April 2014
| Business World Magazine | 91
WORLD’S TOP 10
RICHEST PEOPLE
Now here’s a list everyone would like to be on. Forbes magazine has tracked the fortunes of the
richest people on the plant for more than 25 years, and these days it updates the net worths and
rankings of more than 1,600 billionaires across the globe every day. As of April 10, these were
the people who had the most-desired seats at the table.
Rank Name
Net Worth Age Company/Industry
Country
1
Bill Gates
$77.5B
58
Microsoft
United States
2
Carlos Slim Helu & family $71.5B
74
Telecom
Mexico
3
Amancio Ortega
$64.1B
78
Retail
Spain
4 Warren Buffett
$63.5B
83
Berkshire Hathaway
United States
5
Larry Ellison
$50.5B
69
Oracle
United States
6 Charles Koch
$40.4B
78
Diversified
United States
6 David Koch
$40.4B
73
Diversified
United States
8 Christy Walton & family
$38.5B
59
Wal-Mart
United States
9 Sheldon Adelson
$37.8B
80 Casinos
United States
10 Jim Walton
$36.0B
66
Wal-Mart
United States
