Why is this man smiling? He is the richest person in the world. Carlos Slim.
Details are on bloomberg.com. Here is the summary list of the top 30 and few other well-known people and number 200.
Net worth: $77.5 billion
YTD change: + $15.6 billion / + 25.3%
Source of wealth: America Movil
Industry: Telecommunications
Citizenship: Mexico
Age: 72
Net worth: $64.4 billion
YTD change: + $8.7 billion / + 15.7%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 57
Net worth: $53.6 billion
YTD change: + $18.4 billion / + 52.1%
Source of wealth: Inditex
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Spain
Age: 76
Net worth: $48.4 billion
YTD change: + $5.7 billion / + 13.2%
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 82
Net worth: $41.8 billion
YTD change: + $5.0 billion / + 13.7%
Source of wealth: IKEA
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Sweden
Age: 86
Net worth: $38.6 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 14.1%
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 77
Net worth: $38.6 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 14.1%
Source of wealth: Koch Industries
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 72
Net worth: $37.2 billion
YTD change: $4.2 billion / + 12.8%
Source of wealth: Oracle
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 68
Net worth: $30.5 billion
YTD change: + $5.4 billion / + 21.4%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 57
Net worth: $29.3 billion
YTD change: + $5.8 billion / + 24.7%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 64
Net worth: $28.7 billion
YTD change: + $5.7 billion / + 24.7%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 68
Net worth: $28.2 billion
YTD change: + $5.6 billion / + 25.0%
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 63
Net worth: $27.0 billion
YTD change: + $4.8 billion / + 21.8%
Source of wealth: Cheung Kong Holdings
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Age: 84
Net worth: $26.0 billion
YTD change: + $4.7 billion / + 21.8%
Source of wealth: Reliance Industries
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: India
Age: 55
Net worth: $24.7 billion
YTD change: + $4.5 billion / + 22.1%
Source of wealth: L’Oreal
Industry: Manufacturing
Citizenship: France
Age: 90
Net worth: $24.7 billion
YTD change: + $2.9 billion / + 13.1%
Source of wealth: Hennes & Mauritz
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Sweden
Age: 65
Net worth: $24.2 billion
YTD change: + $7.6 / + 45.5%
Source of wealth: Amazon.com
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 48
Net worth: $24.1 billion
YTD change: + $3.4 billion / + 16.4%
Source of wealth: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: France
Age: 63
Net worth: $23.0 billion
YTD change: + $3.1 billion / + 15.9%
Source of wealth: Google
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 39
20. Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud
Net worth: $22.9 billion
YTD change: + $5.6 billion / + 32.0%
Source of wealth: Kingdom Holding
Industry: Diversified
Citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Age: 57
Net worth: $22.9 billion
YTD change: + $1.3 billion / + 5.8%
Source of wealth: Thomson Reuters
Industry: Media
Citizenship: Canada
Age: 55
Net worth: $22.8 billion
YTD change: + $3.1 / + 15.7%
Source of wealth: Google
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 39
Net worth: $22.7 billion
YTD change: + $6.1 billion / + 36.7%
Source of wealth: Henderson Land Development
Industry: Real Estate
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Age: 84
Net worth: $22.7 billion
YTD change: – $0.20 billion / – 0.9%
Source of wealth: Aldi
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Germany
Age: 92
Net worth: $22.5 billion
YTD change: + $1.4 billion / + 6.4%
Source of wealth: Ferrero
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: Italy
Age: 87
Net worth: $21.9 billion
YTD change: + $0.64 billion / + 3.0%
Source of wealth: Soros Fund Management
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 82
Net worth: $21.3 billion
YTD change: + $1.4 billion / + 6.9%
Source of wealth: Las Vegas Sands
Industry: Service
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 79
Net worth: $20.4 billion
YTD change: – $2.1 billion / – 9.3%
Source of wealth: OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes
Industry: Energy
Citizenship: Brazil
Age: 56
Net worth: $20.2 billion
YTD change: + $2.7 billion / + 15.8%
Source of wealth: Antofagasta
Industry: Metals and Mining
Citizenship: Chile
Age: n/a
Net worth: $20.1 billion
YTD change: + $0.90 billion / + 4.7%
Source of wealth: Hangzhou Wahaha Group
Industry: Food and Beverage
Citizenship: China
Age: 67
46. Carl Icahn
Net worth: $15.8 billion
YTD change: – $0.36 billion / – 2.2%
Source of wealth: Icahn Enterprises
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 76
49. Steve Ballmer
Net worth: $15.0 billion
YTD change: + $1.6 billion / 11.6%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 56
52. Paul Allen
Net worth: $14.6 billion
YTD change: + $0.40 billion / + 2.8%
Source of wealth: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 59
70. Michael Dell
Net worth: $12.9 billion
YTD change: – $0.38 billion / – 2.9%
Source of wealth: Dell
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 47
77. John Paulson
Net worth: $11.8 billion
YTD change: – $6.5 billion / – 35.5%
Source of wealth: Paulson & Co.
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 56
88. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $10.7 billion
YTD change: – $6.8 billion / – 39.0%
Source of wealth: Facebook
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 28
92. Rupert Murdoch
Net worth: $10.4 billion
YTD change: + $2.6 billion / + 33.6%
Source of wealth: News Corp.
Industry: Media
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 81
143. Giorgio Armani
Net worth: $7.8 billion
YTD change: + $1.6 billion / + 26.7%
Source of wealth: Giorgio Armani
Industry: Retail
Citizenship: Italy
Age: 78
176. Eli Broad
Net worth: $6.6 billion
YTD change: + $0.55 billion / + 9.1%
Source of wealth: Kaufman & Broad Home
Industry: Finance
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 79
200. John Sall
Net worth: $5.8 billion
YTD change: + $1.1 billion / + 24.1%
Source of wealth: SAS Institute
Industry: Technology
Citizenship: U.S.
Age: 64
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