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| Bill Gates Ranks Richest Billionaire Again On 2015 Forbes Listings (Pictures) by coolakins(m): 6:14pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft Corporation – An American Multinational Corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that manufactures, develops, licenses sells and supports computers, software, gaming gadgets and lately smartphones (from the acquisition of Nokia) regains the World’s richest title for the 2nd year running and 16 out of the total 21years of billionaires rankings. He is currently valued to worth $79.2 billion with a growth of $3.2 billion from previous year even in spite of the donations of $1.5 billion made to The Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation in 2014. He maintains his position beaten his Mexican rival – Carlos Slim Helu to 2nd position with an estimated fortunes of $72.7 billion (made from Telecoms and Real Estate). The Global Investor, Warren Buffet is 3rd on the list of top Billionaires in the World, while Spanish fashion executive, Amancio Ortega Goana ranks 4th with $64.5 billion made from Zara label or other fashion investments. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Inditex fashion group. Oracle Founder, Larry Ellison is 5th with $54.3 billion. The facebook ‘wizzy’ Mack Zuckerberg is makes the first top 20 billionaires for the first time, clinching the 16th position with a valued fortunes of $33.4 billion. The 24 year-old Co-founder of World’s renowned messaging application Snapchat, Evan Spiegel is the youngest billionaire in the World, worth $1.5 billion. The World’s richest woman remains Christy Walton, one of the heirs to the Walt Conglomerates. Top 8 Richest People in the World 1. Bill Gates $79.2bn (Microsoft Founder) 2. Carlos Slim Helu $77.1bn (Telecoms and Real Estate) 3. Warren Buffett $72.7bn (Business Magnate & investor) 4. Amancio Ortega $64.5bn (Fashion Business) 5. Larry Ellison $54.3bn (Oracle Founder) 6. Charles Koch $42.9bn (Industrialist, Koch Industries) 7. David Koch $42.9bn (Industrialist, Koch Industries) 8. Christy Walton $41.7bn (Walmart Conglomerates) http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/03/02/inside-the-2015-forbes-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/
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