| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship | ||
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#1 | Bill Gates | $86 B | 61 | Microsoft | United States | |
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#2 | Warren Buffett | $75.6 B | 86 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States | |
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#3 | Jeff Bezos | $72.8 B | 53 | Amazon.com | United States | |
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#4 | Amancio Ortega | $71.3 B | 80 | Zara | Spain | |
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#5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $56 B | 32 | United States | ||
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#6 | Carlos Slim Helu | $54.5 B | 77 | telecom | Mexico | |
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#7 | Larry Ellison | $52.2 B | 72 | software | United States | |
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#8 | Charles Koch | $48.3 B | 81 | diversified | United States | |
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#8 | David Koch | $48.3 B | 76 | diversified | United States | |
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#10 | Michael Bloomberg | $47.5 B | 75 | Bloomberg LP | United States | |
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#11 | Bernard Arnault | $41.5 B | 68 | LVMH | France | |
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#12 | Larry Page | $40.7 B | 43 | United States | ||
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#13 | Sergey Brin | $39.8 B | 43 | United States | ||
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#14 | Liliane Bettencourt | $39.5 B | 94 | L’Oreal | France | |
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#15 | S. Robson Walton | $34.1 B | 72 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#16 | Jim Walton | $34 B | 68 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#17 | Alice Walton | $33.8 B | 67 | Wal-Mart | United States | |
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#18 | Wang Jianlin | $31.3 B | 62 | real estate | China | |
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#19 | Li Ka-shing | $31.2 B | 88 | diversified | Hong Kong | |
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#20 | Sheldon Adelson | $30.4 B | 83 | casinos | United States | |
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#21 | Steve Ballmer | $30 B | 60 | Microsoft | United States | |
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#22 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $29.2 B | 77 | beer | Brazil | |
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#23 | Jack Ma | $28.3 B | 52 | e-commerce | China | |
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#24 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. | $27.2 B | – | supermarkets | Germany | |
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#24 | David Thomson | $27.2 B | 59 | media | Canada | |
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#26 | Jacqueline Mars | $27 B | 77 | candy | United States | |
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#26 | John Mars | $27 B | 81 | candy | United States | |
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#28 | Phil Knight | $26.2 B | 79 | Nike | United States | |
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#29 | Maria Franca Fissolo | $25.2 B | 82 | Nutella, chocolates | Italy | |
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#29 | George Soros | $25.2 B | 86 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#31 | Ma Huateng | $24.9 B | 45 | internet media | China | |
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#32 | Lee Shau Kee | $24.4 B | 89 | real estate | Hong Kong | |
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#33 | Mukesh Ambani | $23.2 B | 59 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India | |
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#34 | Masayoshi Son | $21.2 B | 59 | internet, telecom | Japan | |
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#35 | Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen | $21.1 B | 69 | Lego | Denmark | |
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#36 | Georg Schaeffler | $20.7 B | 52 | automotive | Germany | |
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#37 | Joseph Safra | $20.5 B | 78 | banking | Brazil | |
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#38 | Michael Dell | $20.4 B | 52 | Dell computers | United States | |
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#38 | Susanne Klatten | $20.4 B | 54 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany | |
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#40 | Len Blavatnik | $20 B | 59 | diversified | United States | |
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#40 | Laurene Powell Jobs | $20 B | 53 | Apple, Disney | United States | |
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#42 | Paul Allen | $19.9 B | 64 | Microsoft, investments | United States | |
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#43 | Stefan Persson | $19.6 B | 69 | H&M | Sweden | |
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#44 | Theo Albrecht, Jr. | $18.8 B | 66 | Aldi, Trader Joe’s | Germany | |
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#45 | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $18.7 B | 62 | investments | Saudi Arabia | |
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#46 | Leonid Mikhelson | $18.4 B | 61 | gas, chemicals | Russia | |
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#47 | Charles Ergen | $18.3 B | 64 | satellite TV | United States | |
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#47 | Stefan Quandt | $18.3 B | 50 | BMW | Germany | |
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#49 | James Simons | $18 B | 78 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#50 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $17.9 B | 81 | eyeglasses | Italy | |
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#51 | Alexey Mordashov | $17.5 B | 51 | steel, investments | Russia | |
