Richest billionaires
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos briefly became the richest person in the world when the markets opened on July 27, 2017, according to Forbes. With a fortune of $90.6 billion, he became the first person to top a net worth of $90 billion. But by the time the markets closed, he had been dethroned again.
While Forbes updates their list of the world's billionaires in real time as markets fluctuate, the magazine also releases a more static list each year. The total net worth of these money-makers when 2017's list was released in March was $7.67 trillion.
20. Sheldon Adelson (U.S.)
Chairman and CEO, Las Vegas Sands
Age: 83
Net worth: $30.4 billion
19. Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong)
Chairman, CK Hutchison Holdings
Age: 89
Net worth: $31.2 billion
18. Wang Jianlin (China)
Chairman, Dalian Wanda Group
Age: 62
Net worth: $31.3 billion
17. Alice Walton (U.S.)
Wal-Mart heir; Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Age: 67
Net worth: $33.8 billion
16. Jim Walton (U.S.)
Wal-Mart heir; Chairman and CEO, Arvest Bank Group, Inc.
Age: 60
Net worth: $34 billion
15. Rob Walton (U.S.)
Chairman, Wal-Mart Stores
Age: 72
Net worth: $34.1 billion
14. Liliane Bettencourt (France)
Owner, 33 percent of L'Oréal
Age: 94
Net worth: $39.5 billion
13. Sergey Brin (U.S.)
President, Google
Age: 43
Net worth: $39.8 billion
12. Larry Page (U.S.)
CEO, Google
Age: 43
Net worth: $39.8 billion
11. Bernard Arnault (France)
Chairman and CEO, Louis Vuitton
Age: 68
Net worth: $41.5 billion
10. Michael Bloomberg (U.S.)
CEO, Bloomberg
Age: 75
Net worth: $47.5 billion
8 (TIE). David Koch (U.S.)
Executive Vice President, Koch Industries
Age: 77
Net worth: $48.3 billion
8 (TIE). Charles Koch (U.S.)
CEO, Koch Industries
Age: 81
Net worth: $48.3 billion
7. Larry Ellison (U.S.)
Co-founder, Oracle
Age: 72
Net worth: $52.2 billion
6. Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico)
Chairman, América Móvil
Age: 77
Net worth: $54.5 billion
5. Mark Zuckerberg (U.S.)
Co-founder and CEO, Facebook
Age: 33
Net worth: $56 billion
4. Amancio Ortega (Spain)
Co-founder, Zara
Age: 81
Net worth: $71.3 billion
3. Jeff Bezos (U.S.)
CEO, Amazon
Age: 53
Net worth: $72.8 billion
2. Warren Buffett (U.S.)
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 85
Net worth: $75.6 billion
1. Bill Gates (U.S.)
Co-founder, Microsoft
Age: 60
Net worth: $86 billion
Gates has held the No. 1 spot as the world's richest person for four years in a row, and for 18 out of the past 23 years.
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