| 1 |
Carlos Slim Helu & family |
$73 B |
73 |
telecom |
Mexico |
civil engineering |
| 2 |
Bill Gates |
$67 B |
57 |
Microsoft |
United States |
none |
| 3 |
Amancio Ortega |
$57 B |
77 |
Zara |
Spain |
unknown |
| 4 |
Warren Buffett |
$53,5 B |
82 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
United States |
business administration |
| 5 |
Larry Ellison |
$43 B |
68 |
Oracle |
United States |
unknown |
| 6 |
Charles Koch |
$34 B |
77 |
diversified |
United States |
general engineering |
| 6 |
David Koch |
$34 B |
73 |
diversified |
United States |
chemical engineering |
| 8 |
Li Ka-shing |
$31 B |
85 |
diversified |
Hong Kong |
none |
| 9 |
Liliane Bettencourt & family |
$30 B |
90 |
L'Oreal |
France |
none |
| 10 |
Bernard Arnault & family |
$29 B |
64 |
LVMH |
France |
engineering |
| 11 |
Christy Walton & family |
$28,2 B |
58 |
Wal-Mart |
United States |
unknown |
| 12 |
Stefan Persson |
$28 B |
65 |
H&M |
Sweden |
unknown |
| 13 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$27 B |
71 |
Bloomberg LP |
United States |
electrical engineering |
| 14 |
Jim Walton |
$26,7 B |
65 |
Wal-Mart |
United States |
unknown |
| 15 |
Sheldon Adelson |
$26,5 B |
80 |
casinos |
United States |
unknown |
| 16 |
Alice Walton |
$26,3 B |
63 |
Wal-Mart |
United States |
economics and finance |
| 17 |
S. Robson Walton |
$26,1 B |
69 |
Wal-Mart |
United States |
business administration |
| 18 |
Karl Albrecht |
$26 B |
93 |
Aldi |
Germany |
unknown |
| 19 |
Jeff Bezos |
$25,2 B |
49 |
Amazon.com |
United States |
electrical engineering and computer science |
| 20 |
Larry Page |
$23 B |
40 |
Google |
United States |
computer engineering |
| 21 |
Sergey Brin |
$22,8 B |
39 |
Google |
United States |
computer science and mathematics |
| 22 |
Mukesh Ambani |
$21,5 B |
56 |
petrochemicals, oil & gas |
India |
Chemical Engineering |
| 23 |
Michele Ferrero & family |
$20,4 B |
88 |
chocolates |
Italy |
none |
| 24 |
Lee Shau Kee |
$20,3 B |
85 |
diversified |
Hong Kong |
none |
| 24 |
David Thomson & family |
$20,3 B |
56 |
media |
Canada |
history |
| 26 |
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud |
$20 B |
58 |
investments |
Saudi Arabia |
business administration |
| 26 |
Carl Icahn |
$20 B |
77 |
leveraged buyouts |
United States |
philosophy |
| 26 |
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family |
$20 B |
- |
real estate |
Hong Kong |
law |