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| Top 10 Richest People In The World 2015 - Billionaires In The World |
It may come as no surprise, but in 2014, the world's richest people only got richer. In fact, the top 66 richest people in the world now have more wealth than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined. Talk about income inequality. The following is the definitive list of the top 10 richest people in the world in the year 2014.
10) Jim Walton -- $35.2 billion
9) Christy Walton -- $37.6 billion
8) Sheldon Adelson -- $37.9 billion
7) David Koch -- $40.1 billion
6) Charles Koch -- $40.1 billion
5) Larry Ellison -- $49.3 billion
4) Warren Buffet -- $63.3 billion
3) Amancio Ortega -- $63.8 billion
Thanks to his success in the retail industry, this Spanish businessman is worth $64 billion. Ortega is the founder of the famous Spanish clothing company, the Inditex fashion group, which is headquartered in Arteixo, Spain. Perhaps his best known chain is the Zara clothing and accessories shops. Since 2013, Ortega's wealth has increased by $7 billion.
2) Carlos Slim Helu -- $68.8 billion
Holding the title of the world's richest person from 2010 to 2013, this Mexican businessman dropped in rank this year. Via his conglomerate, Grupo Carso, Helu is involved in many Mexican companies in the fields of communication, retailing, technology, and finance. He is also the chairman and chief executive of popular telecommunication companies Telmex and América Móvil. Helu has also been named as one of the world's biggest charitable givers, donating a total of $4 billion to his foundation.
1) Bill Gates -- $77.1 billion
Perhaps the most famous icon for wealth and philanthropy in the world, after holding down the second place spot for three years, Bill Gates reclaimed his position in 2014 as the world's richest person. Gates is known as a prominent American investor, philanthropist, inventor and programmer. He co-founded Microsoft, and also held positions of CEO, chairman and chief software architect at the company before retiring. Through his charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates has donated more than $26 billion dollars to philanthropic causes such as enhancing healthcare and reducing extreme poverty worldwide.
So there you have it, the ten richest people in the world for 2014. Luckily for the world, the richest people in the world, by and large, are heavily involved in philanthropic pursuits that help those who are less fortunate. Many in the above list have signed a pledge to actually donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy, which will drastically change and improve many lives in the years and decades to come.
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