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Forbes 2015 Billionaires List: Bill Gates is world's richest person again

TimesofapMovie News International Forbes 2015 Billionaires List: Bill Gates is world's richest person again
3rd March, 2015 10:50am     International      Comments  
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Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires.

The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top spot.

Mr Gates' net worth rose by just over $3bn (�1.94bn) in the year to 13 February, to $79bn.

There are a record 1,826 billionaires in the world, Forbes said, an increase of 181 in the past 12 months.

Legendary US investor Warren Buffett regained third place in the list with a net worth of $72.7bn, from Amancio Ortega, the founder of Spanish fashion chain Zara.

Forbes 2015 Billionaires List:

  RankNameNet WorthAgeSourceCountry of Citizenship
#1Bill Gates$79.2 B59MicrosoftUnited States
#2Carlos Slim Helu$77.1 B75telecomMexico
#3Warren Buffett$72.7 B84Berkshire HathawayUnited States
#4Amancio Ortega$64.5 B78ZaraSpain
#5Larry Ellison$54.3 B70OracleUnited States
#6Charles Koch$42.9 B79diversifiedUnited States
#6David Koch$42.9 B74diversifiedUnited States
#8Christy Walton$41.7 B60Wal-MartUnited States
#9Jim Walton$40.6 B67Wal-MartUnited States
#10Liliane Bettencourt$40.1 B92L'OrealFrance
#11Alice Walton$39.4 B65Wal-MartUnited States
#12S. Robson Walton$39.1 B71Wal-MartUnited States
#13Bernard Arnault$37.2 B65LVMHFrance
#14Michael Bloomberg$35.5 B73Bloomberg LPUnited States
#15Jeff Bezos$34.8 B51Amazon.comUnited States
#16Mark Zuckerberg$33.4 B30FacebookUnited States
#17Li Ka-shing$33.3 B86diversifiedHong Kong
#18Sheldon Adelson$31.4 B81casinosUnited States
#19Larry Page$29.7 B41GoogleUnited States
#20Sergey Brin$29.2 B41GoogleUnited States
#21Georg Schaeffler$26.9 B50ball bearingsGermany
#22Forrest Mars, Jr.$26.6 B83candyUnited States
#22Jacqueline Mars$26.6 B75candyUnited States
#22John Mars$26.6 B78candyUnited States
#25David Thomson$25.5 B57mediaCanada
#26Jorge Paulo Lemann$25 B75beerBrazil
#27Lee Shau Kee$24.8 B87real estateHong Kong
#28Stefan Persson$24.5 B67H&MSweden
#29George Soros$24.2 B84hedge fundsUnited States
#29Wang Jianlin$24.2 B60real estateChina
#31Carl Icahn$23.5 B79investmentsUnited States
#32Maria Franca Fissolo$23.4 B97Nutella, chocolatesItaly
#33Jack Ma$22.7 B50e-commerceChina
#34Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud$22.6 B59investmentsSaudi Arabia
#35Steve Ballmer$21.5 B58MicrosoftUnited States
#35Phil Knight$21.5 B77NikeUnited States
#37Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.$21.3 B-supermarketsGermany
#38Li Hejun$21.1 B47solar power equipmentChina
#39Mukesh Ambani$21 B57petrochemicals, oil & gasIndia
#40Leonardo Del Vecchio$20.4 B79eyeglassesItaly
#41Len Blavatnik$20.2 B57diversifiedUnited States
#41Tadashi Yanai$20.2 B66retailJapan
#43Charles Ergen$20.1 B62Dish NetworkUnited States
#44Dilip Shanghvi$20 B59pharmaceuticalsIndia
#45Laurene Powell Jobs$19.5 B51Apple, DisneyUnited States
#46Dieter Schwarz$19.4 B75retailGermany
#47Michael Dell$19.2 B50DellUnited States
#48Azim Premji$19.1 B69softwareIndia
#49Theo Albrecht, Jr.$19 B64Aldi, Trader Joe'sGermany
#50Michael Otto$18.1 B71retail, real estateGermany
#51Paul Allen$17.5 B62Microsoft, investmentsUnited States
#52Joseph Safra$17.3 B76bankingBrazil
#53Anne Cox Chambers$17 B95mediaUnited States
