Year after year, the famous Forbes publication publishes ratings of the richest and most successful people on our planet. The fortune of each of them exceeds one billion dollars, and the total value of the total capital of the world’s billionaires this year is almost 8 trillion dollars, which is an absolute record compared to all previous years.
Moreover, in 2019, the Forbes list of billionaires of the world was replenished by as many as 233 persons – another record. Who exactly entered this “monetary” hundred and who left it is presented in our article.
Top 100 billionaires of the world Forbes
Place / Name / Age / State / Source of income / Country
oneBill Gates
62; $86 billion; Microsoft; United States
2Warren Buffett
87; $75.6 billion; Berkshire Hathaway; United States
3Jeff Bezos
53; $72.8 billion; Amazon.com United States
4Amancio Ortega
81; $71.3 billion; Zara; Spain
5Mark Zuckerberg
33; $56 billion; Facebook; United States
6Carlos SlimHelu
77; $54.5 billion; telecom; Mexico
7Larry Ellison
73; $52.2 billion; software; United States
eightCharles Koch
82; $48.3 billion; diversified; United States
eightDavid Koch
77; $48.3 billion; diversified; United States
10Michael Bloomberg
75; $47.5 billion; Bloomberg L.P.; United States
elevenBernard Arnault
68; $41.5 billion; LVMH; France
12Larry Page
44; $40.7 billion; Google; United States
thirteenSergey Brin
44; $39.8 billion; Google; United States
14Liliane Bettencourt
95; $39.5 billion; l’oreal; France
15S. Robson Walton
73; $34.1 billion; Walmart; United States
sixteenJim Walton
69; $34 billion; Walmart; United States
17Alice Walton
68; $33.8 billion; Walmart; United States
eighteenWang Jianlin
63; $31.3 billion; real estate; China
nineteenLi Ka-shing
89; $31.2 billion; diversified; Hong Kong
nineteenSheldon Adelson
84; $30.4 billion; casinos; United States
21Steve Ballmer
61; $30 billion; Microsoft; United States
22George Paulo Lemann
78; $29.2 billion; beer; Brazil
23Jack Ma
53; $28.3 billion; e-commerce; China
24Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.
no data; $27.2 billion; supermarkets; Germany
24David Thomson
60; $27.2 billion; media; Canada
26Jacqueline Mars
78; $27 billion; candy; United States
26John Mars
82; $27 billion; candy; United States
28Phil Knight
79; $26.2 billion; Nike; United States
29Maria Franca Fissolo
82; $25.2 billion; Nutella, chocolates; Italy
29George Soros
87; $25.2 billion; hedge funds; United States
31Ma Huateng
46; $24.9 billion; internet media; China
32Lee Shau Kee
89; $24.4 billion; real estate; Hong Kong
33Mukesh Ambani
60; $23.2 billion; petrochemicals, oil & gas; India
34Masayoshi Son
60; $21.2 billion; internet, telecom; Japan
35Kjeld Kirk Christiansen
69; $21.1 billion; Lego Denmark
36Georg Schaeffler
53; $20.7 billion; automotive; Germany
37Joseph Safra
78; $20.5 billion; banking; Brazil
38Michael Dell
52; $20.4 billion; Dell computers; United States
39Susanne Klatten
55; $20.4 billion; BMW, pharmaceuticals; Germany
40Len Blavatnik
60; $20 billion; diversified; United States
40Laurene Powell Jobs
54; $20 billion Apple, Disney; United States
42Paul Allen
64; $19.9 billion; Microsoft investments; United States
43Stefan Persson
70; $19.6 billion; H&M; Sweden
44Theo Albrecht, Jr.
