The Richest Person On Planet Earth

Annual ranking past cyberspace worth by Forbes mag

The World’due south Billionaires

List of the world’southward billionaires, ranked in order of cyberspace worth
The net worth of the world’south billionaires increased from less than US$1 trillion in 2000 to over $7 trillion in 2015.
Publication details
Publisher	Whale Media Investments Forbes family
Publication	Forbes
First published	March 1987[1]
Latest publication	Apr 5, 2022
Current list details (2022)[2]
Wealthiest	Elon Musk
Net worth (1st)	The states$219 billion
Number of billionaires	2,668
Total list net worth value	Usa$12.viitrillion
New members to the list	236
Forbes: The World’due south Billionaires website

The World’s Billionaires

is an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in the earth, compiled and published in March annually past the American business magazine
Forbes. The list was first published in March 1987.^[1]
The full net worth of each private on the list is estimated and is cited in Us dollars, based on their documented avails and accounting for debt and other factors. Royalty and dictators whose wealth comes from their positions are excluded from these lists.^[3]
This ranking is an index of the wealthiest documented individuals, excluding any ranking of those with wealth that is non able to be completely ascertained.^[iv]

In 2018, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was ranked at the summit for the first time and became the first centibillionaire included in the ranking,^[5]
surpassing Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who had topped the list 18 of the previous 24 years. In 2022, after topping the list for 4 years, Bezos was surpassed by Elon Musk.^[2]

Methodology

Each year,
Forbes
employs a team of over 50 reporters from a variety of countries to track the activity of the world’southward wealthiest individuals^[6]
and sometimes groups or families – who share wealth. Preliminary surveys are sent to those who may qualify for the list. According to
Forbes, they received three types of responses – some people try to inflate their wealth, others cooperate simply leave out details, and some refuse to answer any questions.^[7]
Business deals are then scrutinized and estimates of valuable assets – state, homes, vehicles, artwork, etc. – are made. Interviews are conducted to vet the figures and ameliorate the approximate of an individual’s holdings. Finally, positions in a publicly traded stock are priced to market place on a date roughly a month before publication. Privately held companies are priced by the prevailing toll-to-sales or price-to-earnings ratios. Known debt is subtracted from assets to get a final estimate of an private’s estimated worth in United States dollars. Since stock prices fluctuate rapidly, an private’s true wealth and ranking at the time of publication may vary from their situation when the listing was compiled.^[6]

When a living individual has dispersed his or her wealth to immediate family members information technology is included under a single listing (as a single “family fortune”) provided that private (the grantor) is still living. However, if a deceased Billionaire’southward fortune has been dispersed, it will not appear as a single list, and each recipient will simply appear if his or her own total net worth is over a $Billion (his net worth volition not exist combined with family members’)^[6]
Imperial families and dictators that have their wealth contingent on a position are always excluded from these lists.^[8]

Annual rankings

The rankings are published annually in March, so the net worths listed are snapshots taken at that time. These lists only show the top x wealthiest billionaires for each year.

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2022

In the 36th annual
Forbes
list of the earth’due south billionaires, the listing included 2,668 billionaires with a total net wealth of $12.7 trillion, down 97 members from 2021.^[2]

No.	Name	Internet worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(due south) of wealth
one	Elon Musk	$219 billion	l	United States	Tesla, SpaceX
2	Jeff Bezos	$177 billion	58	U.s.a.	Amazon
3	Bernard Arnault & family	$158 billion	73	French republic	LVMH
iv	Beak Gates	$129 billion	66	The states	Microsoft
5	Warren Buffett	$118 billion	91	U.s.	Berkshire Hathaway
6	Larry Page	$111 billion	49	United States	Alphabet Inc.
7	Sergey Brin	$107 billion	48	United states	Alphabet Inc.
viii	Larry Ellison	$106 billion	77	Usa	Oracle Corporation
9	Steve Ballmer	$91.four billion	66	Us	Microsoft
10	Mukesh Ambani	$90.7 billion	64	Bharat	Reliance Industries

2021

In the 35th annual
Forbes
list of the world’due south billionaires, the list included 2,755 billionaires with a total net wealth of $13.1 trillion, upward 660 members from 2020; 86% of these billionaires had more wealth than they possessed last yr.^[9]
[10]

No.	Proper name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
one	Jeff Bezos	$177 billion	57	United states	Amazon
2	Elon Musk	$151 billion	49	U.s.a.	Tesla, SpaceX
3	Bernard Arnault & family unit	$150 billion	72	France	LVMH
4	Bill Gates	$124 billion	65	U.s.	Microsoft
5	Mark Zuckerberg	$97 billion	36	United States	Meta Platforms
6	Warren Buffett	$96 billion	90	U.s.a.	Berkshire Hathaway
seven	Larry Ellison	$93 billion	76	Usa	Oracle Corporation
eight	Larry Page	$91.5 billion	48	United States	Alphabet Inc.
9	Sergey Brin	$89 billion	47	United States	Alphabet Inc.
x	Mukesh Ambani	$84.5 billion	63	India	Reliance Industries

2020

In the 34th annual
Forbes
list of the earth’southward billionaires, the list included two,095 billionaires with a total cyberspace wealth of $8 trillion, downwardly 58 members and $700 billion from 2019; 51% of these billionaires had less wealth than they possessed final year.^[11]
The list was finalized as of xviii March, thus was already partially influenced by the COVID-nineteen pandemic.^[11]

No.	Proper name	Internet worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
one	Jeff Bezos	$113 billion	56	United States	Amazon
ii	Bill Gates	$98 billion	64	U.s.	Microsoft
3	Bernard Arnault & family unit	$76 billion	71	France	LVMH
4	Warren Buffett	$67.v billion	89	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
5	Larry Ellison	$59 billion	75	United states	Oracle Corporation
six	Amancio Ortega	$55.1 billion	84	Espana	Inditex, Zara
vii	Mark Zuckerberg	$54.7 billion	35	Usa	Facebook, Inc.
8	Jim Walton	$54.half-dozen billion	71	United States	Walmart
9	Alice Walton	$54.4 billion	70	U.s.a.	Walmart
x	S. Robson Walton	$54.1 billion	77	United States	Walmart

