Top 10 Richest People in the World
1. Jeffrey Preston Bezos: $10.5 billion
This is the Chairman, Founder and CEO of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce site. Amazingly, on July 27, 2017, in just 4 hours, Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world. This was a result of Amazons raising stock prices, which increased her fortune to $90.6 billion. Bezos had to count that night as he lost $6 billion when company earnings reports read when Amazon stock plummeted. Currently, he holds the top spot with $105 billion on the 2018 Wealthy People list.
2. Bill Gates: $9.2 billion
The second richest man in the world to take the throne at the Billionaires Club is the second richest man this year for the last 4 years in a row and the world’s richest man for the last 23 years He is the 18th richest man in the world has been selected. The founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company today, has a fortune of $92 billion.
3. Warren Buffett: $8.5 billion
Warren has had his best year, earning $14.8 billion since Donald Trump became president. He was good enough to take second place in this billionaire procession. For those who don’t know who Warren is, he’s always a successful investor, and he goes by the names “Omaha of Oracle”, “Wizard” and “sage”. This man owns more than 60 companies, some of which are Dairy Queen, Duracell, Geico and more.
4. Amancio Ortega: $7.8 billion
We can comfortably say that this man is the richest European and wealthiest retailer in the world today. In 2016, he was the second richest person in the world, but he couldn’t grow alongside billionaires enough to make $4.3 billion and he eventually finished fourth. Amancio is the co-founder of Zara’s Inditex, which generates approximately $400 million in dividends annually. He has invested in real estate in Miami New York Madrid Barcelona London Chicago and many other places.
5. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg: $7.3 billion
For the first time, the Facebook founder and CEO made it to the top five list of the richest billionaires after his fortune had increased by $11.4 billion in the past 12 months. It has seen tremendous growth as investors fight to buy their own social network stock. The future is bright, as Zuckerberg has already learned that increasing planetary connectivity is a very lucrative endeavor.
6. Carlos Slim: $ 6.8 billion
Did you know that Carlos is the richest man in the world? Today, Carlos climbed to No. 6 and made a whopping $500 million over several decades, but this young tech star has caught up with him and has overtaken him. Carlos is the richest man in Mexico, where he manages the mobile telecommunications company Movil and has stakes in mining, foreign telecommunications, construction, real estate, consumer goods companies and many other investments.
7. Larry Ellison: $6 billion
The co-founder of one of the largest software companies that does business with Oracle, a customer relationship management database, is the 7th richest man on the planet. He was CEO of oracle until 2014, but is now the company’s Chairman and CTO. Larry contributed to the success of the database company.
8. Michael Bloomberg $5.2 billion
The former mayor of New York, the businessman, is currently the eighth richest billionaire on our list. He is the co-founder of Bloomberg LP, a global financial services, software and mass media company. Michael owns an 88% stake in the company, with annual revenues of $9 billion. Recently, he has donated $4 billion to total control and climate change.
9. Charles Koch $ 4.830 billion
Charles currently serves as Chairman and CEO of the second largest private company in the state of Koch Industries, USA. Charles Koch and his brothers inherited the company from their father, who died in 1967, who invented a way to turn heavy oil into gasoline. Today, Charles Koch and his brother David Koch own a 42% stake in the company in 1983, when they acquired it from brothers Fredrick and William for $1.1 billion. The company handles polymers such as refineries, pipelines, chemical technology, demanding paper towels, fertilizers, textiles, and stainmaster rugs.
10. David Koch $ 4.83 billion
David Hamilton Koch, senior vice president of Koch Industries, who is also a chemical engineer, joined his American brother Fredrick and William to become the second privately held company to make money in the United States, their father company Koch Industries. The company is well known for its handling of consumer goods, chemical technology, fertilizers, refineries, pipelines, fibers and polymers, among other products.
These are currently the world’s richest billionaires in 2018. They didn’t put a lot of money into just one business, and they enriched today’s business points with their return on investment. The key lesson here is that you have to be rich and wealthy to invest and let the money work for you.