world's richest people.
Bloomberg Markets' inaugural list of the world's richest people, in
the magazine's December 2012 issue, showcases the billionaires who
pull the levers on the global economy.
As noted on the magazine's website, the ranking shows who's on top
(America Movil SAB Chairman Emeritus Carlos Slim, with a net worth of
$77.5 billion), who's faltering (Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer
Mark Zuckerberg, who's down $6.8 billion since Jan. 1) and who's just
wealthy enough to make the top 200 (SAS Institute Inc. co-founder John
Sall, who's worth $5.8 billion).
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, both in the top five, are household
names. At the number 3 position is the relatively unknown Amancio
Ortega of Spain. The 76-year-old founded Inditex SA, the world's
largest clothing retailer, which is known for its more than 1,600
trendy Zara stores. He made more than $18 billion from the start of
the year through Oct. 5 or about $66 million a day.
Aliko Dangote came 62nd on the list with a total net worth of $13.5
billion. The 55 year-old Chairman of Dangote Group has made another
$3.5 billion so far this year, increasing his wealth by 34.5%
Dangote is not the only African on the list. Egypt's Nassef Sawiris
was listed on the 141th position having a net worth of $7.8 billion.
South Africa's Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert made the 147th and
187th positions respectively. Their net worths are $7.6 billion and
$6.2 billion. This still leaves Aliko Dangote as the richest man in
Africa.
Aliko Dangote has worked his way to the top and has dragged Nigeria
along, as he continues to put the country's name on world map. The
self-made business magnate has a knack for seeing opportunities where
others can't. The patriotic Nigerian once said; "Let me tell you this
and I want to really emphasize it…nothing is going to help Nigeria
like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion
today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria. Let us put our heads
together and work."
See the full list here:
Bloomberg's World's 200 Richest People
1. Carlos Slim
Net worth: $77.5 billion
YTD change: + $15.6 billion / + 25.3%
Source of wealth: America Movil
Industry: Telecommunications
Citizenship: Mexico
Age: 72
2. Bill Gates
Net worth: $64.4 billion
YTD change: + $8.7 billion / + 15.7%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 57
3. Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $53.6 billion
YTD change: + $18.4 billion / + 52.1%
Source of wealth: Inditex
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Spain
Age: 76
4. Warren Buffett
Net worth: $48.4 billion
YTD change: + $5.7 billion / + 13.2%
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 82
5. Ingvar Kamprad
Net worth: $41.8 billion
YTD change: + $5.0 billion / + 13.7%
Source of wealth: IKEA
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Sweden
Age: 86
6. Charles Koch
Net worth: $38.6 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 14.1%
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 77
7. David Koch
Net worth: $38.6 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 14.1%
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 72
8. Larry Ellison
Net worth: $37.2 billion
YTD change: $4.2 billion / + 12.8%
Source of wealth: Oracle
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 68
9. Christy Walton
Net worth: $30.5 billion
YTD change: + $5.4 billion / + 21.4%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 57
10. Jim Walton
Net worth: $29.3 billion
YTD change: + $5.8 billion / + 24.7%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 64
11. Rob Walton
Net worth: $28.7 billion
YTD change: + $5.7 billion / + 24.7%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 68
12. Alice Walton
Net worth: $28.2 billion
YTD change: + $5.6 billion / + 25.0%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 63
13. Li Ka-shing
Net worth: $27.0 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 21.8%
Source of wealth: Cheung Kong Holdings
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Age: 84
14. Mukesh Ambani
Net worth: $26.0 billion
YTD change: + $4.7 billion / + 21.8%
Source of wealth: Reliance Industries
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: India
Age: 55
15. Liliane Bettencourt
Net worth: $24.7 billion
YTD change: + $4.5 billion / + 22.1%
Source of wealth: L'Oreal
Industry: Manufacturing
Citizenship: France
Age: 90
16. Stefan Persson
Net worth: $24.7 billion
YTD change: + $2.9 billion / + 13.1%
Source of wealth: Hennes & Mauritz
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Sweden
Age: 65
