Forbes magazine has calculated that there are 2,208 billionaires in the world in 2018, up from 2,043 billionaires in 2017. And the average wealth of these people is 4.1 billion dollars, which is equivalent to or even exceeds the GDP of some countries in the world. And combined, all the billionaires in the world are worth $9.1 trillion, up from $7.7 trillion in 2017.
According to the Forbes list, 67% (1490) of billionaires are the so-called "self-made man". That is, they did not inherit wealth, but earned it with their own labor.
| Place | Millionaire | State | Age | Source of income | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jeff Bezos | $112 billion | 54 | Amazon | USA |
| #2 | Bill Gates | $90 billion | 62 | Microsoft | USA |
| #3 | Warren Buffett | $84 billion | 87 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA |
| #4 | Bernard Arno | $72 billion | 69 | LVMH | France |
| #5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $71 billion | 33 | USA | |
| #6 | Amancio Ortega | $70 billion | 81 | Zara | Spain |
| #7 | Carlos Slim Helu | $67.1 billion | 78 | telecom | Mexico |
| #8 | Charles Koch | $60 billion | 82 | Koch Industries | USA |
| #8 | David Koch | $60 billion | 77 | Koch Industries | USA |
| #10 | Larry Ellison | $58.5 billion | 73 | software | USA |
| #11 | Michael Bloomberg | $50 billion | 76 | Bloomberg L.P. | USA |
| #12 | Larry Page | $48.8 billion | 44 | USA | |
| #13 | Sergey Brin | $47.5 billion | 44 | USA | |
| #14 | Jim Walton | $46.4 billion | 69 | walmart | USA |
| #15 | S. Robson Walton | $46.2 billion | 73 | walmart | USA |
| #16 | Alice Walton | $46 billion | 68 | walmart | USA |
| #17 | Ma Huateng | $45.3 billion | 46 | internet media | China |
| #18 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $42.2 billion | 64 | L "Oreal | France |
| #19 | Mukesh Ambani | $40.1 billion | 60 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| #20 | Jack Ma | $39 billion | 53 | e-commerce | China |
| #21 | Sheldon Adelson | $38.5 billion | 84 | casinos | USA |
| #22 | Steve Ballmer | $38.4 billion | 61 | Microsoft | USA |
| #23 | Li Ka-shing | $34.9 billion | 89 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| #24 | Hui Ka Yan | $30.3 billion | 59 | real estate | China |
| #24 | Lee Shau Kee | $30.3 billion | 90 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #26 | Wang Jianlin | $30 billion | 63 | real estate | China |
| #27 | Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. | $29.8 billion | 66 | supermarkets | Germany |
| #28 | Phil Knight | $29.6 billion | 80 | Nike | USA |
| #29 | Jorge Paulo Lehmann | $27.4 billion | 78 | beer | Brazil |
| #30 | François Pinault | $27 billion | 81 | luxury goods | France |
| #31 | Georg Scheffler | $25.3 billion | 53 | auto parts | Germany |
| #32 | Suzanne Klatten | $25 billion | 55 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| #32 | David Thomson | $25 billion | 60 | media | Canada |
| #34 | Jacqueline Mars | $23.6 billion | 78 | candy, pet food | USA |
| #34 | John Mars | $23.6 billion | 82 | candy, pet food | USA |
| #36 | Joseph Safra | $23.5 billion | 79 | banking | Brazil |
| #37 | Giovanni Ferrero | $23 billion | 53 | Nutella, chocolates | Italy |
| #37 | Dietrich Mateschitz | $23 billion | 73 | Red billion | Austria |
| #39 | Michael Dell | $22.7 billion | 53 | Dell computers | USA |
| #39 | Son of Masayoshi | $22.7 billion | 60 | internet, telecom | Japan |
| #41 | Serge Dassault | $22.6 billion | 92 | diversified | France |
| #42 | Stefan Quandt | $22 billion | 51 | bmw | Germany |
| #43 | Yang Huiyan | $21.9 billion | 36 | real estate | China |
| #44 | Paul Allen | $21.7 billion | 65 | Microsoft investments | USA |
| #45 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $21.2 billion | 82 | eyeglasses | Italy |
| #46 | Dieter Schwartz | $20.9 billion | 78 | retail | Germany |
| #47 | Thomas Peterfi | $20.3 billion | 73 | discount billionrokerage | USA |
