The ranks of the world’s
billionaires, as monitored and tallied by our global wealth team, have yet
again reached all-time highs. The 2013 Forbes Billionaires list now boasts
1,426 names, with an aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion.
We found 210 new ten-figure fortunes. Once again the U.S. leads the list with
442 billionaires, followed by Asia-Pacific (386), Europe (366), the Americas
(129) and the Middle East & Africa (103).
Resurgent
asset prices are the driving force behind the rising wealth of the super-rich
around the globe. While last year almost as many fortunes fell as rose, this
year gainers outnumbered losers by 4-to-1. Many new names made the list thanks
to free-spending consumers. To name a few: Diesel jeans mogul Renzo Rosso at $3
billion, retailer Bruce Nordstrom at $1.2 billion and designer Tory Burch at $1
billion.
Carlos Slim is once again the
world’s richest person, followed by Bill Gates. Amancio Ortega of Spanish
retailer Zara moves up to No. 3 for the first time. He is the year’s biggest
gainer, adding $19.5 billion to his fortune in one year. He moves ahead of
Warren Buffett, despite the fact that the U.S. investing legend added $9.5
billion to his fortune. This is the first year since 2000 that Buffett has not
been among the top 3. The year’s biggest loser is Brazilian Eike Batista, whose
fortune dropped by $19.4 billion, or equivalent to about $50 million a day. His
rank falls from no. 7 to no. 100 in the world. Below is the list for the top 50.
| Rank |
/Name |
Net Worth |
Age |
Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|
| 1 |
Carlos Slim Helu & family
|
$73 B |
73 |
telecom |
| Mexico |
| 2 |
Bill Gates
|
$67 B |
58 |
Microsoft |
| United States |
| 3 |
Amancio Ortega
|
$57 B |
77 |
Zara |
| Spain |
| 4 |
Warren Buffett
|
$53.5 B |
83 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| United States |
| 5 |
Larry Ellison
|
$43 B |
69 |
Oracle |
| United States |
| 6 |
Charles Koch
|
$34 B |
78 |
diversified |
| United States |
| 7 |
David Koch
|
$34 B |
73 |
diversified |
| United States |
| 8 |
Li Ka-shing
|
$31 B |
85 |
diversified |
| Hong Kong |
| 9 |
Liliane Bettencourt & family
|
$30 B |
91 |
L'Oreal |
| France |
| 10 |
Bernard Arnault & family
|
$29 B |
64 |
LVMH |
| France |
| 11 | 
Christy Walton & family
| $28.2 B | 59 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 12 | 
Stefan Persson
| $28 B | 66 | H&M | Sweden |
| 13 | 
Michael Bloomberg
| $27 B | 71 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 14 | 
Jim Walton
| $26.7 B | 66 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 15 | 
Sheldon Adelson
| $26.5 B | 80 | casinos | United States |
| 16 | 
Alice Walton
| $26.3 B | 64 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 17 | 
S. Robson Walton
| $26.1 B | 70 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 | 
Karl Albrecht
| $26 B | 93 | Aldi | Germany |
| 19 | 
Jeff Bezos
| $25.2 B | 49 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 20 | 
Larry Page
| $23 B | 40 | Google | United States |
| 21 | 
Sergey Brin
| $22.8 40 | | Google | United States |
| 22 | 
Mukesh Ambani
| $21.5 B 56 | | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 23 | 
Michele Ferrero & family
| $20.4 B 88 | | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 | 
Lee Shau Kee
| $20.3 B 85 | | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 25 | 
David Thomson & family
| $20.3 B 56 | | media | Canada |
| 26 | 
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
| $20 B 58 |
| investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 | 
Carl Icahn
| $20 B 77 |
| leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 28 | 
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family
| $20 B | - | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 29 |
Dieter Schwarz
| $19.5 B | 74 | retail | Germany |
| 30 | 
George Soros
| $19.2 B | 83 | hedge funds | United States |
| 31 |
Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family
| $18.9B | 63 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany |
| 32 | 
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family
| $18.2 B | 82 | mining | Mexico |
| 33 | 
Jorge Paulo Lemann
| $17.8 B | 74 | beer | Brazil |
| 34 | 
Alisher Usmanov
| $17.6 B | 60 | steel, telecom, investments | Russia |
| 35 | 
Iris Fontbona & family
| $17.4 B | 71 | mining | Chile |
| 36 | 
Forrest Mars, Jr.
| $17 B | 82 | candy | United States |
| 37 | 
Jacqueline Mars
| $17 B | 74 | candy | United States |
| 38 |
John Mars
| $17 B | 77 | candy | United States |
| 39 | 
Georgina Rinehart
| $17 B | 59 | mining | Australia |
| 40 |
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family
| $16.7 B | 60 | mining | Mexico |
| 41 | 
Mikhail Fridman
| $16.5 B | 49 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 42 | 
Lakshmi Mittal
| $16.5 B | 63 | steel | India |
| 43 | 
Aliko Dangote
| $16.1 B | 56 | cement, sugar, flour | Nigeria |
| 44 | 
Len Blavatnik
| $16 B | 56 | diversified | United States |
| 45 | 
Cheng Yu-tung
| $16 B | 88 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 46 | 
Joseph Safra
| $15.9 B | 75 | banking | Brazil |
| 47 | 
Rinat Akhmetov
| $15.4 B | 47 | steel, coal | Ukraine |
| 48 | 
Leonid Mikhelson
| $15.4 B | 58 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| 49 | 
Leonardo Del Vecchio
| $15.3 B | 78 | eyeglasses | Italy |
| 50 | 
Michael Dell
| $15.3 B | 48 | Dell | United States |
Source:
Forbes
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