Sunday, April 6, 2014

Top 100 Richest People (Billionaires) in The World - 2014

   As Human Beings, we wake up in the morning and go out to work, to school and to other various destinations almost everyday but if we should think about it properly, we'd see that we do almost everything we do (directly or indirectly) in order to be successful and rich (although some of us don't want to be filthy rich while some want to be). As far as am concerned, the desire to be rich always flow in our mind but at the same time, there are so many people up there who are already on the top spot of the richest people in the world. Do you think you can pull them down and make the list of the world's richest ?


Forbes Richest People in The World - 2014

   Well, its up to you to keep working hard and think uniquely, who knows maybe your name will appear on this list by next year. Well, here is the list of the richest people in the world as of today - 6th April, 2014. This list was culled from Forbes and I know you won't doubt the list. :-)



Rank Name Net Worth
 Age Source Country of Citizenship
#1 Bill Gates $77.2 B
58 Microsoft United States
#2 Carlos Slim Helu & family $71.9 B
74 Telecom Mexico
#3 Amancio Ortega $65.3 B
78 Retail Spain
#4 Warren Buffett $63.5 B
83 Berkshire Hathaway United States
#5 Larry Ellison $49.4 B
69 Oracle United States
#6 Charles Koch $40.6 B
78 Diversified United States
#6 David Koch $40.6 B
73 Diversified United States
#8 Sheldon Adelson $38.1 B
80 Casinos United States
#9 Christy Walton & family $38.1 B
59 Wal-Mart United States
#10 Jim Walton $35.7 B
66 Wal-Mart United States
#11 Alice Walton $35.3 B
64 Wal-Mart United States
#12 S. Robson Walton $35.2 B
70 Wal-Mart United States
#13 Bernard Arnault & family $34.1 B
65 LVMH France
#14 Liliane Bettencourt & family $33.8 B
91 L'Oreal France
#15 Li Ka-shing $33.6 B
85 Diversified Hong Kong

