at $62 billion by Forbes and at $58 billion by Yahoo, overtaking Bill Gates, who had been number one on the Forbes list for 13 consecutive years.
5. Mark Zuckerberg, $70.3bn
Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 at the age of 19 and now is among the top five richest men in the world. Mark Zuckerberg had a net worth of about $68.2 billion in August 2019, making him the fifth-richest person in the world. His 410 million shares of Facebook stock appreciated by more than $1 billion after news of Facebook's FTC fine broke in July.
6. Amancio Ortega, $70bn
Ortega stepped down as chairman of Inditex, known for its Zara brand, in 2011 but he still owns nearly 60% of its shares. Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories shops.
7. Larry Ellison, $67.3bn
Cofounder of software firm Oracle, Ellison stepped down as CEO in 2014 but still serves as chairman of the board and chief technology officer Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is a co-founder and the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation
8. Carlos Slim Helu, $61.8bn
Mexico’s richest man, Slim Helu, and his family control America Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile telecommunications firm. He also owns a stake in Mexican construction, consumer goods, mining, and real estate, as well as 17% of The New York Times. Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business tycoon, investor, philanthropist, and engineer. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the Forbes business magazine.
9. Larry Page, $57.9bn
In 1998, Page co-founded Google with business partner Sergey Brin, and still helms Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Lawrence Edward Page is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. until stepping down on December 3, 2019
10. Mukesh Ambani, $57bn
Ambani’s late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance Industries as a small textile manufacturer in 1966. Now the oil and gas giant is among India’s most valuable companies. As of January 2018, Mukesh Ambani was ranked by Forbes as the 18th-wealthiest person in the world. He surpassed Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, to become Asia's richest person with a net worth of $44.3 billion in July 2018. He is also the wealthiest person in the world outside North America and Europe.
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