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Richest People in 2017

This article presents the list of the 50 richest people in the world, listed in descending order, according to information from Forbes magazine.

The list of the 50 richest people in the world in 2017, prepared by Forbes magazine and presented in March 2017, is led by Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft , for the fourth year in a row, with a net worth that amounts to 86 billion dollars. Warren Buffett, 86 years old, is the second richest man in the world and Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, closes the podium. In the list, the first woman appears in 14th place, with a fortune of 39.5 billion dollars. In the top 50 of the richest in 2016 there is no Portuguese, with the most represented country being the United States of America.

# Name Parents Net worth revenue source
1 bill Gates USA 86 billion dollars Microsoft
2 Warren Buffett USA 75.6 billion dollars Berkshire Hathaway
3 Jeff Bezos USA 72.8 billion dollars Amazon.com
4 Amancio Ortega Spain 71.3 billion dollars Zara
5 Mark Zuckerberg USA 56 billion dollars Facebook
6 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 54.5 billion dollars Telecommunications
7 Larry Ellison USA 52.2 billion dollars software
8 Charles Koch USA 48.3 billion dollars diversified
9 David Koch USA 48.3 billion dollars diversified
10 Michael Bloomberg USA 47.5 billion dollars Bloomberg LP
11 Bernard Arnault France 41.5 billion dollars LVMH
12 Larry Page USA 40.7 billion dollars Google
13 Sergey Brin USA 39.8 billion dollars Google
14 Liliane Bettencourt France 39.5 billion dollars L’OrĂ©al
15 S. Robson Walton USA 34.1 billion dollars Wal-Mart
16 Jim Walton USA 34 billion dollars Wal-Mart
17 Alice Walton USA 33.8 billion dollars Wal-Mart
18 Wang Jianlin China 31.3 billion dollars real estate
19 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 31.2 billion dollars diversified
20 Sheldon Adelson USA 30.4 billion dollars casinos
21 Steve Ballmer USA 30 billion dollars Microsoft
22 Jorge Paulo Lemann Brazil 29.2 billion dollars Brewery
23 Jack Ma China 28.3 billion dollars e-commerce
24 Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. Germany 27.2 billion dollars supermarkets
25 David Thomson Canada 27.2 billion dollars Average
26 Jacqueline Mars USA 27 billion dollars Candy
27 John Mars USA 27 billion dollars Candy
28 Phil Knight USA 26.2 billion dollars Nike
29 Maria Franca Fissolo Italy 25.2 billion dollars chocolates
30 George Soros USA 25.2 billion dollars venture funds
31 Ma Huateng China 24.9 billion dollars Digital Media
32 Lee Shau Kee Hong Kong 24.4 billion dollars real estate
33 Mukesh Ambani India 23.2 billion dollars Oil and Gas
34 Masayoshi Son Japan 21.2 billion dollars Telecommunications
35 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Denmark 21.1 billion dollars Lego
36 Georg Schaeffler Germany 20.7 billion dollars Automobiles
37 Joseph Safra Brazil 20.5 billion dollars banking
38 Michael Dell USA 20.4 billion dollars Dell computers
39 Susanne Klatten Germany 20.4 billion dollars BMW, Pharmaceuticals
40 Len Blavatnik USA 20 billion dollars Diversified
41 Laurene Powell Jobs USA 20 billion dollars Apple, Disney
42 Paul Allen USA 19.9 billion dollars Microsoft , Investments
43 Stefan Persson Sweden 19.6 billion dollars H&M
44 Theo Albrecht, Jr. Germany 18.8 billion dollars Aldi, Trader Joe’s
45 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 18.7 billion dollars investments
46 Leonid Mikhelson Russia 18.4 billion dollars Gas, Chemicals
47 Charles Ergen USA 18.3 billion dollars satellite TV
48 Stefan Quandt Germany 18.3 billion dollars BMW
49 James Simons USA 18 billion dollars venture funds
50 Leonardo Del Vecchio Italy 17.9 billion dollars Glasses
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