The billionaires collage 2017! Meet the richest man & woman on this planet !

in #financial7 years ago

MEET THE TOP 5 RICHEST ON THIS PLANET!
5 to 10 coming up!

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The first thing you need to know is that they became 18% richer the past year!
Also.... A change in the number of billionaires -- up 233 since the 2016 list

  1. Mark Zuckerberg

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Cofounder, Chairman and CEO, Facebook

The Facebook founder saw his fortune rise $11.4 billion in 12 months.
His net worth soar as the social network's stock price has skyrocketed.
A Harvard dropout, he founded Facebook in 2004 at the age of 19.
Zuckerberg started Facebook at Harvard for students to match names with faces in class.

  1. Amancio Ortega

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The founder of Spanish clothing chain Zara. Ortega’s fortune was up $4.3 billion since last year, but he still fell to fourth in the world, unable to keep up with the outsize gains of others. Ortega is the richest man in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world.

  1. Warren Buffet

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He had the second-best year, and the biggest gain since Trump was elected in November 2016. His fortune rose $14.8 billion in 12 months.
He is also known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.

  1. Jeff Bezos

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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos had the best year of any person on the planet, adding $27.6 billion to his fortune; now worth $72.8 billion, he moved into the top three in the world for the first time, up from number five a year ago.
Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos briefly topped Forbes' ranks of the world's richest in July 2017, as his online retailer's stock surged.

  1. Bill Gates

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No presentations needed !
Bill Gates is the number one richest for the fourth year in a row, and the richest person in the world for 18 out of the past 23 years. He has a fortune of $86 billion, up from $75 billion last year.

  • Forbes

Thank you for reading and work hard! You might be the next one!

Peace,
Prosperqueen

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Shame that the best investor in the world Warren Buffet doesnt like cryptos, and also he didn´t invest in amazon or any of the dotcom companies, he only invested years later...
Also u should put them in order, i dont think they are but i might be wrong

Great post though

Great post. Thanks for curating!

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