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The World's Billionaires 2015 edition was the 29th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people. The new list was released online on March 2, 2015. As of 2015, Bill Gates had been placed at the top of this list 16 times.

Annual list

Bill Gates was again named the richest person in the world in Forbes Magazine's annual list of the world's billionaires. This is the 16th time that the founder of Microsoft has claimed the top spot. Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate, came in second as he had in 2014. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway placed third while the founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega of Spain, slipped down a position from last year to number four. Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle rounded off the top five. Christy Walton was the highest ranking female at number eight. America's Evan Spiegel, co-founder of photo messaging app Snapchat, became the youngest billionaire this year at the age of 24. At age 99, David Rockefeller maintained his position as the oldest billionaire to make the list.^[1]

In the 29th annual list of global billionaires, ist.cord 1,826 billionaires were named with an aggregated net worth of $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion in 2014. 46 of the billionaires on the list are under the age of 40. A record number of 290 people joined the list for the first time, of whom 25% hail from China, which produced a world-leading 71 newcomers. The United States came in second, with 57, followed by India, with 28, and Germany, with 23.^[2] Mark Zuckerberg, the social media magnate and founder of Facebook, was placed at number 16 with $33.4 billion. Self-made billionaires made up the largest number of people on the list with 1,191 positions while just 230 came into their wealth through inheritance. The number of billionaires who inherited a portion but are still working to increase their fortunes is 405.^[3]

The United States has the largest number of billionaires. The number of Russian billionaires declined the most; being down to 76 billionaires from 111 of 2014. Russia is now placed behind China, Germany and India. Iceland again has a billionaire in the list after a gap of five years with the entry of Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson. Guatemala has a billionaire, Mario Lopez Estrada, for the first time in history.

Monarchs and other royalty are not included in the list.

Wealth rankings

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No.	name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Citizenship	Source(s) of wealth
1	Bill Gates	$79.2 billion	60	United States	Microsoft
2	Carlos Slim	$77.1 billion	75	Mexico	Telmex
3	Warren Buffett	$72.7 billion	84	United States	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Amancio Ortega	$64.5 billion	78	Spain	Inditex Group
5	Larry Ellison	$54.3 billion	70	United States	Oracle Corporation
6	Charles Koch	$42.9 billion	79	United States	Koch Industries
6	David Koch	$42.9 billion	74	United States	Koch Industries
8	Christy Walton	$41.7 billion	60	United States	Wal-Mart
9	Jim Walton	$40.6 billion	66	United States	Wal-Mart
10	Liliane Bettencourt	$40.1 billion	92	France	L'Oreal

Top 100^[1]

