Alexandara Andresen. |
Bill Gates has been named the world’s richest man yet again
on Forbes’ annual ranking of the richest people on earth.
For a third straight year, the rest of the world’s
billionaires are looking up at Bill Gates and his bulging bankbook.
The 60-year-old Gates, with a $75 billion fortune, claimed
the Forbes top spot for the 17th time in the last 21 years — and that after
losing $4.2 billion of his wealth in the last 12 months.
The Microsoft mogul/philanthropist ranked No. 1 yet again on
the annual Forbes ranking of the richest people on earth, according to the
annual Forbes magazine ranking of the world’s wealthiest people
Mark Zuckerberg |
Closing fast was Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, who jumped from
No. 16 to No. 6 after adding another $11.2 billion to his vast wealth.
Amancio Ortega, 69, the world’s wealthiest realtor, ranked No. 2 with $67 billion |
Amancio Ortega, 69, the world’s wealthiest realtor, ranked
No. 2 with $67 billion, followed by Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim Helu and
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos in the top five.
The highest-ranking New Yorker was Michael Bloomberg, the
former three-term mayor and presidential hopeful, with an estimated net worth
at $40 billion.
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump, with $4.5 billion,
didn’t crack the top 100 of American billionaires. The Donald was No. 121 among
the list of America’s richest, behind one of his fellow New York real estate
titans — Richard LeFrak, ranked 76th with a fortune of $6.3 billion.
Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway (l.) and Mexican
telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helu (r.) landed in the top five on
Forbes' annual list.
The world’s richest self-made woman also made her debut:
Zhou Qunfei, who earned a $5.9 billion fortune off smartphone screens, is
ranked at No. 205. Qunfei is the wealthiest among the 190 women on the list.
Forbes, in its 30th annual ranking of the rich, reported a
total of 1,810 billionaires around the globe, down from the record total of
1,826 in 2014. The U.S. still boasts the most with 540 billionaires, followed
by the 251 in China. There were 221 people who dropped from the billionaire
ranks in 2015. There were a total of 198 newcomers to the ranks, along with a
number who had fallen from the ranks and worked their way back in.
The aggregate net worth of the world’s billionaires is down
is down $570 million, too, to a still-staggering $6.4 trillion.
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