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Bill Gates has topped Forbes list as the world’s richest person for 2015 for the second year in a row, with his net worth at $79.2 billion this year from $76 billion last year.
Gates has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, owner of the Saudi Arabia-listed Kingdom Holding Co., was identified as the richest person in the Arab world with a net worth of $22.9 billion. He is ranked 34 on the world’s list.
Forbes said the fortunes of 1,826 billionaires worldwide grew from $6.4 trillion in 2014 to $7.05 trillion this year.
Evan Spiegel, 24 years, who co-founded mobile messaging app Snapchat, is the youngest billionaire in the world with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Christy Walton, who was an heir to Walmart in 2005 following her husband’s death in an airline crash, is listed as the world’s wealthiest woman worldwide with a $41.7 billion net worth.
Warren Buffett was the biggest winner, seeing his fortune rise $14.5 billion to $72.7 billion, thanks to the performance of Berkshire Hathaway’s shares. The American multinational conglomerate, based in the state of Nebraska, currently manages and oversees a number of subsidiaries.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg climbed up five spots to rank 16 on the list.
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World’s Richest Persons (Forbes List) |
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Rank |
Name |
Country |
Net worth (USD bln) |
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01 |
Bill Gates |
United States |
79.2 |
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02 |
Carlos Slim |
Mexico |
77.1 |
|
03 |
Warren Buffet |
United States |
72.7 |
|
04 |
Amancio Ortega |
Spain |
64.5 |
|
05 |
Larry Ellison |
United States |
54.3 |
|
06 |
Charles Koch |
United States |
42.9 |
|
06 |
David Koch |
United States |
42.9 |
|
08 |
Christy Walton |
United States |
41.7 |
|
09 |
Jim Walton |
United States |
40.6 |
|
10 |
Liliane Bettencourt |
France |
40.1 |
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Richest Persons in the Arab World |
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Rank |
Name |
Country |
Net worth (USD bln) |
|
34 |
Prince Alwaleed |
Saudi Arabia |
22.6 |
|
116 |
Mohammed Al-Amoudi |
Saudi Arabia |
10.8 |
|
220 |
Abdullah A. Al-Ghurair |
United Arab Emirates |
6.4 |
|
225 |
Nassef Sawiris |
Egypt |
6.3 |
|
230 |
Majid Al-Futtaim |
United Arab Emirates |
6.2 |
|
405 |
Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Saud |
Saudi Arabia |
4.1 |
|
418 |
Mohammed Mansour |
Egypt |
4.0 |
|
497 |
Mohammed Al-Eisa |
Saudi Arabia |
3.5 |
|
512 |
Saif Al-Ghurair |
United Arab Emirates |
3.4 |
|
534 |
Najib Mikati |
Lebanon |
3.3 |
|
534 |
Taha Mikati |
Lebanon |
3.3 |
|
557 |
Abdullah Al-Futtaim |
United Arab Emirates |
3.2 |
|
577 |
Issad Rebrab |
Algeria |
3.1 |
|
577 |
Naguib Sawiris |
Egypt |
3.1 |
|
628 |
Youssef Mansour |
Egypt |
2.9 |
|
663 |
Saleh Kamel |
Saudi Arabia |
2.8 |
|
810 |
Othman Benjelloun |
Morocco |
2.3 |
|
810 |
Bahaa Hariri |
Lebanon |
2.3 |
|
810 |
Yasseen Mansour |
Egypt |
2.3 |
|
894 |
Suleiman Al-Rajhi |
Saudi Arabia |
2.1 |
|
949 |
Mohammed Al-Fayed |
Egypt |
2.0 |
|
1054 |
Abdullah Al-Rajhi |
Saudi Arabia |
1.8 |
|
1054 |
Onsi Sawiris |
Egypt |
1.8 |
|
1118 |
Aziz Akhannouch |
Morocco |
1.7 |
|
1324 |
Abdul Majeed Al-Hokair |
Saudi Arabia |
1.4 |
|
1324 |
Fawaz Al-Hokair |
Saudi Arabia |
1.4 |
|
1324 |
Salman Al-Hokair |
Saudi Arabia |
1.4 |
|
1415 |
Miloud Chaabi |
Morocco |
1.3 |
|
1500 |
Fawzi Al-Kharafi |
Kuwait |
1.3 |
|
1500 |
Jassem Al-Kharafi |
Kuwait |
1.3 |
|
1500 |
Mohannad Al-Kharafi |
Kuwait |
1.3 |
|
1533 |
Mohammed Al-Barwani |
Oman |
1.2 |
|
1712 |
Bassam Al-Ghanim |
Kuwait |
1.1 |
|
1712 |
Kutayba Alghanim |
Kuwait |
1.1 |
|
1712 |
Samih Sawiris |
Egypt |
1.1 |
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