No.	Name	Citizenship	Age	Net Worth USD billion	Source(s) of wealth
1	Bill Gates	United States	59	79.20	Microsoft
2	Carlos Slim Helu	Mexico	75	77.10	Telecom
3	Warren Buffett	United States	84	72.70	Berkshire Hathaway
4	Amancio Ortega	Spain	78	64.50	Zara
5	Larry Ellison	United States	70	54.30	Oracle
6	Charles Koch	United States	79	42.90	Diversified
6	David Koch	United States	74	42.90	Diversified
8	Christy Walton	United States	60	41.70	Wal-Mart
9	Jim Walton	United States	67	40.60	Wal-Mart
10	Liliane Bettencourt	France	92	40.10	L'Oréal
11	Alice Walton	United States	65	39.40	Wal-Mart
12	S. Robson Walton	United States	71	39.10	Wal-Mart
13	Bernard Arnault	France	66	37.20	LVMH
14	Michael Bloomberg	United States	73	35.50	Bloomberg LP
15	Jeff Bezos	United States	51	34.80	Amazon.com
16	Mark Zuckerberg	United States	30	33.40	Facebook
17	Li Ka-shing	Hong Kong	86	33.30	Diversified
18	Sheldon Adelson	United States	81	31.40	Casinos
19	Larry Page	United States	41	29.70	Google
20	Sergey Brin	United States	41	29.20	Google
21	Georg Schaeffler	Germany	50	26.90	Ball bearings
22	Forrest Mars, Jr.	United States	83	26.60	Food
22	Jacqueline Mars	United States	75	26.60	Food
22	John Franklyn Mars	United States	78	26.60	Food
25	David Thomson	Canada	57	25.50	Media
26	Jorge Paulo Lemann	Brazil	75	25.00	Beer
27	Lee Shau Kee	Hong Kong	87	24.80	Real estate
28	Stefan Persson	Sweden	67	24.50	H&M
29	George Soros	United States	84	24.20	Hedge funds
29	Wang Jianlin	China	60	24.20	Real Estate
31	Carl Icahn	United States	79	23.50	Investments
32	Maria Franca Fissolo	Italy	97	23.40	Nutella, chocolates
33	Jack Ma	China	50	22.70	E-commerce
34	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	Saudi Arabia	59	22.60	Investments
35	Steve Ballmer	United States	58	21.50	Microsoft
35	Phil Knight	United States	77	21.50	Nike
37	Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.	Germany	n/a	21.30	Supermarkets
38	Li Hejun	China	47	21.10	Solar power equipment
39	Mukesh Ambani	India	57	21.00	Petrochemicals, oil & gas
40	Leonardo Del Vecchio	Italy	79	20.40	Eyeglasses
41	Len Blavatnik	United States	57	20.20	Diversified
41	Tadashi Yanai	Japan	66	20.20	Retail
43	Charles Ergen	United States	62	20.10	Dish Network
44	Dilip Shanghvi	India	59	20.00	Pharmaceuticals
45	Laurene Powell Jobs	United States	51	19.50	Apple, Disney
46	Dieter Schwarz	Germany	75	19.40	Retail
47	Michael Dell	United States	50	19.20	Dell
48	Azim Premji	India	69	19.10	Software
49	Theo Albrecht, Jr.	Germany	64	19.00	Aldi, Trader Joe's
50	Michael Otto	Germany	71	18.10	Retail, real estate
51	Paul Allen	United States	62	17.50	Microsoft, investments
52	Joseph Safra	Brazil	76	17.30	Banking
53	Anne Cox Chambers	United States	95	17.00	Media
54	Susanne Klatten	Germany	52	16.80	BMW, pharmaceuticals
55	Pallonji Mistry	Ireland	85	16.30	Construction
56	Ma Huateng	China	43	16.10	Internet media
57	Patrick Drahi	France	51	16.00	Telecom
58	Thomas & Raymond Kwok	Hong Kong	n/a	15.90	Real estate
59	Stefan Quandt	Germany	48	15.60	BMW
60	Ray Dalio	United States	65	15.40	Hedge funds
60	Vladimir Potanin	Russia	54	15.40	Metals
62	Serge Dassault	France	89	15.30	Aviation
62	Robin Li	China	46	15.30	Internet search
64	Donald Bren	United States	82	15.20	Real estate
65	Francois Pinault	France	78	14.90	Retail
66	Shiv Nadar	India	69	14.80	Information technology
67	Aliko Dangote	Nigeria	57	14.70	Cement, sugar, flour
68	Mikhail Fridman	Russia	50	14.60	Oil, banking, telecom
69	Hinduja brothers	United Kingdom	n/a	14.50	Diversified
69	Ronald Perelman	United States	72	14.50	Leveraged buyouts
71	Cheng Yu-tung	Hong Kong	89	14.40	Diversified
71	Alisher Usmanov	Russia	61	14.40	Steel & mining, telecom, investments
73	Henry Sy	Philippines	90	14.20	Diversified
73	Viktor Vekselberg	Russia	57	14.20	Metals, energy
75	Masayoshi Son	Japan	57	14.10	Internet, telecom
76	James Simons	United States	76	14.00	Hedge funds
77	German Larrea Mota Velasco	Mexico	61	13.90	Mining
77	Rupert Murdoch	United States	83	13.90	Media
77	Johanna Quandt	Germany	88	13.90	BMW
80	David & Simon Reuben	United Kingdom	72	13.70	Investments, real estate
81	Dhanin Chearavanont	Thailand	75	13.60	Food
82	Iris Fontbona	Chile	72	13.50	Mining
82	Lui Che Woo	Hong Kong	85	13.50	Casinos
82	Lakshmi Mittal	India	64	13.50	Steel
85	Abigail Johnson	United States	53	13.40	Money management
85	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	Colombia	82	13.40	Banking
87	Lei Jun	China	45	13.20	Smartphones
87	Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi	Thailand	70	13.20	Beverages
89	Alexey Mordashov	Russia	49	13.00	Steel, investments
89	Marcel Herrmann Telles	Brazil	65	13.00	Beer
91	Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor	United Kingdom	63	12.60	Real estate
92	Hans Rausing	Sweden	88	12.50	Packaging
92	Jack Taylor	United States	92	12.50	Enterprise Rent-A-Car
94	Charles Butt	United States	77	12.30	Supermarkets
94	Gina Rinehart	Australia	61	12.30	Mining
96	Vagit Alekperov	Russia	64	12.20	Lukoil
96	Harold Hamm	United States	69	12.20	Oil & gas
96	Patrick Soon-Shiong	United States	63	12.20	Pharmaceuticals
99	Stefano Pessina	Italy	73	12.10	Drugstores
100	Richard Kinder	United States	70	12.00	Pipelines
100	Elon Musk	United States	43	12.00	Tesla Motors
100	Stephen Schwarzman	United States	68	12.00	Investments

References

^ ^a ^b "The World's Billionaires". Forbes.com. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
^ Alexander, Dan (2 March 2015). "Record 290 Newcomers Join Forbes Billionaires List, Including Michael Jordan". Forbes.com.
^ Kerry A. Dolan (March 2, 2015). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

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