| #48 | Theo Albrecht Jr. | $20.2 billion | 67 | Aldi, Trader Joe's | Germany |
| #48 | Len Blavatnik | $20.2 billion | 60 | diversified | USA |
| #50 | He Xiangjian | $20.1 billion | 75 | home appliances | China |
| #50 | lui che woo | $20.1 billion | 88 | casinos | Hong Kong |
| #52 | James Simons | $20 billion | 79 | hedge funds | USA |
| #52 | Heinrich See | $20 billion | 93 | diversified | Philippines |
| #54 | Elon Musk | $19.9 billion | 46 | Tesla Motors | USA |
| #55 | Hinduja family | $19.5 billion | - | diversified | Great Britain |
| #55 | Tadashi Yanai | $19.5 billion | 69 | fashion retail | Japan |
| #57 | Vladimir Lisin | $19.1 billion | 61 | steel, transport | Russia |
| #58 | Work by Lauren Powell | $18.8 billion | 54 | Apple, Disney | USA |
| #58 | Azim Preji | $18.8 billion | 72 | software services | India |
| #60 | Alexey Mordashov | $18.7 billion | 52 | steel, investments | Russia |
| #61 | Lee Kun-hee | $18.6 billion | 76 | Samsung | South Korea |
| #62 | Lakshmi Mittal | $18.5 billion | 67 | steel | India |
| #63 | Wang Wei | $18.2 billion | 48 | package delivery | China |
| #64 | Leonid Mikhelson | $18 billion | 62 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| #65 | Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi | $17.9 billion | 73 | drinks, real estate | Thailand |
| #66 | Pallonji Mistry | $17.8 billion | 88 | construction | Ireland |
| #67 | Ray Dalio | $17.7 billion | 68 | hedge funds | USA |
| #68 | Takemitsu Takizaki | $17.5 billion | 72 | sensors | Japan |
| #69 | William Dean | $17.4 billion | 46 | online games | China |
| #69 | R. Budi Hartono | $17.4 billion | 77 | banking, tobacco | Indonesia |
| #69 | Gina Rinehart | $17.4 billion | 64 | mining | Australia |
| #72 | German Larrea Mota Velasco | $17.3 billion | 64 | mining | Mexico |
| #73 | Carl Icahn | $16.8 billion | 82 | investments | USA |
| #73 | Stefan Persson | $16.8 billion | 70 | H&M | Sweden |
| #75 | Michael Hartono | $16.7 billion | 78 | banking, tobacco | Indonesia |
| #75 | Joseph Lau | $16.7 billion | 66 | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #77 | Thomas and Raymond Kwok | $16.5 billion | - | real estate | Hong Kong |
| #78 | Vagit Alekperov | $16.4 billion | 67 | oil | Russia |
| #78 | James Ratcliff | $16.4 billion | 65 | chemicals | Great Britain |
| #80 | Donald Bren | $16.3 billion | 85 | real estate | USA |
| #80 | Iris Fontbona | $16.3 billion | 75 | mining | Chile |
| #82 | Gennady Timchenko | $16 billion | 65 | oil, gas | Russia |
| #83 | Abigail Johnson | $15.9 billion | 56 | money management | USA |
| #83 | Vladimir Potanin | $15.9 billion | 57 | metals | Russia |
| #83 | Lucas Walton | $15.9 billion | 31 | walmart | USA |
| #86 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken | $15.8 billion | 63 | Heineken | Netherlands |
| #87 | Zhang Zhidong | $15.6 billion | 46 | internet media | China |
| #88 | Peter Kelner | $15.5 billion | 53 | banking | Czech Republic |
| #88 | Andrey Melnichenko | $15.5 billion | 46 | coal fertilizers | Russia |
| #88 | David and Simon Reuben | $15.5 billion | - | investments, real estate | Great Britain |
| #91 | Klaus-Michael Kuene | $15.3 billion | 80 | shipping | Germany |
| #91 | Li Shufu | $15.3 billion | 54 | automobiles | China |
| #93 | Mikhail Fridman | $15.1 billion | 53 | oil, billionbanking, telecom | Russia |
| #94 | Rupert Murdoch | $15 billion | 87 | newspapers, TV networks | USA |
| #95 | Dhanin Chearavanont | $14.9 billion | 78 | diversified | Thailand |
| #96 | Robert Kuok | $14.8 billion | 94 | palm oil, shipping, property | Malaysia |
| #97 | Emmanuel Besnier | $14.7 billion | 47 | cheese | France |
| #98 | Shiv Nadar | $14.6 billion | 72 | software services | India |
| #99 | Viktor Vekselberg | $14.4 billion | 60 | metals, energy | Russia |
| #100 | Aliko Dangote | $14.1 billion | 60 | cement, sugar, flour | Nigeria |
| #100 | Harold Hamm | $14.1 billion | 72 | oil & gas | USA |
We present you the top 10 richest businessmen of 2018 from the list.
