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Most people in one way or another strive for wealth, and rightly so - who in our modern world does not like to live in a big way and not deny yourself anything? But the people who will be discussed below do not dream of wealth, they are already fabulously rich. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the TOP of the richest people on this planet.

The richest people in the world - TOP 10

Prestigious financial and economic journal Forbes recently posted a world ranking of the richest people in the world, which is released annually.

In one year, the number of rich people increased by 13%. Their earnings are multiplying every day, and their total fortune has grown to $7.67 trillion.

Who are they - the wealthiest people on this planet, and who is the richest person in the world?

1. Bill Gates. This is not the first year in a row that Bill has been ranked first on the list of the richest people in the world. About 40 years ago, together with his friend Paul Allen, Bill founded the Microsoft Corporation, which became the starting point in a successful career as a billionaire. In 2017, the businessman's fortune grew to $86 billion.
2. . An investor who started investing as a child by borrowing money from his father. His first purchase was Cities Service Preferred, purchased for $38 and sold for $40. Warren now invests in Wells Fargo, IBM and , and his net worth is about $75.6 billion.
3. Jeff Bezos. Another billionaire, one of the top richest people in the world. His financial position is $72.8 billion. Jeff made the list due to the sudden rise in the shares of the company he founded, and this helped the owner to sit on the third line of the rating. His business started with a simple desire – at the very beginning, Jeff just wanted to sell books to people online.
4. Amancio Ortega. One of the richest retailers in the world who made his fortune with the firm Zara, which was created by him in 1975 in a team with his deceased wife Rosalia Mera. Gradually, the clothing brand gained popularity around the world. Ortega is currently investing in real estate. His earnings are $71.3 billion.
5. Mark Zuckerberg. The hero of instructive stories and films, as well as the creator of the social network. In order to do what he loves, Mark left Harvard, but this did not stop him from making a huge fortune in $56 billion. The shares of his company continue to grow and bring him additional income.
6. Carlos Slim Elu. The richest person of Mexican origin. Carlos is the owner of the company America Movil, which provides communications services in Latin America, also owns shares in various Mexican corporations and a 17% stake in the American newspaper The New York Times. General financial condition - $54.5 billion.
7. Larry Ellison. In his youth, Larry managed to study at two universities and even contacted the CIA, but true success came to him after the creation of the company Oracle, the second largest software maker in terms of revenue after . Recently, the corporation has been developing cloud technologies. Capital Larry reaches $52.2 billion.
8. Charles Koch. The owner of the earned funds in $48.3 billion, one of the owners of the holding Koch Industries(second owner is his brother David). The company is engaged in oil refining. The father of the brothers, who are among the most influential figures in the world of politics, business and charity, created the first factory in 1940.
9. David Koch. The second owner of the family holding Koch Industries. His condition is estimated in the same way as the condition of his brother - $48.3 billion. David and Charles are actively involved in charity work and support the educational sector. For example, once they issued a grant to a foundation that helped black students.
10. Michael Bloomberg. Wall Street careerist, successful entrepreneur and former mayor of the City of New York, owner of a company that seeks financial information for clients. Michael is a generous philanthropist who has donated over $4 billion in total. The businessman's fortune is estimated at $47.5 billion.

The richest people in Russia - TOP 10

The Russian economy is gradually stabilizing, everything is returning to normal in the financial world, oil prices are growing, and Russian billionaires and millionaires continue to grow rich. Rating " Forbes"published a new list of the richest people in the world, but did not forget about the richest people in our country.

1. Leonid Mikhelson. Heads all official and unofficial lists. Businessman, shareholder of a gas company, as well as a contributor to the Sibur company. His condition is estimated at $18.4 billion- this is the largest figure in the Forbes ranking among the Russian rich. Leonid sponsors art exhibitions and collects various art objects.
2. Alexey Mordashov. Alexey has a fortune in $17.5 billion. He is a member of many prestigious companies: Russian Steel, as well as the World Association of Steel Manufacturers. He has an online grocery store, has shares in a major travel operator TUI, is fond of poetry, art and sports.
3. Vladimir Lisin. Vladimir owns shares in the enterprise " Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works", he also owns an international transport group Universal Cargo Logistics Holding B.V.. But Vladimir is not only interested in business: a large shooting center "Fox Hole" was built near Moscow by a businessman. Vladimir's condition $16.1 billion.
4. Gennady Timchenko. Also included in the list of 100 richest people in the world. The current income is $16 billion. Second owner Gunvor Group, one of the world's largest commodity traders, currently holds stakes in Sibur, Transoil and Stroytransgaz. According to US authorities, Gennady is a close friend of Putin.
5. Alisher Usmanov. Businessman with a fortune in $15.2 billion and this figure continues to increase every year. He is the owner of a vast business empire, recognized as one of the most influential people in the world according to Forbes. Owns a steel company Metalloinvest", the second largest mobile operator in the country" Megaphone"and a journalistic enterprise" Kommersant».
6. Vagit Alekperov. In possession is $14.5 billion. The head of the corporation "", which is the largest independent oil company in the country. Vagit also wrote and published the book "Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future" and created the Our Future social fund, which supports active citizens in the field of social entrepreneurship.
7. Mikhail Fridman. Member of the board of Alfa Group, one of the managers of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Creator of LetterOne Holdings S.A (L1), which is engaged in foreign projects in the oil and gas sector. This company created its own investment business L1 Health (shares in medicine). State - $14.4 billion.
8. Vladimir Potanin. On the eighth line is the owner of the Interros management company, the general director and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hermitage Museum with a fortune of $14.3 billion. Enlisted the support of the government and became the largest contributor to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi by building the Rosa Khutor ski resort.
9. Andrey Melnichenko. State - $13.2 billion. One of the richest people in Russia according to Forbes. Owns the assets of the largest enterprises, including a mineral production company, a coal corporation and an electric power company. One of the founders of MDM Bank, a large industrial empire was built on its basis.
10. Viktor Vekselberg. Made a fortune the size of $12.4 billion. He is the President of the Foundation Skolkovo", as well as the chairman of the board of directors of the Renova group of companies. Owns shares in the aluminum company UC Rusal, a Swiss company leader in the semiconductor technology market Oerlikon, as well as an international industrial company Sulzer.

