The wealthiest people in the world got a little less rich over the last year. Some blame dropping oil prices, a few got caught up in corruption scandals and most fortunes were squeezed by falling currencies and a sluggish global economy.
Still, 1,810 billionaires made this year’s World’s Billionaires List, with a total net worth of $6.48 trillion, down from $7.05 trillion last year. Altogether, 221 former billionaires dropped out of the rankings, while 198 newcomers joined for the first time.
Meanwhile, the richest 500 individuals tell their own story. They are worth a collective $4.16 trillion, of the $6.48 trillion total. In other words, 28% of the richest people in the world are responsible for 64% of all billionaires’ wealth. Of these, 183 are U.S. citizens; 149 are European; 119 are from the Asia-Pacific region; 32 are from the Americas (excluding the United States); and 17 are from Middle East and Africa.
Beyond the numbers, their businesses touch every industry in each corner of the globe, weaving their brands across the fabric of society.
What follows below is a simple list of those 500.
1. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $75 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft
2. Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $67 B
Source of wealth: Zara
3. Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $60.8 B
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
4. Carlos Slim Helu
Net Worth: $50 B
Source of wealth: telecom
5. Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $45.2 B
Source of wealth: Amazon.com
6. Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $44.6 B
Source of wealth: Facebook
7. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $43.6 B
Source of wealth: Oracle
8. Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $40 B
Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
9. Charles Koch
Net Worth: $39.6 B
Source of wealth: diversified
10. David Koch
Net Worth: $39.6 B
Source of wealth: diversified
11. Liliane Bettencourt
Net Worth: $36.1 B
Source of wealth: L'Oreal
12. Larry Page
Net Worth: $35.2 B
Source of wealth: Google
13. Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $34.4 B
Source of wealth: Google
14. Bernard Arnault
Net Worth: $34 B
Source of wealth: LVMH
15. Jim Walton
Net Worth: $33.6 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
16. Alice Walton
Net Worth: $32.3 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
17. S. Robson Walton
Net Worth: $31.9 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
18. Jianlin Wang
Net Worth: $28.7 B
Source of wealth: real estate
19. Jorge Paulo Lemann
Net Worth: $27.8 B
Source of wealth: beer
20. Ka-shing Li
Net Worth: $27.1 B
Source of wealth: diversified
21. Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.
Net Worth: $25.9 B
Source of wealth: supermarkets
22. Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $25.2 B
Source of wealth: casinos
23. George Soros
Net Worth: $24.9 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
24. Phil Knight
Net Worth: $24.4 B
Source of wealth: Nike
25. David Thomson
Net Worth: $23.8 B
Source of wealth: media
26. Steve Ballmer
Net Worth: $23.5 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft
27. Forrest Mars
Net Worth: $23.4 B
Source of wealth: candy
28. Jacqueline Mars
Net Worth: $23.4 B
Source of wealth: candy
29. John Mars
Net Worth: $23.4 B
Source of wealth: candy
30. Maria Franca Fissolo
Net Worth: $22.1 B
Source of wealth: Nutella, Chocolates
31. Shau Kee Lee
Net Worth: $21.5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
32. Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $20.8 B
Source of wealth: H&M
33. Jack Ma
Net Worth: $20.5 B
Source of wealth: Alibaba
34. Theo Albrecht
Net Worth: $20.3 B
Source of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe's
35. Michael Dell
Net Worth: $19.8 B
Source of wealth: Dell
36. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $19.3 B
Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas
37. Leonardo Del Vecchio
Net Worth: $18.7 B
Source of wealth: eyeglasses
38. Susanne Klatten
Net Worth: $18.5 B
Source of wealth: BMW, pharmaceuticals
39. Georg Schaeffler
Net Worth: $18.1 B
Source of wealth: ball bearings
40. Paul Allen
Net Worth: $17.5 B
Source of wealth: Microsoft, investments
41. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Net Worth: $17.3 B
Source of wealth: investments
42. Joseph Safra
Net Worth: $17.2 B
Source of wealth: banking
43. Carl Icahn
Net Worth: $17 B
Source of wealth: investments
44. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $16.7 B
Source of wealth: Apple, Disney
45. Dilip Shanghvi
Net Worth: $16.7 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
46. Huateng Ma
Net Worth: $16.6 B
Source of wealth: internet portal
47. Dieter Schwarz
Net Worth: $16.4 B
Source of wealth: retail
48. Ray Dalio
Net Worth: $15.6 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
49. Stefan Quandt
Net Worth: $15.6 B
Source of wealth: BMW
50. James Simons
Net Worth: $15.5 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
51. Aliko Dangote
Net Worth: $15.4 B
Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour
