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On the 30th anniversary of the Forbes list of the world's billionaires, for the fourth year in a row, Bill Gates was named the richest man in the world. [5] In 2017, there was a record of 2,043 people on the list, which is the first time over 2,000 people were listed.
It tracks the 500 wealthiest people in the world. [4] The ranking was designed to provide a more transparent and accountable presentation of the world's biggest personal fortunes. [7] At first, the index only tracked the 20 richest people in the world, and then expanded to 100, 200, 400 and later 500 in October 2016. [8]
In the same period, the wealth of the richest 62 people between the World's Billionaires increased by $500bn (£350bn) to $1.76tn. More recently, in 2017 an Oxfam report noted that just eight billionaires have as much net worth as "half the human race".
The movement popularized the term “the 1%,” making it a catchall term for the world’s richest people. The race to become the first trillionaire To be in the top 1% of U.S. earners, a ...
Here’s an even closer look at how the world’s 10 richest people on Forbes’ Billionaires Index list got to where they are. 1. Elon Musk. Elon Musk has a net worth of $214.1 billion.
A little over a century ago, in 1916, legendary robber baron John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire -- probably. Before the age of computerized records and the internet, measuring...
List of richest Americans in history; List of Australians by net worth. Financial Review Rich List; List of Austrians by net worth; List of Belgians by net worth; List of Brazilians by net worth; List of British billionaires by net worth; List of Canadians by net worth; List of Chinese by net worth; List of Cypriots by net worth; List of Czechs ...
6. Bill Gates. Business magnate Bill Gates occupies sixth place on the world's richest people list. Gates has a net worth of $103.9 billion, according to Forbes.