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For the third year in a row, Bill Gates was named the richest man in the world by Forbes ' 2016 list of the world's billionaires. [20] This is the 17th time that the founder of Microsoft had claimed the top spot. Amancio Ortega rose from last year's position of number four to second. [21]
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion , up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [ 1 ]
As of 2016, there 2,188 billionaires across the world -- and some major companies have a higher concentration of the richest of the rich than others.
Richard Michael Schulze (born March 25, 1941) [1] is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Best Buy and was chairman and CEO. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked number 722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion. [2]
The annual list from Forbes highlights who they deem the 74 most powerful people in the world, and President-elect Trump might be displeased with his rank. Forbes ranks Donald Trump world's second ...
The World's Billionaires; Forbes 400; Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes; See also. Overclass; Ultra high-net-worth individual This page was ...
The billionaire investor made more money each hour than most people make in a year -- Find out the staggering sum! Warren Buffett outran his billionaire peers in 2016 -- 2 business principles put ...
The number of billionaires that, with assets combined, would own as much money as half the world population, and what transport they would fit on, from years 2010 to 2016 [17] According to a 2016 Oxfam report, the wealth of the poorest 95% dropped by 38% between 2010 and 2015, due to an increase in the global population by 400 million. [17]