#54Susanne Klatten$16.8 B52BMW, pharmaceuticalsGermany
#55Pallonji Mistry$16.3 B85constructionIreland
#56Ma Huateng$16.1 B43internet mediaChina
#57Patrick Drahi$16 B51TelecomFrance
#58Thomas & Raymond Kwok$15.9 B-real estateHong Kong
#59Stefan Quandt$15.6 B48BMWGermany
#60Ray Dalio$15.4 B65hedge fundsUnited States
#60Vladimir Potanin$15.4 B54metalsRussia
#62Serge Dassault$15.3 B89aviationFrance
#62Robin Li$15.3 B46internet searchChina
#64Donald Bren$15.2 B82real estateUnited States
#65Francois Pinault$14.9 B78retailFrance
#66Shiv Nadar$14.8 B69information technologyIndia
#67Aliko Dangote$14.7 B57cement, sugar, flourNigeria
#68Mikhail Fridman$14.6 B50oil, banking, telecomRussia
#69Hinduja Brothers$14.5 B-diversifiedUnited Kingdom
#69Ronald Perelman$14.5 B72leveraged buyoutsUnited States
#71Cheng Yu-tung$14.4 B89diversifiedHong Kong
#71Alisher Usmanov$14.4 B61steel & mining, telecom, investmentsRussia
#73Henry Sy$14.2 B90diversifiedPhilippines
#73Viktor Vekselberg$14.2 B57metals, energyRussia
#75Masayoshi Son$14.1 B57internet, telecomJapan
#76James Simons$14 B76hedge fundsUnited States
#77German Larrea Mota Velasco$13.9 B61miningMexico
#77Rupert Murdoch$13.9 B83mediaUnited States
#77Johanna Quandt$13.9 B88BMWGermany
#80David & Simon Reuben$13.7 B72investments, real estateUnited Kingdom
#81Dhanin Chearavanont$13.6 B75foodThailand
#82Iris Fontbona$13.5 B72miningChile
#82Lui Che Woo$13.5 B85casinosHong Kong
#82Lakshmi Mittal$13.5 B64steelIndia
#85Abigail Johnson$13.4 B53money managementUnited States
#85Luis Carlos Sarmiento$13.4 B82bankingColombia
#87Lei Jun$13.2 B45smartphonesChina
#87Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi$13.2 B70beveragesThailand
#89Alexey Mordashov$13 B49steel, investmentsRussia
#89Marcel Herrmann Telles$13 B65beerBrazil
#91Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor$12.6 B63real estateUnited Kingdom
#92Hans Rausing$12.5 B88packagingSweden
#92Jack Taylor$12.5 B92Enterprise Rent-A-CarUnited States
#94Charles Butt$12.3 B77supermarketsUnited States
#94Gina Rinehart$12.3 B61miningAustralia
#96Vagit Alekperov$12.2 B64LukoilRussia
#96Harold Hamm$12.2 B69oil & gasUnited States
#96Patrick Soon-Shiong$12.2 B63pharmaceuticalsUnited States
#99Stefano Pessina$12.1 B73drugstoresItaly
#100Richard Kinder$12 B70pipelinesUnited States
#100Elon Musk$12 B43Tesla MotorsUnited States
#100Stephen Schwarzman$12 B68investmentsUnited States
#103Klaus-Michael Kuehne$11.9 B77shippingGermany
#104Philip Anschutz$11.8 B75investmentsUnited States
#105Andrew Beal$11.7 B62banks, real estateUnited States
#105Leonid Mikhelson$11.7 B59gas, chemicalsRussia
#107Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken$11.6 B60HeinekenNetherlands
#107Vladimir Lisin$11.6 B58steel, transportRussia
#109Steve Cohen$11.4 B59hedge fundsUnited States
#110Robert Kuok$11.3 B91diversifiedMalaysia
#110Lee Kun-Hee$11.3 B73electronics/insuranceSouth Korea
#110Carlos Alberto Sicupira$11.3 B67beerBrazil
#113John Paulson$11.2 B59hedge fundsUnited States
#114Joseph Lau$10.9 B63real estateHong Kong
#114Thomas Peterffy$10.9 B70discount brokerageUnited States
#116Mohammed Al Amoudi$10.8 B68oil, diversifiedSaudi Arabia
#116Dietrich Mateschitz$10.8 B70Red BullAustria
#118Hank & Doug Meijer$10.7 B-supermarketsUnited States
#118Gennady Timchenko$10.7 B62oil & gasRussia
#120John Fredriksen$10.5 B70shippingCyprus
#121Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez$10.4 B83miningMexico