2019

In the 33rd annual
Forbes
list of the globe’s billionaires, the list included 2,153 billionaires with a full net wealth of $8.vii trillion, down 55 members and $400 billion from 2018.^[12]
The U.S. connected to accept the most billionaires in the world, with a tape of 609, while China dropped to 324 (when not including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).^[12]

No.	Proper name	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Jeff Bezos	$131 billion	55	United States	Amazon
2	Bill Gates	$96.five billion	63	Usa	Microsoft
three	Warren Buffett	$82.5 billion	88	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
iv	Bernard Arnault	$76 billion	70	France	LVMH
5	Carlos Slim	$64 billion	79	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
half-dozen	Amancio Ortega	$62.7 billion	82	Spain	Inditex, Zara
7	Larry Ellison	$62.5 billion	74	The states	Oracle Corporation
eight	Marking Zuckerberg	$62.3 billion	34	United States	Facebook, Inc.
9	Michael Bloomberg	$55.5 billion	77	United States	Bloomberg L.P.
10	Larry Page	$l.viii billion	45	United States	Alphabet Inc.

2018

In the 32nd annual
Forbes
listing of the earth’s billionaires, the aggregate wealth of the meridian 20 richest people on Earth amounted to almost 13 percent of all billionaires’ fortunes combined.^[13]
A record of two,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $nine.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the kickoff time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the superlative billionaire due to Amazon’s rising stock price that resulted in one person’south biggest one-year gain in wealth ($35 billion) since
Forbes
started tracking in 1987.^[13]
The U.Due south. had the most billionaires in the world, with 585, while China was catching upwardly with 476 when including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; it had 372 when excluding those 3 places.^[13]
Forbes excluded Al-Walid bin Talal and all other Saudi billionaires due to the absence of accurate wealth estimations as a result of the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge.^[fourteen]

No.	Proper name	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Jeff Bezos	$112 billion	54	United States	Amazon
ii	Nib Gates	$90 billion	62	United states of america	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$84 billion	87	Us	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Bernard Arnault	$72 billion	69	France	LVMH
five	Mark Zuckerberg	$71 billion	33	United states of america	Facebook, Inc.
6	Amancio Ortega	$70 billion	81	Spain	Inditex, Zara
7	Carlos Slim	$67.1 billion	78	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
8	Charles Koch	$60 billion	82	Us	Koch Industries
eight	David Koch	$60 billion	77	The states	Koch Industries
10	Larry Ellison	$58.five billion	73	United States	Oracle Corporation

2017

On the 30th anniversary of the
Forbes
list of the world’s billionaires, for the fourth year in a row, Bill Gates was named the richest human being in the world.^[5]
In 2017, there was a record of two,043 people on the list, which is the first time over 2,000 people were listed. This included 195 newcomers of whom 76 were from China and 25 from the U.S.; there were 56 people under 40 and it had a record of 227 women.^[15]
The number of billionaires increased 13% to 2,043 from one,810 in 2016; this was the biggest alter in over 30 years of tracking billionaires globally.^[five]
Added together, the total net worth for 2017’southward billionaires was
US$seven.67trillion, upwardly from
US$vii.1trillion
in 2015.^[5]
[xvi]
This was the commencement time later 12 years that Carlos Slim was not within the top 5. The U.S. had the near billionaires in the world, with a record of 565. China had 319 (non including Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macau), Germany had 114, and India had the fourth well-nigh with 101; Bharat reached over 100 billionaires for its commencement fourth dimension.

No.	Proper name	Internet worth (USD)	Historic period	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Pecker Gates	$86.0 billion	61	United states	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$75.6 billion	86	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
three	Jeff Bezos	$72.8 billion	53	United States	Amazon
four	Amancio Ortega	$71.three billion	80	Spain	Inditex, Zara
5	Mark Zuckerberg	$56.0 billion	32	United States	Facebook, Inc.
6	Carlos Slim	$54.5 billion	77	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
vii	Larry Ellison	$52.2 billion	72	United States	Oracle Corporation
8	Charles Koch	$48.three billion	81	United States	Koch Industries
8	David Koch	$48.3 billion	76	United States	Koch Industries
x	Michael Bloomberg	$47.5 billion	75	United States	Bloomberg L.P.

2016

For the third year in a row, Bill Gates was named the richest man in the earth by
Forbes
‘
2016 list of the earth’south billionaires.^[17]
This is the 17th time that the founder of Microsoft had claimed the pinnacle spot. Amancio Ortega rose from last year’s position of number 4 to second.^[eighteen]
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway came in tertiary for the second consecutive time,^[xix]
while Mexican telecommunication mogul Carlos Slim slipped from last year’due south second position to 4th. Jeff Bezos of Amazon,^[20]
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook^[21]
and Michael Bloomberg of Bloomberg L.P.,^[22]
appeared for the first time on the
Forbes
acme 10 billionaires list, coming at fifth, sixth and eighth positions, respectively. Zuckerberg became the youngest top 10 billionaire this yr at the historic period of 31. Larry Ellison, Charles Koch and David Koch besides slipped from their previous year’s positions, with Ellison dropping to 7th from fifth, and the Kochs falling to 9th position from sixth.

