Aliko Dangote Maintains Top Richest In Africa As Bill Gates Top As World’s Richest Man - Forbs

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Over 1,645 billionaires with an aggregate networth of $6.4 trillion, up $5.4 trillion from last year, by the  were listed  by Forbes in latest ranking .

After a 4-year wait , Bill Gates is back as the World’s richest person after his fortune rose by $9 billion. He  re-calimed his position which was formerly occupied by  telecom business mogul Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico who has been number one for over 4 years .
Aliko Dangote  of the Dangote Group CEO is still Africa’s richest man. Aliko moves up 20 spots, breaking into the top 25.For the female folk ,a  new  record profiles 42 new women billionaires, making it 172 women in total.

Here are the Top 30 Billionaires 


 Rank Name Net Worth Age Source Country of Citizenship
 #1 Bill Gates    $76 B 58 Microsoft                    United States
 #2 Carlos Slim Helu & family $72 B 74 telecom Mexico
 #3 Amancio Ortega $64 B 77 retail                Spain
 #4 Warren Buffett $58.2 B 83 Berkshire Hathaway  United States
 #5 Larry Ellison $48 B 69 Oracle                 United States
Continue to see the remaining 25

 #6 Charles Koch $40 B 78 diversified                  United States
 #6 David Koch $40 B 73 diversified                 United States
 #8 Sheldon Adelson $38 B 80 casinos            United States
 #9 Christy Walton & family $36.7 B 59 Wal-Mart United States
 #10 Jim Walton $34.7 B 66 Wal-Mart United States
 #11 Liliane Bettencourt & family $34.5 B 91 L'Oreal France
 #12 Stefan Persson $34.4 B 66 H&M Sweden
 #13 Alice Walton $34.3 B 64 Wal-Mart United States
 #14 S. Robson Walton $34.2 B 70 Wal-Mart United States
 #15 Bernard Arnault & family $33.5 B 64 LVMH France
 #16 Michael Bloomberg $33 B 72 Bloomberg LP United States
 #17 Larry Page $32.3 B 40 Google United States
 #18 Jeff Bezos $32 B 50 Amazon.com United States
 #19 Sergey Brin $31.8 B 40 Google United States
 #20 Li Ka-shing $31 B 85 diversified  Hong Kong
 #21 Mark Zuckerberg $28.5 B 29 Facebook   United States
 #22 Michele Ferrero & family $26.5 B 88 chocolates Italy
 #23 Karl Albrecht $25 B 94 retail                              Germany
 #23 Aliko Dangote $25 B 56 cement, sugar, flour      Nigeria
 #25 Carl Icahn $24.5 B 78 investments                   United States
 #26 George Soros $23 B 83 hedge funds           United States
 #27 David Thomson & family $22.6 B 56 media  Canada
 #28 Lui Che Woo $22 B 84 casinos                    Hong Kong
 #29 Dieter Schwarz $21.1 B 74 retail                     Germany
 #30 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.4 B 58 investments Saudi Arabia

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