TOP richest people in history

Today's entrepreneurs are in the billions, and sometimes the stories of the world's richest people show that the path to the top can start with a simple accident. But not only modern people are lucky with money - history knows many examples of achieving fabulous wealth, which repeatedly exceed the successes of modern rich people.

1. John Rockefeller. Perhaps the most famous rich man in the world. His condition was estimated at $318 billion- This is several times more than that of the richest man in the modern world, Bill Gates. He is the founder of the Standard Oil company, thanks to which he received his recognition and wealth. In 1880, Rockefeller held about 95% of America's oil production in his hands.
2. Andrew Carnegie. An intelligent entrepreneur from America, whose fortune reached $310 billion. With a loan taken in his youth, Andrew bought shares in Adams Express, which began to bring good income. It is the largest manufacturer of steel and iron in America. His enterprises Carnegie Steel Company and U.S. Steel turned him into a dollar millionaire.
3. Nicholas II. If converted into modern money, the Emperor's fortune would have reached $253 billion. All wealth was received by Nicholas as an inheritance from his father. There is no reliable information about whether the Emperor was engaged in increasing his wealth, but the fact remains that Nikolai entered the list of the richest people in the world in the history of mankind.
4. William Henry Vanderbilt. A capitalist who lives in the 19th century and has a fortune in $232 billion. After the death of the pope, William received about 90 billion, but in the end he more than doubled them. He owned a railway company and was considered during the years of his life the richest man in the world.
5. Osman Ali Khan. Ali Khan was born in India, had the title of prince and had a fortune in $211 billion. But Osman inherited not only the throne from his father, but also an entrepreneurial streak - he was a world monopolist in the supply of diamonds. In the mid-20th century, its budget was estimated at $2 million (at that time), which was about 2% of America's GDP.
6. Andrew Mellon. American-born bank employee. He decided to follow the path of his father, who is also a banker. At the age of 17, he founded his own logging company, after which he took the position of a bank manager. At one time he served as America's Treasury Secretary, as well as America's ambassador to the UK. His condition is $189 billion.
7. Henry Ford. Car king having about $188 billion(translated into the modern course). He started his career at the age of 16 with the duties of a mechanical engineer, and ended up founding his own company, Ford Motor Company. Ford set up a complete production of cars, from the extraction of materials and ending with the release of finished models. To this day, his cars are popular with consumers.
8. Mark Licinius Crassus. An ancient general who lived from 115-53 BC. Mark bought houses after fires, restored them and sold them for more, and that is how he built his business. There were rumors that Mark deliberately burned houses in search of profit. Also, the commander was engaged in human trafficking, search and mining of silver. Mark's condition $170 billion.
9. Basil II. The state of the emperor of Byzantium from the Macedonian family includes $169 billion. There is practically no information about this ruler. History only knows that Basil expanded the territory of Byzantium and annexed neighboring lands to it. Unfortunately, he could not strengthen them - after his death, the empire did not live long.
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Another rich man with an interesting history. The state of the American entrepreneur - $167 billion. Cornelius left school in the 4th grade on his own conviction, borrowed $ 100 from his mother and bought a boat on which he transported people. A year later, he already had a capital of $ 1000 and then he was nicknamed the Captain. Then he bought other ships, soon he had a real flotilla. At 23, he ran the largest intercontinental shipping company in America. Cornelius was also involved in the railroad business.

The richest people in Russia and the world are annually included in unofficial ratings and elite lists of Forbes magazine. What is the secret of their success - in enterprise, perseverance or simple luck and luck? Unfortunately, there is no answer to this question - everyone has their own path, from labor to genius.

Most recently, a list of the richest people in the world was published. The data obtained from this list shows that it is now the entrepreneurs and self-made businessmen who are in the highest positions, so that the leaders are no longer those who inherited their wealth. Of course, it is also worth considering that there are quite a few families on the list that pass on their wealth and their companies by inheritance, such as the owners of Koch Industries, Walmart and even the cosmetics empire L "Oreal, more and more self-made billionaires appear on the list from all over the world.Most of them made their billions in the technology industry, such as Jack Ma or Mark Zuckerberg.It's time to find out who is the richest in the world?

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer - $24 billion

The brothers are the owners and managers of the well-known perfume company House of Chanel.

Samuel and Donald Newhouse - $25 billion

The brothers inherited Advance Publications, a multi-million dollar publishing empire that owns publications such as The New Yorker and Vogue.

Ma Huateng - $26 billion

The Chinese Internet businessman is the founder, president, chief executive and board member of Tencent. It is a holding company whose subsidiaries do absolutely everything: online advertising, press, entertainment and payment systems.

George Soros - $26 billion

Soros is one of the most famous and successful investors in the world. However, he started small, working as a railway porter and waiter, thus earning his way to study at the London School of Economics.

Phil Knight - $26 billion

Knight is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, one of the world's most renowned sports companies.

Maria Franca Fissolo - $26 billion

The Italian billionaire is the owner of one of Europe's largest confectionery companies, Ferrero. She is the widow of Michel Ferrero.

Mukesh Ambani - $28 billion

Ambani is the Chairman, Managing Director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited, a Forture 500 company.

Axel Dumas - $28 billion

He is the chief executive of one of the largest fashion houses Hermès. He belongs to the sixth generation of the family that founded the house in 1837 and has run it ever since.

The Henkel family - $28 billion

The German chemical and consumer products company was founded in 1876 by Fritz Henkel. Christoph Henckel inherited the company in 1999 when his father Konrad passed away.

Steve Ballmer - $30 billion

Ballmer is a former chief executive of Microsoft who held this position from 2000 to 2014. He is now the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.

Jorge Paulo Lehmann - $31 billion

Lehmann is Brazil's richest man and made his fortune as a corporate takeover legend.

Sheldon Adelson - $31 billion

He is the founder and CEO of gambling giant Las Vegas Sands Corp and is also an active member of the Republican Party.

