Nobody is protected from adversity, even the most wealthy people. They are threatened not by delinquent loans or deprivation of wages, but by the vicissitudes of the market and fluctuations in prices on the stock exchange. That's list of the richest people in the world 2019, compiled annually by Forbes magazine, fell by 55 billionaires.
Of the remaining 46% lost in income, and the total value of all the rich fell by 400 billion. The changes did not affect only the United States, where the number of billionaires not only did not decrease, but even increased. Apparently, the air of this country has a beneficial effect on capital growth, and most of the richest people in 2019 live there.
Forbes 100 richest people in the world 2019
| A place | Billionaire |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Bezos & family |
| 2 | Bill gates |
| 3 | Warren buffett |
| 4 | Bernard arnault & family |
| 5 | Carlos slim helu & family |
| 6 | Amancio ortega |
| 7 | Larry ellison |
| 8 | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 9 | Michael Bloomberg |
| 10 | Larry page |
| 11 | Charles koch |
| 12 | David Koch |
| 13 | Mukesh Ambani |
| 14 | Sergey Brin |
| 15 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family |
| 16 | Jim walton |
| 17 | Alice walton |
| 18 | Rob walton |
| 19 | Steve ballmer |
| 20 | Ma Huateng |
| 21 | Jack ma |
| 22 | Hui Ka Yan |
| 23 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. |
| 24 | Sheldon Adelson |
| 25 | Michael Dell |
| 26 | Phil knight & family |
| 27 | David Thomson & family |
| 28 | Li ka-shing |
| 29 | Lee shau kee |
| 30 | Francois Pinault & family |
| 31 | Joseph safra |
| 32 | Leonid Mikhelson |
| 33 | Jacqueline mars |
| 34 | John mars |
| 35 | Jorge Paulo Lemann & family |
| 36 | Azim Premji |
| 37 | Dieter Schwarz |
| 38 | Wang jianlin |
| 39 | Giovanni ferrero |
| 40 | Elon Musk |
| 41 | Tadashi Yanai & family |
| 42 | Yang huiyan |
| 43 | Masayoshi son |
| 44 | Jim simons |
| 45 | Vladimir Lisin |
| 46 | Susanne klatten |
| 47 | Vagit Alekperov |
| 48 | Alexey Mordashov |
| 49 | Gennady Timchenko |
| 50 | Leonardo Del Vecchio & family |
| 51 | He Xiangjian |
| 52 | Rupert Murdoch & family |
| 53 | Dietrich Mateschitz |
| 54 | R. Budi Hartono |
| 55 | Laurene Powell Jobs & family |
| 56 | Michael Hartono |
| 57 | Ray dalio |
| 58 | Vladimir Potanin |
| 59 | Len Blavatnik |
| 60 | Stefan Quandt |
| 61 | Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family |
| 62 | Carl Icahn |
| 63 | Lee man tat |
| 64 | Thomas Peterffy |
| 65 | Hinduja brothers |
| 66 | Joseph lau |
| 67 | Lee kun-hee |
| 68 | Donald bren |
| 69 | Takemitsu takizaki |
| 70 | Zhang yiming |
| 71 | Abigail johnson |
| 72 | Stefan Persson |
| 73 | Petr kellner |
| 74 | Iris Fontbona & family |
| 75 | Dhanin chearavanont |
| 76 | Gina rinehart |
| 77 | Lukas walton |
| 78 | Kwong Siu-hing |
| 79 | Mikhail Fridman |
| 80 | Pallonji Mistry |
| 81 | William ding |
| 82 | Leonard Lauder |
| 83 | Lui che woo & family |
| 84 | Shiv nadar |
| 85 | Alain wertheimer |
| 86 | Gerard wertheimer |
| 87 | Charoen sirivadhanabhakdi |
| 88 | Emmanuel besnier |
| 89 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family |
| 90 | Andrey Melnichenko |
| 91 | Li Shufu |
| 92 | Lakshmi Mittal |
| 93 | Heinz Hermann Thiele & family |
| 94 | Colin huang |
| 95 | Hasso Plattner & family |
| 96 | Dietmar Hopp & family |
| 97 | Georg Schaeffler |
| 98 | German Larrea Mota Velasco & family |
| 99 | Zhang Zhidong |
| 100 | Stephen schwarzman |
Top 10 richest people in the world 2019
10. Larry Page
Condition - $ 50.8 billion.
The list of the ten richest and most influential people in the world is opened by the creator of the omniscient Google, which brings creators more than $ 100 billion every year. Alphabet (as the company is now called after the restructuring three years ago) employs about 60 thousand people who work in fifty countries around the world.
Larry himself never completely turned into a toothy businessman and remained to some extent an idealist. In early 2000, he unleashed a corporate war to reduce the managerial stratum, but lost and was fired from his position as CEO. To which, however, he triumphantly returned ten years later.
9. Michael Bloomberg
The fortune is 55.5 billion dollars.
Did Michael know in 1981, when he invested all his money in the Bloomberg LP media holding, that he would eventually become one of the richest people according to Forbes? Probably, he had some premonition (or, at least, hope).
Bloomberg currently owns almost 90% of the company, which brings in $ 9 billion a year. The businessman is no stranger to political ambitions - he is ready to spend at least $ 500 million to prevent Donald Trump from winning the next election.
8. Mark Zuckerberg
Condition - 62.3 billion dollars.
The largest social network in the world, Facebook, started very humbly. Then another 19-year-old student Zuckerberg created it in 2004 to make it easier for fellow students to get to know each other. Eight years later, "Litsokniga" became public. And six years later, Mark had to appear before the US Congress, where he explained how the data of 50 million users suddenly came to the disposal of a consulting firm.
