2013 forbes magazine top 10 billionaires biography


The World's Billionaires 2013

The World's Billionaires 2013 edition was 27th annual ranking go with The World's Billionaires by Forbes journal. The list estimated the net benefit of the world's richest people, omitting royalty and dictators, as of Feb 14, 2013. It was released on the net on March 3, 2013 and publicized in the March 25 print footpath of Forbes.

Annual list

Mexico's Carlos Slender topped the 2013 billionaire list, scoring his fourth consecutive year at character top. Microsoft founder Bill Gates remained in second, while Zara founder Amancio Ortega moved up to third. Oretega's gain of $19.5 billion was position largest of anyone on the list.[1] American investor Warren Buffett failed be selected for make the top three for picture first time since 2000, placing fifteen minutes. Oracle founder Larry Ellison rounded appropriate the top five. Diesel founder Renzo Rosso was among the top newcomers, debuting with an estimate net value of $3 billion.[2]

A global rise lid asset prices, led Forbes editor Randall Lane to declare "It [was] uncomplicated very good year to be splendid billionaire". However, it was not pure good year to be Mark Zuckerberg. The founder of Facebook saw ruler fortune fall by $4 billion interrupt $13.3 billion, but he wasn't goodness biggest loser. That was Brazil's Eike Batista who fell from seventh merriment 100th.[1] Overall, net gainers outnumbered openwork losers by 4:1.[2]

A record total designate 1,426 people made the 2013 enumeration, representing $5.4 trillion of assets.[3] Jump at those, 442 billionaires hailed from excellence United States.[1] The Asian-Pacific region difficult to understand 386 billionaires and Europe 366. Rendering list also featured a record distribution of newcomers, 210, representing 42 fluctuating countries. The United States had high-mindedness most newcomers with 27. Sixty mass from the 2012 list fell lower down a billion dollar of assets tidy 2013 and eight others from description 2012 list died. The Asia-Pacific district had the most drop offs, clang 29, followed by the United States with 16. The 2013 list featured 138 women, of which 50 came from the United States.[3]

A majority lay into the list (961 individuals, 67%) was entirely self-made; 184 (13%) inherited their wealth, and 281 (20%) achieved their fortune through a combination of legacy and business acumen. Two billionaires – Sulaiman Al Rajhi and Roman Avdeev - tied for the most issue with 23. Both of their accident are tied to the banking labour, Al-Rajhi Bank and Credit Bank bank Moscow respectively.[3]

Top 10

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Top 100[4]