Wealth: $58.5 billion
The rating is opened by the ex-CEO of Oracle, which ranks second after Microsoft in the software market. Ellison stepped down as CEO in 2014 after 38 years at the helm of the company. He is now the Chief Technology Officer.
His cloud strategy has given Oracle an 18% share gain over the past 12 months.
The co-owner and executive vice president of the multinational corporation Koch controls the second largest private company in the United States. Charles and David Koch bought shares in their brothers Frederick and William to gain control of their father's company.
It is known that Koch is engaged in the creation of consumer products, chemical technologies, the production of fertilizers and polymers, owns oil refineries and pipelines. And this is not a complete list of her interests.
Twice David Koch happily escaped death. In 1991, he was the only survivor after the plane he was flying in crashed. In addition, he won the battle against prostate cancer. He is a generous donor who has donated over $1.2 billion to cancer research programs. educational programs and other charitable causes.
Wealth: $60 billion
The 82-year-old businessman is the CEO of Koch Corporation. It has over one hundred thousand employees.
Owned: $67.1 billion
The richest man in Mexico controls America Movil, Latin America's largest mobile operator. In addition, Carlos Slim has stakes in mining, overseas telecommunications, construction, real estate, and a number of consumer goods companies. He also owns a 17% stake in The New York Times.
Capital: $70 billion
The source of this Spanish billionaire's wealth is Zara Inditex, a Spanish fashion line. Ortega once worked as an errand boy at a local clothing store. And now he owns over 200 stores in 48 countries.
But even with all that money, Ortega maintains a frugal lifestyle. He dine in the same canteen where his employees eat.
Wealth: $71 billion
Not for the first time, the founder and CEO Facebook is in the top five richest billionaires. His already fantastic wealth has also grown by $15 billion in a year as Facebook shares soar and investors scramble to buy a stake in the popular social network.
With all his billions in capital, Mark Zuckerberg does not look like a classic “greedy capitalist”. He is in the top three. Together with his wife Priscilla, Mark donated $25 million to the fight against Ebola in 2015. In addition, the Zuckerbergs donated $100 million worth of stock to improve the New Jersey public school system.
Total earned: $72 billion
Bernard is the founder of the LVMH luxury consortium. It includes more than seventy luxury brands. They are all controlled by the parent company Groupe Arnault.
Number of billions: $84 billion
Since Donald Trump became president, Warren Buffett has had one of the best times of his life. Thanks to Trump's tax reform, Buffett's investment fund Berkshire Hathaway has made a record profit of $44.9 billion. Of this amount, 29 billion was received after the US Congress approved one of the largest cuts in the history of the country. tax payments to the federal budget.
Warren is the most successful investor of all time and proudly bears the title of "The Oracle of Omaha". At the age of eleven, he bought three shares in stock market USA. They cost $38 each. Buffett later sold them for a $5 profit per share. A few days later, the price of these securities soared to $202. This first bad experience taught the future billionaire that it is not worth chasing short-term gains.
Now the 87-year-old businessman owns over 60 companies, including Dairy Queen, Duracell, Geico, and others.
Wealth: $90 billion
The name of "dad" Microsoft is unlikely to disappear from the list of the richest entrepreneurs in the near future. Over the past 23 years, he has been named the King of the Billionaires 18 times. Today, the founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company, owns $90 billion. This is more than 4.7 times the state.
And, like many rich people in the West, Gates does not forget about charitable needs. His Gates Foundation provided funds to improve the lives and health of children in different countries peace.
Wealth: $112 billion
Here he is, the richest man in the world according to Forbes. Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon - the biggest player in the e-commerce market.
Take a place at the top of the global "monetary pyramid" Jeff Bezos allowed a sharp increase in the shares of his company. In a year, their price increased by 59%, which increased Bezos' fortune by $39.2 billion.
