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Forbes 2015 Billionaires List Released. 5 Nigerians Made The List by youngsahito(m): 1:23pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Forbes billionaire list 2015 has been released and the the usual suspects like Bill Gates retains the top spot, Five Nigerians made the cut – Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Folorunsho Alakija, Femi Otedola and Abdulsamad Rabiu. Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Elumelu who made the list last year were dropped off the list this year. Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is now the 16th richest man in the world. The youngest billionaire in the world is 24 year old Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of photo- messaging app, Snapchat. The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by a weaker Nigerian currency and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man. The country that lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India. See the comprehensive list after the cut: 1. Bill Gates Net Worth: $79.2 B Source of wealth: Microsoft 2. Carlos Slim Helu & family Net Worth: $77.1 B Source of wealth: telecom 3. Warren Buffett Net Worth: $72.7 B Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway 4. Amancio Ortega Net Worth: $64.5 B Source of wealth: Zara 5. Larry Ellison Net Worth: $54.3 B Source of wealth: Oracle 6. Charles Koch Net Worth: $42.9 B Source of wealth: diversified 6. David Koch Net Worth: $42.9 B Source of wealth: diversified 8. Christy Walton & family Net Worth: $41.7 B Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 9. Jim Walton Net Worth: $40.6 B Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 10. Liliane Bettencourt & family Net Worth: $40.1 B Source of wealth: L’Oreal 11. Alice Walton Net Worth: $39.4 B Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 12. S. Robson Walton Net Worth: $39.1 B Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 13. Bernard Arnault & family Net Worth: $37.2 B Source of wealth: LVMH 14. Michael Bloomberg Net Worth: $35.5 B Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP 15. Jeff Bezos Net Worth: $34.8 B Source of wealth: Amazon.com 16. Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth: $33.4 B Source of wealth: Facebook 17. Li Ka-shing Net Worth: $33.3 B Source of wealth: diversified 18. Sheldon Adelson Net Worth: $31.4 B Source of wealth: casinos 19. Larry Page Net Worth: $29.7 B Source of wealth: Google 20. Sergey Brin Net Worth: $29.2 B Source of wealth: Google 21. Georg Schaeffler Net Worth: $26.9 B Source of wealth: ball bearings 22. Forrest Mars Jr Net Worth: $26.6 B Source of wealth: candy 22. Jacqueline Mars Net Worth: $26.6 B Source of wealth: candy 22. John Mars Net Worth: $26.6 B Source of wealth: candy 25. David Thomson & family Net Worth: $25.5 B Source of wealth: media 26. Jorge Paulo Lemann Net Worth: $25 B Source of wealth: beer 27. Lee Shau Kee Net Worth: $24.8 B Source of wealth: real estate 28. Stefan Persson Net Worth: $24.5 B Source of wealth: H&M 29. George Soros Net Worth: $24.2 B Source of wealth: hedge funds 29. Wang Jianlin Net Worth: $24.2 B Source of wealth: real estate 31. Carl Icahn Net Worth: $23.5 B Source of wealth: investments 32. Maria Franca Fissolo & family Net Worth: $23.4 B Source of wealth: Nutella, chocolates 33. Jack Ma Net Worth: $22.7 B Source of wealth: e-commerce 34. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Net Worth: $22.6 B Source of wealth: investments 35. Steve Ballmer Net Worth: $21.5 B Source of wealth: Microsoft 35. Phil Knight Net Worth: $21.5 B Source of wealth: Nike 37. Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. Net Worth: $21.3 B Source of wealth: supermarkets 38. Li Hejun Net Worth: $21.1 B Source of wealth: solar power equipment 39. Mukesh Ambani Net Worth: $21 B Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas 40. Leonardo Del Vecchio Net Worth: $20.4 B Source of wealth: eyeglasses 41. Len Blavatnik Net Worth: $20.2 B Source of wealth: diversified 41. Tadashi Yanai & family Net Worth: $20.2 B Source of wealth: retail 43. Charles Ergen Net Worth: $20.1 B Source of wealth: Dish Network 44. Dilip Shanghvi Net Worth: $20 B Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals 45. Laurene Powell Jobs & family Net Worth: $19.5 B Source of wealth: Apple, Disney 46. Dieter Schwarz Net Worth: $19.4 B Source of wealth: retail 47. Michael Dell Net Worth: $19.2 B Source of wealth: Dell 48. Azim Premji Net Worth: $19.1 B Source of wealth: software 49. Theo Albrecht Jr & family Net Worth: $19 B Source of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe’s 50. Michael Otto & family Net Worth: $18.1 B Source of wealth: retail, real estate 67. Aliko Dangote Net Worth: $14.7 B Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour 393. Mike Adenuga Net Worth: $4.2 B Source of wealth: telcom, oil 949. Folorunsho Alakija Net Worth: $1.9 B Source of wealth: oil 1741. Femi Otedola Net Worth: $1 B Source of wealth: oil and gas 1741. Abdulsamad Rabiu Net Worth: $1 B Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour |
Re: Forbes 2015 Billionaires List Released. 5 Nigerians Made The List by ramdris(m): 1:45pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
I will be on that list by next edition. Stay tuned! |
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