52. Michael Otto
Net Worth: $15.4 B
Source of wealth: retail, real estate
53. Len Blavatnik
Net Worth: $15.3 B
Source of wealth: diversified
54. Donald Bren
Net Worth: $15.1 B
Source of wealth: real estate
55. Azim Premji
Net Worth: $15 B
Source of wealth: software services
56. Serge Dassault
Net Worth: $14.7 B
Source of wealth: aviation
57. Tadashi Yanai
Net Worth: $14.6 B
Source of wealth: retail
58. Yu-tung Cheng
Net Worth: $14.5 B
Source of wealth: diversified
59. Hinduja
Net Worth: $14.5 B
Source of wealth: Hinduja Group
60. Leonid Mikhelson
Net Worth: $14.4 B
Source of wealth: gas, chemicals
61. David & Simon Reuben
Net Worth: $14.4 B
Source of wealth: investments, real estate
62. Stefano Pessina
Net Worth: $13.4 B
Source of wealth: drugstores
63. Mikhail Fridman
Net Worth: $13.3 B
Source of wealth: oil, banking, telecom
64. Dietrich Mateschitz
Net Worth: $13.2 B
Source of wealth: Red Bull
65. Abigail Johnson
Net Worth: $13.1 B
Source of wealth: money management
66. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Net Worth: $13.1 B
Source of wealth: Lego
67. Joseph Lau
Net Worth: $13.1 B
Source of wealth: real estate
68. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor
Net Worth: $13 B
Source of wealth: real estate
69. Thomas & Raymond Kwok
Net Worth: $13 B
Source of wealth: real estate
70. Marcel Herrmann Telles
Net Worth: $13 B
Source of wealth: beer
71. Henry Sy
Net Worth: $12.9 B
Source of wealth: SM Investments Corporation
72. Steve Cohen
Net Worth: $12.7 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
73. Pallonji Mistry
Net Worth: $12.5 B
Source of wealth: construction
74. Hans Rausing
Net Worth: $12.5 B
Source of wealth: packaging
75. Alisher Usmanov
Net Worth: $12.5 B
Source of wealth: steel, telecom, investments
76. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
Net Worth: $12.3 B
Source of wealth: Heineken
77. Charles Ergen
Net Worth: $12.2 B
Source of wealth: satellite TV
78. Ronald Perelman
Net Worth: $12.1 B
Source of wealth: leveraged buyouts
79. Vladimir Potanin
Net Worth: $12.1 B
Source of wealth: metals
80. Stephen Ross
Net Worth: $12 B
Source of wealth: real estate
81. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Net Worth: $11.9 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
82. Masayoshi Son
Net Worth: $11.7 B
Source of wealth: internet, telecom
83. Heinz Hermann Thiele
Net Worth: $11.7 B
Source of wealth: brakes
84. Francois Pinault
Net Worth: $11.5 B
Source of wealth: retail
85. David Tepper
Net Worth: $11.4 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
86. Gennady Timchenko
Net Worth: $11.4 B
Source of wealth: oil & gas
87. Carlos Alberto Sicupira
Net Worth: $11.3 B
Source of wealth: beer
88. Shiv Nadar
Net Worth: $11.1 B
Source of wealth: software services
89. Thomas Peterffy
Net Worth: $11.1 B
Source of wealth: discount brokerage
90. Robin Li
Net Worth: $11 B
Source of wealth: internet search
91. Alain Wertheimer
Net Worth: $11 B
Source of wealth: Chanel
92. Gerard Wertheimer
Net Worth: $11 B
Source of wealth: Chanel
93. Alexey Mordashov
Net Worth: $10.9 B
Source of wealth: steel, investments
94. Elon Musk
Net Worth: $10.7 B
Source of wealth: Tesla Motors
95. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
Net Worth: $10.7 B
Source of wealth: beverages
96. Petr Kellner
Net Worth: $10.6 B
Source of wealth: banking, insurance
97. Rupert Murdoch
Net Worth: $10.6 B
Source of wealth: media
98. Viktor Vekselberg
Net Worth: $10.5 B
Source of wealth: metals, energy
99. Lukas Walton
Net Worth: $10.4 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
100. Eric Schmidt
Net Worth: $10.2 B
Source of wealth: Google
101. Iris Fontbona
Net Worth: $10.1 B
Source of wealth: mining
102. Massimiliana Landini Aleotti
Net Worth: $10.1 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
103. Mike Adenuga
Net Worth: $10 B
Source of wealth: telcom, oil
104. Klaus-Michael Kuehne
Net Worth: $10 B
Source of wealth: shipping
105. Robert Kuok
Net Worth: $10 B
Source of wealth: palm oil/shipping/real estate
106. Samuel Newhouse
Net Worth: $10 B
Source of wealth: media
107. Jun Lei
Net Worth: $9.8 B
Source of wealth: smartphones
108. Philip Anschutz
Net Worth: $9.7 B
Source of wealth: investments
109. Jim Kennedy
Net Worth: $9.7 B
Source of wealth: media
110. Blair Parry-Okeden
Net Worth: $9.7 B
Source of wealth: media
111. John Paulson
Net Worth: $9.7 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
112. Kun-Hee Lee
Net Worth: $9.6 B
Source of wealth: Samsung
113. Hasso Plattner
Net Worth: $9.5 B
Source of wealth: software
114. Stephen Schwarzman
Net Worth: $9.5 B
Source of wealth: investments
115. Andrew Beal
Net Worth: $9.4 B
Source of wealth: banks, real estate
116. Vladimir Lisin
Net Worth: $9.3 B
Source of wealth: steel, transport
117. John Menard
Net Worth: $9.3 B
Source of wealth: retail
118. Donald Newhouse
Net Worth: $9.3 B
Source of wealth: media
119. Udo & Harald Tschira
Net Worth: $9.3 B
Source of wealth: Software
120. Galen Weston
Net Worth: $9.3 B
Source of wealth: retail
121. German Larrea Mota Velasco
Net Worth: $9.2 B
Source of wealth: mining
122. Xiangjian He
Net Worth: $9 B
Source of wealth: home appliances
123. Leonard Lauder
