The Richest People In The World:
The magazine "Forbes" published its new
ranking of the richest people in the world. For the 17th time in 22 years, Bill
Gates in first place with a fortune estimated at $ 75 billion. The American
Microsoft founder is followed in the standings, the Spaniard Amancio Ortega,
owner of the all-powerful group of ready-to-wear Inditex (Zara, Stradivarius,
Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear ...) which is the head of a fortune of
$ 67 billion. The podium is completed by Warren Buffett with $ 60.8 billion.
Mexico's Carlos Slim, who was second last year, has lost more than $ 27 billion
and is now "only" $ 50 billion. Jeff Bezos is fifth with a fortune
estimated at $ 45.2 billion, it is closely followed by the one who accomplished
the best performance in garnering more than $ 11.2 billion Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook founder is leading a makeshift $44.6 billion.
Top 20: The Ranking Of Rich People In The World “2016”
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Fortune ($ billion)
|
Origin of fortune
|
Country
|
|
1
|
Bill Gates
|
75
|
Microsoft
|
United States
|
|
2
|
Amancio Ortega
|
67
|
Zara
|
Spain
|
|
3
|
Warren Buffett
|
60,8
|
Berkshire Hathaway
|
United States
|
|
4
|
Carlos Slim Helu
|
50
|
Telecoms
|
Mexico
|
|
5
|
Jeff Bezos
|
45,2
|
Amazon.com
|
United States
|
|
6
|
Mark Zuckerberg
|
44,6
|
Facebook
|
United States
|
|
7
|
Larry Ellison
|
43,6
|
Oracle
|
United States
|
|
8
|
Michael Bloomberg
|
40
|
Bloomberg LP
|
United States
|
|
9
|
Charles Koch
|
39,6
|
Various
|
United States
|
|
9
|
David Koch
|
39,6
|
Various
|
United States
|
|
11
|
Liliane Bettencourt
|
36,1
|
L'Oréal
|
France
|
|
12
|
Larry Page
|
35,2
|
Google
|
United States
|
|
13
|
Sergey Brin
|
34,4
|
Google
|
United States
|
|
14
|
Bernard Arnault
|
34
|
LVMH
|
France
|
|
15
|
Jim Walton
|
33,6
|
Wal-Mart
|
United States
|
|
16
|
Alice Walton
|
32,3
|
Wal-Mart
|
United States
|
|
17
|
S. Robson Walton
|
31,9
|
Wal-Mart
|
United States
|
|
18
|
Wang Jianlin
|
28,7
|
Immobilier
|
China
|
|
19
|
Jorge Paulo Lemann
|
27,8
|
Agribusiness
|
Brazil
|
|
20
|
Li Ka-shing
|
27,1
|
Various
|
Hong-Kong
|
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