17. Jeff Bezos
Net worth: $24.2 billion
YTD change: + $7.6 / + 45.5%
Source of wealth: Amazon.com
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 48
18. Bernard Arnault
Net worth: $24.1 billion
YTD change: + $3.4 billion / + 16.4%
Source of wealth: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: France
Age: 63
19. Larry Page
Net worth: $23.0 billion
YTD change: + $3.1 billion / + 15.9%
Source of wealth: Google
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 39
20. Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud
Net worth: $22.9 billion
YTD change: + $5.6 billion / + 32.0%
Source of wealth: Kingdom Holding
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Age: 57
21. David Thomson
Net worth: $22.9 billion
YTD change: + $1.3 billion / + 5.8%
Source of wealth: Thomson Reuters
Industry: Media
Citizenship: Canada
Age: 55
22. Sergey Brin
Net worth: $22.8 billion
YTD change: + $3.1 / + 15.7%
Source of wealth: Google
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 39
23. Lee Shau Kee
Net worth: $22.7 billion
YTD change: + $6.1 billion / + 36.7%
Source of wealth: Henderson Land Development
Industry: Real Estate
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Age: 84
24. Karl Albrecht
Net worth: $22.7 billion
YTD change: – $0.20 billion / – 0.9%
Source of wealth: Aldi
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Germany
Age: 92
25. Michele Ferrero
Net worth: $22.5 billion
YTD change: + $1.4 billion / + 6.4%
Source of wealth: Ferrero
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: Italy
Age: 87
26. George Soros
Net worth: $21.9 billion
YTD change: + $0.64 billion / + 3.0%
Source of wealth: Soros Fund Management
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 82
27. Sheldon Adelson
Net worth: $21.3 billion
YTD change: + $1.4 billion / + 6.9%
Source of wealth: Las Vegas Sands
Industry: Service
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 79
28. Eike Batista
Net worth: $20.4 billion
YTD change: – $2.1 billion / – 9.3%
Source of wealth: OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: Brazil
Age: 56
29. Iris Fontbona
Net worth: $20.2 billion
YTD change: + $2.7 billion / + 15.8%
Source of wealth: Antofagasta
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Chile
Age: n/a
30. Zong Qinghou
Net worth: $20.1 billion
YTD change: + $0.90 billion / + 4.7%
Source of wealth: Hangzhou Wahaha Group
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: China
Age: 67
31. John Mars
Net worth: $19.8 billion
YTD change: + $0.90 billion / + 4.8%
Source of wealth: Mars
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 77
32. Forrest Mars Jr.
Net worth: $19.8 billion
YTD change: + $0.90 billion / + 4.8%
Source of wealth: Mars
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 81
33. Jacqueline Mars
Net worth: $19.8 billion
YTD change: + $0.90 billion / + 4.8%
Source of wealth: Mars
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 72
34. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez
Net worth: $19.5 billion
YTD change: + $2.4 billion / + 14.0%
Source of wealth: Industrias Peñoles
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Mexico
Age: 81
35. Dieter Schwarz
Net worth: $19.3 billion
YTD change: – $0.72 billion / –3.6%
Source of wealth: Lidl
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Germany
Age: 73
36. Gina Rinehart
Net worth: $19.1 billion
YTD change: – $1.1 billion / –5.4%
Source of wealth: Hancock Prospecting
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Australia
Age: 58
37. Jorge Paulo Lemann
Net worth: $19.1 billion
YTD change: + $6.8 billion / + 54.9%
Source of wealth: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: Brazil
Age: 73
38. Rinat Akhmetov
Net worth: $18.9 billion
YTD change: + $4.5 billion / + 31.5%
Source of wealth: Metinvest
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Ukraine
Age: 46
39. Cheng Yu-tung
Net worth: $18.7 billion
YTD change: – $1.5 billion / – 7.3%
Source of wealth: Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Age: 87
40. Alisher Usmanov
Net worth: $18.0 billion
YTD change: + $0.66 billion / + 3.8%
Source of wealth: Metalloinvest
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 59
41. Lakshmi Mittal
Net worth: $17.4 billion
YTD change: – $0.88 billion / – 4.8%
Source of wealth: ArcelorMittal
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: India
Age: 62
42. Leonid Mikhelson
Net worth: $16.9 billion
YTD change: + $0.11 billion / + 0.7%
Source of wealth: Novatek
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 57
43. Viktor Vekselberg
Net worth: $16.8 billion
YTD change: + $2.8 billion / + 19.8%
Source of wealth: TNK-BP International