Most recently, a list of the richest people in the world was published. The data obtained from this list shows that it is now the entrepreneurs and self-made businessmen who are in the highest positions, so that the leaders are no longer those who inherited their wealth. Of course, it is also worth considering that there are quite a few families on the list that pass on their wealth and their companies by inheritance, such as the owners of Koch Industries, Walmart and even the cosmetics empire L "Oreal, more and more self-made billionaires appear on the list from all over the world.Most of them made their billions in the tech industry, such as Jack Ma or Mark Zuckerberg.It's time to find out who is the richest in the world?
The brothers are the owners and managers of the well-known perfume company House of Chanel.
The brothers inherited Advance Publications, a multi-million dollar publishing empire that owns publications such as The New Yorker and Vogue.
The Chinese Internet businessman is the founder, president, chief executive and board member of Tencent. It is a holding company whose subsidiaries do absolutely everything: online advertising, press, entertainment and payment systems.
Soros is one of the most famous and successful investors in the world. However, he started small, working as a railway porter and waiter, thus earning his way to study at the London School of Economics.
Knight is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, one of the world's most renowned sports companies.
The Italian billionaire is the owner of one of Europe's largest confectionery companies, Ferrero. She is the widow of Michel Ferrero.
Ambani is the Chairman, Managing Director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited, a Forture 500 company.
He is the chief executive of one of the largest fashion houses Hermès. He belongs to the sixth generation of the family that founded the house in 1837 and has run it ever since.
The German chemical and consumer products company was founded in 1876 by Fritz Henkel. Christoph Henckel inherited the company in 1999 when his father Konrad passed away.
Ballmer is a former chief executive of Microsoft who held this position from 2000 to 2014. He is now the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.
Lehmann is Brazil's richest man and made his fortune as a corporate takeover legend.
He is the founder and CEO of gambling giant Las Vegas Sands Corp and is also an active member of the Republican Party.
This is one of the richest people in China, and he is one of the first major investors in Facebook. He also acquired the British telecommunications company O2 in 2015 for 15 billion.
He is the founder of China's largest real estate company, the Dalian Wanda Group, and also owns a 20 percent stake in the Spanish football club Atlético Madrid.
This Chinese high-tech billionaire is the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.
The Swedish business mogul is the founder of IKEA, one of the largest furniture stores and most loved brands in the world, and has been at the helm of the company for over 70 years.
The German Karl Albrecht founded the Aldi supermarket chain with his brother Theo.
He is the son of Herbert and Johanna Quandt, and he owns 25 percent of the car giant BMW, while his sister owns 20 percent.
She is the heir to the fortune that she inherited with the cosmetics company L "Oreal, and she is also the largest shareholder of this company.
The Russian-American computer scientist, along with Larry Page, created the tech giant Google.
Page overtook his partner in creating Google Sergey Brin by one billion.
Arno is the chairman and CEO of the world's largest luxury goods company, LVMH.
He is the founder, owner and CEO of a global finance, software and tools company. mass media Bloomberg. It is worth noting that he bequeathed half of his fortune to charity after his death.
Ellison is the founder and chairman of the international giant Oracle. He is also a yacht aficionado, and has been credited with buying some of the most outstanding yachts in the world, as well as acquiring entire Hawaiian islands.
He is the richest man in Mexico, and he also became one of the richest self-made billionaires in the world after taking control of America Movil, one of the largest mobile telecommunications companies.
This 32-year-old is the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Facebook, the world's largest social network.
Brother and sister are the heirs of the confectionery empire, which is known throughout the production of Mars bars.
This legendary investor is considered the most successful investor in the world, a title he achieved while serving as the chairman and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. He also pledged to give 99 percent of his wealth to charitable causes.
He is the founder, chairman and CEO of the world's largest online retailer, Amazon. He is also a successful investor and invests through his own investment company, Bezos Expeditions.
In 1985, Ortega created Inditex, a company that owns brands such as Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti. He also owns 60 percent of the company's shares.
Gates made his fortune by co-founding the world's largest personal computer software company, Microsoft.
Charles has been Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, the second largest private company in the United States, since 1967. It is a family business and his brother David is the vice president of the company.
This American family created the world's largest retail company, Walmart. The three most prominent living family members today are Jim, Rob and Alice.
Hello! Today we will talk about the richest people in the world according to Forbes.
1. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world
Microsoft founder Bill Gates owns a 3% stake in his company, which is about 13% of his fortune. The rest of the money he earns: investing in the Canadian National railway, an American engineering company, etc. The richest man in the world.
Forbes tops the list 18 times out of 23. Bill Gates earns $6,659 per minute.
The richest private investor in the history of mankind. The main capital is concentrated in Berkshire Hathaway. The largest benefactor in modern history.
Every year he auctions off the right to have breakfast with him. The last time such a right cost the buyer $3 million.
The founder of the Facebook network and part-time the youngest of the billionaires in the top 10 of the Forbes list.
A businessman who is actively involved in telecommunications. From 2010 to 2013 he was the richest man in the world.
A businessman who made his fortune developing and implementing software. Was in the top three before the dot-com crash in 2000 the richest people planets.
Known as an active politician and sponsor of the US Republican Party. In 2012, he invested 400 million to counter the election of Barack Obama.
Unlike his brother, he is less interested in politics and is busy with the affairs of the company. He reinvests about $110 billion a year in his own business.
108th mayor of New York, entrepreneur. He is the founder of Bloomberg news agency. Closes the 10 richest people in the world.
In 2011-2012 he was among the four richest people on the planet.
Chief Executive Officer of Google.
Developer and co-founder of Google.
The richest woman in the world.
15. Robson Walton
Head of WalMart Corporation.
Youngest son of the Walton family, chairman of the Arvest bank. Has a stake in Wal-Mart.
The owner of the network of the largest casinos in Las Vegas. Closes the 20 richest people in the world at the moment.
21. Steve Ballmer
From 2000 to 2014, he was the CEO of Microsoft Corporation. The richest employee in the world.
22. Georges Lemman
The richest Brazilian in the world.
23. Jack Ma
Chairman of the Board of the Alibaba Group.
24. Karl Albrecht
Owns the largest supermarket chain in Germany.
25. David Thomson
Everyone still considers him a dark horse among all billionaires. The most secretive of all the representatives of the top 100.
26. Jacqueline Mars
Granddaughter of the founder of the confectionery corporation Mars Incorporated.
27. John Mars
Chairman of Mars Incorporated.
28. Phil Knight
One of the founders of Nike.
29. Maria Franco Fissolo
The richest of all the inhabitants of Italy.
30. George Soros
The man who, with his own hands, provoked the fall of the British pound on September 16, 1992. This event earned more than 1 billion dollars.
31. Ma Huateng
In the list of the most influential people in the world, he is firmly in the top 50.
32. Lee Shawki
Chairman of the Hong Kong Gas Company.
33. Mukesh Ambani
For the past 3 years he has been suing his brother over the price of gas delivery.
34. Masayoshi Son
He made his fortune on the introduction of Internet technologies into business.
35. Kirk Christiansen
Lego founder.
36. George Shaffler
He made his fortune in bearings.
37. Joseph Safra
The owner of the banking empire.
He started working at home, selling homemade modifications to computers.
39. Susan Klatten
He owns 50% of the shares in the pharmaceutical company Altana and 12% in BMW.
40. Leonid Blavatnik
Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.
41. Lauren Jobs
Founder of a natural food supply company in the United States. Wife of Steve Jabos.
42. Paul Allen
Microsoft co-founder.
43. Stefan Perrson
The largest shareholder of the H&M company created by his father.
44. Theo Albrecht
Co-founder of a large supermarket chain in Germany, together with his brother Karl.
45. Al-Waleed ibn Talal
Nephew of the current king. Made a fortune buying stocks.
46. Leonid Mikhelson
The richest Russian according to Forbes magazine.
47. Charles Ergen
Made a fortune on satellite TV.
48. Stefan Quandt
It is he who owns the majority of the stake in BMW.
49. James Simons
American mathematician and candidate of the Academy of Sciences. Made a fortune in trading.
50. Leonardo Del Vechio
His firm is engaged in the development and supply of glasses, contact lenses and frames.
51. Alexey Mordashov
One of the most recognizable and quoted businessmen in Russia and abroad.
52. William Ding
The richest man in the global gaming industry.
53. Dieter Schwartz
Dieter actively supports projects in the field of children's education and science.
54. Ray Dalio
Another brilliant investor. At the age of 12, he bought shares of Northeast Airlines for $300, and a few years later his investment tripled.
