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In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the aggregate wealth of the top 20 richest people on Earth amounted to about 13 percent of all billionaires' fortunes combined. [16] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017.
Well, Forbes is, of course, and despite the $7-billion decline in his fortune, Microsoft's (MSFT) co-founder remains America's richest Bill Gates tops Warren Buffett on Forbes list of richest ...
In 2008, Buffett became the richest person in the world, garnering a total net worth estimated at $62 billion [61] by Forbes and at $58 billion [62] by Yahoo, dethroning Bill Gates, who had been number one on the Forbes list for 13 consecutive years. [63] In 2009, Gates regained the top position on the Forbes list, with Buffett shifted to ...
The wealth of 85 list members declined this year from 314 in 2009, while wealth increased for 217 members. The total worth of the 400 rose by 8% to $1.37 trillion, still below the 2008 total of $1 ...
Logo of Forbes magazine Vladimir Putin was ranked the most powerful person 4 times. Between 2009 and 2018 (with absence in 2017) the business magazine Forbes had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list had one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, and by 2018, there ...
A little over a century ago, in 1916, legendary robber baron John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire -- probably. Before the age of computerized records and the internet, measuring...
On 11 March 2009, Forbes ranked Slim as the world's third-richest person, behind Gates and Buffett and ahead of Larry Ellison. [4] On 10 March 2010, Forbes once again reported that Slim had overtaken Gates as the world's richest person, with a net worth of US$53.5 billion.
The World's Billionaires 2010 edition was 24th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 12, 2010. It was released online on March 10, 2010. Forty reporters across 13 countries contributed to the list.