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The World's Top 50 Billionaires



Rank
Name
Net Worth
Age
 Source
Country of Citizenship

#1
Bill Gates
$81.3 B
59
Microsoft
United States

#2
Warren Buffett
$74.4 B
84
Berkshire Hathaway
United States

#3
Carlos Slim Helu & family
$71.2 B
74
telecom
Mexico

#4
Amancio Ortega
$61.5 B
78
retail
Spain

#5
Larry Ellison
$56.9 B
70
Oracle
United States

#6
Charles Koch
$41.2 B
79
diversified
United States

#6
David Koch
$41.2 B
74
diversified
United States

#8
Christy Walton & family
$41.2 B
59
Wal-Mart
United States

#9
Jim Walton
$40.2 B
66
Wal-Mart
United States

#10
Alice Walton
$38.7 B
65
Wal-Mart
United States

#11
S. Robson Walton
$38.7 B
70
Wal-Mart
United States

#12
Liliane Bettencourt & family
$37.6 B
92
L'Oreal
France

#13
Mark Zuckerberg
$35.2 B
30
Facebook
United States

#14
Michael Bloomberg
$34.8 B
72
Bloomberg LP
United States

#15
Stefan Persson
$32.2 B
67
H&M
Sweden


#16
Bernard Arnault & family
$30.9 B
65
LVMH
France

#17
Li Ka-shing
$30.3 B
86
diversified
Hong Kong

#18
Sheldon Adelson
$29.4 B
81
casinos
United States

#19
Larry Page
$28.7 B
41
Google
United States

#20
Sergey Brin
$28.3 B
41
Google
United States

#21
Jeff Bezos
$27.9 B
50
Amazon.com
United States

#22
David Thomson & family
$25.4 B
57
media
Canada

#23
Carl Icahn
$24.7 B
78
investments
United States

#24
Lee Shau Kee
$24.3 B
86
diversified
Hong Kong

#25
Jack Ma
$24.1 B
50
e-commerce
China

#26
George Soros
$24 B
84
hedge funds
United States

#27
Jorge Paulo Lemann
$23.5 B
75
beer
Brazil

#28
Michele Ferrero & family
$23.5 B
89
chocolates
Italy

#29
Forrest Mars Jr
$23.4 B
83
candy
United States

#29
Jacqueline Mars
$23.4 B
75
candy
United States

#31
John Mars
$23.4 B
78
candy
United States

#32
Steve Ballmer
$22.8 B
58
Microsoft
United States

#33
Phil Knight
$22.1 B
76
Nike
United States

#34
Michael Dell
$22 B
49
Dell
United States

#35
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
$21.6 B
59
investments
Saudi Arabia

#36
Mukesh Ambani
$20.3 B
57
petrochemicals, oil & gas
India

#37
Leonardo Del Vecchio
$19.5 B
79
eyeglasses
Italy

#38
Len Blavatnik
$18.9 B
57
diversified
United States

#39
Tadashi Yanai & family
$18.7 B
65
retail
Japan

#40
Charles Ergen
$18.7 B
61
Dish Network
United States

#41
Laurene Powell Jobs & family
$17.4 B
51
Apple, Disney
United States

#42
Dilip Shanghvi
$17.4 B
59
pharmaceuticals
India

#43
Paul Allen
$17.1 B
61
Microsoft, investments
United States

#44
Robin Li
$16.9 B
46
internet search
China

#45
Aliko Dangote
$16.6 B
57
cement, sugar, flour
Nigeria

#46
Anne Cox Chambers
$16.5 B
95
media
United States

#47
Michael Otto & family
$16.3 B
71
retail, real estate
Germany

#48
Theo Albrecht Jr & family
$15.9 B
63
Aldi, Trader Joe's
Germany

#49
Susanne Klatten
$15.8 B
52
BMW, pharmaceuticals
Germany

#50
Azim Premji
$15.3 B
69
software
India

 SOURCE : FORBES.COM

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