Here is the list of the
richest billionaires in the world, their net worth and what they do. This list
is according to Forbes rating for the year 2015.
BILL GATES: net worth -
$79.2 billion. Age , 59. He is
an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, and computer
programmer. He is the co- founder
Microsoft which is the largest PC software company in the world. Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO
and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored
several books. He is considered one of the best entrepreneurs in the world and
has held the post of the richest person in the world for 16 times out of 21
years.
CARLOS
SLIM:
net worth - $77.1 billion. Age, 75. is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and
philanthropist. Slim is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications
companies Telmex and América Móvil, Latin America's largest mobile-phone carrier. Slim's total
conglomerate comprises a diverse portfolio of businesses from a wide array of
industries that include telecommunications, education, health care, industrial
manufacturing, food and beverages, real estate, airlines, media, mining, oil,
hospitality, entertainment, technology, retail, sports and financial services.
WARREN
BUFFETT: net worth - $72.7 billion. ) age, 84 is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the most successful investor in the world. He is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder
of Berkshire Hathaway. He is also active
in contributing to political causes, having endorsed Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton for
president during the 2016 campaign season.
AMANCIO
ORTEGA: net worth - $64.5 billion. Age, 78
he is a Spanish fashion businessman and founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories retail shops.
LARRY
ELLISON: net worth - $54.3 billion age, 70 he
is an American internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He serves as executive chairman and chief technology
officer of Oracle Corporation
CHARLES
KOCH: net worth - $42.9 billion age 79 is an American businessman and
philanthropist. He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Koch
Industries. He and his brother
inherited the business from their father, Fred
C. Koch, and then expanded the business. Originally involved
exclusively in oil
refining and chemicals, Koch
Industries now includes process and pollution control equipment and
technologies; polymers and fibers; minerals; fertilizers; commodity trading and
services; forest and consumer products; and ranching.
DAVID
H KOCH: net worth - $42.9 billion age 74 is an American businessman,
philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He joined the family
business Koch
Industries, a conglomerate that is the
second-largest privately held company in the United States, in 1970. He became
president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979, and became a co-owner of
Koch Industries, with older brother Charles, in 1983. He is now an executive vice president.
CHRISTY
WALTON & FAMILY: net worth - $41.7 billion age, 60 is the widow of
John, one of the sons of Sam
Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. She is the world's leading female philanthropist according
to the amount she gives as a percentage of her wealth.
In June 2005, she
inherited her husband's fortune of US$18.2 billion following his death in a plane
crash. As of 2015 Walton is the richest woman in
the world. According to Forbes,
she is the 6th richest person in the United States, and the 8th richest person
in the world, as of March 2015. Forbes reported that she was the richest woman
in the world for eight years running, and still held the title in March 2015. As of March 2014, she and her family
(not including her two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law) had an estimated
net worth of $36.7 billion, the
bulk of which comes from her shares in Wal-Mart, but also from First Solar,
in which her husband invested.
JIM
WALTON: net worth - $40.6 billion age, 66 ,
he is the third child of Wal-Mart co-founder Sam
Walton and Helen
Walton with siblings Rob
Walton, Alice
Walton, In 1972, he joined Wal-Mart and was involved in its real estate dealings. After serving
for four years he moved to the family owned Walton Enterprises as president in
1975
LILIANE
BETTENCOURT & FAMILY: net worth - $40.1 billion age 92 is a French heiress, socialite, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal one of the world's
largest cosmetics and beauty companies.
SOURCES
FORBES AND WIKIPEDIA.