Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest after his fortune grew by $3.2 billion over the past year. Five Nigerians also made the list.
The names of the Nigerians are: Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Folorunsho Alakija, Femi Otedola and Abdulsamad Rabiu.
Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico comes in again at No. 2 while revered American investor Warren Buffett took back the No. 3 spot from Spain’s Amancio Ortega (now No. 4); not even the largest IPO in history was enough to beat the Oracle of Omaha this year.
Buffett was the list’s biggest gainer, up $14.5 billion to $72.7 billion, thanks to Berkshire Hathaway’s rising share price.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up 5 spots to number 16, his first time ranked among the world’s 20 richest. The youngest richest person on the list is 24 year old Evan Spiegel of Snapchat.
Silicon Valley tech companies have spawned 23 new billionaires, including cofounders of car-hailing service Uber co founders, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Cam. Silicon Valley alone has 131 individuals with 10-figure net worths, more than any other country besides China and the U.S.
The country that was lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India.
There’s no doubt that entrepreneurship is thriving globally. Fully 1,191 members of the list are self-made billionaires, while just 230 inherited their wealth. Another 405 inherited at least a portion but are still working to increase their fortunes.
See the comprehensive below:
- Bill Gates
Net Worth: $79.2 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft - Carlos Slim Helu & family
Net Worth: $77.1 B
Source of wealth: telecom - Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $72.7 B
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway - Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $64.5 B
Source of wealth: Zara - Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $54.3 B
Source of wealth: Oracle - Charles Koch
Net Worth: $42.9 B
Source of wealth: diversified - David Koch
Net Worth: $42.9 B
Source of wealth: diversified - Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $41.7 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart - Jim Walton
Net Worth: $40.6 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart - Liliane Bettencourt & family
Net Worth: $40.1 B
Source of wealth: L’Oreal - Alice Walton
Net Worth: $39.4 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart - S. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $39.1 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart - Bernard Arnault & family
Net Worth: $37.2 B
Source of wealth: LVMH - Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $35.5 B
Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP - Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $34.8 B
Source of wealth: Amazon.com - Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $33.4 B
Source of wealth: Facebook - Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $33.3 B
Source of wealth: diversified - Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $31.4 B
Source of wealth: casinos - Larry Page
Net Worth: $29.7 B
Source of wealth: Google - Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $29.2 B
Source of wealth: Google - Georg Schaeffler
Net Worth: $26.9 B
Source of wealth: ball bearings - Forrest Mars Jr
Net Worth: $26.6 B
Source of wealth: candy - Jacqueline Mars
Net Worth: $26.6 B
Source of wealth: candy - John Mars
Net Worth: $26.6 B
Source of wealth: candy - David Thomson & family
Net Worth: $25.5 B
Source of wealth: media - Jorge Paulo Lemann
Net Worth: $25 B
Source of wealth: beer - Lee Shau Kee
Net Worth: $24.8 B
Source of wealth: real estate - Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $24.5 B
Source of wealth: H&M - George Soros
Net Worth: $24.2 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds - Wang Jianlin
Net Worth: $24.2 B
Source of wealth: real estate - Carl Icahn
Net Worth: $23.5 B
Source of wealth: investments - Maria Franca Fissolo & family
Net Worth: $23.4 B
Source of wealth: Nutella, chocolates - Jack Ma
Net Worth: $22.7 B
Source of wealth: e-commerce - Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Net Worth: $22.6 B
Source of wealth: investments - Steve Ballmer
Net Worth: $21.5 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft - Phil Knight
Net Worth: $21.5 B
Source of wealth: Nike - Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.
Net Worth: $21.3 B
Source of wealth: supermarkets - Li Hejun
Net Worth: $21.1 B
Source of wealth: solar power equipment - Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $21 B
Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas - Leonardo Del Vecchio
Net Worth: $20.4 B
Source of wealth: eyeglasses - Len Blavatnik
Net Worth: $20.2 B
Source of wealth: diversified - Tadashi Yanai & family
Net Worth: $20.2 B
Source of wealth: retail - Charles Ergen
Net Worth: $20.1 B
Source of wealth: Dish Network - Dilip Shanghvi
Net Worth: $20 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals - Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Net Worth: $19.5 B
Source of wealth: Apple, Disney - Dieter Schwarz
Net Worth: $19.4 B
Source of wealth: retail - Michael Dell
Net Worth: $19.2 B
Source of wealth: Dell - Azim Premji
Net Worth: $19.1 B
Source of wealth: software - Theo Albrecht Jr & family
Net Worth: $19 B
Source of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe’s - Michael Otto & family
Net Worth: $18.1 B
Source of wealth: retail, real estate - Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $14.7 B
Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour - Mike Adenuga
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: telcom, oil - Folorunsho Alakija
Net Worth: $1.9 B
Source of wealth: oil - Femi Otedola
Net Worth: $1 B
Source of wealth: oil and gas - Abdulsamad Rabiu
Net Worth: $1 B
Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour
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