From 1,810 billionaires last year to 2,043 this year,the world's billionaires list has seen a
remarkable 13% increment thus 233 in numbers.That being a record,the net worth of all these billionaires has increased by 18% which amounts to $7.67 trillion ,another record.
According to forbes, billionaires who earned more are greater than those who lost,thus more than 3 to 1.
Jeff Bezos, C.E.O of Amazon had the biggest gain of them all, raking in $27 billion to his fortune which has seen his net worth rose $72 billion dollars.Jeff Bezos is followed by The Oracle of Omaha,Warren Buffet who gained $14.8 billion over last year.Microsoft's founder Bill Gates maintains his top spot for four consecutive years with a net worth of $86 billion,he has increased his net worth by $11 billion.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for the first time has made it to the top 5 with an $11.4 billion rise in net worth.
See List Below...
Rank Name Net worth Age Source Country of Citizenship
- Bill Gates $86 B 61 Microsoft U.S.A
- Warren Buffet $75.6 B 86 Bershire Hathaway U.S.A
- Jeff Bezos $72.8 B 53 Amazon.com U.S.A
- Amancio Ortega $71.3 B 80 Zara Spain
- Mark Zuckerberg $56 B 32 Facebook U.S.A
- Carlos Slim Helu $54.5 B 77 Telecom Mexico
- Larry Ellison $52.2 B 72 Software U.S.A
- Charles Koch $48.3 B 81 Diversified U.S.A
- David Koch $48.3 76 Diversified U.S.A
- Michael Bloomberg $47.5B 75 Bloomberg LP U.S.A
- Bernard Arnault $41.5B 68 LVMH France
- Larry Page $40.7 B 43 Google U.S.A
- Sergey Brin $39.8 B 43 Google U.S.A
- Liliane Bettencourt $39.5 B 94 L'Oreal France
- S.Robson $34.1 B 72 Wal-mart U.S.A
- Jim Walton $34 B 68 Wal-mart U.S.A
- Alice Walton $33.8 B 67 Wal-mart U.S.A
- Wang Jianlin $31.3 B 62 Real Estate China
- Li Ka-shing $31.2 B 88 Diversified Hong Kong
- Sheldon Adelson $30.4 B 83 Casinos U.S.A
