HERE The top 10 RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.
1.Jeff Bezos- $153.72B
-Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon, one of the biggest and most popular companies on the web. Amazon started as a simple online bookstore in Jeff’s bedroom, and the initial sales were slow.
In 2019, Jeff Bezos has become the richest person in the world, after adding a whopping $fourty(40) billion to his net worth last year! Amazon is making major moves, after recently acquiring Wholefoods, launching drone shipping and a bunch of other strong ideas.
-Bezos is soon divorcing his wife MacKenzie; after which she will receive four% of Amazon, which is worth billions.
-Jeff Bezos is the first man ever to reach the $100 billion mark, which is just insane! Keep reading below to view a complete summary of the richest people in 2019.
2.Bill Gates- $102.1B
-Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft, and was the richest man in the world for several years running. Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, and has since become the largest PC software company worldwide.
-Last year, Bill Gates has gained an incredible $10 billion in additional net worth! This has put him at an estimated net worth of $102.1 billion overall. However, he’s recently been overtaken by the next person on this list.
3.Warren Buffett-$82.5B
-WarrenBuffett is an American entrepreneur and investor, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett is the most successful investor worldwide, and millions of other traders look up to him because of his success.
-WarrenBuffett is the 3rd richest man in the world, with an incredible net worth of $82.5 billion. However, despite this fact, Bufet still lives in the home he purchased back when he didn’t even know what a billion dollars looked like.
4.Bernard Arnault-$76B
-Bernard Arnault is the CEO of LVMH (Louis Vitton Moet Hennessey).
Ultimately, the company was formed from merging the 2 businesses Together. LouisVitton is the very successful luxury fashion brand, and Moet Henessy is the merged Champagne and Cognac Manufacturers.
-Bernard has been making serious movements up this list in the past year. In fact, at the beginning of 2017, he was at 13th. Now, a year later, he’s placed at 4th on the list of the 20 richest man on earth in 2019.
5.Mark Zuckerberg-$67.4B
-We all know about Mark Zuckerberg as the founder of Facebook. Facebook has become the most popular and most value company in the world. And it all started in Mark’s dorm room at Harvard University.
-MarkZuckerberg has recently dropped off from the 3rd spot, after losing a lot of his net worth due to the Cambridge data scandal and various other issues causing the Facebook stock prices to fall.
-MarkZuckerberg is now the 5th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $67.4 billion.
6.Larry Ellison-$64.9B
-Larry Ellison is the co-founder of the Oracle Corporation, and he was also the company CEO until September 2014. Over the years, Oracle has become an incredibly successful tech company, now being 39 years old and employing over 136,000 peoples.
-Larry Ellison is 6th on this list of the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $64.9 billion.
7.Amancio Ortega-$62.7B
-Amancio Ortega is a Spanish entrepreneur and founder of the Indi tex fashion group. Inditex owns Zara, and Zara is one of the most popular clothing chains worldwide.
-Ortega recently moved back up to the 6th richest people in the world, after other players on the list have dropped down slightly. However, Ortega’s also lost over $11 billion from his net worth in recent months.
8.Carlos Slim Helu-$60.1B
-Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman and investor man; owner of the conglomerate ‘Grupo Carso’. The conglomerate’s portfolio consists of brands in many different industries, such as health care, media, energy, real estate and retail.
-Carlos is 8th on this list of the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $60.1 billion. In recent months, Carlos Slim has lost almost $6 billion from his net worth, and dropped from 4th to 8th.
9.Michael Bloomberg-$55.5B
-Michael Bloomberg is an American entrepreneur and politician. Bloomberg is the founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P, the financial data and media company. Bloomberg is now seventyfour-74 years old and one of the richest man in the world.
-Michael Bloomberg has added another $5 billion dollars to his net worth in the about 6 months, which has caused him to re-gain his previous position of 9th on this list. His net worth is now estimated at $55.5 billion.
10.Larry Page-$50.8B
-LarryPage is the co-founder of Google, which was founded back in a garage in 1998.
-Google, no doubt, has become the most successful search engine in the world, and the company has gone on to make various acquisitions such as YouTube. Google’s success has made Larry Page one of the richest person in the world.
