

The corporation has sales in anything from pipelines and chemicals to paper towels and carpets.ĭavid Hamilton Koch is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer.
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Larry Ellison is the co-founder of Oracle, a tech company specializing in developing and marketing software to create databases.Īnother American to grace the rich-list, Charles Koch is CEO of Koch Industries, the US’s second largest private company.

He and his family control America Movil, the biggest telecom firm in Latin America. He currently has a net worth of £55.2bn that is set to rise with Facebook’s profit on the up.Ĭarlos Slim Helu is Mexico’s richest man. The famed Facebook CEO founded the social media site in 2004 at the age of 19 as a Harvard drop-out. He notably gives away 99 per cent of his income to charity and launched the Giving Pledge with Bill Gates asking billionaires to donate their wealth. One of the most successful investors of all time, Warren Buffet comes in fourth with a net worth of £56.8bn.

The Spanish company also owns the brands Bershka and Massimo Dutti among others and is the world’s largest fashion retailer. Bezos beat Bill Gates to the top-spot as Amazon’s share price jumped by more than £12 but quickly slipped to second best the following day.Īmancia Ortega owns 59 per cent of Inditex, the parent company of Zara, making him Europe’s richest person. The owner of the, Jeff Bezos, has a personal fortune of over £70billion. He has been the richest man in the world for 18 of the past 23 years and together with his wife chairs the world’s largest private charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the American technology company.