Net Worth: $9 B
Source of wealth: Estee Lauder
124. Vagit Alekperov
Net Worth: $8.9 B
Source of wealth: oil
125. Dustin Moskovitz
Net Worth: $8.9 B
Source of wealth: Facebook
126. Luis Carlos Sarmiento
Net Worth: $8.9 B
Source of wealth: banking
127. Gina Rinehart
Net Worth: $8.8 B
Source of wealth: mining
128. German Khan
Net Worth: $8.7 B
Source of wealth: oil, banking, telecom
129. Ernesto Bertarelli
Net Worth: $8.6 B
Source of wealth: biotech, investments
130. Ka Yan Hui
Net Worth: $8.6 B
Source of wealth: real estate
131. Jan Koum
Net Worth: $8.6 B
Source of wealth: WhatsApp
132. Xavier Niel
Net Worth: $8.6 B
Source of wealth: internet, telecom
133. John Fredriksen
Net Worth: $8.5 B
Source of wealth: shipping
134. Cyrus Poonawalla
Net Worth: $8.5 B
Source of wealth: vaccines
135. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte
Net Worth: $8.4 B
Source of wealth: shipping
136. Lakshmi Mittal
Net Worth: $8.4 B
Source of wealth: steel
137. Eyal Ofer
Net Worth: $8.4 B
Source of wealth: real estate, shipping
138. Mohammed Al Amoudi
Net Worth: $8.3 B
Source of wealth: oil, diversified
139. Hank & Doug Meijer
Net Worth: $8.2 B
Source of wealth: supermarkets
140. Andrey Melnichenko
Net Worth: $8.2 B
Source of wealth: coal, fertilizers
141. William Ding
Net Worth: $8.1 B
Source of wealth: online games
142. R. Budi Hartono
Net Worth: $8.1 B
Source of wealth: banking, tobacco
143. Reinhold Wuerth
Net Worth: $8.1 B
Source of wealth: fasteners
144. James Goodnight
Net Worth: $8 B
Source of wealth: software
145. Johann Graf
Net Worth: $8 B
Source of wealth: gambling
146. Michael Hartono
Net Worth: $7.9 B
Source of wealth: tobacco, banking
147. Dietmar Hopp
Net Worth: $7.9 B
Source of wealth: software
148. Stanley Kroenke
Net Worth: $7.7 B
Source of wealth: sports, real estate
149. Dmitry Rybolovlev
Net Worth: $7.7 B
Source of wealth: fertilizer
150. Kyung-Bae Suh
Net Worth: $7.7 B
Source of wealth: cosmetics
151. Roman Abramovich
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: steel, investments
152. Emmanuel Besnier
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: cheese
153. Che Woo Lui
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: casinos
154. Robert & Philip Ng
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: real estate
155. Mikhail Prokhorov
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: investments
156. August von Finck
Net Worth: $7.6 B
Source of wealth: investments
157. Ken Griffin
Net Worth: $7.5 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
158. Ananda Krishnan
Net Worth: $7.4 B
Source of wealth: telecom
159. Eli Broad
Net Worth: $7.3 B
Source of wealth: investments
160. Thomas Frist
Net Worth: $7.3 B
Source of wealth: health care
161. Herbert Kohler
Net Worth: $7.3 B
Source of wealth: plumbing fixtures
162. Harry Triguboff
Net Worth: $7.3 B
Source of wealth: property
163. Edward Johnson
Net Worth: $7.2 B
Source of wealth: money management
164. Pierre Omidyar
Net Worth: $7.2 B
Source of wealth: eBay
165. Takemitsu Takizaki
Net Worth: $7.2 B
Source of wealth: sensors
166. Wenyin Wang
Net Worth: $7.2 B
Source of wealth: mining, copper products
167. Micky Arison
Net Worth: $7.1 B
Source of wealth: Carnival Cruises
168. George Kaiser
Net Worth: $7.1 B
Source of wealth: oil & gas, banking
169. Les Wexner
Net Worth: $7.1 B
Source of wealth: retail
170. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez
Net Worth: $6.9 B
Source of wealth: mining
171. Dhanin Chearavanont
Net Worth: $6.8 B
Source of wealth: food
172. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Net Worth: $6.8 B
Source of wealth: commodities
173. Alexei Kuzmichev
Net Worth: $6.7 B
Source of wealth: oil, banking, telecom
174. Nicky Oppenheimer
Net Worth: $6.6 B
Source of wealth: diamonds
175. Peter Woo
Net Worth: $6.6 B
Source of wealth: real estate
176. Jean-Claude Decaux
Net Worth: $6.5 B
Source of wealth: advertising
177. David Geffen
Net Worth: $6.5 B
Source of wealth: entertainment
178. James Chambers
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: Media
179. Walter Droege
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: Consulting
180. Graeme Hart
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: investments
181. Sandra Ortega Mera
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: Zara
182. Katharine Rayner
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: Media
183. Margaretta Taylor
Net Worth: $6.4 B
Source of wealth: Media
184. John Grayken
Net Worth: $6.3 B
Source of wealth: private equity
185. Uday Kotak
Net Worth: $6.3 B
Source of wealth: banking
186. Qiangdong Liu
Net Worth: $6.3 B
Source of wealth: e-commerce
187. John Malone
Net Worth: $6.3 B
Source of wealth: cable television
188. Silvio Berlusconi
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: media
189. Garrett Camp
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: Uber Technologies
190. Curt Engelhorn
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
191. Travis Kalanick
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: Uber Technologies
192. Walter Kwok
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: real estate
193. Eduardo Saverin