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Historic period	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Neb Gates	$75.0 billion	threescore	United states	Microsoft
two	Amancio Ortega	$67.0 billion	79	Kingdom of spain	Inditex
3	Warren Buffett	$threescore.eight billion	85	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Carlos Slim	$fifty.0 billion	76	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
5	Jeff Bezos	$45.2 billion	52	U.s.a.	Amazon
6	Marking Zuckerberg	$44.six billion	31	United States	Facebook, Inc.
7	Larry Ellison	$43.6 billion	71	United States	Oracle Corporation
8	Michael Bloomberg	$twoscore.0 billion	74	U.s.	Bloomberg L.P.
9	Charles Koch	$39.6 billion	80	Usa	Koch Industries
9	David Koch	$39.6 billion	75	United States	Koch Industries

2015

In the 29th annual
Forbes
listing of global billionaires, a record 1,826 billionaires were named with an aggregated net worth of $7.ane trillion compared to $6.4 trillion in the previous yr. 46 of the billionaires in this list were under the age of twoscore. A record number of 290 people joined the list for the first time, of whom 25 pct hailed from China, which produced a world-leading 71 newcomers. The Usa came in second, with 57; followed by India, with 28; and Germany, with 23.^[23]
The United States had the largest number of billionaires with 526. Russian federation went down to 88 from 111 in 2014. Russia was placed behind Prc, Germany and Republic of india past the number of billionaires. Self-made billionaires made upwards the largest number of people on the list with 1,191 positions (over 65 percent), while only 230 (under xiii percent) had wealth through inheritance. The number of billionaires who inherited a portion just were notwithstanding working to increase their fortunes is 405.^[24]

Bill Gates was named the richest man in the world past
Forbes‘ annual listing of the world’s billionaires. This was the 16th fourth dimension that the founder of Microsoft claimed the top spot. Carlos Slim came in 2nd for the second consecutive time. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway placed third, while Amancio Ortega of Spain, slipped down a position from the previous year to number four. Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, rounded off the superlative five. Christy Walton was the highest-ranking female person at number viii. America’s Evan Spiegel, co-founder of photo messaging app Snapchat, became the youngest billionaire this yr at age 24. At age 99, David Rockefeller maintained his position every bit the oldest billionaire included in the list.^[25]
Marker Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, rose to number 16 with $33.iv billion. Iceland had a billionaire, Thor Bjorgolfsson, in the listing after a gap of five years. Republic of guatemala had a billionaire, Mario Lopez Estrada, for the starting time time in its history.^[26]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(south) of wealth
i	Bill Gates	$79.2 billion	59	United States	Microsoft
2	Carlos Slim	$77.one billion	75	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
3	Warren Buffett	$72.vii billion	84	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Amancio Ortega	$64.5 billion	78	Espana	Inditex
5	Larry Ellison	$54.iii billion	seventy	The states	Oracle Corporation
6	Charles Koch	$42.9 billion	79	United States	Koch Industries
half-dozen	David Koch	$42.9 billion	74	United States	Koch Industries
viii	Christy Walton	$41.7 billion	66	United States	Walmart
9	Jim Walton	$forty.6 billion	66	United States	Walmart
10	Liliane Bettencourt	$twoscore.i billion	92	France	L’Oreal

2014

Gates added $9 billion to his fortune since 2013 and topped the
Forbes
2014 billionaire list. He had topped the listing in 15 of the previous 20 years, but his previous number one ranking was in 2009.^[27]
Mexican telecommunication mogul Carlos Slim came in second place after existence number one the previous iv years. Zara founder Amancio Ortega placed third for the second consecutive year. American investor Warren Buffett was in the meridian v for the 20th consecutive year, placing quaternary.^[28]
America’southward Christy Walton was the highest ranking woman, placing ninth overall.^[1]
Aliko Dangote of Nigeria became the first African to enter the top 25, with an estimated net worth of $25 billion.^[3]

A total of 1,645 people fabricated the 2014 billionaire listing, representing a combined wealth of $six.4 trillion.^[28]
Of those, a tape 268 were newcomers, surpassing 2008’s 226 newcomers.^[1]
100 people listed in 2013 failed to brand the listing.^[28]
The number of women on the list rose to a tape 172 in 2014.^[1]
Approximately 66 percent of the listing were self-made, xiii percent achieved their wealth through inheritance alone, and 21 percent through a mixture of the two.^[3]

The United States had 492 billionaires on the list, the virtually of any state.^[28]
It also had the virtually newcomers with fifty, and women with 54.^[ane]
Mainland china had the second nigh billionaires with 152, while Russia was 3rd with 111.^[28]
People’s democratic republic of algeria, Lithuania, Tanzania, and Uganda were all represented on the list for the offset fourth dimension. Turkey saw the most people drop off the listing, nineteen, due to a menstruum of high aggrandizement in the state.^[3]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(south) of wealth
1	Pecker Gates	$76.0 billion	58	United States	Microsoft
2	Carlos Slim & family	$72.0 billion	74	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
iii	Amancio Ortega	$64.0 billion	77	Espana	Inditex
4	Warren Buffett	$58.2 billion	83	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
five	Larry Ellison	$48.0 billion	70	U.s.	Oracle Corporation
six	Charles Koch	$40.0 billion	78	U.s.a.	Koch Industries
half dozen	David Koch	$40.0 billion	73	Usa	Koch Industries
8	Sheldon Adelson	$38.0 billion	eighty	United States	Las Vegas Sands
9	Christy Walton & family	$36.7 billion	65	U.s.	Walmart
ten	Jim Walton	$34.seven billion	65	United States	Walmart

2013

Carlos Slim topped the 2013 billionaire listing, marking his 4th consecutive year at the top. Gates remained in 2nd, while Amancio Ortega moved upward to third. Ortega’s proceeds of $19.5 billion was the largest of anyone on the list.^[29]
Warren Buffett failed to make the elevation 3 for the offset fourth dimension since 2000, placing fourth. Diesel founder Renzo Rosso was amongst the top newcomers, debuting with an estimate net worth of $iii billion.^[30]

A global rise in nugget prices led
Forbes
editor Randall Lane to declare “It [was] a very practiced year to exist a billionaire”. However, it was not a good yr to be Eike Batista, who fell from seventh to 100th, suffering the largest net loss of anyone on the listing.^[29]
Overall, internet gainers outnumbered net losers by 4:1.^[30]

A record total of 1,426 people fabricated the 2013 list, representing $v.4 trillion of assets.^[31]
Of those, 442 billionaires hailed from the United States.^[29]
The Asian-Pacific region had 386 billionaires and Europe 366. The listing likewise featured a record number of newcomers, 210, representing 42 countries. 60 people from the 2012 list brutal beneath a billion dollars of avails in 2013, and eight others from the 2012 list died. The Asia-Pacific region had the most drop-offs, with 29, followed by the United states with 16. The 2013 list featured 138 women, of which fifty came from the U.s.. A majority of the list (961 individuals, 67 percent) were entirely self-fabricated; 184 (13 percent) inherited their wealth, and 281 (twenty percent) achieved their fortune through a combination of inheritance and business concern apprehending.^[31]
Vietnam’southward Phạm Nhật Vượng was the outset person from that land to be included in this list.