66; $18.8 billion; Aldi, Trader Joe's; Germany
45Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
62; $18.7 billion; investments; Saudi Arabia
46Leonid Mikhelson
62; $18.4 billion; gas, chemicals; Russia
47Charles Ergen
64; $18.3 billion; satellite TV United States
47 Stefan Quandt
51; $18.3 billion; BMW; Germany
49James Simons
79; $18 billion; hedge funds; United States
50Leonardo Del Vecchio
82; $17.9 billion; eyeglasses; Italy
51Alexey Mordashov
52; $17.5 billion; steel, investments; Russia
52William Ding
46; $17.3 billion; online games; China
53Dieter Schwarz
78; $17 billion; retail; Germany
54Ray Dalio
68; $16.8 billion; hedge funds; United States
55Carl Icahn
81; $16.6 billion; investments; United States
56Lakshmi Mittal
67; $16.4 billion; steel; India
57Serge Dassault
92; $16.1 billion; diversified; France
57Vladimir Lisin
61; $16.1 billion; steel, transport; Russia
59Gennady Timchenko
65; $16 billion; oil, gas; Russia
60wang wei
47; $15.9 billion; package delivery; China
60Tadashi Yanai
68; $15.9 billion; fashion retail; Japan
62Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
73; $15.8 billion; drinks, real estate; Thailand
63Francois Pinault
81; $15.7 billion; luxury goods; France
64Hinduja family
no data; $15.4 billion; diversified; Great Britain
65David & Simon Reuben
74; $15.3 billion; investments, real estate; Great Britain
66Donald Bren
85; $15.2 billion; real estate; United States
66Alisher Usmanov
64; $15.2 billion; steel, telecom, investments; Russia
68Lee Kun Hee
75; $15.1 billion; Samsung; South Korea
69Thomas & Raymond Kwok
no data; $15 billion; real estate; Hong Kong
69Joseph Lau
66; $15 billion; real estate; Hong Kong
69Gina Rinehart
63; $15 billion; mining; Australia
72Azim Premji
72; $14.9 billion; software services; India
73Marcel Herrmann Telles
67; $14.8 billion; beer; Brazil
74Vagit Alekperov
67; $14.5 billion; oil; Russia
75Mikhail Fridman
53; $14.4 billion; oil, banking, telecom; Russia
75Abigail Johnson
55; $14.4 billion; money management; United States
77Pallonji Mistry
88; $14.3 billion; construction; Ireland
77Vladimir Potanin
56; $14.3 billion; metals; Russia
79Wang Wenyin
49; $14 billion; mining, copper products; China
80Elon Musk
46; $13.9 billion; Tesla Motors; United States
80Stefano Pessina
76; $13.9 billion; drugstores; Italy
82German Larrea Mota Velasco
64; $13.8 billion; mining; Mexico
82Thomas Peterffy
73; $13.8 billion; discount brokerage; United States
84Iris Fontbona
74; $13.7 billion; mining; Chile
84Dilip Shanghvi
62; $13.7 billion; pharmaceuticals; India
86Dietrich Mateschitz
73; $13.4 billion; Red Bull; Austria
87Harold Hamm
71; $13.3 billion; oil&gas; United States
87Robin Lee
49; $13.3 billion; internet search; China
89Andrey Melnichenko
45; $13.2 billion; coal, fertilizers; Russia
90Rupert Murdoch
86; $13.1 billion; newspapers, TV networks; United States
90Heinz Hermann Thiele
76; $13.1 billion; brakes; Germany
92Steve Cohen
61; $13 billion; hedge funds; United States
92Patrick Drahi
54; $13 billion; telecom; France
94Henry Sy
93; $12.7 billion; diversified; Philippines
95Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
63; $12.6 billion; Heineken; Netherlands
96Philip Anschutz
77; $12.5 billion; investments; United States
96Ronald Perelman
74; $12.5 billion; leveraged buyouts; United States
96Hans Raising
91 $12.5 billion; packaging; Sweden
96Carlos Alberto Sicupira
69; $12.5 billion; beer; Brazil
one hundredKlaus-Michael Kuehne
80; $12.4 billion; shipping; Germany
Results
After reading the Forbes rating of billionaires, you definitely could not help but notice how many Russian oligarchs are in this rating. Indeed, after three to five difficult years, Russian billionaires began to get rich again. In a year, their total capital increased by one hundred billion dollars.
For the richest people in our country, the crisis seems to be really over. What are the reasons for such a "takeoff" - is unknown. Analysts are silent, the state is silent. But, as they say: "there is no money, but you stay there."