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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".
Gates became the first American to take the top spot of the world's billionaires in 1995 with a net worth of $12.5 billion, and he remained there during the dot-com bubble's height in 1999 when his fortune peaked at $90 billion. After the dot-com bubble started to collapse in 2000, his wealth dropped to $60 billion, although he remained at the ...
One 2009 empirical analysis analyzed an estimated 15–27% of the individuals in the top 0.1% of adjusted gross income (AGI), including top executives, asset managers, law firm partners, professional athletes and celebrities, and highly compensated employees of investment banks. [27]
1 Top 25 richest Americans. 2 See also. 3 References. ... Rank '23 rank Name Net worth in billion US$ Source of wealth Age; 1 : 1: Elon Musk: 244: Tesla, SpaceX: 53 2 ...
This is a list of British billionaires by net worth, based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled by Bloomberg, [1] The Sunday Times, [2] and by Forbes magazine. [3] The lists are incomplete.
The World's Billionaires 2015 edition was the 29th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people. The new list was released online on March 2, 2015. As of 2015, Bill Gates had been placed at the top of this list 16 times.
13.1 (2017) Red Bull Thailand: Sackler [17] Arthur M. Sackler, Mortimer Sackler, Raymond Sackler, Richard Sackler: 13 (2016) Purdue Pharma, Oxycontin United States: Dangote [39] [unreliable source?] Aliko Dangote, Sani Dangote: 13.1 (2017) Dangote Group Nigeria: Roig-Herrero Juan Roig, Hortensia Herrero, Fernando Roig, Fernando Masaveu Herrero ...
[16]: 1, 3 In their 2017 list that ranked Canada's top 100 richest people, Toronto-based Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining, ranked 100th with a net worth of C$875 million, while number 1 on the list—the Toronto-based Thomson family of Thomson Reuters—had a net worth of C$39.13 billion. [17]