A new list of the world’s wealthiest people is here, and it’s really no surprise who claimed the number one spot.
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and one of the richest people in history, once again comes out on top, with a net worth of $87.4 billion.
Bill Gates tops list of world’s wealthiest. (TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Wealth-X, a wealth-tracking website, provided Business Insider with its newest figures on the assets of the super-rich. Wealth-X collects information on more than 110,000 ultra-high-net-worth people, tracking each person’s assets and adjusting its figures to account for currency-exchange rates, local taxes, savings rates, investment performance, and other factors.
Other notable placements on the list include potential presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, who ranks as ninth, with a net worth upwards of $42 billion. Fellow political billionaire Donald Trump didn’t make the list. Alice Walton, the Walmart heiress, is the wealthiest woman, ranking #15 overall with a net worth of $33.2 billion.
L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is the next woman on the list, just below Walton at #17 with a net worth of $29 billion. The only other woman to crack the top 50 is Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Steve Jobs, tied at 47th with $14.4 billion to her name.
The 10 Richest People in the World
| NAME | NET WORTH |
|---|---|
| Bill Gates | $87.4 billion |
| Amancio Ortega | $66.8 Billion |
| Warren Buffett | $60.7 Billion |
| Jeff Bezos | $56.6 Billion |
| David Koch | $47.4 Billion |
| Charles Koch | $46.8 Billion |
| Larry Ellison | $45.3 Billion |
| Mark Zuckerberg | $42.8 Billion |
| Michael Bloomberg | $42.1 Billion |
| Ingvar Kamprad | $39.3 Billion |
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Source: Fortune