Top 10 Richest People In The World

1.  Carlos Slim Helu

Carlos Slim Helu is the First richest Person in the world has now worth of $74 billion and started his business talent when he was a mere 10 year old selling snacks and soft drinks to the families. Carlos Slim business is the telecommunications. He is the chairman and CEO of Group Carso, the conglomerate having many companies. He also merged his fixed-line telecom company into America Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile phone company; the slim family stake in that holding accounts for 62% of his net worth.

America's wealthiest still dominate the global ranks, but more new billionaires now come from China, Russia and other developing economies – and Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helú is holding on to the title of world’s richest man.He vastly created billions of money and so does his interests as he armored himself by keeping many bodyguards so as to safeguard the billions of dollars which he earned and also largely helps people who deal with the problems like poverty, illiteracy and also provides medical facility for the poor. He construction conglomerate, Impulsora Del Desarollo y el Empleo, builds roads and energy infrastructure. He finished his graduation and finished the Engineering and worked as a trader for some time in the Mexican Stock Exchange. He had rewarded with this honors by the beating the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with the help of added $20.5 billion to his fortune. 

2. Bill Gates:

The second richest Person in the World Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 went out and started the World’s largest IT Company named Microsoft. , Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vechile cascade swelled. The only vision which always Bill gates had is to facilitate every home with one computer. It was in 1986 when Microsoft went out in public with its initial public offer and Bill Gates was at an age of 31 and became the self-made billionaire at that time. In year 2008, He also has investments that include Four Seasons hotels, Televise, Auto Nation. His total net worth is almost $56 billion. Gates holds 70% of his wealth in investment fund Cascade, dabbling in everything from autos to hedge funds to Mexican Coke bottler Femsa; the rest of his wealth is held in Microsoft stock. He is no longer the planet’s richest person, but that’s because he’s given away $30 billion to his foundation.

3.  Warren Buffet:

Warren Buffet Is third richest person in the world who is the favorite Favorite’s investor up to $10 billion on past 12 months on surging Berkshire Hathway shares has net worth of $50 billion increased from $47 billion. . He met value investor Benjamin Graham at Columbia; bought textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965, and transformed it into massive holding company: food, insurance, utilities, industrials. Buffett acquired railroad giant Burlington. He too plays a very significant role in the Melinda Gates foundation as till now he has contributed a whopping $ 8 billion to that foundation. The outstanding venerable investor from Berkshire Hathaway has increased 15% over the last year adding $3 billion to his fortune .Warren Buffett lives in the city of Berkshire Hathaway. Currently Warren Buffett is 80 years Old and still helps many people who are very poor and are in search for education and food

 4. Bernard Amault

Bernard is the world fourth richest person who is from France aged 62 ha as current net worth of $ 41 billion and is also a very good friend of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy ,easily got the title of richest European. He is also renowned for “The Lord of Luxe”. He was educated at the great Ecole Polytechnique and joined his father’s construction company at an age of 25. . Fortune surged by $13.5 billion as shares of his luxury good outfit, LVMH, rose by more than half over the past year thanks to strong demand for luxuries like Dom Perpignan champagne, Cognac Hennessy, Tag Heuer watches and Louis Vuitton accessories, particularly in Asian markets like Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City He not only earned the fame as well as the name but also started LVMH group in the 1990s with the Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy brands which is the World’s Luxury brand and constitutes a great leadership position in the Luxury brand.. LVMH is developing upscale Shanghai commercial property, L’Avenue Shanghai, with Macau billionaire Stanley Ho.ion

5. Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the fifth richest person in the world who is the simple person with the most number of awards and also other technical recognitions and is also un doubted   founder of the software giant Oracle and also is the CEO of the same. Ellison also is an all-rounder person with a great set of other capabilities like in Sports last year Ellison won the yachting’s America’s Cup. Larry Ellison, the chief of oracle has a fortune that is $11.5 billion bigger than last year by the help of 30% jump in the software company’s shares. In November Oracle won a mud-slinging copyright infringement court battle against German software rival SAP worth $1.3 billion. Larry Ellison has the net worth of $39.5 billion .The executive, supposedly a model for the “Iron Man” movie character Tony Stark, late last year attacked Hewlett Packard and its board for the abrupt and he said unfair sacking of longtime friend Mark Hurd. Ellison then hired him. Database giant bought 57 companies in the past five years. Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in1986.