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: Facebook
194. Shihui Xu
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: snacks, beverages
195. Qinghou Zong
Net Worth: $6.2 B
Source of wealth: beverages
196. Giorgio Armani
Net Worth: $6.1 B
Source of wealth: Armani
197. Kumar Birla
Net Worth: $6.1 B
Source of wealth: commodities
198. Eva Gonda de Rivera
Net Worth: $6.1 B
Source of wealth: beverages
199. Wolfgang Marguerre
Net Worth: $6.1 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
200. Hansjoerg Wyss
Net Worth: $6.1 B
Source of wealth: medical devices
201. Jay Y. Lee
Net Worth: $6 B
Source of wealth: Samsung
202. Gordon Moore
Net Worth: $6 B
Source of wealth: Intel
203. Frederik Paulsen
Net Worth: $6 B
Source of wealth: health care
204. Eng-Meng Tsai
Net Worth: $6 B
Source of wealth: food, beverages
205. Patrick Drahi
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: Telecom
206. Philip & Cristina Green
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: retail
207. Mikhail Gutseriev
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: oil, real estate
208. Shahid Khan
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: auto parts
209. Richard LeFrak
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: real estate
210. Tom & Judy Love
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: retail & gas stations
211. Sutong Pan
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: real estate, finance
212. Zhidong Zhang
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: internet media
213. Qunfei Zhou
Net Worth: $5.9 B
Source of wealth: smartphone glass covers
214. Michael Kadoorie
Net Worth: $5.8 B
Source of wealth: hotels, energy
215. Jorn Rausing
Net Worth: $5.8 B
Source of wealth: packaging
216. John A. Sobrato
Net Worth: $5.8 B
Source of wealth: real estate
217. Dennis Washington
Net Worth: $5.8 B
Source of wealth: construction, mining
218. Christoffel Wiese
Net Worth: $5.8 B
Source of wealth: retailing
219. Francis Choi
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: real estate
220. Sergei Galitsky
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: retail
221. Antonia Johnson
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: diversified
222. Pauline MacMillan Keinath
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: Cargill
223. Guanqiu Lu
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: conglomerate
224. Sunil Mittal
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: telecom
225. Denis O'Brien
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: telecom
226. Augusto & Giorgio Perfetti
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: candy
227. Melker Schorling
Net Worth: $5.7 B
Source of wealth: investments
228. Heinrich Deichmann
Net Worth: $5.6 B
Source of wealth: Footwear
229. Terry Gou
Net Worth: $5.6 B
Source of wealth: electronics
230. David Green
Net Worth: $5.6 B
Source of wealth: retail
231. Hiroshi Mikitani
Net Worth: $5.6 B
Source of wealth: online retailing
232. Stef Wertheimer
Net Worth: $5.6 B
Source of wealth: metalworking tools
233. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: beer, investments
234. Desh Bandhu Gupta
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
235. Ralph Lauren
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: Ralph Lauren
236. Ted Lerner
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
237. James Ratcliffe
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: chemicals
238. Finn Rausing
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: packaging
239. Kirsten Rausing
Net Worth: $5.5 B
Source of wealth: packaging
240. Bruce Halle
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: tires
241. James Irving
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: diversified
242. Jason Jiang
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: advertising
243. Richard Kinder
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: pipelines
244. Juan Roig
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: supermarkets
245. Charles Schwab
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: discount brokerage
246. Aloys Wobben
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: wind turbines
247. Chuanhua Xu
Net Worth: $5.4 B
Source of wealth: chemicals
248. Vincent Bollore
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: investments
249. Guenther Fielmann
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: optometry
250. Ray Lee Hunt
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: oil, real estate
251. Bruce Kovner
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
252. Kar Po Law
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: real estate
253. Joe Lewis
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: investments
254. Leng Chan Quek
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: banking, real estate
255. Johann Rupert
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: luxury goods
256. Andrei Skoch
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: steel
257. Jack Taylor
Net Worth: $5.3 B
Source of wealth: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
258. Laiwa Chan
Net Worth: $5.2 B