55. Carl Icahn
He started his career as an ordinary stockbroker. Later he became one of the most sought-after financiers in America.
56. Lakshmi Mittal
In 2008, he was one of the 4 richest people in the world. Doing business in the CIS.
57. Vladimir Lisin
In 2011, he was recognized as the richest Russian businessman.
58. Serge Dassault
Mayor of Corbeil-Essonne, a southern suburb of Paris
59. Gennady Timchenko
Specializes in investments in energy and transport infrastructure.
60. Wai Wei
Started earning as an ordinary taxi driver.
61. Tadashi Yanai
Owner of Japan's largest casual clothing chain.
62. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
Beer, which is produced by Charoen's company, has become a national symbol.
63. Francois Pinault
One of the richest collectors in the world. His collection is in the Venetian palace of Palazzo Grassi.
64. Hinduya family
The Hinduja company is engaged in the production of cars, military equipment and explosives.
65. David and Samaya Rubena
In 2007, the brothers were on the 8th line of the Forbes list.
66. Donald Bren
He made his money in the construction business.
67. Alisher Usmanov
From 2013 to 2015 he headed the list of the richest people in Russia.
68. Lee Gong Hee
Chairman of the Samsung Group.
69. Thomas and Raymond Kwok
The most recognizable Hong Kong businessmen.
70. Joseph Lau
The largest shareholder of a real estate holding in Hong Kong.
71. Gina Rinehart
The richest man in Australia.
72. Azim Premji
Engaged in software development in India. He is often referred to as the second Bill Gates.
73. Marcel Hermann Telles
Owner of the largest beer company in the world.
74. Vagit Alekperov
Stable in the top 10 Russian businessmen according to Forbes.
75. Mikhail Fridman
Alfa-Bank owner.
76. Abigail Johnson
Invests and distributes cash various companies.
77. Pallonji Mistry
Lives in Ireland and is the richest person in this country. Closed to the press man.
78. Vladimir Potanin
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Hermitage.
79. Wang Wenying
Back in 2015, he was in 125th place in Forbes list. He is in the mining business.
80. Elon Musk
Founder of PayPal, developer of electric vehicles Tesla Motors, chief engineer of SpaceX.
81. Stefano Pessina
Owner of a family pharmaceutical company.
82. Herman Larrea Mota-Velasco
Herman Larrea's company is the third largest in the world in terms of copper mined per year.
83. Thomas Peterffy
Played a key role in founding the Boston Otions Exchange.
84. Iris Fontbona
Widow of Chilean billionaire Andronico Lexica, who died of cancer.
85. Dilip Changvi
Dilipa is the fifth largest drug manufacturer in India.
86. Dietrich Mateschitz
Owns half of Red Bull.
87. Harold Hamm
Owns oil companies in America.
88. Robin Lee
Owns the Chinese search engine Baidu.
89. Andrey Melnichenko
The owner of the largest mineral fertilizer network in Russia.
90. Rupert Murdoch
The largest owner of film companies in the world.
91. Heinz Hermann Thiele
Active philanthropist. Awarded for supporting childhood cancer research and helping developing countries.
92. Stephen Cohen
In America, they call him the Supernatural Trader.
93. Patrick Dry
Founder of the French news channel i24News.
94. Henry C
Considered one of the most forward-thinking entrepreneurs in the world.
95. Charlene Heineken
The owner of a controlling stake in Heineken. Included in the "Tomorrow of your country" list.
96. Philipp Anschutz
Manages enterprises operating in various fields of industrial activity.
97. Ronald Perelman
Known as the "Corporate Swallower".
98. Hans Rausing
He sold a stake in his company to his brother for $7 billion.
99. Carlos Alberto Sicupira
Bachelor in Scientific Research.
100. Viktor Vekselberg
Closes the 100 richest people in the world according to Forbes magazine.
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In the last article, I introduced you to the twenty richest dollar billionaires of our time, who occupy leading positions in the Forbes ranking. Today I want to bring to your attention. It turns out that history knows examples of achieving wealth, several times greater than the success of today's billionaires. It is them that I want to consider today as a good motivational example.
1. John Rockefeller. The fortune of this famous multi-billionaire from the United States was equal in terms of current dollars, taking into account inflation $318 billion, which is more than 4 times more than that of the richest man of our time, Bill Gates.