Li Ka-shing - $32 billion

This is one of the richest people in China, and he is one of the first major investors in Facebook. He also acquired the British telecommunications company O2 in 2015 for 15 billion.

Wang Jianlin - $33 billion

He is the founder of China's largest real estate company, the Dalian Wanda Group, and also owns a 20 percent stake in Spanish football club Atlético de Madrid.

Jack Ma - $36 billion

This Chinese high-tech billionaire is the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

Ingvar Kamprad and his family - $36 billion

The Swedish business mogul is the founder of IKEA, one of the largest furniture stores and most loved brands in the world, and has been at the helm of the company for over 70 years.

Carl and Theo Albrecht Jr., Beate Heister and family - $39 billion

The German Karl Albrecht founded the Aldi supermarket chain with his brother Theo.

Stefan Quandt and Susanne Klatten - $39 billion

He is the son of Herbert and Johanna Quandt, and he owns 25 percent of the car giant BMW, while his sister owns 20 percent.

Liliane Bettencourt - $41 billion

She is the heir to the fortune that she inherited with the cosmetics company L "Oreal, and she is also the largest shareholder of this company.

Sergey Brin - $43 billion

The Russian-American computer scientist, along with Larry Page, created the tech giant Google.

Larry Page - $44 billion

Page overtook his partner in creating Google Sergey Brin by one billion.

Bernard Arnault - $45 billion

Arno is the chairman and CEO of the world's largest luxury goods company, LVMH.

Michael Bloomberg - $50 billion

He is the founder, owner and CEO of global finance, software and media company Bloomberg. It is worth noting that he bequeathed half of his fortune to charity after his death.

Larry Ellison - $52 billion

Ellison is the founder and chairman of the international giant Oracle. He is also a yacht aficionado and has been credited with buying some of the most outstanding yachts in the world, as well as acquiring entire Hawaiian islands.

Carlos Slim Helu and his family - $59 billion

He is the richest man in Mexico, and he also became one of the richest self-made billionaires in the world after taking control of America Movil, one of the largest mobile telecommunications companies.

Mark Zuckerberg - $61 billion

This 32-year-old is the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Facebook, the world's largest social network.

John and Jacqueline Mars - $63 billion

Brother and sister are the heirs of the confectionery empire, which is known throughout the production of Mars bars.

Warren Buffett - $79 billion

This legendary investor is considered the most successful investor in the world, a title he achieved while serving as the chairman and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. He also pledged to give 99 percent of his wealth to charitable causes.

Jeff Bezos - $80 billion

He is the founder, chairman and CEO of the world's largest online retailer, Amazon. He is also a successful investor and invests through his own investment company, Bezos Expeditions.

Amancio Ortega - $82 billion

In 1985, Ortega created Inditex, a company that owns brands such as Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti. He also owns 60 percent of the company's shares.

Bill Gates - $91 billion

Gates made his fortune by co-founding the world's largest personal computer software company, Microsoft.

Charles and David Kohey - $102 billion

Charles has been Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, the second largest private company in the United States, since 1967. It is a family business and his brother David is the vice president of the company.

The Walton family - $130 billion

This American family created the world's largest retail company, Walmart. The three most prominent living family members today are Jim, Rob and Alice.

Billionaire best friends Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the two richest people in the world.
The richest 30 people in the world control a huge part of the global economy: $1.23 trillion - more than the annual GDP of Spain, Mexico or Turkey.
This is in line with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which recently relaunched and expanded online to include 500 billionaires worldwide. The ranking is updated daily to provide the latest data on the richest men and women in the world.
And so the 30 richest people in the world:

30. Ma Huateng


Net worth: $22.5 billion USA

Age: 45

Country: China

Industry: Technology

How He Got Rich: Tencent Holdings

Software engineer Ma Huateng (aka Pony Ma) founded China's largest Internet portal, Tencent Holdings, in 1998. He was 26 years old. Ma has a number of successful and widely used platforms, including QQ, its instant messaging service, which is one of the world's top 10 sites; mobile text service (WeChat) with over 800 million users; mobile commerce product (WeChat Wallet); and an online gaming community (Tencent Games), the largest in China.

Ma's wealth increased by $4.7 billion last year.

29. Phil Knight


Net worth: US$25 billion

Age: 78

Country: USA

How He Got Rich: Nike

He worked as an accountant for the Blue Ribbon Sports footwear company. Then he launched his own brand of sports shoes Nike.
Nike's success has been fueled by collaborations with famous athletes, from runner Steve Prefontaine in 1973 to one of the most successful shoe marketers of all time, Michael Jordan, whom Nike signed to a five-year contract in 1984 worth $500,000 a year. Today, the NBA's biggest star is still affiliated with Nike, and LeBron James signed a lifetime contract with the brand in 2015, reportedly worth over $1 billion.

28. George Soros


Net worth: $25.2 billion USA

Age: 86

Country: USA

Industry: Hedge funds

How He Got Rich: Managing the Soros Foundation

Born in Budapest, George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary during World War II before moving to the UK and then the US. He is called "the man who broke the Bank of England", he is best known for the hedge fund, which he created in 1973 under the management of the Soros Fund Management company. In 1992, he cut the British pound, a risky move that ended up making $1 billion in one day and cementing Soros' place in the financial world. The Quantum Fund is also generating over 30% annual returns under Soros' leadership, making it one of the most successful hedge funds of all time.

Today, Soros remains chairman of Soros Fund Management, which manages more than $25 billion in assets, including stakes in big-name companies like Amazon, Facebook and Netflix. He is also chairman of Open Society, an organization founded in 1979 that functions as a network of foundations and partners around the world that promotes the values ​​of an open society and human rights.

Over the past year, Soros' wealth has shrunk by $800 million.

27. Mukesh Ambani


Net worth: $26.3 billion USA

Age: 59

Country: India

Industry: Petrochemicals, oil and gas

Source of wealth: Inheritance; Industries

Mukesh Ambani became chairman of Reliance Industries when his father, the founder of the company, passed away in 2002. Huge industrial conglomerate in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail and, more recently, telecommunications.

Ambani is the richest man in India and owns a 27-storey Mumbai mansion worth $1 billion.