Source of wealth: real estate
259. Anders Holch Povlsen
Net Worth: $5.2 B
Source of wealth: retail
260. Trevor Rees-Jones
Net Worth: $5.2 B
Source of wealth: oil & gas
261. Christy Walton
Net Worth: $5.2 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
262. Vivien Chen
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: real estate
263. Harold Hamm
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: oil & gas
264. Diane Hendricks
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: roofing
265. Yongxing Liu
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: agribusiness
266. Ian & Richard Livingstone
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: real estate
267. Frank Lowy
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: shopping malls
268. Ludwig Merckle
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
269. Dan Olsson
Net Worth: $5.1 B
Source of wealth: diversified
270. Majid Al Futtaim
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: real estate, retail
271. Charles Dolan
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: cable television
272. Israel Englander
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
273. Cheng Liang Goh
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: paints
274. John Gokongwei
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: diversified
275. Guangchang Guo
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: conglomerate
276. Tamara Gustavson
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: self storage
277. Jerry Jones
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: Dallas Cowboys
278. Karl-Heinz Kipp
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: retail
279. Kwee
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: Pontiac Land Group
280. Willi & Isolde Liebherr
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: construction
281. Yu-lin Lin
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
282. Arnon Milchan
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: movie making
283. Shashi & Ravi Ruia
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: diversified
284. David Shaw
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
285. Huiyan Yang
Net Worth: $5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
286. Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: diversified
287. David & Frederick Barclay
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: media, retail
288. Richard Branson
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: Virgin
289. Jim Davis
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: New Balance
290. Albert Frere
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: investments
291. Daniel Gilbert
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: Quicken Loans
292. Akira Mori
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: real estate
293. Robert Rowling
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: investments
294. Alejandro Santo Domingo
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: beer
295. Andres Santo Domingo
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: beer
296. Bernard (Barry) Sherman
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
297. Chairul Tanjung
Net Worth: $4.9 B
Source of wealth: diversified
298. Carl Cook
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: medical devices
299. Michael & Marian Ilitch
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: pizza
300. Bidzina Ivanishvili
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: investments
301. Robert Kraft
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: New England Patriots
302. Zhiqiang Lu
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: conglomerate
303. Michael Stoschek
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: autoparts
304. Sam Zell
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: real estate, private equity
305. Daniel Ziff
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: investments
306. Dirk Ziff
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: investments
307. Robert Ziff
Net Worth: $4.8 B
Source of wealth: investments
308. Richard DeVos
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: Amway
309. Gustaf Douglas
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: security
310. Arthur Irving
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: oil
311. Yueting Jia
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: online video
312. Paul Tudor Jones
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
313. Whitney MacMillan
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: Cargill
314. Guangxin Sun
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: diversified
315. Hong Piow Teh
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: banking
316. Hans Peter Wild
Net Worth: $4.7 B
Source of wealth: flavorings
317. Pyotr Aven
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: oil, banking, telecom
318. Laurence Graff
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: diamond jewelry
319. Charles Johnson
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: money management
320. Shin Cheng Lee