#16 Stefan Persson $32.5 B
66 H&M Sweden
#17 Michael Bloomberg $32.1 B
72 Bloomberg LP United States
#18 Jeff Bezos $29.8 B
50 Amazon.com United States
#19 Larry Page $29.8 B
41 Google United States
#20 Sergey Brin $29.5 B
40 Google United States
#21 Michele Ferrero & family $26.4 B
88 Chocolates Italy
#22 Karl Albrecht $25.9 B
94 retail Germany
#23 Mark Zuckerberg $25.3 B
29 Facebook United States
#24 Aliko Dangote $24.6 B
56 Cement, Sugar, Flour Nigeria
#25 Dieter Schwarz $23.3 B
74 Retail Germany
#26 David Thomson & family $23.1 B
56 Media Canada
#27 Carl Icahn $23.0 B
78 Investments United States
#28 George Soros $23.0 B
83 Hedge Funds United States
#29 Mukesh Ambani $22.0 B
56 Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas India
#30 Lui Che Woo $21.6 B
84 Casinos Hong Kong
#31 Jorge Paulo Lemann $21.2 B
74 Beer Brazil
#32 Leonardo Del Vecchio $20.4 B
78 Eyeglasses Italy
#33 Lee Shau Kee $20.4 B
86 Diversified Hong Kong
#34 Steve Ballmer $20.2 B
58 Microsoft United States
#35 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.1 B
59 Investments Saudi Arabia
#36 Theo Albrecht Jr & family $19.6 B
63 Aldi, Trader Joe's Germany
#37 Forrest Mars Jr $19.6 B
82 Candy United States
#37 Jacqueline Mars $19.6 B
74 Candy United States
#37 John Mars $19.6 B
77 Candy United States
#40 Len Blavatnik $19.4 B
56 Diversified United States
#41 Michael Otto & family $18.9 B
70 Retail, Real Estate Germany
#42 Tadashi Yanai & family $18.6 B
65 Retail Japan
#43 Masayoshi Son $18.6 B
56 Internet, Telecom Japan
#44 Susanne Klatten $18.4 B
51 BMW, Pharmaceuticals Germany
#45 Phil Knight $18.2 B
76 Nike United States
#46 Gina Rinehart $18.0 B
60 Mining Australia
#47 Michael Dell $17.6 B
49 Dell United States
#48 Abigail Johnson $17.6 B
52 Money Management United States
#49 Mikhail Fridman $17.6 B
49 Oil, Banking, Telecom Russia
#50 Alisher Usmanov $17.6 B
60 Steel & Mining, Telecom, Investments Russia
#51 Viktor Vekselberg $17.5 B
56 Metals, Energy Russia
#52 Lakshmi Mittal $16.7 B
63 Steel India
#53 Joseph Safra $16.7 B
75 Banking Brazil
#54 Harold Hamm $16.5 B
68 Oil & Gas United States
#55 Stefan Quandt $16.3 B
47 BMW Germany
#56 Charles Ergen $16.0 B
61 Dish Network United States
#57 Paul Allen $15.9 B
61 Microsoft, Investments United States
#58 Vladimir Lisin $15.6 B
57 Steel, Transport Russia
#59 Azim Premji $15.6 B
68 Software India
#60 Luis Carlos Sarmiento $15.6 B
81 Banking Colombia
#61 Georg Schaeffler $15.5 B
49 Ball bearings Germany
#62 Cheng Yu-tung $15.5 B
88 Diversified Hong Kong
#63 Francois Pinault & family $15.4 B
77 Retail France
#64 Mohammed Al Amoudi $15.4 B
67 Oil, Diversified Saudi Arabia
#65 Anne Cox Chambers $15.3 B
94 Media United States
#66 Wang Jianlin $15.2 B
59 Real Estate China
#67 Iris Fontbona & family $14.7 B
71 Mining Chile
#68 Donald Bren $14.5 B
81 Real Estate United States
#69 Serge Dassault & family $14.5 B
89 Aviation France
#70 Ray Dalio $14.4 B
64 Hedge Funds United States
#71 Laurene Powell Jobs & family $14.3 B
50 Apple, Disney United States
#72 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family $14.2 B
60 Mining Mexico
#73 Johanna Quandt $14.1 B
87 BMW Germany
#74 Ronald Perelman $14.1 B
71 Leveraged Buyouts United States
#75 Leonid Mikhelson $14.0 B
58 Gas, Chemicals Russia
#76 John Fredriksen $13.8 B
69 Shipping Cyprus
#77 Gennady Timchenko $13.8 B
61 Oil & Gas Russia
#78 Rupert Murdoch & family $13.6 B
83 Media United States
#79 Pallonji Mistry $13.5 B
84 Construction Ireland
#80 John Paulson $13.5 B
58 Hedge Funds United States
#81 Vladimir Potanin $13.2 B
53 Metals Russia
#82 Vagit Alekperov $13.2 B
63 Lukoil Russia
#83 Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family $13.1 B
- Real Estate Hong Kong
#84 Ma Huateng $13.1 B
42 Internet Media China
#85 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family $13.0 B
62 Real Estate United Kingdom
#86 James Simons $12.5 B
75 Hedge Funds United States
#87 Jack Taylor & family $12.5 B
91 Enterprise Rent-A-Car United States
#88 Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila & family $12.4 B
37 Beer Colombia
#89 Dilip Shanghvi $12.4 B
58 Pharmaceuticals India
#90 Ernesto Bertarelli & family $12.1 B
48 Biotech, Investments Switzerland
#91 Hans Rausing $12.0 B
88 Packaging Sweden
#92 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family $12.0 B
82 Mining Mexico
#93 Dhanin Chearavanont & family $12.0 B
74 Food Thailand
#94 Ananda Krishnan $11.9 B
76 Telecom Malaysia
#95 David & Simon Reuben $11.7 B
71 Investments, Real Estate United Kingdom
#96 Henry Sy & family $11.7 B
89 Diversified Philippines
#97 Robert Kuok $11.6 B
90 Diversified Malaysia
#98 Rinat Akhmetov $11.6 B
47 Steel, Coal Ukraine
#99 Andrey Melnichenko $11.5 B
42 Coal, Fertilizers Russia
#100 Zong Qinghou $11.5 B
68 Beverages China


   What do you think about this list ? Hope you noticed that most of the world's richest are from the United States of America and most of them are in the Online, Internet and Tech Related category. What other things do you noticed about this list ? Feel free to drop your comments & contributions by making use of the comment box. Kindly share this interesting article with your friends by using the share buttons below and don't forget to subscribe to our free email updates in order to receive our upcoming posts directly into your mailbox. Have a wonderful week, Cheers !!!

7 comments:

  1. When Ever I view this list of Richest persons in the whole world I will be motivated. By His grace we shall get there.

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    1. Nice One Eze, The Sky is just the starting point for you Bro... Goodluck !!!

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  2. Am on d way to making the list, take note of d name oo

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    1. Noted !!! Ukpebor Joel. I'm hoping to see your name there by next year ooh *winks*

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  3. Just be expecting me am to young to make noise because am a computer polymath

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  4. how come my name is not there? My name should be there- Iboro Gabriel

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    1. Maybe you need to work harder and make more money if you want your name to be there...*winks*

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