John Rockefeller is the richest man on earth in its entire history and the world's first dollar billionaire. In old dollar terms, he created $1.4 billion of wealth in his lifetime, which at the time was 1.54% of annual US GDP.
John Rockefeller was born in 1839 in a poor large family(his father was a lumberjack, and then became a traveling elixir dealer). From the age of 7, he began to earn extra money in the neighbors' garden and got himself a book in which he kept, and put all his earnings in a piggy bank. At 13, he borrowed $50 from a farmer friend at 7.5% per annum.
His only official employment was a short-lived job as an accounting assistant, which Rockefeller got a job at age 16, having graduated before that. accounting courses. John did not like that he was paid less than his predecessor, and soon he quit.
Further, John Rockefeller became a partner of an entrepreneur with whom he opened a joint trading business. And for that, he borrowed the missing $ 800 from his father at 10% per annum. Later, he was able to convince a representative of one of the banks to give their company a loan for business development, due to which the turnover was significantly increased.
In the early 1860s, kerosene lamps began to spread in America, which served as an increase in the demand for oil - the raw material for kerosene filled in lamps. John Rockefeller met an oil refining chemist and they formed a small oil refinery together. And already in 1870, Rockefeller created his main life asset - the oil company Standard Oil, which was engaged in the search and production of oil.
Developing and increasing momentum, John Rockefeller bought up other oil companies, and soon was able to conclude a profitable deal with railway companies, which allowed him to crush competitors by reducing the cost of transporting oil. Rockefeller put them before a choice: to merge with him or go bankrupt, and the competitors chose the first option.
So in 1880, John Rockefeller became a monopoly oil tycoon, concentrating 95% of US oil production in his hands. Gradually, he expanded his business to other areas of activity.
It is noteworthy that from a young age, John Rockefeller constantly spent 10% of all his income on charity. Rockefeller died at the age of 97.
The most famous quote by John D. Rockefeller: whoever works all day has no time to earn money.
2. Andrew Carnegie. American businessman, originally from Scotland, whose fortune, in terms of modern currency, totaled $310 billion.
Born Andrew Carnegie in 1835, he came from a poor family of weavers who huddled in one room. from the age of 13, Andrew worked for weaving factory 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, and earned $10 a month for his work. Then he changed his job to a telegraph company with a salary of $ 4 a week.
At the age of 20, he mortgaged his mother's house and took out a $500 loan to purchase shares in the railroad company Adams Express. They began to bring good profits to Carnegie, which he began to invest in securities metallurgical enterprises engaged in car building, shipbuilding, railway construction, as well as oil companies.
So, having become rich on the growth in the value of shares, by 1885 he was able to become the largest producer of steel and iron in the United States, forming first the Carnegie Steel Company, and then the U.S. Steel, which made him a dollar billionaire.
Like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie devoted part of his earnings to charity throughout his life.
3. Nicholas II. TOP 3 richest people in the world human history closes the All-Russian Emperor Nicholas II Romanov. His financial condition in current money was $253 billion.
However, unlike the aforementioned billionaires, he, as a king, inherited all his wealth, which is considered sovereign property, from his father Alexander III. There is no information in popular sources of information about whether he was engaged in any way in increasing his fortune, attention is paid only to his state rule.
As you know, the life of Nicholas II was tragically cut short in 1918, when he, along with his family and close associates, was shot by the Bolsheviks.
4. William Henry Vanderbilt. The next in the TOP of the richest people in the world is the American capitalist of the 19th century, William Vanderbilt, whose name is not so well known, there is little information about him. Nevertheless, he occupies the 4th line in the TOP of the richest people in the world in history - his financial condition in terms of almost $232 billion.
Vanderbilt inherited a large fortune from his father, who at first did not want to let him into the family business (he had 11 children in total, including three sons), but then, having ascertained William's abilities as a businessman, he gradually took him into share.
After the death of his father, William Henry Vanderbilt inherited a fortune of $ 90 billion, and further increased it by more than 2 times. His main asset was the railway company. In 1885, Vanderbilt was considered the richest man in the world at that time.
5. Osman Ali Khan. Completes the TOP-5 of the richest people in the world in the history of Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah The seventh comes from India. His fortune was almost $211 billion at the current rate.
Osman Ali Khan had a princely title: he inherited the throne of one of the Indian states from his father. At the same time, he was the head of the largest business in the diamond trade - the world monopoly in the supply of these precious stones. In the early 40s of the 20th century, his wealth was estimated at 2 million then dollars, which at that time was 2% of US GDP.