In addition, Facebook received a lot of criticism for its unhealthy atmosphere: the widespread spread of fake news, bullying and abuse. Perhaps that is why (and also because of the media war unleashed against George Soros) Zuckerberg lost almost $ 9 billion last year, thus moving down three positions in the ranking of the richest people in the world in 2019.
7. Larry Ellison
The state is 62.5 billion dollars.
The founding father of Oracle - one of the largest suppliers of server and software - although he left the post of CEO of the company, but still serves on the board of directors. He also holds the position of chief engineer.
Allison managed the Oracle for 37 years (and amassed a multi-billion dollar fortune during this time). Now he turned his attention to Tesla, in December 2018 acquired its shares for $ 3 million and as a result joined the board of directors. And in his spare time, a businessman is trying to create a model of an ideal future on a single Hawaiian island, the purchase of which cost him $ 600 million.
6. Amancio Ortega
Condition - 62.7 billion dollars.
One of the richest people in Europe dresses this very Europe. And not only her. A long time ago, back in 1975, Ortega decided to bet on the so-called. "Fast fashion", when collections of one brand are updated several times a season and always meet the latest fashion trends.
The company Inditex founded by him is known to Russian-speaking customers for one of the most popular brands - Zara. In addition to her and other Spanish fashion brands, Ortega has over 7,000 clothing stores around the world. Ortega dumps his surplus into real estate, buying houses in Spain, England and the United States.
5. Carlos Slim Hel
The fortune is 64 billion dollars.
He is the only Mexican in the top 10 richest billionaires of 2019 according to Forbes. The foundation of his fortune was laid more than a quarter of a century ago, when Carlos, with the support of foreign investors, bought out a stake in the only telephone company in Mexico - Telmex.
And now Elu owns the largest mobile phone company not only in the country of sombreros, guitars and cacti, but throughout Latin America. But his interests are not limited to telecommunications alone: he owns stakes in mining companies, in the service sector, trades in real estate and owns 17% of shares in the New York Times. And in his spare time he collects art objects that anyone can personally contemplate at the open hours in a museum in Mexico City.
4. Bernard Arnault
The state is 76 billion dollars.
A true Frenchman in the realm of American billionaires has achieved his honorable fourth place in the "gold" list, selling accessories and cosmetics. He owns a fashion empire, which includes about 70 brands, including such famous ones as Louis Vitton and Sephora.
Surprisingly, even amid the global crisis, people continue to actively buy luxury accessories. For the past 2018, the income of the titan of the fashion industry LVMH broke all previous records. However, evil tongues hint that this happened mostly due to the entry into the Chinese market. Even oriental beauties could not resist the charm of leather bags with the world famous monogram.
3. Warren Buffett
The fortune is 82.5 billion dollars.
Buffett made his name (and billions) in the investment market. He has such an amazing sense of profit that even seasoned financiers admire him. For his almost supernatural intuition, Warren was nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha".
Buffett now runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than fifty companies. Remember the clockwork rabbit with the drum that "goes on and on"? Yes, Duracell is also in Warren's domain.
As he grows older (the businessman is already 88 years old), he increasingly thinks about the soul and even donated $ 3.4 billion to charity. He also, along with the second place in the rating, Bill Gates, launched a campaign urging billionaires to voluntarily part with half of their fortune. And he himself promised to distribute 99% of his good, which for eight years now has been eagerly awaited by those around him.
2. Bill Gates
Status - $ 96.5 billion.
Every person who owns a personal computer is familiar with the image of "colored windows". The Windows operating system continues to reign supreme in the software field.True, the founding father of Microsoft decided to retire, and, although formally still remains on the company's boards of directors, he sold or donated most of his shares to charity.
Gates is now the world's most generous philanthropist. Together with his wife, he runs the largest charitable foundation (to which he has already donated $ 35.8 billion in Microsoft shares). But Gates is not famous for mercy alone. Two years ago, he decided to go into investment and, together with twenty other wealthy people, opened the investment fund Breakthrough Energy, whose capital is $ 1 billion.
1. Jeff Bezos
Status - 131 billion dollars.
And here is the answer to the question "who is the richest man in the world in 2019" It was this billionaire who once created the giant Amazon retail chain. At that time, the servers of the current leader of online trading were quietly placed in the creator's garage.
Until now, Bezos is the CEO of the company and owns 16% of its shares. Amazon's revenue for the past year was $ 230 billion, and its net profit was more than three times higher than the 2017 result. In addition to this trading giant, the richest man in the world owns The Washington Post and runs Blue Origin, which develops spaceships for commercial use.
True, the status of the King of the Hill made of crisp green bills may soon be shaken due to Jeff's upcoming divorce. Indeed, according to the laws that exist in Washington state, a spouse can claim half of Bezos's fortune (which will automatically make her the richest woman in the world).
The richest woman in the world
Bettencourt Meyers
Status - 49.3 billion
The top 10 richest people in the world in 2019 are all men, but what about the beautiful half of humanity? Alas, the richest woman in the world is only 15th on the overall list. This place is occupied by Betancourt Meyers, the heiress of L'Oreal's capital (it was her grandfather who founded the company at the beginning of the 20th century).
The company is doing very well - its profits for the past year have broken all records of the previous decade, and the total revenue was $ 30.6 billion. Accordingly, Bettencourt's fortune also increased (by $ 7.1 billion, or 17%). The cosmetic giant owes such a big jump in profits to its entry into the Chinese market, which now surpasses even North America in terms of sales.