#121Massimiliana Landini Aleotti$10.4 B72pharmaceuticalsItaly
#121David Tepper$10.4 B57hedge fundsUnited States
#124Zong Qinghou$10.3 B69beveragesChina
#125Pierre Castel$9.9 B88wineFrance
#125He Xiangjian$9.9 B72home appliancesChina
#125Mikhail Prokhorov$9.9 B49investmentsRussia
#125Wang Wenyin$9.9 B47mining, copper productsChina
#129Ananda Krishnan$9.7 B76telecomMalaysia
#129Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen$9.7 B67LegoDenmark
#131Robert & Philip Ng$9.6 B-real estateSingapore
#131Galen Weston$9.6 B74retailCanada
#133German Khan$9.5 B53banking, telecom, retailRussia
#133Alain Wertheimer$9.5 B66ChanelFrance
#133Gerard Wertheimer$9.5 B64ChanelFrance
#136Xavier Niel$9.3 B47internet, telecomFrance
#137Roman Abramovich$9.1 B48steel, investmentsRussia
#137Leonard Lauder$9.1 B81Estee LauderUnited States
#137Andrey Melnichenko$9.1 B42coal, fertilizersRussia
#137Hasso Plattner$9.1 B71softwareGermany
#137Eric Schmidt$9.1 B59GoogleUnited States
#142Kumar Birla$9 B47commoditiesIndia
#142R. Budi Hartono$9 B74banking, tobaccoIndonesia
#142George Kaiser$9 B72oil & gas, bankingUnited States
#142John Menard, Jr.$9 B75retailUnited States
#142Samuel Newhouse, Jr.$9 B87mediaUnited States
#147Tsai Eng-Meng$8.9 B58food, beveragesTaiwan
#147Wei Jianjun$8.9 B51automobilesChina
#149Ernesto Bertarelli$8.8 B49biotech, investmentsSwitzerland
#149Carrie Perrodo$8.8 B64InheritedFrance
#151Michael Hartono$8.7 B75tobacco, bankingIndonesia
#151Hiroshi Mikitani$8.7 B50online retailingJapan
#153Pan Sutong$8.6 B52real estateHong Kong
#153Klaus Tschira$8.6 B74softwareGermany
#153Peter Woo$8.6 B69real estateHong Kong
#156Jim Kennedy$8.5 B67mediaUnited States
#156Eyal Ofer$8.5 B64real estate, shippingIsrael
#156Blair Parry-Okeden$8.5 B64mediaUnited States
#156Dmitry Rybolovlev$8.5 B48fertilizerRussia
#160Petr Kellner$8.4 B50banking, insuranceCzech Republic
#160Margarita Louis-Dreyfus$8.4 B51commoditiesSwitzerland
#162Sergei Galitsky$8.3 B47retailRussia
#162John Malone$8.3 B73cable televisionUnited States
#162Donald Newhouse$8.3 B85mediaUnited States
#165Joao Roberto Marinho$8.2 B61mediaBrazil
#165Jose Roberto Marinho$8.2 B59mediaBrazil
#165Roberto Irineu Marinho$8.2 B67mediaBrazil
#168Pierre Omidyar$8 B47EbayUnited States
#168Ricardo Salinas Pliego$8 B59retail, mediaMexico
#170Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte$7.9 B-shippingSwitzerland
#170Dustin Moskovitz$7.9 B30FacebookUnited States
#172August von Finck$7.7 B84investmentsGermany
#172Leslie Wexner$7.7 B77retailUnited States
#174Giorgio Armani$7.6 B80fashionItaly
#174Thomas Frist, Jr.$7.6 B76health careUnited States
#174Takemitsu Takizaki$7.6 B69sensorsJapan
#177James Goodnight$7.5 B72softwareUnited States
#177Jim Pattison$7.5 B86diversifiedCanada
#179Silvio Berlusconi$7.4 B78mediaItaly
#179David Duffield$7.4 B74business softwareUnited States
#179Edward Johnson, III.$7.4 B84money managementUnited States
#179Liu Qiangdong$7.4 B40e-commerceChina
#179Johann Rupert$7.4 B64luxury goodsSouth Africa
#184Alexei Kuzmichev$7.3 B52banking, telecom, retailRussia
#185Eli Broad$7.2 B81investmentsUnited States
#185Charles Cadogan$7.2 B77real estateUnited Kingdom
#185Dietmar Hopp$7.2 B74softwareGermany
#185Uday Kotak$7.2 B55bankingIndia
#185Jay Y. Lee$7.2 B46electronics/tourismSouth Korea
#185Suh Kyung-Bae$7.2 B52cosmeticsSouth Korea



Source: Forbes

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