6. Andrew Mellon. An American banker who briefly served as US Treasury Secretary and US Ambassador to the UK. His fortune was almost $189 billion in terms of modern currency.
Andrew Mellon was born in 1855 in the USA and followed in the footsteps of his father, who was also a banker. First, at the age of 17, with the help of his father, he opened manufacturing enterprise engaged in logging, and then, at the age of 27, became a bank manager.
Throughout his life, Andrew Mellon worked in various areas of business, and already in his old age he held the largest government posts.
7. Henry Ford. Here, finally, again a familiar name - the famous automobile tycoon Henry Ford, whose fortune totaled in translation to the current exchange rate. $188 billion.
Henry Ford can serve as a good example of how to achieve great success and become a dollar billionaire from scratch. He was born in 1863 in the United States to a family of emigrants living on a farm. At the age of 16, Ford ran away from home and went to look for work in Detroit, where he began his career as a mechanical engineer and gradually rose through the ranks.
In 1883, he independently assembled his first car (not for work, but as a hobby), then became a co-owner of the Detroit Automobile Company, and in 1903 founded his own automobile company, the Ford Motor Company. This company began to carry out independent production of cars: at first the Ford A brand, but the Ford T brand cars, which began in 1908, brought its main success.
Ford Motor Company has repeatedly faced serious competition, and Henry Ford even suffered losses in this struggle, but did not stop and moved on. He constantly improved production technologies and, as a result, switched to a full production cycle: from iron ore mining to the production of a finished car.
Henry Ford was also famous for paying his workers the highest salary in the United States at that time - $ 5 a day.
As you know, the business started by Henry Ford lives on to this day: Ford cars are a huge success all over the world.
8. Mark Licinius Crassus. Ancient Roman general. Unlike other representatives of the TOP-10 richest people in the world in history, Crassus lived already in 115-53 BC. Nevertheless, he was able to come to wealth, which, in terms of current money, amounted to almost $170 billion.
It turns out that even before our era it was possible to run a prosperous business. Mark Licinius Crassus made his fortune mainly by buying up for a pittance houses that had been damaged by fires, which were a frequent occurrence in Ancient Rome due to wars, restored them with the help of 500 hired workers and resold them at a much higher price. Crassus also made money on the slave trade and silver mining.
Mark Licinius Crassus was known as a very greedy and dishonest person. There were rumors that he even set fire to houses on purpose to build a business on it. As a result, he was killed, according to one version, he was executed by pouring molten gold into his mouth as a symbol of his greed.
9. Basil II. Byzantine emperor from the family of Alexander the Great, whose reign fell on the years 976-1025. His fortune in current money was $169 billion.
There is little information about this person, who entered the TOP 10 richest people in the world in history. It is only known that he was able to significantly expand the boundaries of the Byzantine Empire by adding other lands to it. Interestingly, after his death, the empire soon collapsed.
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt. American businessman, father of William Henry Vanderbilt, ranked 4th in the TOP 10 richest people in the world. His wealth in today's money amounted to $167 billion.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in the United States in 1794 to a family of poor farmers. At the age of 11, he decided that schooling would not bring him anything good (he owns the saying “If I got an education, I would not have time to learn everything else”), dropped out and went to work as a ferryman.
At the age of 16, he borrowed $100 from his mother, with which he opened his own business: he began to ferry people on a small barge. A year later he gave 11 times more money: 1100 dollars that he managed to earn on this case.
Then Vanderbilt began to buy other ships, soon he had a whole flotilla at his disposal. Later he switched to the railway business, and also began to organize transcontinental transportation.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was known as a very tough man, merciless in the competitive struggle. It is believed that it was thanks to this character trait that he was able to achieve such a scale.
This is what the TOP 10 richest people in the world in history look like. As you can see, there are both successful and undesirable role models here. But still, it can be argued that most of the richest people on the planet, mostly US citizens, were able to do it on their own, through investment and business development, coming from poor families and starting from scratch. Which once again confirms the fact that this is possible.
I hope that it was not in vain that I carefully collected this information, and that the information received will have a certain motivating effect on you. Stay on, raise your financial literacy, and perhaps in the future it is you who will be able to bring your financial condition, your wealth and success closer to these historical characters. See you soon!
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