World's Billionaires

1. Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos tops the list with a net worth of $130.5 billion.

Earlier, it was Bill Gates that come to everyone’s mind when they think or read about the richest people in the world. But this has changed recently and it is now Jeff Bezos. If you have heard about Amazon and then you should be aware of Jeff Bezos. He is the founder of this company and this is a very popular web company across the world. They deliver products to almost all parts of the world. He started Amazon as a small bookstore from his bedroom and the sales were also pretty slow at the beginning. But once his company started to gain sales, it has never looked back again. In the year 2019, Jeff Bezos has earned this first place in the list of wealthiest people in the world after a sum of $40 billion got added to his net worth. This $40 billion has changed his life now. He is called the richest person in the world.

2. Bill Gates

Bill Gates is a person who needs no introduction at all. In fact, after you started reading this article, this name must have been the first name that stuck in your mind. You must also have been surprised by reading the name Jeff Bezos in the top. But that just happened recently, and till then it was Bill Gates who topped this list. Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft Company and he founded this company along with Paul Allen in the year 1975. Since the day one of its formation, this company has been on the top of the PC software companies across the world. His net worth was $82.2 Billion till last, when he gained almost $10 billion. Adding this to his net worth, it is now $92.2 billion and makes him stand second in the list.

3. Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO and an American investor and entrepreneur is Warren Buffett. He is very successful in the investment market and there are many investors who get inspired by his success and skills. His net worth is $91.3 billion and he stands third in the list of top Billionaires in the world. This person Warren Buffett is more popular as “Oracle of Omaha”. He was the son of the United States Congressman and he first bought his stock at the age of 11 years. Do you have any idea about when did he pay his first tax? It was at the age of 13, he filed his first tax. If you have heard about the THE GIVING PLEDGE”, which was launched in the year 2010, then you must be aware of that it was Warren Buffett and Bill Gates who started this pledge asking the billionaires to donate half of their wealth for some helpful charitable cause. He is a very generous man that you can ever find and he still living in his old house that he bought when you did not even have one billion shows his simplicity.

4. Bernard Arnault

Louis Vitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH) is a company that was formed with the merger of two different companies and Bernard Arnault is the Chief Executive Officer of this company. Louis Vitton is the luxury fashion brand company and Moet Hennessey is a champagne manufacturing company. Bernard Arnault is a very hard working businessman and his progress in this list since 2017 talks about his hard work. In the year 2017, he was in the 14^th place and now he has successfully made it to the 4^th place. His net worth is $75.7 billion.

5. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is another very popular name in this list and known to most of the people in the world. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of the largest social media company Facebook. His idea to start a social media company like this has started long back, when he was a student of Harvard University in his dorm room. In the year 2004. He dropped from college at the age of 19 years. In the year 2012, he made Facebook public. This year, he has earned a net worth of $30 and this has moved him one position up and now he is fifth in the list of the world’s richest people. Many people predict that he is still capable of climbing the list and he will make it to top some day. His net worth is $74.6 Billion and he just owns a stock of 17 percent in Facebook.

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