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#52 | William Ding | $17.3 B | 45 | online games | China | |
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#53 | Dieter Schwarz | $17 B | 77 | retail | Germany | |
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#54 | Ray Dalio | $16.8 B | 67 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#55 | Carl Icahn | $16.6 B | 81 | investments | United States | |
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#56 | Lakshmi Mittal | $16.4 B | 66 | steel | India | |
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#57 | Serge Dassault | $16.1 B | 91 | diversified | France | |
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#57 | Vladimir Lisin | $16.1 B | 60 | steel, transport | Russia | |
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#59 | Gennady Timchenko | $16 B | 64 | oil, gas | Russia | |
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#60 | Wang Wei | $15.9 B | 46 | package delivery | China | |
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#60 | Tadashi Yanai | $15.9 B | 68 | fashion retail | Japan | |
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#62 | Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi | $15.8 B | 72 | drinks, real estate | Thailand | |
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#63 | Francois Pinault | $15.7 B | 80 | luxury goods | France | |
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#64 | Hinduja family | $15.4 B | – | diversified | United Kingdom | |
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#65 | David & Simon Reuben | $15.3 B | 74 | investments, real estate | United Kingdom | |
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#66 | Donald Bren | $15.2 B | 84 | real estate | United States | |
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#66 | Alisher Usmanov | $15.2 B | 63 | steel, telecom, investments | Russia | |
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#68 | Lee Kun-Hee | $15.1 B | 75 | Samsung | South Korea | |
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#69 | Thomas & Raymond Kwok | $15 B | – | real estate | Hong Kong | |
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#69 | Joseph Lau | $15 B | 65 | real estate | Hong Kong | |
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#69 | Gina Rinehart | $15 B | 63 | mining | Australia | |
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#72 | Azim Premji | $14.9 B | 71 | software services | India | |
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#73 | Marcel Herrmann Telles | $14.8 B | 67 | beer | Brazil | |
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#74 | Vagit Alekperov | $14.5 B | 66 | oil | Russia | |
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#75 | Mikhail Fridman | $14.4 B | 52 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia | |
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#75 | Abigail Johnson | $14.4 B | 55 | money management | United States | |
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#77 | Pallonji Mistry | $14.3 B | 87 | construction | Ireland | |
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#77 | Vladimir Potanin | $14.3 B | 56 | metals | Russia | |
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#79 | Wang Wenyin | $14 B | 49 | mining, copper products | China | |
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#80 | Elon Musk | $13.9 B | 45 | Tesla Motors | United States | |
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#80 | Stefano Pessina | $13.9 B | 75 | drugstores | Italy | |
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#82 | German Larrea Mota Velasco | $13.8 B | 63 | mining | Mexico | |
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#82 | Thomas Peterffy | $13.8 B | 72 | discount brokerage | United States | |
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#84 | Iris Fontbona | $13.7 B | 74 | mining | Chile | |
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#84 | Dilip Shanghvi | $13.7 B | 61 | pharmaceuticals | India | |
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#86 | Dietrich Mateschitz | $13.4 B | 72 | Red Bull | Austria | |
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#87 | Harold Hamm | $13.3 B | 71 | oil & gas | United States | |
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#87 | Robin Li | $13.3 B | 48 | internet search | China | |
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#89 | Andrey Melnichenko | $13.2 B | 45 | coal, fertilizers | Russia | |
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#90 | Rupert Murdoch | $13.1 B | 86 | newspapers, TV network | United States | |
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#90 | Heinz Hermann Thiele | $13.1 B | 75 | brakes | Germany | |
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#92 | Steve Cohen | $13 B | 60 | hedge funds | United States | |
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#92 | Patrick Drahi | $13 B | 53 | telecom | France | |
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#94 | Henry Sy | $12.7 B | 92 | SM Investments Corporation | Philippines | |
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#95 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken | $12.6 B | 62 | Heineken | Netherlands | |
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#96 | Philip Anschutz | $12.5 B | 77 | investments | United States | |
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#96 | Ronald Perelman | $12.5 B | 74 | leveraged buyouts | United States | |
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#96 | Hans Rausing | $12.5 B | 90 | packaging | Sweden | |
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#96 | Carlos Alberto Sicupira | $12.5 B | 69 | beer | Brazil | |
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#100 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $12.4 B | 79 | shipping | Germany | |
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#100 | Viktor Vekselberg | $12.4 B | 59 | metals, energy | Russia | |
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