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.

 

World’s Richest Persons (Forbes List)

Rank

Name

Country

Net worth (USD bln)

01

Bill Gates

United States

79.2

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

 

 

Richest Persons in the Arab World

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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