The Top 10 Richest People 2017
In the list of the richest people - peace and quiet, as well as predictability and stability, despite any crises. The ten richest people on the planet did not change radically for several years, only a few of its "points" moved down or up. What else can you say about those people we talk about every year? We will try to please you with something new.
1) Bill Gates - $ 86 billion
Bill Gates for a long time takes a financial Olympus, and in fact in his career there were such mistakes in which he lost up to 10% of his fortune at once. For example, in 2000, due to a sharp drop in the share price of Microsoft, the rich man lowered $ 12 billion in one day. By the way, Bill is very angry when he is cited as an example of a billionaire without a higher education. He never ceases to repeat that his story is an exception, not a rule!
2) Warren Buffett - $ 75.6 billion
Warren in 2017 made a breakthrough and won the second place of our TOP. It is difficult to believe (perhaps it is in fact a myth) that any calculations the billionaire makes without a calculator, and, of course, without other computing tools. In addition, Warren Buffett is incredibly stingy, often buys things on sales and, well, does not even look like "a million."
3) Jeff Bezos - $ 72.8 billion
Jeff Bezos began his career as a crozier when, in 1994, he left the bank to start an online book trade. Since then, his business has grown - oh-th how! And although it is concentrated in virtuality, Jeff's property is quite real, being one of the 25 largest landowners in the United States.
4) Amancio Ortega - 71.3 billion dollars.
Amancio Ortega, the founder of the Zara brand, became famous for denying the generally accepted opinion that advertising is the engine of progress. He prohibits (yes-yes) advertising in his stores. Maybe that's why the tycoon lost two points of our list in the last year, having slipped to the fourth place from the second?
5) Mark Zuckerberg - $ 56 billion
What about a man who is seriously considered a reptilian and who named his daughters Max and Augustus? Perhaps nothing, except that he tries to lead an ordinary life despite the close attention of fans and hayters. And he wrote a touching letter to his newborn daughter, over which a good half of Facebook's audience was shedding tears.
6) Carlos Slim Helu - 54.5 billion dollars (together with his family)
The Helu family "makes" 5% of Mexico's GDP each year. And many, quite jokingly, call him the real president of the country. The entrepreneur is famous for his unique memory, in which he keeps countless facts and figures.
7) Larry Ellison - $ 52.2 billion
The founder of Oracle became famous for his explosive nature, "thanks" to which he recently divorced his fourth wife. And his subordinates ... either adore him, or hate him, but in any case characterize Larry as a very complex person, just in the first case do it with delight, and in the second - with disgust.]
8) Charles Koch - $ 48.3 billion
Charles Koch (together with his brother he shares the eighth and ninth place of our Top Ten richest people on the planet), is famous for having increased his fortune 2600 times by receiving a fortune from his father. The industrial holding, co-owned by Charles, is now the second largest in the US in terms of revenue.
9) David Koch - $ 48.3 billion
Another nice fact about the family business of Kokhov is also connected with the father of the brothers. Passing their assets into the hands of children, he took from them a promise not to sell the family business, not to borrow, and ... not to work with the Communists.
10) Michael Bloomberg - 47.5 billion
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