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(due south) of wealth
1	Carlos Slim & family	$73.0 billion	73	United mexican states	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
ii	Bill Gates	$67.0 billion	57	United states of america	Microsoft
3	Amancio Ortega	$57.0 billion	76	Spain	Inditex Group
4	Warren Buffett	$53.five billion	82	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
5	Larry Ellison	$43.0 billion	68	United States	Oracle Corporation
half-dozen	Charles Koch	$34.0 billion	77	United States	Koch Industries
6	David Koch	$34.0 billion	72	United States	Koch Industries
8	Li Ka-shing	$31.0 billion	84	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings
9	Liliane Bettencourt & family	$thirty.0 billion	ninety	France	Fifty’Oréal
10	Bernard Arnault	$29.0 billion	63	France	LVMH

2012

Carlos Slim topped the 2012 listing, marking this third sequent yr at the top. Gates placed second but narrowed the gap from 2011 equally Slim’south fortune savage $5 billion while Gates’ rose $5 billion. Warren Buffett remained in third place. Bernard Arnault of French republic was the top-ranking European on the list, placing fourth.^[32]
Ricardo Salinas Pliego was the greatest gainer in terms of dollars, calculation $9.two billion to his fortune and moving up to number 37 overall.^[32]
Making her debut on the list at historic period 27, Spanx founder Sara Blakely became the youngest self-fabricated female billionaire ever.^[33]
Colombia’south Alejandro Santo Domingo was the highest-ranked newcomer, inheriting a $nine.five billion stake in Santo Domingo Group from his begetter.^[32]
Republic of india’southward Lakshmi Mittal was the largest loser every bit his fortune dropped from $31.i billion to $xx.7 billion as the price of steelmaker ArcelorMittal roughshod sharply.^[32]
As a result, he failed to brand the top ten for the first time since 2004 and lost his title of richest Asian to Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing.^[34]

A record full of ane,226 people made the 2012 list, representing 58 countries. Of those, 126 were newcomers to the list and 104 were women. The United States had the greatest number of billionaires with 425. Russia had 96 people on the list, while China had 95.^[32]
Georgia, Kingdom of morocco, and Peru were newly represented on the list. Falling stock prices in Asia contributed to 117 one-time billionaires falling from the list worldwide. Twelve others listed in 2011 died. Overall, net gainers (460) barely outnumbered net losers (441).^[34]

To coincide with the release of the 2012 listing,
Forbes
announced a then-new “Billionaire Real-Fourth dimension Ticker” updating the wealth of the world’s top 50 billionaires in existent fourth dimension.^[32]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
one	Carlos Slim & family	$69.0 billion	72	United mexican states	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2	Nib Gates	$61.0 billion	56	United states	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$44.0 billion	81	United states of america	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Bernard Arnault	$41.0 billion	63	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
five	Amancio Ortega	$37.five billion	75	Spain	Inditex Group
6	Larry Ellison	$36.0 billion	67	United States	Oracle Corporation
7	Eike Batista	$xxx.0 billion	55	Brazil	EBX Grouping
8	Stefan Persson	$26.0 billion	64	Sweden	H&M
ix	Li Ka-shing	$25.5 billion	83	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings
x	Karl Albrecht	$25.4 billion	92	Germany	Aldi

2011

In the 25th annual
Forbes
list of global billionaires, Slim added $20.5 billion to his fortune, the about of anyone, and retained his number one ranking with a total fortune of $74 billion. Gates remained in second place with $56 billion, while Warren Buffett was third with $50 billion. The acme 10 had a combined wealth of $406 billion, upwards from $342 billion in 2010.^{[
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Co-ordinate to
Forbes
editor Kerry Dolan, “media and applied science billionaires definitely benefited from a stronger stock market place and a growing enthusiasm for all things social” since the 2010 list.^[35]
Even so, Nigerian commodity mogul Aliko Dangote was the greatest gainer on a percentage ground equally his fortune increased 557 pct to $13.5 billion. Marking Zuckerberg was one of seven Facebook-related billionaires on the list, as he added $ix.5 billion to his net worth to move up to 52nd. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz was the youngest person on the list. Anile 26, 8 days younger than Zuckerberg, he debuted at number 420 with an estimated fortune of $2.7 billion. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was the largest loser as he saw his fortune plummet from $23 billion to $6 billion, dropping him from 11th to 162nd overall.^{[
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A record 1,210 billionaires fabricated the 2011 list, representing a combined wealth of $four.5 trillion, up from $3.6 trillion the previous year.^[36]
I third of the world’s billionaires, 413, came from the United States. People’s republic of china had the second most billionaires with 115, while Russia was 3rd with 101. Asia moved up to 332 billionaires, passing Europe as a region for the first time since the 1990s. The 2011 listing included 214 newcomers and the boilerplate net worth of those on it increased to $3.vii billion.^[35]

No.	Proper noun	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
i	Carlos Slim	$74.0 billion	71	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2	Bill Gates	$56.0 billion	55	Usa	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$50.0 billion	80	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Bernard Arnault	$41.0 billion	62	France	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
5	Larry Ellison	$39.five billion	66	Us	Oracle Corporation
6	Lakshmi Mittal	$31.1 billion	60	India	Arcelor Mittal
7	Amancio Ortega	$31.0 billion	74	Spain	Inditex Group
8	Eike Batista	$30.0 billion	53	Brazil	EBX Group
ix	Mukesh Ambani	$27.0 billion	54	Bharat	Reliance Industries
10	Christy Walton & family	$26.5 billion	62	Us	Walmart