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: palm oil, real estate
321. Richard Li
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: telecom
322. Bruno Schroder
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: banking
323. Mark Shoen
Net Worth: $4.6 B
Source of wealth: U-Haul
324. Dona Bertarelli
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: biotech
325. Leon Black
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: private equity
326. Carlos and Alejandro Bulgheroni
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: oil and gas
327. Clive Calder
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: record label
328. Ann Walton Kroenke
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
329. George Lucas
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: Star Wars
330. Theo Mueller
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: dairy
331. Jim Pattison
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: diversified
332. Sergei Popov
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: banking
333. Sumner Redstone
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: Media
334. Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: ball bearings
335. David Sun
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: computer hardware
336. Donald Trump
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: television, real estate
337. John Tu
Net Worth: $4.5 B
Source of wealth: computer hardware
338. Brian Acton
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: WhatsApp
339. Jeronimo Arango
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: retail
340. Pierre Bellon
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: food services
341. Stanley Druckenmiller
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
342. David Duffield
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: business software
343. Micky Jagtiani
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: retail
344. Wolfgang Reimann
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: consumer goods
345. Matthias Reimann-Andersen
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: consumer goods
346. Stefan Reimann-Andersen
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: consumer goods
347. Renate Reimann-Haas
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: consumer goods
348. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: cheese
349. Jinquan Tong
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: real estate
350. Chuanfu Wang
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: batteries, autos
351. Bernard Broermann
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: hospitals
352. Mong-Koo Chung
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: motor vehicles
353. Joao Roberto Marinho
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: media
354. Jose Roberto Marinho
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: media
355. Roberto Irineu Marinho
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: media
356. Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: retail, media
357. Jianjun Wei
Net Worth: $4.3 B
Source of wealth: automobiles
358. Ralph Dommermuth
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: internet service provider
359. Jeffery Hildebrand
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: oil
360. Henry Kravis
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: private equity
361. Sri Prakash Lohia
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: polyester
362. Carrie Perrodo
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: oil
363. Odd Reitan
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: retail, real estate
364. Stewart and Lynda Resnick
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: agriculture, water
365. Joseph Tsai
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: e-commerce
366. Wei Wang
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: package delivery service
367. Cho Yaw Wee
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: banking
368. M.A. Yusuff Ali
Net Worth: $4.2 B
Source of wealth: retail
369. Americo Amorim
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: energy, investments
370. Dannine Avara
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: pipelines
371. John Doerr
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: venture capital
372. Scott Duncan
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: pipelines
373. Milane Frantz
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: pipelines
374. Hongjia Gong
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: investments
375. Yonghao Liu
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: agribusiness
376. George Roberts
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: private equity
377. Mark Scheinberg
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: online gambling
378. Reinhold Schmieding
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: medical devices
379. Randa Williams
Net Worth: $4.1 B
Source of wealth: pipelines
380. Jin Sook & Do Won Chang
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: fashion retail
381. James Dyson
