Bill Gates repeats at top of Forbes' list
2015-03-02 19:14
New York - The world's richest person got even
richer this year.
Forbes said Monday that Bill Gates's net worth
rose to $79.2 billion in 2015 from $76 billion last
year. That put him at the top of the magazine's list
of the world's billionaires for the second
consecutive year. The co-founder of Microsoft
Corp. has topped the list for 16 of the last 21
years.
In second place is Mexican telecommunications
mogul Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of $77.1
billion. He had topped the list in 2013.
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Next is investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one
slot this year with a net worth of $72.7 billion. In
fourth place was Amancio Ortega, the Spanish co-
founder of clothing retail chain Zara, with a net
worth of $64.5 billion. Rounding out the top five
was Larry Ellison, founder of technology company
Oracle Corp., with $54.3 billion.
Forbes said there were 1,826 billionaires on its list
this year, up from 1,645 in 2014. Added together,
they were worth a combined $7.05 trillion, up from
$6.4 trillion last year.
Most of the those on the list were men. But there
were 197 women, up from 172 a year ago. The
highest-ranking woman was Christy Walton, the
widow of John Walton, a son of the founder of Wal-
Mart Stores Inc. She has a net worth of $41.7
billion, according to Forbes.
The world's youngest billionaire was 24-year-old
Evan Spiegel, the CEO and co-founder of mobile
messaging company Snapchat, with a net worth of
$1.5 billion. Snapchat's other co-founder, 25-
year-old Bobby Murphy, had the same net worth
as Spiegel. Other tech billionaire newcomers were
two co-founders of taxi-ordering app Uber and one
of its executives. Three co-founders of Airbnb, the
vacation-home rental website, also made the list.
Basketball legend Michael Jordan joined the list for
the first time this year, thanks to his ownership in
basketball team Charlotte Hornets and payouts
form his Nike brand. Jordan had a net worth of $1
billion, the magazine said.
This is the the 29th year that Forbes has released
its billionaires list. The magazine said it calculated
each person's wealth based on stock prices and
exchange rates on Feb. 13, 2015.

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