2010

Slim narrowly eclipsed Gates to peak the billionaire listing for the starting time time. Slim saw his estimated worth surge $18.five billion to $53.5 billion equally shares of America Movil rose 35 percentage. Gates’ estimated wealth rose $13 billion to $53 billion, placing him second. Warren Buffett was third with $47 billion.^[37]
Christy Walton was the highest-ranking woman, placing 12th overall, with an inherited fortune of $22.5 billion.^[38]
At historic period 25, Mark Zuckerberg continued to be the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.^[7]
American Isaac Perlmutter was among the newcomers with an estimated fortune of $4 billion largely acquired in his sale of Marvel Entertainment to Disney.^[37]

A total of 1,011 people fabricated the 2010 listing. The United states accounted for 403 billionaires, followed past China with 89 and Russian federation with 62.^[38]
It was the first fourth dimension People’s republic of china, while including Hong Kong, placed second.^[37]
A total of 55 countries were represented on the 2010 list, including Republic of finland and Pakistan which claimed their first billionaires.^[38]
80-nine women made the list, but only 14 of them were self-made.^[38]
The combined net worth of the list was $3.half-dozen trillion, up 50 percent from 2009’s $2.iv trillion, while the average net worth was $three.v billion.^[7]

The 2010 list featured 164 re-entries and 97 true newcomers.^[vii]
Asia accounted for more than than 100 of the new entrants. Overall, but 12 per centum of the list lost wealth since 2009, and xxx people fell off the list. 13 others died.^[37]
Of the 89 women, 12 were newcomers in 2010. Steve Forbes said the growing number of billionaires was a clear sign that the globe’s economy was recovering from 2009’s global financial crunch.^[7]

In June 2010, Gates and Buffett announced the Giving Pledge, a promise to requite the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of 2017, the pledge had 158 signatories, but some of the signatories take since died. Most of the signers of the pledge are billionaires, and their pledges full over $365 billion.^[39]

No.	Name	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
ane	Carlos Slim & family unit	$53.5 billion	70	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2	Bill Gates	$53.0 billion	54	United States	Microsoft
3	Warren Buffett	$47.0 billion	79	The states	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Mukesh Ambani	$29.0 billion	53	India	Reliance Industries
5	Lakshmi Mittal	$28.7 billion	60	India	Arcelor Mittal
6	Larry Ellison	$28.0 billion	66	United States	Oracle Corporation
7	Bernard Arnault	$27.5 billion	61	French republic	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
8	Eike Batista	$27.0 billion	53	Brazil	EBX Group
9	Amancio Ortega	$25.0 billion	74	Espana	Inditex Group
10	Karl Albrecht	$23.v billion	90	Deutschland	Aldi Süd

2009

In the wake of the Financial crunch of 2007–2008, the earth’due south billionaires lost $2 trillion in net worth and the list became 30% smaller than the previous year’southward list.^[40]

No.	Proper noun	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(south) of wealth
1	Bill Gates	$40.0 billion	53	United States	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$37.0 billion	78	United states of america	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Carlos Slim	$35.0 billion	69	United mexican states	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
4	Larry Ellison	$22.v billion	64	United States	Oracle Corporation
v	Ingvar Kamprad	$22.0 billion	83	Sweden	IKEA
half-dozen	Karl Albrecht	$21.5 billion	89	Deutschland	Aldi Süd
7	Mukesh Ambani	$19.5 billion	52	India	Reliance Industries
8	Lakshmi Mittal	$19.three billion	58	India	Arcelor Mittal
9	Theo Albrecht	$18.eight billion	87	Federal republic of germany	Aldi Nord, Trader Joe’s
x	Amancio Ortega	$18.3 billion	73	Spain	Inditex Group

2008

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 4 years later starting the company, joined the list at 23 to go the youngest self-made billionaire.

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
ane	Warren Buffett	$62.0 billion	77	Us	Berkshire Hathaway
ii	Carlos Slim	$60.0 billion	68	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
three	Nib Gates	$58.0 billion	52	United States	Microsoft
4	Lakshmi Mittal	$45.0 billion	57	India	Arcelor Mittal
5	Mukesh Ambani	$43.0 billion	51	India	Reliance Industries
6	Anil Ambani	$42.0 billion	48	India	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Grouping
vii	Ingvar Kamprad	$31.0 billion	81	Sweden	IKEA
8	Kushal Pal Singh	$xxx.0 billion	76	India	DLF Grouping
ix	Oleg Deripaska	$28.0 billion	40	Russia	Rusal
ten	Karl Albrecht	$27.0 billion	88	Frg	Aldi Süd

2007

Forbes recorded a then tape of 946 billionaires. There were 178 newcomers, as well as the first billionaires from Cyprus, Sultanate of oman, Romania and Serbia. Over 66% of the previous year’s billionaires became richer. The billionaires’ net worth increased in 2007 past $900 billion to $3.5 trillion.^[41]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
ane	Neb Gates	$56.0 billion	51	Usa	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$52.0 billion	76	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Carlos Slim	$49.0 billion	67	United mexican states	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
4	Ingvar Kamprad	$33.0 billion	lxxx	Sweden	IKEA
5	Lakshmi Mittal	$32.0 billion	56	Bharat	Arcelor Mittal
6	Sheldon Adelson	$26.5 billion	73	U.s.a.	Las Vegas Sands
7	Bernard Arnault	$26.0 billion	58	France	LVMH
8	Amancio Ortega	$24.0 billion	71	Espana	Inditex Grouping
nine	Li Ka-shing	$23.0 billion	78	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
10	David Thomson	$22.0 billion	49	Canada	Thomson Corporation

2006

Free cash used by consumers from domicile equity extraction, known as the real estate bubble created a total of nearly $5 trillion in 2005, contributing to economic growth worldwide.^[42]

No.	Proper noun	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Historic period	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Neb Gates	$52.0 billion	l	United states	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$42.0 billion	75	U.s.	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Carlos Slim	$30.0 billion	66	Mexico	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
4	Ingvar Kamprad	$28.0 billion	79	Sweden	IKEA
5	Lakshmi Mittal	$23.v billion	55	India	Mittal Steel Visitor
6	Paul Allen	$22.0 billion	53	United States	Microsoft
7	Bernard Arnault	$21.5 billion	57	French republic	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
8	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$twenty.0 billion	49	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Belongings Company
9	Kenneth Thomson	$nineteen.vi billion	82	Canada	Thomson Corporation
10	Li Ka-shing	$18.eight billion	77	Hong Kong	Cheung Kong Grouping, Hutchison Whampoa