26. Wang Wei
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Net worth: $26.5 billion USA

Age: 46

Country: China

Industry: Transport

How He Got Rich: SF Holding

Wang Wei founded China's largest package delivery company, SF Express. He recently made his debut on the stock exchange, and for the first time made it to the list of the richest people. Over the past year, his fortune has increased by almost $22.7 billion. USA.

According to Bloomberg, the son of a Russian translator for the People's Liberation Army Air Force, Wang, grew up in Hong Kong and then returned to his birthplace in China in the 1990s to start a delivery service. At the time, his business was considered part of the "black shipping" market, and he risked being caught and fined by the country's postal officers.

25. Steve Ballmer


Net Worth: US$27 billion

Age: 60

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: ; Microsoft

Steve Ballmer left Stanford Business School in 1980 to join Harvard friend Bill Gates at Microsoft as the company's first business manager, earning a $50,000 salary and a stake in the company. Ballmer has served as vice president of marketing, vice president of systems software, and executive vice president of sales and support, and was often referred to as the "numbers guy".

He became the company's CEO in 2000 after Gates stepped down, and he remained in charge of the software giant until Satya Nadella replaced him in 2014. Under Microsoft's management, the company's revenue grew by 294% and profit by 181% - although its market share was surpassed by Google and Apple in the same period.

After he took over as CEO, Ballmer fulfilled his dream of owning an NBA franchise by paying $2 billion in a deal to buy the Los Angeles Clippers, now his main business.

Ballmer's net worth increased by $4.8 billion last year.

24. Sheldon Adelson


Net Worth: US$28 billion

Age: 83

Country: USA

Industry: Real estate

How He Got Rich: Las Vegas Casinos

"King of Las Vegas" hit the jackpot for the first time in 1995, when he was 61 years old, and also at Computer Dealers' (COMDEX), one of the largest trade shows in Las Vegas. That year, Adelson sold the company to the Japanese Softbank for $860 million and used the money to finance the purchase of Sands Casino He quickly demolished it and built the Venetian Casino Resort and Sands Expo convention center in its place After further expansion, he took his gaming conglomerate, Las Vegas Sands, to open in 2004 .

Adelson, a former reporter and mortgage broker and the son of Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, was hit hard during the financial crisis in 2008, reportedly lost $25 billion, and needed to boost his company's balance sheet with $1 billion in cash. Even though the casino had a tough 2015 - shares fell 25% during the year - its fortunes have recovered from the dark days of 2008. Net worth rose by $3.2 billion last year. He still runs the casino and is the CEO of China Sands, a subsidiary that opened its fifth casino in Macau last year.

In late 2015, he bought Nevada's largest newspaper for $140 million.

23. Jorge Lehmann


Net worth: $28.8 billion USA

Age: 76

Country: Brazil

How He Got Rich: 3G Capital

After being called "the most interesting billionaire in the world" by Bloomberg, Jorge Lehmann was previously a journalist and professional tennis champion before moving into funding in 1971 with the purchase of a small Brazilian brokerage firm. He later went on to co-investment company 3G Capital in 2004, which made Lehmann best known for the Warren Buffett deals.

In late 2014, Lehmann created a fast food giant with the help of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, pairing Burger King with Canadian brand Tim Horton in a series of deals worth more than $11 billion. In 2015, 3G and Berkshire Hathaway teamed up again to invest $10 billion in the Kraft and Heinz mega-germ, which created the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world.

In November 2015, 3G's Anheuser-Busch InBev made a mammoth $108 billion deal to take over SABMiller, becoming the world's most dominant beer maker. Earlier this year, he initiated a takeover deal - Unilever - a deal that was worth about $250 billion.

Over the past year, his net worth has increased by $2.9 billion. USA.

22. Li Ka-shing


Net worth: $30.6 billion USA

Age: 88

Country: Hong Kong

Industry: Diversified investments

How He Got Rich: CK Hutchison Holdings

Despite humble beginnings, business tycoon Li Ka-shing became the richest man in Hong Kong. After his father died of tuberculosis, Li dropped out of school at 16 to support his family by working in a plastic flower factory. Six years later, he opened his own factory, the predecessor of which is today known as CK Hutchison Holdings, a sprawling trading empire with interests in real estate, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications and technology.

Savvy investor Lee and his venture fund Horizon Ventures have backed companies like Facebook, Skype, Spotify and the launch of Hampton Creek egg replacement products.
Lee's net worth is up $4.1 billion. USA for the last year.

21. Wang Jianlin


Net worth: $31.6 billion USA

Age: 62

Country: China

Industry: Real estate

How He Got Rich: Dalian Wanda Group

Real estate tycoon Wang Jianlin, who served in the Chinese military from 1970 to 1986, controls dozens of sectors and hundreds of companies before going into business. Some of Wang's largest investments abroad, including high-end property development projects in Sydney and Madrid. Since this time last year, his wealth has grown by $4.8 billion.

From 2014 to 2015, his net worth more than doubled from $13.2 billion to $30 billion.

19 and 20 John and Jacqueline Mars


John Mars owns the Mars candy world along with siblings Forrest and Jacqueline.
Net worth: $32.4 billion USA each

Age: 77 and 81

Country: USA

Industry: Candy

Source of wealth: Inheritance; Mars Inc.

Siblings Jacqueline and John Mars inherited a stake in the iconic Candymaker Mars Inc. when their father, Forrest Sr., died in 1999.
In 2008, Mars expanded, now producing not only candy, but also chewing gum, pet food.

Over the past year, their combined net worth has grown by $2.6 billion.

18. Alice Walton


Net worth: $34 billion USA

Age: 67

Country: USA

Industry: retail

The daughter of the late Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton is a major figure in the company, making her the richest woman on earth. Although she never took an active part in the management of the supermarket.

Instead of spending time at Walmart, Walton became a patron of the arts. In 2011, she opened the $50 million Crystal Bridge Museum in Arkansas, which displays a number of her famous paintings.

In 2015, Walton donated 3.7 million of his Walmart shares to the family's non-profit organization and put her Texas ranches—one working horse ranch and the other a luxury vacation spot—on the market for a total of $48 million.

