This article is interesting because this is one of my favorite topics to talk about every year. May be I should come up with a top 10 series every year. Who are the top 10 richest people in the world of 2019? Who is the richest person this year? Has anyone new entered the top 10 list this year? I want to know all these questions answered every year.
So, who are the top 10 richest people of 2019? Forbes has just released their annual billionaires list. I’m so excited to bring this list out to my readers. Here are the top 10 richest people in the world according to Forbes.
10. Larry Page
CEO, Alphabet
Country: United States
Age: 45
Net worth: $50.8 billion
9. Michael Bloomberg
Co-founder, Bloomberg
Country: United States
Age: 77
Net worth: $55.5 billion
8. Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and CEO, Facebook
Country: United States
Age: 34
Net worth: $62.3 billion
7. Larry Ellison (U.S.)
Co-founder, Oracle
Country: United States
Age: 74
Net worth: $62.5 billion
6. Amancio Ortega
Co-founder, Zara
Country: Spain
Age: 82
Net worth: $62.7 billion
5. Carlos Slim Helu
Honorary chairman, América Móvil
Country: Mexico
Age: 79
Net worth: $64 billion
4. Bernard Arnault
Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Country: France
Age: 69
Net worth: $76 billion
3. Warren Buffett
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Country: United States
Age: 88
Net worth: $82.5 billion
2. Bill Gates
Co-founder, Microsoft
Country: United States
Age: 63
Net worth: $96.5 billion
1. Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Bezos(Combined)
CEO, Amazon
Country: United States
Age: 55
Net worth: $131 billion
Some fun facts about people on the list
One thing to note here is that Jeff Bezos is the only one who has more that $100 billion in wealth and he’s the first ever person to accumulate that much wealth in the history.
All top 3 richest and 7 out of 10 richest people in the world are from the United States.
Zara founder has been exponentially growing his wealth as Zara has become one of the most popular luxury brands in the world.
Bill Gates has been on the number 1 list for 22 years straight. Jeff Bezos’s wealth is mostly intangible assets and because of his of his large ownership of Amazon’s stocks which could be cut in half if we hit the recession.
To be honest, I don’t know why I am happy to see this list , but the truth is I personally look up to a lot of people on this list and have learned a lot from either their stories or things they’ve said. They really mastered how to make money and keep it consistently coming.
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