10 richest people in the world

1. The 10 richest people in the world

THE 10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD
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2. 1. Jeff Bezos

1. JEFF BEZOS
STATE: $131 BILLION
CHANGE FOR THE YEAR: +$19 BILLION
SOURCE OF STATE: AMAZON.COM
AGE: 55 YEARS OLD
COUNTRY: USA
IN 1994, JEFF BEZOS FOUNDED THE AMAZON E-COMMERCE
COLOSSUS IN HIS GARAGE. HE REMAINS CEO AND OWNS 16% OF
THE SHARES. IN JANUARY, HE AND HIS WIFE MACKENZIE
ANNOUNCED THEIR DIVORCE AFTER 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. THE
TERMS OF THE DIVORCE WERE NOT DISCLOSED. MCKENZIE WAS
AMAZON'S FIRST ACCOUNTANT. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON
STATE LAW, SHE CAN GET UP TO HALF OF JEFF'S ASSETS, MAKING
HER THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD. IN 2018, AMAZON
GENERATED REVENUE OF $ 230 BILLION AND A RECORD NET
PROFIT OF $ 10 BILLION, COMPARED WITH $ 3 BILLION IN THE
PREVIOUS YEAR. IN FEBRUARY, AMAZON ANNOUNCED THE
CANCELLATION OF PLANS TO CREATE A SECOND HEADQUARTERS
IN LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, AFTER LOCAL LAWMAKERS
OPPOSED IT. BEZOS OWNS THE WASHINGTON POST AND BLUE
ORIGIN, AN AEROSPACE COMPANY THAT DEVELOPS THE ROCKET
FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

3. 2. Bill gates

2. BILL GATES
FORTUNE: $96.5 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: +$6.5 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: MICROSOFT
AGE: 63
COUNTRY: USA TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE MELINDA, BILL GATES
HEADS THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, THE WORLD'S
LARGEST PRIVATE CHARITY. THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO SAVE LIVES
AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL TO ELIMINATE POLIO.
GATES SOLD OR TRANSFERRED MOST OF HIS STAKE IN MICROSOFT —
HE OWNS JUST OVER 1% OF THE SHARES — AND INVESTED IN
VARIOUS STOCKS AND OTHER ASSETS. HE REMAINS A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MICROSOFT, A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
FIRM THAT HE FOUNDED WITH PAUL ALLEN IN 1975. IN LATE 2016,
GATES ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF A $ 1 BILLION BREAKTHROUGH
ENERGY INVESTMENT FUND WITH ABOUT 20 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING.
TO DATE, GATES HAS DONATED $ 35.8 BILLION WORTH OF
MICROSOFT STOCK TO THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION.

4. 3. Warren Buffett

3. WARREN BUFFETT
WEALTH: $82.5 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR:- $1.5 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ,
AGE: 88 YEARS
COUNTRY: USA
WARREN BUFFETT, KNOWN AS THE "ORACLE OF OMAHA", IS ONE
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INVESTORS OF ALL TIME. BUFFETT
RUNS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, WHICH OWNS MORE THAN 60
COMPANIES, INCLUDING INSURER GEICO, BATTERY
MANUFACTURER DURA CELL, AND RESTAURANT CHAIN DAIRY
QUEEN. THE SON OF A US CONGRESSMAN, HE BOUGHT SHARES
AT THE AGE OF 11 AND STARTED PAYING TAXES AT THE AGE OF
13. HE PROMISED TO GIVE AWAY MORE THAN 99% OF HIS
FORTUNE. IN 2018, HE DONATED $ 3.4 BILLION, MOST OF WHICH
WAS INVESTED IN THE FRIENDS OF BILL AND MELINDA GATES
FOUNDATION. IN 2010, HE AND GATES LAUNCHED THE GIVING
PLEDGE, OFFERING BILLIONAIRES A COMMITMENT TO DONATE
HALF OF THEIR WEALTH TO CHARITY

5. 4. Bernard Arnault

4. BERNARD ARNAULT
WEALTH: $76 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: +$4 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: LVHM AGE: 70 YEARS
COUNTRY: FRANCE
BERNARD ARNAULT OVERSEES AN EMPIRE OF 70 BRANDS,
INCLUDING LOUIS VUITTON AND SEPHORA. IN 2018, ITS
LUXURY GOODS GROUP LVMH ANNOUNCED RECORD
SALES AND PROFITS, THANKS IN PART TO INCREASED
SPENDING BY CHINESE BUYERS. HIS DAUGHTER DELPHINE IS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF LOUIS VUITTON AND A
MEMBER OF THE LVMH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. HIS FATHER
MADE A SMALL FORTUNE IN CONSTRUCTION. IN 1985,
ARNAUD INVESTED $ 15 MILLION OF THIS BUSINESS IN THE
PURCHASE OF CHRISTIAN DIOR.

6. 5. Carlos slim ELU

5. CARLOS SLIM ELU
WEALTH: $64 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: - $3.1 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: AMERICA MOVIL
AGE: 79 YEARS
COUNTRY: MEXICO
MEXICO'S RICHEST MAN CARLOS SLIM ELU AND HIS FAMILY
CONTROL THE LARGEST MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
IN LATIN AMERICA, AMERICA MOVIL. IN 1990, SLIM BOUGHT A
STAKE IN TELMEX, MEXICO'S ONLY TELEPHONE COMPANY, WITH
FOREIGN PARTNERS. TELMEX IS NOW PART OF AMERICA MOVIL.
HE ALSO OWNS STAKES IN MEXICAN CONSTRUCTION,
CONSUMER, MINING AND REAL ESTATE COMPANIES, AS WELL
AS A 17% STAKE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES . HIS SON-IN-LAW,
FERNANDO ROMERO, CREATED THE SOUMAYA MUSEUM IN
MEXICO CITY, WHICH HOUSES AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF
ECLECTIC SLIM ART.