Over the past year, her net worth has grown by $2.3 billion.

17. Jim Walton


Net worth: $35.1 billion USA

Age: 68

Country: USA

Industry: retail

Source of wealth: Inheritance; walmart

James "Jim" Walton's parents, Helen and Sam Walton, acquired a majority stake in Arkansas Bank in Bentonville a year before the first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, when Jim was only 14 years old. Within five years, the family owned 24 retail stores. In 1975, after working in Walmart's real estate department for several years, Jim joined his parent bank, later renamed Arvest Bank Group. He is now Chairman and CEO of the Regional Community Bank, which has $15 billion in assets. Over the past year, Walton has grown by $2.7 billion.

16. Rob Walton


Net worth: $35.4 billion USA

Age: 72

Country: USA

Industry: retail

Source of wealth: Inheritance; walmart

Samuel Robson "Rob" Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. In 1969, he began working on the iconic trading giant, holding positions from senior vice president to chairman general counsel, from which he stepped down as of June 2015 after 23 years. His son-in-law succeeded him.

On New Year's Eve, Walton and his brother donated 1.5 million shares to charity, while their sister Alice gave away 3.7 million shares, totaling $407 million. This is an incredible amount!

Last year, his wealth increased by $3.3 billion.

15. Jack Ma


Net worth: $35.7 billion USA

Age: 52

Country: China

Industry: Technology

How He Got Rich: Alibaba

China's richest man, Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma, reportedly started China's first internet company in 1988: China Yellowpages. He handed over control of the company to a state-owned telecommunications company in 1996 and launched Alibaba three years later for just $60,000. Fifteen years after its creation, the company became the largest in the world.
But the company's shares fell 22% in 2015, most likely due to a slowdown in the Chinese economy and problems with counterfeiters using the company's platform. Ma didn't care. He acknowledged that 2016 will be a difficult year for the Chinese economy, but remained confident in Alibaba's long-term success.

Over the past year, Ma's wealth has increased by $8.4 billion. USA.

14. Liliana Bettencourt


Net worth: $36.8 billion USA

Age: 94

Country: France

Industry: Cosmetics

Source of wealth: Inheritance; Group L "Oreal

The heiress of the L "Oreal cosmetics fortune and the company's largest shareholder, Liliane Bettencourt is the richest woman in the world, with a net worth of $36.8 billion, an increase of $3 billion last year alone. She no longer has a hand in business operations, but L" Oreal and the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, founded by her and her late husband, continue to thrive. She is an art collector who owns works by Picasso, Matisse and Munch.

In recent years, Bettencourt has been forced to take legal action in May 2015 when eight people, including trusted friends and financial advisers, were convicted of using the heiress' capital.

In late 2015, charges were filed against her former butler and five journalists for recording meetings with the billionaire and thus violating her right to privacy. The butler, Pascal Bonnefoy, claimed to have taken the notes to show Betancourt's fragile condition - all six were acquitted in January 2016.

13. Bernard Arnault


Net worth: US$40 billion

Age: 67

Country: France

Industry: Luxury goods

How He Got Rich: LVMH

Bernard Arnault's LVMH has 70 luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Hennessy to Dom Perignon, controlled by the family company Groupe Arnault. By the 1980s and 90s, Arnault, having started working as a civil engineer, took over the family business and proceeded to buy the high-end fashion house Christian Dior, resurrecting it from the brink of bankruptcy. Like most LVMH brands today, Dior is thriving.

Arno's wealth grew by $6.8 billion last year. USA.

12. Sergey Brin


Net worth: $41.6 billion USA

Age: 43

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: Google

Along with co-founder Larry Page, Sergey Brin helped orchestrate Google's massive restructuring that the company announced in 2015. The move brought Google under the umbrella of Alphabet, a holding company with Brin as president and Page as CEO. Other Google ventures such as Nest and Google X are separate companies also under Alphabet.

The restructuring allowed Brin to focus on exploring new projects and moonshot ideas. With top-notch talent and an abundance of resources, Alphabet has already made automatic homes and self-driving cars a reality.

Brin, who emigrated from Moscow to the US as a child, was linked to Page in 1995 at Stanford, where they were each doing PhDs. Three years later, they founded Google, now one of the most powerful companies on the planet.

Over the past year, Brin's wealth has increased by $4.1 billion.

11. Larry Page


Net worth: $42.5 billion USA

Age: 43

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: Google

As a student at Stanford University in 1998, Larry Page teamed up with fellow student Sergey Brin to create BackRub, an early search engine. The project eventually turned into Google - now called Alphabet - one of the largest companies in the world, worth over $581 billion. Over the past year, the company's personal net worth increased by $4.3 billion.

10. Ingvar Kamprad


Net worth: $43 billion USA

Age: 90

Country: Sweden

Industry: retail

How He Got Rich: IKEA

At 17, Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA, now the world's largest furniture store with nearly 34.2 billion euros ($36 billion) in revenue. Kamprad's plan from the start was to create "eternal life" for IKEA, which meant keeping it on the stock market and securing it in a complex corporate structure involving philanthropic work and trading and franchising, collectively known as the Stichting INGKA Foundation. Although The Swedish business mogul no longer participates in day-to-day decision-making processes, he still attends meetings as a senior advisor to the supervisory board.

Among his peers, the 90-year-old founder is incredibly humble despite his vast fortune. He reportedly flies economy, stays in cheap hotels and drives the same Volvo for more than two decades. He also infamously moved IKEA and his family out of Sweden in the 1970s to avoid its onerous tax rates. He returned to live in his native country in 2013 after a long spell in Switzerland.

Kamprad has donated $300 million to a lifetime charity.

Last year, Kamprad's personal wealth increased by $2.6 billion.

9. Larry Ellison


Net worth: $45.3 billion USA

Age: 72

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

How He Got Rich: Oracle Corp.

