Forbes Magazine has updated the list of world’s richest billionaires and has some surprising additions to the latest update. Bill Gates, the Microsoft owner, continues to be the world’s richest man with an estimated wealth of around $86 billion. However, the most sensational name in the list remains to be of Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is the youngest amongst the top 10 billionaires aged just 32.
The Forbes list consists of a total of 2,043 billionaires with a total net worth of $7.67 trillion. United States continue to be the house of billionaires with 8 of the top 10 richest men and a total of 565 billionaires hailing from the US. The other two include a Mexican and a Spanish billionaire.
Charles Koch and David Koch are the other notable names in the top 10. They are both brothers who run the Koch Industries. They both together have made Koch Industries arguably the largest privately held company in terms of revenue.
Here is the full list of the top 10 billionaires of the world along with their estimated net worth.
10. Michael Bloomberg (Net worth: $47.5 billion)
Michael Rubens “Mike” Bloomberg is an American businessman, author, and politician. He is co-founder of financial information & media company Bloomberg LP.
9. David Koch (Net worth: $48.3 billion)
David Hamilton Koch is an American businessman and chemical engineer. He is Executive vice president of Koch Industries.
8. Charles Koch(Net worth: $48.3 billion)
Charles de Ganahl Koch is an American businessman. He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.
7. Larry Ellison (Net worth: $52.2 billion)
Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Ellison is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Oracle Corporation.
6. Carlos Slim Helu (Net worth: $54.5 billion)
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, and investor. He is owner of Grupo Carso.
5. Mark Zuckerberg (Net worth: $56 billion)
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is co-founder of world’s largest social network Facebook.
4. Amanceo Ortega (Net worth: $71.3 billion)
Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish businessman. He is the founder of Inditex fashion group, best known for Zara clothing.
3. Jeff Bezos (Net worth: $72.8 billion)
Jeff Bezos is an American engineer, and entrepreneur. He is founder of world’s largest e-commerce website Amazon.com
2. Warren Buffett (Net worth: $75.6 billion)
Warren Edward Buffett is an American businessman and investor. He is largest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway.
1. Bill Gates (Net worth: $86 billion)
William Henry “Bill” Gates III is an American businessman. He is founder of Microsoft.
India too has quite a few achievemnets to be proud of. India has the world’s fourth highest number of billionaires and is home to 101 billionaires. The list of Indian billionaires is topped by Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $23.2 billion. The list also includes four Indian women.
Here is the full list of the top 10 richest Indians listed as per their global rank!
250. Gautam Adani (Net worth: $5.8 billion )
He is founder of Adani group
182. Sunil Mittal (Net worth: $7.5 billion)
He is founder of Bharti Enterprises
166. Uday Kotak (Net worth: $8 billion )
He is managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
159. Cyrus Poonawalla (Net worth: $8.1 billion)
He is chairman of Poonawalla Group
133. Kumar Birla (Net worth: $9.5 billion)
He is chairman of Aditya Birla group
102. Shiv Nadar (Net worth: $12.3 billion )
He is the founder and chairman of HCL
84. Dilip Sanghvi (Net worth: $13.7 billion)
He is founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals
72. Azim Premji (Net worth: $14.9 billion )
He is chairman of Wipro Limited
56. Lakshmi Mittal (Net worth: $16.4 billion )
He is the chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company
33. Mukesh Ambani (Net worth: $23.2 billion)
He is chairman, MD and largest share holder in Reliance Industries Limited
There have been many new comers from India with the Paytm and Patanjali Ayurveda owners leading the list. Demonetisation has been the biggest game changer for India billionaires.
The list yet again proves that the world is after technology with most of the world’s top billionaires earning mainly through Internet. Do let us know your views about this list of world’s billionaires in our comments section below.