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 55
44. Vladimir Lisin
Net worth: $16.7 billion
YTD change: + $2.6 billion / + 18.5%
Source of wealth: Novolipetsk Steel
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 56
45. Luis Carlos Sarmiento
Net worth: $16.5 billion
YTD change: + $1.3 billion / + 8.8%
Source of wealth: Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
Industry: Colombia
Citizenship: Finance
Age: 79
46. Carl Icahn
Net worth: $15.8 billion
YTD change: – $0.36 billion / – 2.2%
Source of wealth: Icahn Enterprises
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 76
47. Azim Premji
Net worth: $15.5 billion
YTD change: – $0.52 billion / –3.2%
Source of wealth: Wipro
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: India
Age: 67
48. Alexey Mordashov
Net worth: $15.0 billion
YTD change: + $4.0 billion / 36.6%
Source of wealth: Severstal
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 47
49. Steve Ballmer
Net worth: $15.0 billion
YTD change: + $1.6 billion / 11.6%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 56
50. Ernesto Bertarelli
Net worth: $14.8 billion
YTD change: + $2.5 billion / + 20.7%
Source of wealth: Serono
Industry: Medical
Citizenship: Switzerland
Age: 47
51. Roman Abramovich
Net worth: $14.7 billion
YTD change: + $0.43 billion / + 3.0%
Source of wealth: Sibneft
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 46
52. Paul Allen
Net worth: $14.6 billion
YTD change: + $0.40 billion / + 2.8%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 59
53. Mikhail Fridman
Net worth: $14.4 billion
YTD change: + $1.5 billion / + 11.7%
Source of wealth: TNK-BP International
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 48
54. Michael Otto
Net worth: $14.3 billion
YTD change: + $1.3 billion / + 9.8%
Source of wealth: Otto Group
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Germany
Age: 69
55. Mikhail Prokhorov
Net worth: $13.9 billion
YTD change: + $0.81 billion / + 6.2%
Source of wealth: MMC Norilsk Nickel
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 47
56. Ray Dalio
Net worth: $13.9 billion
YTD change: – $0.38 billion / – 2.7%
Source of wealth: Bridgewater Associates
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 63
57. Phil Knight
Net worth: $13.9 billion
YTD change: + $0.41 billion / + 3.0%
Source of wealth: Nike
Industry: Manufacturing
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 74
58. Vladimir Potanin
Net worth: $13.8 billion
YTD change: + $0.67 billion / + 5.1%
Source of wealth: MMC Norilsk Nickel
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Russia
Age: 51
59. Len Blavatnik
Net worth: $13.6 billion
YTD change: + $2.6 billion / + 23.8%
Source of wealth: Access Industries Holdings
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 55
60. Robert Kuok
Net worth: $13.5 billion
YTD change: + $1.5 billion / + 12.1%
Source of wealth: Kerry Properties
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Malaysia
Age: 89
61. Hans Rausing
Net worth: $13.5 billion
YTD change: + $0.24 billion / + 1.8%
Source of wealth: Tetra Laval
Industry: Manufacturing
Citizenship: Sweden
Age: 86
62. Aliko Dangote
Net worth: $13.5 billion
YTD change: + $3.5 billion / + 34.5%
Source of wealth: Dangote Cement
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Nigeria
Age: 55
63. Jack Taylor
Net worth: $13.4 billion
YTD change: + $4.0 billion / + 42.6%
Source of wealth: Enterprise Holdings
Industry: Service
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 90
64. Dirce Navarro de Camargo
Net worth: $13.4 billion
YTD change: + $1.8 billion / + 15.3%
Source of wealth: Camargo Correa
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Brazil
Age: n/a
65. John Fredriksen
Net worth: $13.3 billion
YTD change: + $2.2 billion / + 19.7%
Source of wealth: Seadrill
Industry: Service
Citizenship: Cyprus
Age: 68
66. Elaine Marshall
Net worth: $13.2 billion
YTD change: + $1.6 billion / + 14.1%
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 70
67. George Kaiser
Net worth: $13.1 billion
YTD change: – $0.02 billion / – 0.1%
Source of wealth: Kaiser-Francis Oil
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 69
68. Ronald Perelman
Net worth: $13.1 billion
YTD change: + $0.57 billion / + 4.5%
Source of wealth: MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 69
69. Leonardo Del Vecchio
Net worth: $13.1 billion
YTD change: + $3.5 billion / + 36.5%
Source of wealth: Luxottica Group
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Italy
Age: 77
70. Michael Dell
Net worth: $12.9 billion
YTD change: – $0.38 billion / – 2.9%
Source of wealth: Dell
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 47