In 1977, Larry Ellison teamed up with two colleagues from an electronics company to start his own programming firm, which soon signed a contract to build a relational database management system for the CIA under Project Oracle Code. The project grew to what is today known as Oracle Corp., which generated $37 billion last year. In 2010, Ellison cut his annual salary from $1 million to $1, but he still receives over $60 million in compensation through generous stock awards. Ellison stepped down as CEO in 2014 after 38 years and assumed the role of Chief Technical Officer.

The tech mogul is also a generous philanthropist, donating money to nature conservation and medical research.

Ellison's wealth increased by $5.2 billion last year.

7. TIE: David Koch

Age: 76

Country: USA

Industry: Diversified investments

Along with his brother Charles, David Koch runs Koch Industries and is an executive vice president. The second largest private company, $100 billion (in sales) Koch Industries makes everything from fertilizer and Dixie cups to asphalt and biodiesel. Last year, David's personal wealth fell by $1.2 billion.

Celebrated conservatives, the brothers also maintain huge political influence and regularly spend hundreds of millions on political campaigns with their huge donor network.

David had two encounters with death. He survived the 1991 plane crash that killed everyone else in first class, and also won the battle against prostate cancer. He has become one of the world's most generous benefactors since then, donating more than $1.2 billion to medicine.

7. TIE: Charles Koch


Net worth: $47.9 billion USA

Age: 81

Country: USA

Industry: Diversified investments

How He Got Rich: Koch Industries

Charles Koch is the chairman and CEO of the diversified conglomerate Koch Industries, the second largest private company in America. His younger brother David is the executive vice president. The company employs 120,000 people and generates $100 billion in annual revenue from its diverse holdings that do everything from petrochemicals and Dixie cups to clothing materials.

The Koch brothers, with a total net worth of $95.8 billion. The United States advocates a world of conservative politics and public policy, favors smaller government, and regularly funds political campaigns.

6. Carlos Slim Helu


Net worth: $50.7 billion USA

Age: 77

Gender: Male

Industry: Telecom

How He Got Rich: Grupo Carso

The richest man in Mexico owns over 200 companies in his country through a conglomerate called Grupo Carso - also known as Slimlandia. The son of Lebanese-Mexican entrepreneurs, Carlos Slim Helu, gained control of his father's retail and real estate businesses after his death. After earning a degree in civil engineering, Slim built a diversified portfolio during the 1960s, 70s and 80s that now dominates the Mexican economy.

Grupo Carso has acquired the state-owned telephone company Telmex, which now owns 80% of telephone lines in Mexico. In 2008, Slim bought a 6.4% stake in The New York Times for $127 million. He has since increased his ownership to 17%, worth about $391 million thanks to the revival of The Times.

Slim still has aspirations to grow his empire, which includes interests in the financial, industrial, telecommunications and media sectors, especially in his home country, where he invested $4 billion in 2015. However, over the past year, his capital has decreased by $1 billion.

5. Mark Zuckerberg


Net worth: $58.5 billion USA

Age: 32

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: facebook

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old sophomore at Harvard, launched TheFacebook.com, a rudimentary version of the now ubiquitous social network known as Facebook. Zuckerberg left college to work full-time as the CEO of Facebook, and the site quickly took off. Today, it attracts over a billion users daily and is worth nearly $400 billion. At 32, Zuckerberg is the youngest of the 50 richest people in the world. His wealth increased by $11.1 billion. USA last year.

In December 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged to give away 99% of their wealth over the course of their lives through an organization called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, although some critics noted that the organization itself is not a non-profit charity.

But this isn't the couple's first foray into philanthropy. They donated $25 million to the fight against Ebola in 2015, and they gave $100 million worth of Facebook shares to improve New Jersey's public school system.

4. Amancio Ortega


Net worth: $68.5 billion USA

Age: 80

Country: Spain

Industry: retail

How He Got Rich: Inditex

Amancio Ortega is the fourth richest person in the world thanks to his control of the Spanish fashion giant Inditex, which Ortega started working as a delivery boy for a local clothing store at 14 and transformed from a small town clothing store to one of the biggest fashion empires. on the planet. However, Ortega's wealth fell by $800 million last year.

Despite Ortega's vast wealth, he lives modestly. The billionaire still eats lunch with his employees at the company canteen, and although he is the richest man in the fashion industry, he sticks to the simple uniform of a white shirt and blue blazer.

3. Jeff Bezos


Net worth: $73.1 billion USA

Age: 53

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: amazon.com

Jeff Bezos made his huge fortune introducing e-commerce to the world. After spending time in Wall Street Finance, Bezos founded Amazon.com in the garage of his Seattle home in 1994 and sold books exclusively. The company went public three years later and has since traded everything from furniture to food to Amazon's own electronics, which generated $136 billion in revenue in 2016.

Bezos also has interests outside of Amazon, including investments in private space company Blue Origin, which successfully launched its first spacecraft in 2015, and The Washington Post, a newspaper he bought in 2013.

Bezos' wealth increased by $21.9 billion last year.

2. Warren Buffett


Net worth: $77.2 billion USA

Age: 86

Country: USA

Industry: Diversified investments

How He Got Rich: Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett began his amazing investing career at a young age. As a child, he delivered newspapers on his bike, and by the age of 11, the Nebraska native bought his first shares on the stock market—Cities Service Preferred at $38 a share—and sold them for a $5 profit. He was not accepted into Harvard Business School, so Buffett went to Columbia Business School and studied there. Buffett worked as a securities analyst in the early 1950s before starting his own investment firm. He bought the Berkshire Hathaway textile company in 1969, turning it into a holding company.
The investments that made him rich may seem random - he has bet on companies: Coca-Cola, American Express, Geico, Fruit of the Loom, Dairy Queen and General Motors, all of which generate cash that has long-term value. Last year, his net worth increased by $13.1 billion. USA.

A modest man with a love for junk food, Buffett has donated more than $25 billion to charitable causes. He is intimately familiar with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, with whom he partnered to create The Pledge Maker, the promise of billionaires to give at least half of their wealth to charity.

