Richest man in the world: We know that while many of us are financially cringe, there are many people on earth that doesn’t live their life that way. Although the world saw financial downfall due to weak market forces, we still have 2,153 billionaires in the world. The count has come down 55 from the previous year, which lost their billionaire tag this year.
We have listed the “richest man” in the world and many facts about their life.
5) Carlos Slim Helu – $64 Billion
The richest man alive in Mexico was also the richest man back in 2010 to 2013 dethroning the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. He owns the America Movil which is the biggest mobile telecom firm in Latin America. Apart from this he also owns states in the Mexican construction, consumer goods, and mining and real estate companies and 17% of the New York Times.
4) Bernard Arnault- $76 Billion
Bernard Arnault is the owner of more than 70 multi-million brands which includes brands like Louis Vuitton and Sephora. All his fortune started when his father made profits in construction and started with taking over Dior in 1985 for $15 million. He pledged over $220 million to help repair the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in April 2019. Making him one of the richest men in the world.
3) Warren Buffett- $82.5 Billion
One of the most successful investors of all time. Warren Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway which is the owning company of Geico, Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen. He started at the age of 11 by investing in the stock market and filling his first taxes at the age of 13. He has also promised to give away 99% of his fortune and in 2018 he donated over $3.4 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2) Bill Gates- $ 96.5 Billion
one of the richest man in the world and the longest standing person at the position of ‘richest man on earth’. Bill Gates was on everyone’s mind to be the richest person, and to date, many will take his name if asked about the richest person in the world. He was named the richest person from 2001 to 2007 and lost the place only in 2008 to Warren Buffett. After that he started to donate almost all he earned to his charity foundation ‘Gates Foundation’ that is the biggest private charity foundation in the world. To date Bill Gates has donated more than $ 35.8 billion worth Microsoft stock to the Gates Foundation.
1) Jeff Bezos- $131 Billion
Jeff Bezos is the founder of the e-commerce website giant ‘Amazon’. The journey of Amazon and Jeff is a success story which till date is a lesson for entrepreneurs across the globe. Starting in 1994, Jeff started the biggest e-commerce site from a garage and today it deals all over the globe. As a founder, Jeff preserves 16% of the shares in Amazon. He and his wife are going to get divorced after 25 years of marriage and if this is finally done, then he will have to give away 4% of the Amazon to her which can take away the tag of ‘richest man on earth’ from him. This 4% will make Jeff’s wife one of the richest women on earth. To know more continue on talepost