RICHEST PEOPLE OF 2013
1.Carlos
slim helu
Net worth :
73 billion
Country :
Mexico
Source of
wealth : Telecom
Mexico telecom
Mogul retains his spot as the worlds richest man for the fourth year in a row
2.Bille
gates
Net worth :
67 billion
Country :
U.S.A
Source of
wealth : Microsoft
Bill Gates'
net worth rose $6 billion from last March due to gains in his investment
portfolio; his holdings include tech hygiene firm Ecolab, waste collector
Republic Services and Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA. In February the first 12
non-Americans joined Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, in which
the ultra-wealthy pledge to give away at least half their net worth to charity.
3.Amancio
Ortega
Net worth:
$57 billion
Country: Spain
Source of wealth: Zara
Amancio Ortega is this year's biggest gainer; his fortune is up $19.5 billion, pushing his fortune to a record high and moving him ahead of Warren Buffett. While he's no longer chairman of clothing retailer Inditex (he stepped down in 2011), he controls nearly 60% of the company's shares, which were up more than 50%. The company, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has nearly 5,900 stores in 86 countries.
Country: Spain
Source of wealth: Zara
Amancio Ortega is this year's biggest gainer; his fortune is up $19.5 billion, pushing his fortune to a record high and moving him ahead of Warren Buffett. While he's no longer chairman of clothing retailer Inditex (he stepped down in 2011), he controls nearly 60% of the company's shares, which were up more than 50%. The company, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has nearly 5,900 stores in 86 countries.
4.Warren Buffett
Net worth: $53.5 billion
Country: U.S.
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Although Buffett is the year's second biggest gainer, adding $9.5 billion to his fortune, it is the first time since 2000 that he has not been among the three richest billionaires in the world. In February, Buffett announced a deal with Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital to snap up iconic ketchup producer H.J. Heinz Co. for $23.2 billion.
5.Larry Ellison
Net worth: $43 billion
Country: U.S.
Source of wealth: Oracle
The world's fifth-richest man is $7 billion wealthier than a year ago, thanks to a more than 20% jump in the value of his Oracle stock. In the past year, the software mogul has been on a real estate buying spree, acquiring properties in Malibu and 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai from billionaire David Murdock for a reported $500 million. He just added Hawaiian airline Island Air to his holdings.
6.Charles Koch
Source: U.S.
Source of wealth: Diversified
Koch and his brother David together own 84% of Koch Industries, the second biggest private company in America. Forbes estimates it sales at $115 billion, up from $100 billion a year ago. The company, which has big investments in refining and chemicals, is thriving amid falling natural-gas prices and recovering demand. It is also getting a boost from improving operations at Koch's Georgia-Pacific, manufacturer of Brawny paper towels, Dixie Cups and Angel Soft toilet paper. The siblings are each up $9 billion a piece.
7.David Koch
Net worth: $34 billion
Country: U.S.
Source of wealth: Diversified
David Koch is once again New York City's richest resident, running the chemical technology side of Koch Industries from his Manhattan base. His fortune climbed $9 billion since last year, mostly on surging refining and chemical profits as the price of natural gas, an important feedstock, fell. Things didn't go as well on the political front as they failed in their quest to oust Barack Obama. "Bitterly disappointing," he told Forbes after the election.
8.Li Ka-shing
Country: Hong Kong
Source of wealth: Diversified
Once again, Li Ka-shing is Asia’s richest person and the only one from the region among the world’s top 20 richest. His fortune jumped $5.5 billion to $31 billion, as shares of his biggest holdings all rose 10% or more. He also received 2012 dividends of $860 million.
9.Liliane Bettencourt & family
Country: France
Source of wealth: L'OrealLiliane Bettencourt, the 90-year-old L'Oreal heiress who suffers from dementia, is the world's richest woman, thanks to a 30% increase in the value of the French cosmetic firm's shares that drove up her net worth by $6 billion year over year. Her daughter Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers is guardian of the fortune, while her grandson Jean-Victor Meyers sits on L'Oreal's board.
10.Bernard Arnault
Country: France
Source of wealth: LVMH
The world's most influential tastemaker -- he controls fashion companies such as Louis Vuitton and Bulgari - slips from no. 4 to no. 10 in the world, due to more information about his complex shareholdings.
source : www.forbes.com
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