Top 100 richest billionaires in the world

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Name

Country

residence Income billion US

income Source

100

LaurenePowellJobs &. Family

US

$ 9

company Apple, Disney

99

GennadyTimchenko

Russian

$ 9.1

oil, gas

98

HorstPaulmann & family

China

$ 9.3

retailtrade

97

AlejandroSantoDomingoDavila

Colombia

$ 9.5

beer

96

PallonjiMistry

Ireland

$ 9.7

construction

95

Klaus-MichaelKuhne

Germany

$ 9.8

ship owning

93

SergeDassault & family

France

$ 9.9

aviation

93

AnandaKrishnan

Malaysia

$ 9.9

telecommunications

88

RayDalio

US

$ 10

hedge funds

88

GeorgeKaiser

US

$ 10

oil, gas, banking

88

JohannaQuandt

Germany

$ 10

company BMW

88

HansRausing

Sweden

$ 10

packaging

88

TadashiYanai & family

Japan

$ 10

retail

86

RobinLi

China

$ 10.2

information technology

86

Eliodoro, Bernardo & PatriciaMatte

Chile

$ 10.2

papermaking

85

AbigailJohnson

US

$ 10.3

investment company Fidelity

84

JackTaylor & family

US

$ 10.4

Prokatavto «Rent-A-Car»

83

ErnestoBertarelli & family

Switzerland

$ 10.6

biotechnologyinvestments

82

JamesSimons

US

$ 10.7

hedge funds

81

AndreyMelnichenko

Russian

$ 10.8

coal, fertilizers

80

SavitriJindal & family

India

$ 10.9

steel

78

GeraldCavendishGrosvenor & family

UK

$ 11

realestate

78

HaroldHamm

US

$ 11

oil, gas

76

AlikoDangote

Nigeria

$ 11.2

sugar, flour, cement

76

StefanQuandt

Germany

$ 11.2

company BMW

75

JohnFredriksen

Cyprus

$ 11.3

ship owning

74

LeonardoDelVecchio

Italy

$ 11.5

points

72

LenBlavatnik

USA

$ 11.9

various sources

72

LeonidMikhelson

Russia

$ 11.9

gas, chemical industry

69

DonaldBren

US

$ 12

property

69

JorgePauloLemann

Brazil

$ 12

beer

69

RonaldPerelman

US

$ 12

business ransom Borrowing

68

RomanAbramovich

Russian

$ 12.1

steel investment

67

Antonio Ermirio de Moraes &family

Brazil

$ 12.2

various sources

64

RobertKuok

Malaysia

$ 12.4

various sources

64

LuisCarlosSarmiento

Colombia

$ 12.4

banking

64

ViktorVekselberg

Russian

$ 12.4

oil, metallurgy

61

MohammedAlAmoudi

Saudi Arabia

$ 12.5

oil, various sources

61

AnneCoxChambers

US

$ 12.5

Media

61

JohnPaulson

US

$ 12.5

hedge funds

59

SusanneKlatten

Germany

$ 13

company BMW, pharmaceutical company

59

FrancoisPinault & family

Fantsiya

$ 13

retail

58

MikhailProkhorov

Russian

$ 13.2

investment

57

MikhailFridman

Russian

$ 13.4

oil, banking, telecommunications

56

VagitAlekperov

Russian

$ 13.5

"Lukoil»