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: vacuums
382. Chang-Woo Han
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: pachinko parlors
383. Bertil Hult
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: education
384. James Jannard
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: sunglasses
385. Vikram Lal
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: motorcycles
386. Nancy Walton Laurie
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: Wal-Mart
387. Iskander Makhmudov
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: mining, metals, machinery
388. Terrence Pegula
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: natural gas
389. Jerry Speyer
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: real estate
390. Leonard Stern
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: real estate
391. Lucio Tan
Net Worth: $4 B
Source of wealth: diversified
392. Shari Arison
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: Carnival Cruises
393. Leonid Fedun
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: oil
394. Frits Goldschmeding
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: temp agency
395. Martha Ingram
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: book distribution, transportation
396. Rupert Johnson
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: money management
397. Edwin Leong
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: real estate
398. Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: Campbell Soup
399. John Sall
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: software
400. Jeffrey Skoll
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: eBay
401. Sheldon Solow
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: real estate
402. Jianping Zhou
Net Worth: $3.9 B
Source of wealth: apparel
403. Heinz-Georg Baus
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: home improvement stores
404. Denise Coates
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: online gambling
405. Traudl Engelhorn
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals/medical equipment
406. Ursula Engelhorn
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals/medical equipment
407. Michael Herz
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: coffee
408. Wolfgang Herz
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: coffee
409. Randal Kirk
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
410. Niels Peter Louis-Hansen
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: medical devices
411. Fredrik Lundberg
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: real estate, investments
412. John Morris
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: sporting goods retail
413. H. Ross Perot
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: computer services, real estate
414. Michael Pieper
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: kitchen appliances
415. Karen Pritzker
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: hotels, investments
416. Viktor Rashnikov
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: steel
417. Leandro Rizzuto
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: consumer products
418. Edward Roski
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: real estate
419. Walter Scott
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: utilities, telecom
420. Jindong Zhang
Net Worth: $3.8 B
Source of wealth: appliance retailer
421. Rahel Blocher
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: chemicals
422. Vanich Chaiyawan
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: insurance, beverages
423. Juan Carlos Escotet
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: banking
424. Phillip Frost
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
425. Wing Mau Hui
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: real estate
426. Jeremy Jacobs
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: sports concessions
427. Nathan Kirsh
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: retail, real estate
428. Hyuk-Bin Kwon
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: online games
429. Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: chemicals
430. Axel Oberwelland
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: candy
431. Idan Ofer
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: drilling, shipping
432. Horst Paulmann
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: retail
433. Nassef Sawiris
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: construction, chemicals
434. George Ty
Net Worth: $3.7 B
Source of wealth: banking
435. Alexander Abramov
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: steel, mining
436. Martin & Olivier Bouygues
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: construction, media
437. Subhash Chandra
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: media
438. Archie Aldis Emmerson
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: timberland, lumber mills
439. Andrei Guriev
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: fertilizers
440. Elizabeth Holmes
