American businessman Jeff Bezos topped Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people for the third consecutive year, estimating his fortune at $ 113 billion.
Thus, as in the two previous editions, the founder of the e-commerce company Amazon was the only one in 2020 to exceed 100 billion dollars.
Also on the podium for the wealthiest are Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with $ 98 billion, and Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) conglomerate, whose $ 76 billion fortune makes him the richest man in Europe.
They are followed by investor Warren Buffett, with $ 67.5 billion, and the founder of Oracle technology, Larry Ellison, with $ 59 billion.
The ‘ranking’ – which this year includes a total of 2,095 billionaires worldwide with a combined fortune of 8 billion dollars – continues with the owner of brands in the textile industry such as Zara and Inditex, Amancio Ortega ($ 55.1 billion) and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg ($ 54.1 billion).
The ‘top 10’ is completed by the sons of the founder of the Walmart store corporation: Jim, Alice and Rob Walton, with $ 54.6 billion, $ 54.4 billion and $ 54.1 billion, respectively.
The ‘top 10’ of the list:
- Jeff Bezos – $ 113 billion
- Bill Gates – $ 98 billion
- Bernard Arnault – $ 76 billion
- Warren Buffett – $ 67.5 billion
- Larry Ellison – $ 59 billion
- Amancio Ortega – $ 55.1 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg – $ 54.1 billion
- Jim Walton – $ 54.6 billion
- Alice Walton – $ 54.4 billion
- Rob Walton – $ 54.1 billion
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