2005

The net worth of 2005’s 691 billionaires was $ii.ii trillion. More than one-half of them had self-made fortunes.^[43]

No.	Name	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
one	Bill Gates	$46.5 billion	49	United states of america	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$44.0 billion	74	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Lakshmi Mittal	$25.0 billion	54	India	Mittal Steel Company
four	Carlos Slim	$23.8 billion	65	United mexican states	América Móvil, Grupo Carso
5	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$23.7 billion	49	Saudi arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
half-dozen	Ingvar Kamprad	$23.0 billion	79	Sweden	IKEA
7	Paul Allen	$21.0 billion	52	United States	Microsoft
8	Karl Albrecht	$xviii.v billion	85	Germany	Aldi Süd
ix	Larry Ellison	$18.4 billion	60	Usa	Oracle Corporation
10	S. Robson Walton	$xviii.3 billion	61	The states	Walmart

2004

The founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, became billionaires at age 30.

No.	Proper name	Net worth (USD)	Historic period	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
1	Bill Gates	$46.half dozen billion	48	The states	Microsoft
ii	Warren Buffett	$42.9 billion	73	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Karl Albrecht	$23.0 billion	84	Germany	Aldi Süd
four	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$21.5 billion	47	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Holding Company
5	Paul Allen	$21.0 billion	51	United States	Microsoft
6	Alice Walton *	$20.0 billion	55	Usa	Wal-Mart
6	Helen Walton *	$xx.0 billion	84	United States	Wal-Mart
half dozen	Jim Walton *	$20.0 billion	56	United States	Wal-Mart
6	John Walton *	$xx.0 billion	58	United States	Wal-Mart
6	S. Robson Walton *	$20.0 billion	threescore	Us	Wal-Mart

* Each concord an essentially equal share in Walmart.

2003

Oprah Winfrey became the beginning female African-American billionaire.

No.	Name	Internet worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(due south) of wealth
one	Bill Gates	$40.seven billion	47	United States	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$30.5 billion	72	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$25.6 billion	83	Germany	Aldi Süd
four	Paul Allen	$20.i billion	50	United States	Microsoft
5	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$17.7 billion	46	Kingdom of saudi arabia	Kingdom Property Company
half dozen	Larry Ellison	$16.6 billion	58	United States	Oracle Corporation
vii	Alice Walton *	$16.5 billion	54	United States	Wal-Mart
seven	Helen Walton *	$16.5 billion	83	United States	Wal-Mart
vii	Jim Walton *	$16.v billion	55	The states	Wal-Mart
vii	John Walton *	$16.5 billion	57	Usa	Wal-Mart
7	S. Robson Walton *	$sixteen.5 billion	59	United States	Wal-Mart

* Each concur an essentially equal share in Walmart.

2002

As a result of the market crash acquired past the Dot-com chimera, 83 billionaires dropped off the list from the previous yr.

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
i	Pecker Gates	$52.8 billion	46	United States	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	$35.0 billion	71	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$26.eight billion	82	Germany	Aldi Süd
4	Paul Allen	$25.2 billion	49	Usa	Microsoft
five	Larry Ellison	$23.5 billion	57	United States	Oracle Corporation
6	Jim Walton *	$xx.8 billion	54	United States	Wal-Mart
7	John Walton *	$20.7 billion	56	United States	Wal-Mart
8	Alice Walton *	$20.five billion	53	United States	Wal-Mart
8	Southward. Robson Walton *	$20.five billion	58	U.s.	Wal-Mart
8	Helen Walton *	$20.5 billion	82	U.s.a.	Wal-Mart

* Each concord an essentially equal share in Walmart.

2001

In 2001, BET founder Robert L. Johnson became the kickoff ever African-American billionaire.^[44]

No.	Proper noun	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(south) of wealth
1	Nib Gates	$58.7 billion	45	United states	Microsoft
ii	Warren Buffett	$32.3 billion	70	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Paul Allen	$30.4 billion	48	The states	Microsoft
4	Larry Ellison	$26.0 billion	56	U.s.	Oracle Corporation
five	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$25.0 billion	81	Germany	Aldi
six	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$twenty.0 billion	44	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Belongings Visitor
vii	Jim Walton *	$eighteen.eight billion	53	United States	Wal-Mart
viii	John Walton *	$18.seven billion	55	United states of america	Wal-Mart
nine	S. Robson Walton *	$18.6 billion	57	United States	Wal-Mart
x	Alice Walton *	$18.5 billion	52	United states	Wal-Mart
10	Helen Walton *	$18.5 billion	81	United States	Wal-Mart

* Each hold an substantially equal share in Wal-Mart. Had he been live in 2001, Sam Walton would have been the world’s wealthiest person.

2000

Gates became the first American to take the top spot of the world’s billionaires in 1995 with a internet worth of $12.five billion, and he remained in that location during the dot-com chimera’s height in 1999 when his fortune peaked at $90 billion. After the dot-com bubble started to plummet in 2000, his wealth dropped to $60 billion, although he remained at the top of the list.