1. Bill Gates


Bill Gates and Warren Buffett speak to journalist Charlie Rose at an event hosted by Columbia Business School on January 27, 2017 in New York City.
Net worth: $85.2 billion USA

Age: 61

Country: USA

Industry: Technology

How He Got Rich: Microsoft

In just 20 years, Bill Gates founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. In the months leading up to his 31st birthday, the company took off, making Gates a billionaire. He was the CEO of Software until 2000 and was its chairman and largest shareholder until 2014. Although still with the company, Gates is no longer actively involved with Microsoft.

Gates is not only the richest man in the world - his net worth increased by $10.6 billion in the last year alone - but he is also the most generous. Since 1999, Gates and his wife have led the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most influential philanthropic foundations in the world. The fund, which controls over $40 billion, aims to lift millions of people out of poverty, with a focus on eliminating HIV, malaria and other infectious diseases. The pair are also working on a plan to mobilize mobile banking for the 2 billion adults who don't have a bank account.

He is also the co-founder of the Giving Pledge, which he started in 2010 with good friend and fellow billionaire Warren Buffett as a pledge to donate 50% or more of his fortunes. Currently, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are among the 156 members of the Giving Pledge.

The richest person in the world was making over $3,000 a minute in 2019. His fortune is estimated at 131 billion dollars. And this, oddly enough, is neither Bill Gates, who has been recognized several times as the wealthiest man in the world.

The richest people in the world, included in the TOP 10, own more than half of all the money in the world. This is the data that was published in the IMF report in 2017. Since then, the situation has not changed dramatically. However, new faces have entered the list of the richest people in the world.

TOP richest people in the world

According to Forbes, the richest people in the world have long been ranked in the TOP 100. But the TOP-10 rating is constantly changing, depending on the trends of the global market.

Thus, the richest person in the world in 2020 is Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon. Its nearest competitor needs to make great efforts to overtake it. Considering that the popularity of the Amazon service is growing every year, experts predict an even greater backlog of Bill Gates.

Success stories: how to become the richest

It is interesting to know how rich people made their fortune in order to know in which direction to move in order to repeat their feat. Studying the success story of another person can often lead to the desired results.

The rapid growth of his income is due to a sharp increase in the price of his company's shares. In 2017, the value of Amazon grew by 59%. The businessman is constantly improving the quality of his service, which makes him very popular in the world.

Jeff Bezos is the richest man on the planet

The entrepreneur has spent his entire life building networks for international sales. But he decided to create Amazon only at the end of 1994. He also has a company Blue Origins, which is developing projects for the development of space tourism.

Jeff Bezos is actively involved in charity work. Every year he spends millions of dollars to fight cancer. He also founded the Bezos Family Foundation, whose funds are used to invest in science and education.

Its fortune is based on successful competition with other software producers. Today, most people use Windows on their computers. The use of licensed software and the release of games and other programs by Microsoft increase the income of the organization and its founder.

Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft.

He also owns the Corbis Corporation, which specializes in creating licensed photographs and videos. Its main idea is that over time people will decorate their houses not with paintings, but with their electronic versions. Today there is active cooperation with leading museums of the world.

bgC3 (Bill Gates Company 3) provides a research center. The entrepreneur invests a lot of money in it for the development of software technologies and information security.

Bill Gates is also the founder of the largest charitable foundation named after himself and his wife. The foundation's mission is to improve the world's health care system and fight hunger.

He owns more than 60 companies. He invests in various companies, acquiring a share of shares, which allows him to earn income in the long term. Entrepreneurs are most interested in ambitious startups. As Warren Buffett himself says, his intuition of where to invest helps him to enter the ranking of the richest people in the world.

Warren Buffett is the most famous investor of our time.

Warren Buffett's income has increased significantly since Donald Trump came to power. He introduced some tax breaks, which led to a decrease in the costs of this entrepreneur.

Buffett has authored many books related to income generation. He himself is very conservative, so he tries not to invest in areas that are incomprehensible to him. That is why he became one of the last to invest in IT technologies and still ignores cryptocurrencies.

Bernard Arnault

His company has founded more than 70 well-known global brands that are controlled by LVMH. His income directly depends on the level of sales. Therefore, his position in the ranking of the richest people in the world is unstable. Back in 2017, he was not included in the ranking of the 10 richest people in the world, but over the year his income increased so much that he was able to immediately take the 4th line according to Forbes.

The businessman himself was awarded several times for his contribution to art in various countries. This is one of the least known personalities in the world. He tries not to give interviews. If journalists manage to meet him, he remains laconic.

Mark Zuckerberg

One of the youngest billionaires in the world. The growth of his income is due to the growth of shares of the social network Facebook. Many entrepreneurs are fighting for shares in his corporation. A distinctive feature of Mark Zuckerberg is that he is only engaged in the development of this company, not trying to establish new brands.

It is worth noting that Mark Zuckerberg receives a salary of only $1. All other income is dividends from his company. Despite his wealth, he leads a modest lifestyle. Today he has a wife and a child.

Amancio Ortega

His company Zara Industries has more than 200 stores in almost 50 countries. The Zara brand is well known and very popular. Expanding the possibilities of sales via the Internet allows you to increase the income of the company.

Today, Zara offers cooperation under a franchise agreement, which allows you to significantly increase the number of branded stores in various countries of the world. Favorable terms of cooperation increase interest in the company, which allows Amancio Ortega to increase his income.

The businessman himself was able to fulfill his dream - to create his own unique business model, which allows you to create high-quality clothes at affordable prices. Many today study this man's success story in business schools. At the moment, he has completely retired and is retired, enjoying life.

Carlos Slim

He owns the largest cell phone operator in Mexico. He also has stakes in the mining industry and in foreign telecommunications companies. An entrepreneur is constantly looking for new ways to diversify their income. In this regard, a 17% stake in The New York Times was once bought.

Carlos Slim invests in various areas. He has a stake in mining, chemical, construction and other areas of the economy. And he buys not only shares of Mexican companies.

The entrepreneur himself is a widower. He has 6 children, three of whom hold positions in his business empire. He did not inherit millions, but he always had a stable income and sought to increase his fortune. Throughout his life, Carlos Slim was distinguished by frugality and a modest lifestyle.