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: blood testing
441. Masatoshi Ito
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: retail
442. Dominika & Sebastian Kulczyk
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: diversified
443. Siegfried Meister
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: appliances
444. Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: Cargill
445. Anthony Pratt
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: manufacturing
446. Steven Rales
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: manufacturing
447. Ira Rennert
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: investments
448. Julian Robertson
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: hedge funds
449. Harry Stine
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: agriculture
450. Ronda Stryker
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: medical equipment
451. Lottie Tham
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: H&M
452. Frank Wang
Net Worth: $3.6 B
Source of wealth: drones
453. Gautam Adani
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: commodities, infrastructure
454. Michael Ashley
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: sports retailing
455. Benu Gopal Bangur
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: cement
456. Peter Buck
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: Subway sandwich shops
457. Rick Caruso
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
458. Dan Friedkin
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: Toyota dealerships
459. Antti Herlin
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: elevators, escalators
460. Kieu Hoang
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
461. Savitri Jindal
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: steel
462. Ronald Lauder
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: Estee Lauder
463. Wengen Liang
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: construction equipment
464. Masahiro Miki
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: retail
465. Igor Olenicoff
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
466. James Packer
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: casinos
467. Zhengmin Pan
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: electronics
468. Pankaj Patel
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
469. Isaac Perlmutter
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: Marvel comics
470. Robert Rich
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: frozen foods
471. Haim Saban
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: TV network, investments
472. Steven Spielberg
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: Movies
473. Keiichiro Takahara
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: diapers
474. Steven Udvar-Hazy
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: aircraft leasing
475. Wenxue Wang
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: real estate
476. Shiping Zhang
Net Worth: $3.5 B
Source of wealth: aluminum products
477. Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: dairy farms
478. Isak Andic
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: clothing retail
479. Neil Bluhm
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: real estate
480. John Catsimatidis
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: oil, real estate
481. Giuseppe De'Longhi
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: coffee makers
482. Abilio dos Santos Diniz
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: retail
483. Pansy Ho
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: casinos
484. Michel Leclercq
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: sporting goods
485. Elisabeth Mohn
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: media
486. Kang Pang
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: soy sauce maker
487. Guanghe Qiu
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: apparel retail
488. Mitchell Rales
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: manufacturing, investments
489. Paolo & Gianfelice Mario Rocca
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: pipe manufacturing
490. Lynn Schusterman
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: oil & gas, investments
491. Friede Springer
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: publishing
492. Piaoyang Sun
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals
493. Jeff Sutton
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: real estate
494. Russ Weiner
Net Worth: $3.4 B
Source of wealth: energy drinks
495. Marc Benioff
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: business software
496. Nathan Blecharczyk
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: Airbnb
497. Bubba Cathy
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: Chick-Fil-A
498. Dan Cathy
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: Chick-Fil-A
499. David Cheriton
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: Google
500. Brian Chesky
Net Worth: $3.3 B
Source of wealth: Airbnb
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