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Beak Gates	$60.0 billion	44	U.s.	Microsoft
2	Larry Ellison	$47.0 billion	55	United States	Oracle Corporation
3	Paul Allen	$28.0 billion	47	Us	Microsoft
4	Warren Buffett	$25.half dozen billion	69	The states	Berkshire Hathaway
v	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$20.0 billion	fourscore	Germany	Aldi Süd
6	Al-Waleed bin Talal	$twenty.0 billion	43	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Belongings Visitor
7	S. Robson Walton	$20.0 billion	57	United States	Wal-Mart
8	Masayoshi Son	$xix.4 billion	43	Nippon	Softbank Capital letter, SoftBank Mobile
9	Michael Dell	$xix.i billion	35	United States	Dell
10	Kenneth Thomson	$16.1 billion	77	Canada	The Thomson Corporation

1999

No.[45]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Nib Gates	$90.0 billion	43	United States	Microsoft
ii	Warren Buffett	$36.0 billion	68	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Paul Allen	$30.0 billion	46	United States	Microsoft
4	Steven Ballmer	$19.5 billion	43	U.s.	Microsoft
5	Philip Anschutz	$xvi.five billion	59	U.s.	The Anschutz Corporation
6	Michael Dell	$16.5 billion	34	United states	Dell
7	S. Robson Walton	$xv.8 billion	55	United States	Wal-Mart
8	Al-Waleed Bin Talal	$xv.0 billion	42	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Property Company
9	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$13.6 billion	79	Germany	Aldi Süd
x	Li Ka-shing & family	$12.6 billion	71	Hong Kong	CK Nugget Holdings[46]

1998

No.[45]	Name	Internet worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(south) of wealth
ane	Bill Gates	$51.0 billion	43	United States	Microsoft
2	Walton family	$48.0 billion	_	U.s.a.	Wal-Mart
three	Warren Buffett	$33.0 billion	67	The states	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Paul Allen	$21.0 billion	45	United States	Microsoft
5	Kenneth Thomson	$xiv.4 billion	74	Canada	Woodbridge Co. Ltd.[47]
6	Jay and Robert Pritzker	$13.5 billion	_	United States	Hyatt[48]
vii	Forrest Mars Sr. & family unit	$13.5 billion	94	United States	Mars, Inc.[49]
8	Al-Waleed Bin Talal	$13.3 billion	41	Saudi Arabia	Kingdom Belongings Company
9	Lee Shau-kee	$12.7 billion	70	Hong Kong	Henderson State Evolution[50]
10	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$11.7 billion	78	Federal republic of germany	Aldi Süd

1997

No.[45]	Proper name	Internet worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Neb Gates	$36.4 billion	42	United states of america	Microsoft
2	Walton family unit	$27.half dozen billion	_	United States	Wal-Mart
3	Warren Buffett	$23.two billion	66	United states	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Lee Shau-kee	$14.seven billion	69	Hong Kong	Henderson Land Development[50]
5	Paul Allen	$xiv.ane billion	44	United States	Microsoft
6	Kwok brothers	$12.3 billion	48	Hong Kong	Sun Hung Kai Properties[51]
7	Haas family unit	$12.3 billion	_	The states	Levi Strauss & Co[52]
viii	Forrest Mars Sr. & family	$12.0 billion	93	United States	Mars, Inc.[49]
9	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$eleven.5 billion	77	Germany	Aldi Süd
10	Tsai Wan-lin & family	$11.3 billion	73	Taiwan	China Life Insurance[53]

1996

No.[45]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(southward) of wealth
ane	Walton family	$22.9 billion	_	The states	Wal-Mart
2	Neb Gates	$xviii.0 billion	41	United States	Microsoft
iii	Warren Buffett	$15.iii billion	65	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
iv	Oeri, Hoffman & Sacher families	$thirteen.one billion	_	Switzerland	Roche[54]
5	Lee Shau-kee	$12.7 billion	68	Hong Kong	Henderson Land Development[50]
6	Tsai Wan-lin & family	$12.two billion	72	Taiwan	Mainland china Life Insurance[53]
seven	Kwok brothers	$11.2 billion	_	Hong Kong	Sun Hung Kai Properties[51]
8	Li Ka-shing & family unit	$10.six billion	68	Hong Kong	CK Nugget Holdings[46]
nine	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$9.2 billion	62	Japan	Seibu Railway[55]
x	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$ix.0 billion	76	Deutschland	Aldi Süd[56]

1995

No.[45]	Proper noun	Internet worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Walton family unit	$23.5 billion	Usa
ii	Bill Gates	$12.9 billion	United states of america
iii	Warren Buffett	$ten.7 billion	United States
four	Hans and Gad Rausing	$9.0 billion	Sweden
five	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$nine.0 billion	Japan
6	Paul Sacher & Hoffman family	$viii.six billion	Switzerland
7	Tsai Wan-lin & family unit	$8.5 billion	Taiwan
8	Kenneth Thomson	$half dozen.5 billion	Canada
9	Lee Shau-kee	$6.5 billion	Hong Kong
x	Chung Ju-yung	$six.ii billion	Republic of korea

1994

No.[45]	Proper name	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Nationality
i	Walton family	$22.6 billion	United States
2	du Pont family unit	$9.0 billion	United States
three	Hans and Gad Rausing	$9.0 billion	Sweden
iv	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$viii.v billion	Nippon
5	Pecker Gates	$8.two billion	Us
6	Warren Buffett	$7.9 billion	U.s.
7	Paul Sacher & Hoffman family unit	$seven.viii billion	Switzerland
8	Tsai Wan-lin & family	$7.5 billion	Taiwan
9	Karl and Theo Albrecht	$7.3 billion	Germany
10	Carlos Slim	$6.6 billion	Mexico

1993

No.[45]	Proper noun	Cyberspace worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Walton family unit	$25.three billion	United States
2	Mars family unit	$9.ii billion	Us
3	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$9.0 billion	Japan
4	du Pont family	$8.half dozen billion	U.s.a.
five	Minoru and Akira Mori	$7.5 billion	Japan
6	Beak Gates	$7.iv billion	United States
seven	Samuel and Donald Newhouse	$7.0 billion	Usa
8	Sid and Lee Bass & brothers	$half dozen.8 billion	Us
ix	Warren Buffett	$6.6 billion	United States
10	Erivan Haub	$6.2 billion	Germany

1992

No.[45]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Walton family	$23.eight billion	United States
2	Taikichiro Mori	$13.0 billion	Japan
3	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$10.0 billion	Japan
4	Hans and Gad Rausing	$7.0 billion	Sweden
v	Erivan Haub	$6.nine billion	Germany
6	Haniel family	$6.iv billion	Germany
7	Bill Gates	$6.four billion	United states
8	David Sainsbury & family	$6.two billion	Britain
nine	Kenneth Thomson	$six.2 billion	Canada
10	Shin Kyuk-ho	$6.0 billion	South Korea