Charles and David Koch

They are co-owners of Koch Industries, which works to create wealth in various industries. They once bought shares from their brothers in order to take control of their father's organization after his death. Today, this company employs more than 100 thousand people. The products they produce are successfully sold not only in the USA, but also in Latin America, Europe and Russia.

These brothers are quite intelligent and calm. Their main merit lies in the fact that they inspire each of their employees that their work is their property. Therefore, everyone is obliged to work in such a way as to preserve their capital and increase it.

It is worth noting that this approach and generous inheritance helped the brothers build a successful business empire.

Larry Ellison

He is considered the second person after Bill Gates in the field of software production. Its software is actively used in financial and credit and other commercial structures. It helps to streamline business processes. Today, the company is actively developing cloud technologies, which has increased the value of shares by 18%. He left the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors, becoming the Technical Director of the organization.

The businessman has always demanded full dedication from his employees, as a result of which his company has become one of the most dynamically developing in the world. As head of the corporation, he led an aggressive policy. Customers were often deceived, and any methods were used to fight competitors. The decision to leave the post of head of Oracle is connected with another marriage.

The richest people on the planet for 2018.

Who are the richest people in the world - Forbes in 2019 published the next list of the top 100 dollar billionaires. There are 2153 people on the planet who have reached the status of a billionaire. At present, due to economic problems and the weakness of the stock markets, the number of rich people shows a downward trend. Despite the fact that the level of wealth of billionaires constantly fluctuates, the top 20 richest people in the world, consisting of 20 people, remain unchanged.

Top 20 richest people in the world according to Forbes

Compared to the previous year, the total number of billionaires in Forbes magazine has decreased by 55 people, and now the list of the richest people in the world is 2153. Among them, twenty of those who are the richest people in the world stand out. The rating of dollar billionaires, the 20 richest tycoons is compiled according to the authoritative American magazine Forbes:

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The richest Russian according to Forbes in 2019

And the richest Russian according to Forbes in 2019 was Leonid Mikhelson. His capital is estimated at $ 24 billion, which is 5.46 times less than the wealth of the richest American.

Leonid Mikhelson is the richest Russian in 2019 according to Forbes magazine

Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world in 2019

Jeff Bezos is the CEO of the online marketplace Amazon. Now he ranks first in the ranking of the super-rich people on earth according to Forbes. He is the only one who has a twelve-figure fortune. His net worth is reported to be approximately US$131 billion. This amount is astronomical, and Mr. Bezos easily overtakes Bill Gates, who is in 2nd place. He has been holding his rating since 2017.

Born on 01/12/1964 in the large city of Albuquerque, Jeff could not boast of a happy start. He never saw his father leave his family. From the age of 4, the boy was raised by his stepfather, a Cuban immigrant who gave his adopted son his last name. He became a good father to the child, helping him develop his innate extraordinary technical abilities. From improvised materials, he invented a solar battery, an alarm system, a microwave oven. He created his creations in the garage.

Despite his love for astronautics, D. Bezos received his education in the field of electrical engineering and IT, having graduated from Princeton University. After an ordinary job in the field of IT on Wall Street, the future billionaire got a job at the D. E. Shaw & Co hedge fund, where he reached the position of a top manager. In the last days of 1994, D. Bezos founded the Amazon.com Internet project, starting a business with the sale of books. Now it is the largest trading platform in the world, providing the supply of cloud infrastructure.

Bezos has also made his childhood dream of space come true by founding Blue Origin, a private space tourism company. In addition, the billionaire acquired The Washington Post publishing house, gradually transferring printed matter to the digital environment. Thus, Bezos became the owner of three major projects:

• Amazon IT company;
• aerospace corporation;
• largest publishing house.

What is the secret of Mr. Jeff Bezos, who went from a young garage inventor to a world-famous owner of a multibillion-dollar fortune? According to the wealthy oligarch, his companies strive to provide the public consumer with a fair deal. This billionaire industry captain firmly believes that his drive to prove the best quality with the best possible services at the lowest possible cost has driven his company to the astronomical success that Amazon has achieved.

In the words of entrepreneur Bezos: “There are two types of companies. Those who work to charge you more money and those who work to charge you less. We are for the second. So, Bezos said, Amazon aims to provide the best price combined with the best possible service for less money charged to consumers. This is one of the main principles of achieving wealth, according to Bezos. When others sacrifice service and quality by raising the price, consider improving quality, service, and lowering the price.

Photo of the richest man in the world

On his instagram @jeffbezos, Jeff shares photos from his holidays, ideas, working moments, and a success story with subscribers.

Who is the richest person in the world in 2018?

If in 2017 the rating of the richest people in the world was headed by Bill Gates with his $86 billion fortune, then in 2018 he was seriously supplanted by Jeff Bezos with a capital of $112 billion. The reason for the record jump in capitalization was the rapid growth of shares (almost 60%) of the brainchild of Bezos - Amazon.

The fortune of the richest man in the world and how he earned his capital

In 2018, according to Forbes, D. Bezos' earnings reached the highest mark - 160 thousand dollars in 1 minute. The size of the billionaire's fortune is constantly changing. Shares (16%) of the web giant Amazone bring him about 125 billion dollars, another 21 billion regularly comes from his second and third project. The richest man in the world today has a fortune of $131 billion, having made a profit of $19 billion over the past year. So far, the billionaire holds the highest position among the top rich people in the world, despite the divorce from his wife.

John Rockefeller is the richest man in the history of mankind

D. Bezos is by far the richest man in the world, Forbes states this fact. But no one has yet managed to reach the size of the capital of John Rockefeller. This is the richest man in the history of the world, whose fortune was estimated at 340 billion dollars at the time of his death. The oil tycoon and founder of the largest corporations was born into a poor family with many children and achieved his wealth on his own.

John Rockefeller is the richest man in history

His father's upbringing helped him acquire the skills of a businessman.

He began to work at the age of seven, carefully recording all his financial affairs on paper.

Thanks to commercial ingenuity, logical thinking, and the ability to carefully keep accounts, the future billionaire managed to tame money and make it work for him. His oil company, Standard Oil, became the largest monopoly in American history. At the same time, Rockefeller allocated 10% of the profits to the church until the end of his life and actively participated in charity.