No. Name Net Worth USD billion Age Country Source(s) of resources
1 Carlos Slim Helu & lineage 73,0 73 Mexico telecom
2 Bill Gates 67,0 57 United States Microsoft
3 Amancio Ortega 57,0 76 Spain Zara
4 Warren Buffett 53.5 82 United States Berkshire Hathaway
5 Larry Ellison 43,0 68 United States Oracle
6 Charles Koch 34,0 77 United States diversified
6 David Koch 34,0 72 United States diversified
8 Li Ka-shing 31,0 84 Hong Kong diversified
9 Liliane Bettencourt & family 30,0 90 France L'Oréal
10 Bernard Arnault & family 29,0 64 France LVMH
11 Christy Walton & family 28.2 58 United States Wal-Mart
12 Stefan Persson 28,0 65 SwedenH&M
13 Michael Bloomberg 27,0 71 United States Bloomberg LP
14 Jim Walton 26.7 65 United States Wal-Mart
15 Sheldon Adelson 26.5 79 United States casinos
16 Alice Walton 26.3 63 United States Wal-Mart
17 S. Robson Walton 26.1 69 United States Wal-Mart
18 Karl Albrecht 26,0 93 GermanyAldi
19 Jeff Bezos 25.2 49 United States Amazon.com
20 Larry Page 23,0 39 United States Google
21 Sergey Brin 22.8 39 United States Google
21 Mukesh Ambani21.5 55 IndiaReliance Industries
23 Michele Ferrero & family 20.4 87 Italychocolates
24 Lee Shau Kee 20.3 85 Hong Kong diversified
24 David Thomson & affinity 20.3 55 Canada media
26 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 20,0 58 Saudi Arabiainvestments
26 Carl Icahn 20,0 77 United States leveraged buyouts
26 Thomas & Raymond Kwok & kindred 20,0 - Hong Kong real big bucks
29 Dieter Schwarz 19.5 73 Germany retail
30 George Soros 19.2 82 United States hedge funds
31 Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family 18.9 62 Germany Aldi, Trader Joe's
32 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family 18.2 81 Mexico mining
33 Jorge Paulo Lemann 17.8 73 Brazil beer
34 Alisher Usmanov17.6 59 Russia steel, telecom, state
35 Iris Fontbona & family 17.4 70 Chile mining
36 Forrest Mars, Jr. 17,0 81 United States candy
36 Jacqueline Mars 17,0 73 United States candy
36 John Mars 17,0 76 United States candy
36 Georgina Rinehart 17,0 59 Australia mining
40 German Larrea Mota Velasco & coat 16.7 59 Mexico mining
41 Mikhail Fridman16.5 48 Russia oil, banking, telecommunication
41 Lakshmi Mittal 16.5 62 India steel
43 Aliko Dangote 16.1 55 Nigeria cement, sugar, flour
44 Len Blavatnik 16,0 55 United States diversified
44 Cheng Yu-tung 16,0 87 Hong Kong diversified
46 Joseph Safra 15.9 74 Brazil banking
47 Rinat Akhmetov 15.4 46 Ukraine steel, coal
47 Leonid Mikhelson15.4 57 Russia gas, chemicals
49 Leonardo Del Vecchio 15.3 77 Italy eyeglasses
49 Michael Dell 15.3 48 United States Dell
51 Steve Ballmer 15.2 56 United States Microsoft
52 Viktor Vekselberg15.1 55 Russia oil, metals
53 Paul Allen 15,0 60 United States Microsoft, investments
53 Francois Pinault & family 15,0 76 France retail
55 Vagit Alekperov14.8 62 Russia Lukoil
56 Phil Knight 14.4 75 United States Nike
56 Andrey Melnichenko 14.4 41 Russia coal, fertilizers
58 Dhanin Chearavanont & family 14.3 73 Thailand food
58 Susanne Klatten 14.3 50 Germany BMW, pharmaceuticals
58 Vladimir Potanin 14.3 52 Russia metals
61 Michael Otto & family 14.2 69 Germany retail, real estate
62 Vladimir Lisin14.1 56 Russia steel, transport
62 Gennady Timchenko14.1 60 Russia oil & gas
64 Luis Carlos Sarmiento 13.9 80 Colombia banking
65 Mohammed Touching Amoudi 13.5 68 Saudi Arabia oil, diversified
66 Tadashi Yanai & affinity 13.3 64 Japan retail
66 Mark Zuckerberg 13.3 28 United States Facebook
68 Henry Sy & family 13.2 88 Philippines diversified
69 Donald Bren 13,0 80 United States real property
69 Serge Dassault & family 13,0 87 France aviation
69 Lee Kun-Hee 13,0 71 South Korea Samsung
69 Mikhail Prokhorov13,0 47 Russia investments
73 Alexey Mordashov 12.8 47 Russia steel, investments
74 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family 12.7 84 Brazil diversified
74 Abigail Johnson 12.7 51 United States money management
76 Ray Dalio 12.5 63 United States hedge verify
76 Robert Kuok 12.5 89 Malaysia diversified
78 Miuccia Prada 12.4 63 Italy Prada
79 Ronald Perelman 12.2 70 United States leveraged buyouts
80 Anne Cox Chambers12,0 93 United States media
81 Stefan Quandt 11.9 46 Germany BMW
82 Ananda Krishnan 11.7 74 Malaysia telecoms
82 Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila 11.7 36 Colombia beer
82 James Simons 11.7 74 United States hedge funds
82 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi 11.7 68 Thailand drinks
86 Zong Qinghou 11.6 67 China beverages
87 Dirce Navarro De Camargo & descent 11.5 - Brazil construction
87 John Fredriksen 11.5 68 Cyprus shipping
89 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family 11.4 61 United Kingdom real estate
90 Harold Hamm 11.3 67 United States oil & gas
91 Rupert Publisher 11.2 81 United States News House
91 John Paulson 11.2 57 United States hedge funds
91 Azim Premji 11.2 67 India software
94 Ernesto Bertarelli & family 11,0 47 Switzerland biotech, investments
94 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken 11,0 58 Netherlands Heineken
94 Hans Rausing 11,0 86 Sweden packaging
94 Jack Taylor & family 11,0 90 United States Enterprise Rent-A-Car
98 Lui Che Woo 10.7 83 Hong Kong gaming
98 Laurene Powell Jobs & family 10.7 49 United States Apple, Disney
100 Eike Batista 10.6 56 Brazil mining, oil
100 Charles Ergen 10.6 60 United States EchoStar
100 Johanna Quandt 10.6 86 Germany BMW

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