DO YOU WANT TO JOIN planet’s most exclusive club? Better start saving now – this year the bouncer will allow you in this club only of you have a minimum of 18.1 billion dollars. The total wealth of the 50 richest people in the world when summed is 1.6 trillion dollars – this is an 8% increase from the previous year. Bill Gates with 79.2 billion dollars is the world’s richest person, he has been the number one in this list sixteen times since 1995 when he hit the top for the first time.
Who’s the highlight addition to this echelon of people you ask? Jack Ma from China who jumped into this rating after the value of the sensational Alibaba skyrocketed for a whole 127%. Two another Chinese nationals – Wang Jianjin and Li Hejun are also newcomers to the TOP 50 wealthiest. The youngest member of the club is the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg who has managed to accumulate a capital of 33 billion dollars by the age of 30 while the richest woman is an heiress of the Wal-Mart retail chain, Christy Walton with 41.7 billion dollars.
ASCENDING ⇑ DESCENDING ⇓ NEW ♦
160.8 BILLION DOLLARS The total asset value of the four richest Wal-Mart heirs accounts for 10% of TOP 50’s wealth.
BERNARD ARNAULT 60 – The number of brands controlled by the luxury conglomerate LVMH, including Louis Vultton, Moët, Fendi and Tag Hauer.
FORREST MARS JUNIOR 33% Last year the income of the Mars group was 79.8 billion dollars. The candy manufacturer whose most popular products are M & M’s, Snickers and Twix is owned by two brothers and a sister.
LEE SHAU-KEE The 3.2% Increase of rental fees across all property categories in Hong Kong in 2014; During this period Lee’s wealth increased by 26.5%.
LI HEJUN Owns 67% of Chinese market share in the world for solar panel manufacture; Li claims to be the largest manufacturer of thin solar panels.
DILIP SHANGHVI 4.3 MILLION DOLLARS is the Total revenue for Sun Pharmaceuticals and Ranbaxy in 2014 whose purchase permit was received by Shanghvi in December. The new company will be the largest non-proprietary pharmaceutical manufacturer in Asia.
EARNED
1.Bill Gates 79.2 billion dollars. Microsoft ⇑ (USA) 2. Carlos Slim Helú 77.1 billion dollars. Telecom ⇑ (AMERICA) 3. Warren Buffett .72.7 billion dollars. Berkshire Hathaway ⇑ (USA) 4. Amancio Ortega. 64.5 billion dollars Zara ⇑ (EUROPE) 5. Larry Ellison 54.3 billion dollars Oracle ⇑ (USA) 14. Michael Blumberg 35.5 billion dollars Bloomberg LP ⇑ (USA) 15. Jeff Bezos 34.8 billion dollars Amazon ⇑ (USA) 16. Mark Zuckerberg 33.4 billion dollars Facebook ⇑ (USA) 17. Li Ka-shing 33.3 billion dollars Different companies ⇑ (ASIA) 18. Sheldon Adelson 31.4 billion dollars Casino ⇓ (USA) 19. Larry Page 29.7 billion dollars Google ⇓ (USA) 20. Sergey Brin 29.2 billion dollars Google ⇓ (USA) 26. Jorge Paulo Lemann 25 billion dollars Beer ⇑ (AMERICA) 27. Lee Shau-kee 24.8 billion dollars Real Estate ⇑ (ASIA) 29. Wang Jianlin 24.2 billion dollars Real estate ⇑ (ASIA) 30. George Soros. 24.2 billion dollars Investment funds ⇑ (USA) 31. Carl Icahn 23.5 billion dollars INVESTMENTS ⇓ (USA) 33. Jack Ma 22.7 billion dollars E-Commerce ⇑ (ASIA) 34. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Zaha 22.6 billion dollars Investments ⇑ (MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA) 35. Steve Ballmer 21, 5 billion dollars Microsoft ⇑ (USA) 36. Phil Knight. 21.5 billion dollars Nike ⇑ (USA) 38. Li Hejun 21.1 billion dollars Solar energy equipment ⇑ (ASIA) 40. Leonardo Del Vecchio 20.4 billion dollars Eyeglasses ⇑ (EUROPE) 41. Len Blavatnik 20.2 billion dollars Various companies ⇑ (USA) 42. Tadashi Yanai 20.2 billion dollars Retail ⇑ (ASIA) 43. Charlie Ergen. 20.1 billion dollars DISH Network ⇑ (USA) 44. Dilip Shanghvi 20 billion dollars Pharmaceuticals ⇑ (ASIA) 47. Michael Dell 19.2 billion dollars Dell ⇑ (USA).
INHERITED AND ASCENDING
6. Charles Koch 42.9 billion dollars Various companies ⇑ (USA) 7. David Koch. 42.9 billion dollars Various companies ⇑ (USA) 12. S. Robson Walton. 39.1 billion dollars Wal-Mart ⇑ (USA) 13. Bernard Arnault 37.2 billion dollars LVMH ⇑ (EUROPE) 21. Georg Schaeffler 26.9 billion dollars ball bearings ⇑ (EUROPE) 28. Stefan Persson 24.5 billion dollars H & M ⇓ (EUROPE) 39. Mukesh Ambani 21 billion dollars Oil and gas ⇑ (ASIA) 46. Dieter Schwarz 19.4 billion dollars Retail ⇑ (EUROPE) 48. Azim Premji 19.1 billion dollars Software ⇑ (ASIA) 49. Theo Albrecht Jr. 19 billion dollars Aldi, Trader Joe’s ⇑ (EUROPE) 50. Michael Otto 18.1 billion dollars Retail ⇑ (EUROPE)
INHERITED
8. Christy Walton 41.7 billion dollars Wal-Mart ⇑ (USA) 9. Jim Walton 40.6 billion dollars at Wal-Mart ⇑ (USA) 10. Liliana Beatenkour 40.1 billion dollars L’OREAL⇑ (USA) 11. Alice Walton 39.4 billion dollars Wal-Mart ⇑ (USA) 22. Forrest Mars Jr. 26.6 billion dollars Sweets ⇑ (USA) 23. Jacqueline Mars 26.6 billion dollars Sweets ⇑ (USA) 24. John Mars 26.6 billion dollars Sweets ⇑ (USA) 25. David Thomson 25.5 billion dollars Media ⇑ (AMERICA) 32. Maria Franca Fissolo 23.4 billion dollars Nutella, chocolate ♦ (EUROPE) 37. Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. 21.3 billion dollars Supermarkets ♦ (EUROPE) 45. Laurene Powell Jobs. 19.5 billion dollars Apple, Disney ⇑ (USA).