#1 Bill Gates
- Real Time Net Worth
- $82.2 Billion
- $55.5 M | -0.1%
- As of 11/22/2014 @ 4:35AM *
- Cofounder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Follow (6,179)- Age
- 59
- Source Of Wealth
- Microsoft, Self Made
- Residence
- Medina, WA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Drop Out, Harvard University
- Real Time Net Worth
- $79.9 Billion
- $541.2 M | 0.7%
- As of 11/22/2014 @ 4:45AM *
- Honorary Chairman, América Móvil
- Age
- 74
- Source Of Wealth
- telecom, Self Made
- Residence
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 6
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts / Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Real Time Net Worth
- $71.9 Billion
- $543.7 M | 0.8%
- As of 11/22/2014 @ 4:50AM *
- CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
- Age
- 84
- Source Of Wealth
- Berkshire Hathaway, Self Made
- Residence
- Omaha, NE
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Widowed, Remarried
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Master of Science, Columbia University
- Real Time Net Worth
- $61.7 Billion
- $1.5 B | 2.5%
- As of 11/22/2014 @ 4:55AM *
- Age
- 78
- Source Of Wealth
- retail, Self Made
- Residence
- La Coruna, Spain
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Real Time Net Worth
- $51.8 Billion
- $564.4 M | 1.1%
- As of 11/22/2014 @ 5:00AM *
- CEO and Founder, Oracle
- Age
- 70
- Source Of Wealth
- Oracle, Self Made
- Residence
- Woodside, CA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Divorced
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Drop Out, University of Illinois at Urbana; Drop Out, University of Chicago
America's richest man, Bill Gates, is using his billions to effect major social change around the globe. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given away $30 billion since 2000, a fortune that on its own would be one of the 20 largest in America. The foundation is working to eliminate polio in the three countries where it still exists and is committed to stamping out malaria wherever possible.
#2 Carlos Slim Helu & family
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If you're making a phone call nearly anywhere in Latin America, chances are good that you're using a network controlled by Mexico's Carlos Slim, the world's second richest man. His America Movil has telecom operations in 18 countries in the Americas -- including prepaid wireless firm TracFone in the U.S. --and 265 million mobile phone customers.
#3 Warren Buffett
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At the age of 84 Warren Buffett is still at the top of his game both professionally and philanthropically. The second-richest American's net worth continues to surge, despite his giving away billions, thanks to the juggernaut performance of Berkshire Hathaway. In August the company's coveted Class A stock, which is the most expensive of any public U.S. company, eclipsed $200,000 per share
#4 Amancio Ortega
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World's richest retailer Ortega added $7 billion to his fortune this past year, expanding the gap between him and number four, Warren Buffett. He is up a total of $26.5 billion in the past two years. Though he stepped down as chairman of Inditex (best known for its Zara brand) in 2011, he still owns nearly 60% of its shares.
#5 Larry Ellison
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Larry Ellison shocked the business world this September when he announced plans to step down as Oracle's CEO. After having built databases for the CIA, Ellison founded Oracle in 1977 and has never left. He will remain Chief Technology Officer. An adrenaline junkie, he was arguably the first Silicon Valley hotshot to live large and very, very fast.
SOURCE: forbes.com
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