Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates
and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra
wealthy, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots in the
ranking.
Jeff Bezos |
He is now 715th in the world, far behind Africa’s richest man Aliko
Dangote, who is 136th with a net worth of $10.9 billion. Mike Adenuga is
156th, with a net worth of $9.1 billion
While things are largely stable up on top of the list, Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg dropped three spots and former New York mayor
Michael Bloomberg rose by two.
According to the list announced Tuesday by Forbes, the riches of
Bezos, 55, have swelled by $19 billion in one year and he is now worth
$131 billion.
Bezos, who holds 16 percent of Amazon and whose wealth now makes him a
target of the left wing of the US Democratic Party, has widened the
money gap between himself and Gates, the philanthropist and co-founder
of Microsoft.
Gates, 63, has seen his wealth grow to $96.5 billion, up from 90 billion last year, said Forbes.
Third place is held by Buffett, 88 and long considered an investment
guru, although he did get stung in late February by a deep plunge in
shares of US processed food maker Kraft Heinz, in which he had a large
stake.
Buffett’s fortune slipped by $1.5 billion to $82.5 billion, the magazine estimated.
It is more or less after this trio that things start to get shaken up on the Forbes list.
The CEO of French luxury good company LVMH, Bernard Arnault, held on
to fourth place. But Zuckerberg lost $9 billion in net worth and slipped
from fifth to eighth.
Ahead of Zuckerberg now are Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, Zara and
Inditex founder Amancio Ortega of Spain, and Oracle co-founder Larry
Ellison.
Bloomberg rose from 11th to ninth place as his fortune increased to $55.5 billion, from $50 billion, said Forbes.
Americans still dominate the list with 14 of the top 20 billionaires from the US.
Non-Americans among the top 20 include India’s Mukesh Ambani,
chairman of Reliance Industries, in 13th place, and China’s Ma Huateng,
head of the Chinese internet giant Tencent, who rounds out the top 20.
Forbes estimates Trump’s wealth at $3.1 billion, unchanged from last year.
While 994 people from last year’s ranking saw their wealth drop — a
record, according to Forbes — Trump rose in the Forbes ranking from 766
last year to 715 this year.
Forbes depreciated the Trump-owned National Doral Miami golf club by
$26 million following a drop in bookings attributed to disagreements
with the president’s policies.
Trump’s nine New York skyscrapers, including the famous Trump Tower
on Fifth Avenue, account for nearly half of his wealth, while his clubs
and golf courses are valued at $550 million.
However, one of Trump’s Florida golf clubs, the National Doral Miami,
took a hit and has been depreciated by $26 million following a sharp
drop in bookings attributed to disagreements with the president’s
policies, Forbes said.
Trump is not the richest US elected official,: that honour goes to
J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat who took office as governor of Illinois in
January. Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, was estimated to be
worth $3.2 billion.
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