 6. Lakshmi Mittal:

Lakshmi Mittal is the sixth richest person in the world who is currently a London based tycoon who currently is an age of 60 years and owns the World’s largest steel manufacturer and also in the year 2005 he spent $10 million to promote sporting talent and encourage potential Olympians in his homeland. He helped many in London as well as India by donating money to many company and institutions which helped the poor. The current net worth of the Lakshmi Mittal is $ 31.1 million 1 billion up from $28.7 billion its means he had increased his net worth by $2.9 billion in 2010 due to recovery in steel demand and higher margins and the main source of income is Steel.

7. Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is the world seventh richest person who is basically from Spain. The Chairman of Inditex, Amancio Ortega has net worth of $31 billion up from $25.0 billion had increased $6 billion in a year. Currently, Amancio Ortega is at an age of 74 years and started the clothing business in the late 1960s and started off making dressing gowns in his garage in La Coruna and then at a later stage he started his own company of Zara fashion and is the Chairman of the company. He has the company, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has 5,000 stores in 77 countries. The main source of income is the retail.

8. Eike Batista

Eike Batista is eighth richest person in the world, leaving behind Amancio Ortega, Eike Batista interest lies in the mining as well as in the Oil. The man who is the richest man in Brazil and also really struggled hard to end up succeeding in Life as he came from the shadows of the well-known father Batista said that he wants none less than being the richest man on earth. Eike Batista gearing up to take over the world .Eike Batista has the net worth of $30 billion up from $27.0 billion (increased by $4 billion). Mining and Oil become the source of Eike Batista around the globe. Everything about the 53 year old from the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren sports car he keeps as decoration in his parlor to the “X” in the name of all his companies that represents wealth multiplication screams of unashamed ambition. He has a burning ambition to transform Rio into a modern, thriving city. Just before Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games he bought up a nearby marina that will be a hub of the games within a timed deal.

9. Mukesh Ambani:

Mukesh Ambani is the ninth richest person in the world who is a Chemical Engineer by profession and is currently is having an age of 53 years has dropped out of an MBA program which was conducted by the Stanford University and joined the company Reliance in the year 1981 who is born in India. As like one of the champions in the world, Mukesh Ambani will also trying to increase his worth next year by making new efforts of his life. Mukesh Ambani is among the most popular person in the India and also around the globe. Recently at the time of recession when the Prime Minister stated about the big fatty pay outs to the top bosses of the most of the companies, the Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited has announced the pay out to himself to a whopping 2/3rd of his total salary. Mukesh Ambani is running India’s most valuable company, oil and gas conglomerate Reliance Industries. He is also known as the king of Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas in India. Living in the most popular city of India, Mumbai .Currently, Mukesh Ambani the Chairman of Reliance Industries and also has made a house of worth $1 billion named Antilla which is of a height of 27 storey’s. He had just forged a partnership with BP, selling 30% stake in 23 oil blocks in India for $7.2 billion and forming a marketing joint venture .Mukesh Ambani also has an elder brother who is named as Anil Ambani who too is a big business tycoon. The area of trade for Mukesh Ambani is the Retail, financial services with DE Shaw, Oil and Gas. Mukesh Ambani has the net worth of $27 billion down from $29.0 billion (decreased by $2 billion).

10 Christy Walton and family

Christy Walton is the tenth most richest women in the world who is the widow of the John Walton inherited her wealth after the former Green Beret and Vietnam war medic died in an airplane accident near his home Wyoming 2005 and has the son named Sam Walton who owns and operates the Retail King giant Wal Mart. Wal Mart was basically first built in the single dime store in the Arkansas and has now become the World’s largest retailer all across the World with its presence directly or in directly all across the World. Walton and family have the net worth of $26.5 billion up from $22.5 billion. Christy Walton is increasing her worth by the increase of popularity and income of walmart.

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