7. 6. Amancio Ortega

6. AMANCIO ORTEGA
FORTUNE: $62.7 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: - $7.3 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: ZARA
AGE: 82 YEARS
COUNTRY: SPAIN
AMANCIO ORTEGA IS ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN
EUROPE AND THE RICHEST RETAILER IN THE WORLD. A
PIONEER IN FAST FASHION, HE AND HIS EX-WIFE ROSALIA
MERA (DIED 2013) FOUNDED INDITEX IN 1975, KNOWN FOR
ITS ZARA FASHION CHAIN. HE OWNS ABOUT 60% OF THE
SHARES OF INDITEX, REGISTERED IN MADRID, WHICH HAS 8
BRANDS, INCLUDING MASSIMO DUTTI AND PULL & BEAR, AND
7,500 STORES WORLDWIDE. ORTEGA USUALLY EARNS MORE
THAN $ 400 MILLION A YEAR. IT MAINLY INVESTS ITS
DIVIDENDS IN REAL ESTATE IN MADRID, BARCELONA,
LONDON, CHICAGO, MIAMI AND NEW YORK.

8. 7. Larry Ellison

7. LARRY ELLISON
FORTUNE: $62.5 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: +$4 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: ORACLE
AGE: 74
COUNTRY: USA
IN 1977, LARRY ELLISON FOUNDED THE ORACLE SOFTWARE
COMPANY TO MEET THE GROWING NEED TO MANAGE USER
DATABASES. IN 2014, HE LEFT THE POSITION OF CEO OF ORACLE,
BUT IS STILL CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. AS PART OF ORACLE'S QUEST FOR CLOUD
COMPUTING, IT ACQUIRED CLOUD SOFTWARE COMPANY
NETSUITE FOR $ 9.3 BILLION IN 2016. IN MAY 2016, ELLISON
PLEDGED $ 200 MILLION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA FOR A CANCER TREATMENT CENTER. IN MARCH 2018,
ELLISON LAUNCHED A WELLNESS STARTUP CALLED SENSEI, WHOSE
FIRST PROJECT WAS HYDROPONIC FARMING ON THE HAWAIIAN
ISLAND OF LANAI. IN DECEMBER 2018, AFTER BUYING 3 MILLION
TESLA SHARES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, ELLISON JOINED
THE TESLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

9. 8. Zuckerberg mark

8. ZUCKERBERG MARK
FORTUNE: $62.3 BILLION
CHANGE FOR THE YEAR: - $8.7 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: FACEBOOK
AGE: 34 YEARS
COUNTRY: USA
AFTER ANOTHER YEAR OF CRITICISM FOR FAKE NEWS AND
ABUSE IN FACEBOOK, CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG SAID THAT IN
2019, HIS PRIORITY IS TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS. IN APRIL
2018, HE TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS AFTER IT WAS
REVEALED THAT FACEBOOK SHARED USER DATA WITH THE
POLITICAL CONSULTING FIRM CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA.
ZUCKERBERG FOUNDED FACEBOOK AT HARVARD IN 2004 AT
THE AGE OF 19 SO THAT STUDENTS COULD MATCH NAMES
WITH FACES. HE STILL OWNS ALMOST 17% OF THE SHARES.
IN DECEMBER 2015, ZUCKERBERG AND HIS WIFE PRISCILLA
CHAN PROMISED TO GIVE AWAY 99% OF THEIR SHARE IN
FACEBOOK DURING THEIR LIFETIME.

10. 9. Michael Bloomberg

9. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
WEALTH: $55.5 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: +$5.5 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: BLOOMBERG LP
AGE: 77 YEARS
COUNTRY: USA
IN 1981, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG FOUNDED THE FINANCIAL
INFORMATION AND MEDIA COMPANY BLOOMBERG LP. HE
INVESTED THE INITIAL FUNDS IN THE COMPANY AND NOW
OWNS 88% OF THE BUSINESS, WHOSE REVENUE EXCEEDS $
9 BILLION. BLOOMBERG BEGAN HIS CAREER ON WALL STREET
IN 1966, STARTING AT THE INVESTMENT BANK SALOMON
BROTHERS. HE QUIT 15 YEARS LATER. AN ACTIVE
PHILANTHROPIST, HE HAS DONATED MORE THAN $ 5 BILLION
TO GUN CONTROL, CLIMATE CHANGE, ETC.IN 2020, HE
PLANS TO SPEND AT LEAST $ 500 MILLION TO DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP.

11. 10. Larry page

10. LARRY PAGE
FORTUNE: $50.8 BILLION
CHANGE PER YEAR: +$2 BILLION
SOURCE OF WEALTH: GOOGLE
AGE: 45 YEARS
COUNTRY: USA
LARRY PAGE HEADS ALPHABET, GOOGLE'S PARENT
COMPANY, CALICO HEALTHCARE DIVISION, NEST SMART
HOME APPLIANCES DIVISION, AND OTHERS. HE COFOUNDED GOOGLE IN 1998 WITH SERGEY BRIN. WITH BRIN,
PAGE INVENTED THE GOOGLE PAGERANK ALGORITHM,
WHICH ENSURES THAT THE SEARCH ENGINE WORKS. PAGE
WAS THE FIRST CEO OF GOOGLE UNTIL 2001. AFTER
SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTS, IN 2011, HE
RESUMED THE POSITION OF CEO.