1991

No.[45]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Walton family	$18.5 billion	Us
2	Taikichiro Mori	$15.0 billion	Nippon
3	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$14.0 billion	Nippon
four	du Pont family	$x.0 billion	U.s.
five	Hans and Gad Rausing	$9.0 billion	Sweden
6	Kitaro Watanabe [ja]	$vii.7 billion	Japan
7	Paul Reichmann & brothers	$7.1 billion	Canada
eight	Kenneth Thomson	$half dozen.eight billion	Canada
nine	Kenkichi Nakajima [Wikidata]	$6.one billion	Japan
10	Shin Kyuk-ho	$6.0 billion	South Korea

1990

No.[45]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
ane	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$16.0 billion	Japan
2	Taikichiro Mori	$fourteen.six billion	Japan
iii	Walton family unit	$13.5 billion	United States
4	du Pont family	$10.0 billion	United states of america
5	Hans and Gad Rausing	$9.half dozen billion	Sweden
6	Kitaro Watanabe [ja]	$9.2 billion	Japan
7	Paul Reichmann & brothers	$9.0 billion	Canada
8	Kenkichi Nakajima [Wikidata]	$8.4 billion	Nippon
ix	Shin Kyuk-ho	$seven.5 billion	South korea
10	Eitaro Itoyama	$v.8 billion	Japan

1989

No.[57]	Proper noun	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
ane	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$15.0 billion	Nippon
2	Taikichiro Mori	$xiv.2 billion	Japan
3	Sam Walton & family	$8.vii billion	United States
iv	Reichmann brothers	$8.0 billion	Canada
4	Shin Kyuk-ho	$8.0 billion	South korea
half-dozen	Hirotomo Takei [ja] & family	$seven.8 billion	Japan
7	Kitaro Watanabe [ja]	$7.0 billion+	Japan
8	Haruhiko Yoshimoto [Wikidata]& family	$7.0 billion	Japan
viii	Hans and Gad Rausing	$7.0 billion	Sweden
10	Eitaro Itoyama	$vi.half dozen billion	Japan

1988

No.[58]	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$eighteen.ix billion	Japan
two	Taikichiro Mori	$xviii.0 billion	Japan
3	Reichmann brothers	$9.0 billion	Canada
4	Shin Kyuk-ho	$8.0 billion	South korea
4	K. C. Irving	$8.0 billion	Canada
half-dozen	Haruhiko Yoshimoto [Wikidata]	$7.8 billion	Nippon
7	Sam Walton	$6.v billion	U.s.
8	Tsai Wan-lin	$5.vi billion	Taiwan
9	Eitaro Itoyama	$5.0 billion+	Nippon
10	Kitaro Watanabe [ja]	$5.2 billion	Japan

1987

No.[59]	Proper name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality
1	Yoshiaki Tsutsumi	$20 billion	Japan
two	Taikichiro Mori	$fifteen billion	Japan
three	Shigeru Kobayashi [ja]	$7.five billion	Japan
4	Haruhiko Yoshimoto [Wikidata]	$7.0 billion	Japan
5	Salim Ahmed Bin Mahfouz [ar]	$6.2 billion	Saudi Arabia
6	Hans and Gad Rausing	$6.0 billion	Sweden
vii	Paul Reichmann	$half-dozen.0 billion	Canada
8	Yohachiro Iwasaki [ja]	$v.6 billion	Nippon
9	Kenneth Thomson	$five.4 billion	Canada
10	Keizo Saji	$4.0 billion	Japan

Statistics

The dot-com bubble created the most paper wealth for some billionaires. However, once the dotcom bubble burst the new rich saw their fortunes disappear.^[60]
Billionaires’ fortunes were hit even harder by the global financial crisis; 2009 was the first time in five years that the globe had a net loss in the number of billionaires.^[61]
The strong performance of the financial markets and global economic recovery have erased financial assets losses. Most of the richest people in the world saw their fortunes soar in the early 2010s.^[62]
[63]

Number and combined net worth of billionaires by year^[64]

Year	Number of billionaires	Group’s combined internet worth
2021[9]	ii,755	$13.ane trillion
2020	ii,095	$8.0 trillion
2019	ii,153	$viii.seven trillion
2018	2,208	$nine.1 trillion
2017	2,043	$vii.7 trillion
2016	ane,810	$6.5 trillion
2015[16]	1,826	$7.i trillion
2014[65]	ane,645	$6.four trillion
2013[66]	1,426	$five.4 trillion
2012	one,226	$4.6 trillion
2011	one,210	$4.5 trillion
2010	i,011	$3.half-dozen trillion
2009	793	$two.4 trillion
2008	i,125	$4.four trillion
2007	946	$three.5 trillion
2006	793	$2.6 trillion
2005	691	$ii.two trillion
2004	587	$1.9 trillion
2003	476	$1.4 trillion
2002	497	$one.5 trillion
2001	538	$one.8 trillion
2000	470	$898 billion
Sources: Forbes.[sixteen] [65] [64] [66]

See also

References

Specific

General

• 2000–2010 Summit 10s:
  Rogers, Simon (xi March 2010). “Forbes rich list: 10 years of top tens”.
  The Guardian.
  
• 2011 Top 10:
  “The Earth’s Billionaires 2011”.
  Forbes.
  
• 2012 Pinnacle 10:
  
  “Forbes rich list 2012: meridian 50”.
  The Telegraph. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
  
• 2013 Pinnacle 10:
  Durgy, Edwin (four March 2013). “The Earth’due south Richest Billionaires: Total List Of The Top 500”.
  Forbes.
  
• 2014 Top 10:
  “Forbes Releases 28th Annual Globe’s Billionaires Effect”.
  Forbes. 3 March 2014. Retrieved
  three March
  2014.
  
• 2015 Peak 10:
  “Forbes’ 29th Annual World’s Billionaires Issue”.
  Forbes. 2 March 2015. Retrieved
  12 March
  2015.
  

External links

• Forbes: “The World’southward Billionaires”
• Forbes:
  Real-Time Billionaires