| Rank |
Name |
Net Worth USD |
Age |
Source of Wealth |
Company |
| 1 |
Bill Gates |
USD86 B |
61 |
Computer |
Microsoft |
| 2 |
Warren Buffett |
USD75.6 B |
86 |
Financial Services |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| 3 |
Jeff Bezos |
USD72.8 B |
53 |
E-commerce |
Amazon.com |
| 4 |
Amancio Ortega |
USD71.3 B |
80 |
Retail |
Zara |
| 5 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
USD56 B |
32 |
Social Network |
Facebook |
| 6 |
Carlos Slim Helu |
USD54.5 B |
77 |
telecom |
America Movil |
| 7 |
Larry Ellison |
USD52.2 B |
72 |
software |
Oracle |
| 8 |
Charles Koch |
USD48.3 B |
81 |
diversified |
Koch Industries |
| 9 |
David Koch |
USD48.3 B |
76 |
diversified |
Koch Industries |
| 10 |
Michael Bloomberg |
USD47.5 B |
75 |
Software Company |
Bloomberg LP |
| 11 |
Bernard Arnault |
USD41.5 B |
68 |
Fashion Retail |
LVMH |
| 12 |
Larry Page |
USD40.7 B |
43 |
Search Engine |
Google |
| 13 |
Sergey Brin |
USD39.8 B |
43 |
Search Engine |
Google |
| 14 |
Liliane Bettencourt |
USD39.5 B |
94 |
Cosmetics |
L’Oreal |
| 15 |
S. Robson Walton |
USD34.1 B |
72 |
Retail |
Wal-Mart |
| 16 |
Jim Walton |
USD34 B |
68 |
Retail |
Wal-Mart |
| 17 |
Alice Walton |
USD33.8 B |
67 |
Retail |
Wal-Mart |
| 18 |
Wang Jianlin |
USD31.3 B |
62 |
real estate |
Dalian Wanda |
| 19 |
Li Ka-shing |
USD31.2 B |
88 |
diversified |
– |
| 20 |
Sheldon Adelson |
USD30.4 B |
83 |
casinos |
Las Vegas Sands |
| 21 |
Steve Ballmer |
USD30 B |
61 |
Computer |
Microsoft |
| 22 |
Jorge Paulo Lemann |
USD29.2 B |
77 |
beer |
Anheuser-Busch InBev |
| 23 |
Jack Ma |
USD28.3 B |
52 |
e-commerce |
Alibaba |
| 24 |
Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. |
USD27.2 B |
– |
supermarkets |
Aldi |
| 25 |
David Thomson |
USD27.2 B |
59 |
media |
Thomson Reuters |
| 26 |
Jacqueline Mars |
USD27 B |
77 |
candy |
Mars Inc |
| 27 |
John Mars |
USD27 B |
81 |
candy |
Mars Inc |
| 28 |
Phil Knight |
USD26.2 B |
79 |
Fashion Retail |
Nike |
| 29 |
Maria Franca Fissolo |
USD25.2 B |
82 |
Confectionary |
Nutella, chocolates |
| 30 |
George Soros |
USD25.2 B |
86 |
hedge funds |
Soros Fund Management LLC |
| 31 |
Ma Huateng |
USD24.9 B |
45 |
internet media |
Tencent Holdings |
| 32 |
Lee Shau Kee |
USD24.4 B |
89 |
real estate |
Sun Hung Ka |
| 33 |
Mukesh Ambani |
USD23.2 B |
59 |
petrochemicals, oil & gas |
Reliance Industries |
| 34 |
Masayoshi Son |
USD21.2 B |
59 |
internet, telecom |
Softbank |
| 35 |
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen |
USD21.1 B |
69 |
Toy company |
Lego |
| 36 |
Georg Schaeffler |
USD20.7 B |
52 |
automotive |
Schaeffler |
| 37 |
Joseph Safra |
USD20.5 B |
78 |
banking |
Banco Safra |
| 38 |
Michael Dell |
USD20.4 B |
52 |
Computer |
Dell |
| 39 |
Susanne Klatten |
USD20.4 B |
54 |
Automobiles, pharmaceuticals |
BMW |
| 40 |
Len Blavatnik |
USD20 B |
59 |
diversified |
– |
| 41 |
Laurene Powell Jobs |
USD20 B |
53 |
Entertainment |
Apple, Disney |
| 42 |
Paul Allen |
USD19.9 B |
64 |
Computer |
Microsoft, investments |
| 43 |
Stefan Persson |
USD19.6 B |
69 |
Fashion Retail |
H&M |
| 44 |
Theo Albrecht, Jr. |
USD18.8 B |
66 |
Retail |
Aldi, Trader Joe’s |
| 45 |
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud |
USD18.7 B |
62 |
investments |
Kingdom Holding Co. |
| 46 |
Leonid Mikhelson |
USD18.4 B |
61 |
gas, chemicals |
Novatek, Sibur |
| 47 |
Charles Ergen |
USD18.3 B |
64 |
satellite TV |
DISH Network |
| 48 |
Stefan Quandt |
USD18.3 B |
50 |
Automobiles |
BMW |
| 49 |
James Simons |
USD18 B |
78 |
hedge funds |
Renaissance Technologies Corp |
| 50 |
Leonardo Del Vecchio |
USD17.9 B |
81 |
eyeglasses |
Luxottica |