Forbes has released the 2016 list of richest billionaires in the world and Bill Gate has retained his number spot. Bill Gates topped the list of the world’s richest billionaires for the 17th time in 22 years. With a net worth of $75billion, the 60-year-old Microsoft head has hit the top spot on Forbes’ 2016 World Billionaires list for the third year in a row.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moved from the 10th position to the sixth. See the 2016 Richest 20 billionaires in the world:
1. Bill Gates (Microsoft) – $75billion
2. Amancio Ortega (Zara) – $67billion
3. Warren Buffett ( Berkshire Hathaway) – $60.8billion
4. Carlos Slim Helu (Telecom) – $50billion
5. Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com) – $45.2billion
6. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) – $44.6billion
7. Larry Ellison (Oracle) – $43.6billion
8. Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg LP) – $40billion
9. Charles Koch (diversified) – $39.6billion
9. David Koch (diversified) – $39.6billion
11. Liliane Bettencourt (L’Oreal) – $36.1billion
12. Larry Page (Google) – $35.2billion
13. Sergey Brin (Google) – $34.4billion
14. Bernard Arnault (LVMH) – $34billion
15. Jim Walton (Walmart) – $33.6billion
16. Alice Walton (Walmart) – $32.3billion
17. S Robson Walton (Walmart) – $39.1billion
18. Wang Jianlin (real estate) – $28.7billion
19. Jorge Paulo Lemann (beer) – $27.8billion
20. Li Ka-shing (diversified) – $27.1billion
US billionaires hold 540 spots on the billionaires list, more than any other country in the world. In second is China with 251 and German with 120.
And Africa?….We’re busy praying!
