“Money doesn’t make happiness”
a very known quotation saying that money isn’t everything in the world and happiness could still be felt with simple things.
When a lot of people agree to this quote, others see it as a joke and assume that it is all about money. While those two groups of people are arguing weather money makes happiness or not, a few others are gaining billions of dollars.
In the coming list we are going to show you The Richest 25 Person Around the World :
25. Michael Dell
Net worth: $28.3 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: February 23, 1965
- Country: United States.
- Field: Cars, Technology.
- Source of Wealth: E-COMMERCE.
24. Sheldon Adelson
Sheldon Adelson and his partners developed the company responsible for the Computer Dealer’s Exhibition (COMDEX), one of Las Vegas’s largest trade fairs.
He sold the company to Softbank in Japan for $ 860 million in 1995, and used the money to finance his purchase of Casino Sands.
Which was later demolished, and built by Venetian Casino Resort and Sands Expo Center.
In 2015, he bought the largest newspaper in Nevada.
Net worth: $30.7 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: August 4, 1933
- Country: United States.
- Source of Wealth: CASINOS.
23. Francois Pinault
Net worth: $31.8 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1936
- Country: France.
- Field: Cars, Retail.
- Source of Wealth: LUXURY GOODS.
22. Colin Zheng Huang
Net worth: $35.6 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: 1980
- Country: China.
- Field: Cars, Technology.
- Source of Wealth: E-COMMERCE.
21. Elon Musk
Net worth: $36.7 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: June 28, 1971
- Country: United States
- Field: Cars, Technology.
- Source of Wealth: TESLA MOTORS, SPACEX.
20. Phil Knight
Net worth: $37.7 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: February 24, 1938
- Country: United States
- Field: Retail
- Source of Wealth: NIKE.
19. Jack Ma
Chinese businessman Jack Ma began an e-commerce company Alibaba for only $ 60,000 in 1999. Fifteen years later, he broke the $ 25 billion record in the initial public offering.
Net worth: $41.3 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: September 10, 1964
- Country: China
- Field: Technology
- Source of Wealth: Self-Employed, Alibaba Group.
18. Ma Huateng
Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, founded Tencent Holdings, which owns shares in a number of platforms on the Internet and in telecommunications.
In 1998 when he was 26 years old. Tencent also includes the Wii and QQ platforms from some other platforms.
Net worth: $46.4 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: October 29, 1971
- Country: China
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed; Tencent Holding Tencent Holdings.
17. Mackenzie Bezos
Net worth: $47.8 BILLION.
- Date Of Birth: April 7, 1970
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Source of wealth: Self-Employed – Amazon Company.
16. Carlos Slim Helu & family
Carlos Slim owns a large number of companies in Mexico through the Grupo Carso Group of Companies.
He also controls America Movil, the largest mobile operator in Latin America.
Net worth: $51.2 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: January 28, 1940
- Country: Mexico
- Domain: Various
- Source of wealth: Self — Grupo Carso Group of Companies.
15. Mukesh Ambani
After his father’s death in 2002, Mukesh Ambani assumed the position of President of Reliance Industries.
It now controls about 40 percent of the company with the world’s largest oil refining complex.
Net worth: $52.7 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: April 19, 1957
- Country: India
- Field: Energy
- Source of Wealth: Inherited / Acquired, Reliance Industries.
14. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & Family
According to the Bloomberg news agency, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is now the heir to L’Oreal Cosmetics after her mother’s death in September 2017.
The newspaper said it controls 33% of the company.
Net worth: $54.2 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: July 10, 1953
- Country: France
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Source of Wealth: Inherited — L’Oreal.
13. Rob Walton
Net worth: $54.8 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: October 28, 1944
- Country: United states
- Field: Retail
- Source of Wealth: Inherited —Walmart
12. Alice Walton
Alice Walton is the youngest heir to Helen Wessam Walton and the founders of Walmart.
Although she did not play an active role in managing the giant store empire, she took part in the Walton Foundation, which is one of two family-owned holding companies.
Net worth: $55 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1949
- Country: United States of America
- Field: Retail
- Source of Wealth: Inherited — Walmart.
11. Jim Walton
James “Jim” Walton, the youngest son of co-founders of WalMart Helen and Sam Walton.
In the management of the Walton Foundation, the Walton family’s holding company.
Net worth: $55.2 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: June 7, 1948
- Country: United States
- Field: Retail
- Source of Wealth: Inherited — WalMart.
10. Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega runs the fashion giant Inditex, which owns a chain of stores and brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Ocho, among others.
At least part of his success can be attributed to the rapid business model in the Zara chain of stores.
Net worth: $60.5 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: March 28, 1936
- Country: Spain
- Field: Retail
- Source of Wealth: Self —ZARA, Inditex Group.
9. Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google with businessman Larry Page in 1998.
He is now chairman of Alphabet, the company owned by Google.
Net worth: $ 47.5 billion
- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1973
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed — Google Inc.
8. Larry Page
Larry Page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998. He is now the CEO of Alphabet, the company that owns Google.
Net worth: $61.3 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: March 26, 1973
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed — Google Inc.
7. Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer left Stanford Business School to become Microsoft’s first business manager with a salary of $ 50,000 plus a stake in the company.
He eventually became CEO after Bill Gates left office until he was replaced by Satya Nadella in 2014.
Net worth: $65.4 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: March 24, 1956
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Source of Wealth: Self-Employed; Microsoft.
6. Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison collaborated with two colleagues from an electronics company in 1977 to start their own programming company. Which soon got a contract to build a relational database management system for the CIA.
The project later evolved into what is now Oracle. The second largest software company after Microsoft. He resigned as CEO of the company in 2014.
Net worth: $66.4 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: August 17, 1944
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed — Oracle Corporation.
5. Warren Buffett
After refusing his application for Harvard Business School, Warren Buffett traveled to Colombia instead, where he studied under the tutelage of Benjamin Graham, who later became his mentor. He then bought Berkshire Hathaway in 1969 and turned it into a holding company.
Net worth: $69.2 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: August 30, 1930
- Country: United States
- Domain: Various
- Source of Wealth: Self-Employed – Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook.com when he was a college student before he stopped and focused on working on the site full-time.
Net worth: $86.5 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: May 14, 1984
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed Facebook Company.
3. Bernard Arnault & Family
Bernard Arnault is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton LPM. LVMH LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton specializes in the sale of luxury goods, which includes dozens of luxury brands. Arnault bought Christian Dio when he started working in that field and helped revive the company.
Net worth: $94.1 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: March 5, 1949
- Country: France
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Source of wealth: self-made and inherited by the company. H
2. Bill Gates
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen, and served as chief executive until 2000. He continues to attend board meetings, but is no longer active on day-to-day transactions.
Net worth: $106.5 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: October 28, 1955
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Source of Wealth: Self-Employed – Microsoft Corporation.
1. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in his garage in Seattle in 1994. The online e-marketplace began serving the public three years later and has since evolved and became the selling of everything from fashion, modern technologies, food, consumer products and electronics manufactured specifically for the company Amazon.
On November 24, 2017 – The Black Gathering (the day immediately after Thanksgiving in the United States) – in the language of the net worth of $ 100 billion.
Net worth: $146.9 BILLION
- Date Of Birth: January 12, 1964
- Country: United States
- Field: Technology
- Wealth Source: Self-Employed – Amazon Company.