52

ForrestMarsJr

US

$ 13.8

confectionery

52

JacquelineMars

US

$ 13.8

confectionery

52

JohnMars

US

$ 13.8

confectionery

52

JosephSafra

Brazil

$ 13.8

banking

50

CarlIcahn

USA

$ 14

Buy-back of a business with borrowed funds

50

BirgitRausing & family

Sweden

$ 14

packing materials

48

PaulAllen

USA

$ 14.2

Microsoft Corporation, invments

48

German LarreaMota Velasco &family

Mexico

$ 14.2

mines

47

PhilKnight

US

$ 14.4

company Nike

46

VladimirPotanin

Russian

$ 14.5

metallurgy

45

AlexeiMordashov

Russian

$ 15.3

steel investment

44

SteveBallmer

US

$ 15.7

Corporation Microsoft

41

MichaelDell

US

$ 15.9

company Dell

41

VladimirLisin

Russia

$ 15.9

steel, transport

41

AzimPremji

India

$ 15.9

software

39

RinatAkhmetov

Ukraine

$ 16

steel, coal

39

ChengYu-tung

Kong

$ 16

various sources

38

AlbertoBailleresGonzalez & family

Mexico

$ 16.5

mines

37

RicardoSalinasPliego & family

Mexico

$ 17.4

retailtrade, media

35

DavidThomson & family

Canada

$ 17.5

Media

35

MarkZuckerberg

USA

$ 17.5

Facebook

34

MichaelOtto & family

Germany

$ 17.6

retail, real estate

32

Berthold & TheoJr. Albrecht

Germany

$ 17.8

company Aldi, TraderJoe's

32

IrisFontbona & family

Chile

$ 17.8

mines

29

Prince Alwaleed Bin TalalAlsaud

Saudi Arabia

$ 18

investment

29

LeeShauKee

Kong

$ 18

various sources

29

GeorginaRinehart

Australia

$ 18

mines

28

AlisherUsmanov

Russia

$ 18.1

steel, telecommunications, investments

27

Thomas & RaymondKwok & family

Hong Kong

$ 18.3

property

26

JeffBezos

US

$ 18.4

Amazon.com

24

SergeyBrin

US

$ 18.7

Google

24

LarryPage

US

$ 18.7

Google

23

MicheleFerrero & family

Italy

$ 19

chocolate production

22

GeorgeSoros

US

$ 20

hedge funds

21

LakshmiMittal

India

$ 20.7

steel

20

MichaelBloomberg

US

$ 22

company Bloomberg LP

19

MukeshAmbani

India

$ 22.3

petrochemicals, oil and gas

18

S. RobsonWalton

US

$ 23.1

company Wal-Mart

17

AliceWalton

US

$ 23.3

company Wal-Mart

16

JimWalton

US

$ 23.7

company Wal-Mart

15

LilianeBettencourt

France

$ 24

company L'Oreal

14

SheldonAdelson

US

$ 24.9

Gambling

12

CharlesKoch

US

$ 25

various sources

12

DavidKoch

US

$ 25

various sources

11

ChristyWalton & family

US

$ 25.3

company Wal-Mart

The richest people of the world own the states that make the vast majority of us green with envy. The desire to find out who they are - these happy owners of billions and on what you can earn such money - is the secret of the continued popularity of the annual list of billionaires for Forbes.

Today we offer the rating of the world's billionaires , which included the first hundred of the world's richest men according to the Forbes version.

The top ten list of Forbes is of particular interest, therefore, we covered this of the world's top billionaires in more detail. Unfortunately, or fortunately, there are no Russians in this list. The richest man in Russia, , Alisher Usmanov is located on the 28th place.

10. Karl Albrecht( Karl Albrecht), Germany. The state is estimated at $ 25.4 billion, the main source is the company Aldi - a chain of hypermarkets of economy class. Karl began his career in his mother's store, gradually becoming the owner of a network of more than 4,500 stores around the world. It is noteworthy that no one in Aldi hypermarket accepts credit cards for payment. Today, Carl is 92 years old, he is married and has two children.

9. Lee Ka-shing( LiKa-shing), Hong Kong. The state of $ 25.5 billion is formed due to various sources, including retail and cellular communications. His present position, Lee Ka-shing sought hard work, working from a young age to sixteen hours a day. Today, Lee, having achieved wealth and prosperity, is one of the most generous patrons of Asia.

8. Stefan Persson, Sweden. The owner of the famous network H & M owns a fortune of $ 26 billion. The company for the production and sale of clothes by Hennes & Mauritz was founded by Stefan's father, however, it was he who made the brand world famous and earned it a fortune. Part of the profit Persson annually donates to charity in favor of the countries of Africa and Asia.

7. Eike Batista( Eike Batista), Brazil. The state of $ 30 billion is formed by the mining industry and oil production. Become the richest man in Brazil, Batista swore seven years ago. Today, having achieved the desired, it promises to build the largest state of in the world in the near future. Expanding its empire, Batista invests in energy, shipbuilding, tourism and the entertainment industry.

6. Larry Ellison( Larry Ellison), USA.The full name of this owner of a fortune of $ 36 billion sounds like LawrenceJosephEllison. The founder and head of Oracle corporation was brought up by his uncle and aunt, not knowing his own mother for 48 years. The company "Oracle" Larry founded with two colleagues at work in the company AmpexCorporation. Interestingly, the first product in 1979 was the OracleV2 database - version number one did not exist for marketing reasons.

5. Amancio Ortega, Spain. The owner of the empire for tailoring and selling clothes under the brand "Zara" has a fortune of $ 37.5 billion. Amancio comes from a very simple family. He started his career in a shirts store as a commodity carrier. The success of the brand "Zara", according to the owner, is that there are no middlemen between the manufacturer and the buyer, which allows selling quality goods at a reasonable price.

4. Bernard Arnault, France. The state of Bernard is estimated at $ 41 billion. Monsieur Arnault is the owner of the LVMH holding, which unites such famous brands as LouisVuitton, Guerlain, Givenchy, Kenzo, Moht & Chandon, Hennessy and others. The LVMH group holds more than 20% of the world luxury goods market.

3. Warren Buffett( Warren Buffett), USA.One of the most successful investors in history owns a fortune of $ 44 billion. Buffett showed the sharpness at the age of 6, when, having bought a Coca-Cola package for 25 cents, he sold each of their six bottles of 5 cents, earning 30. Great capital began with a profit of 5 cents! The eighty-and-a-year-old widower Buffett is the father of three children. Which, by the way, is going to leave without an inheritance, bequeathing almost all of the fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates charitable foundation.

2. Bill Gates( Bill Gates), USA.The state of the owner of Microsoft Corporation is estimated at $ 61 billion. It is noteworthy that at school Gates ignored all subjects except mathematics. Microsoft Gates founded the company with Paul Allen in 1975.It is generally accepted that the dollar billionaires and millionaires of the world are elderly people, although Gates denied this rule, earning his first billion before reaching the age of 40.

1. Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico. The richest man in the world owns a fortune of $ 69 billion, the source is telecommunications. The wealth of this owner of the multi-profile holding Grupo Carso is from 5% to 8% of Mexico's GDP.Seventy-two-year-old Carlos is a widower and has six children.