The other Nigerians who feature on the list are Mike Adenuga at 393 with $4.2 Billion, Folorunsho Alakija at 941 with $2 Billion, Femi Otedola at 1741 with $1 Billion and Abdulsamad Rabiu at 1741 with $1 Billion too.
Bill Gates is
once again the richest person on the planet, a title he’s held for 16 of the
past 21 years. His fortune grew $3.2 billion since last year to $79.2 billion,
despite a gift of $1.5 billion in Microsoft MSFT -0.47% shares
to The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation
in November 2014.
Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico comes in again at No. 2 while
revered American investor Warren
Buffett took
back the No. 3 spot from Spain’s Amancio Ortega (now
No. 4); not even the largest IPO in history was enough to beat the Oracle of
Omaha this year. Buffett was the list’s biggest gainer, up $14.5 billion to
$72.7 billion, thanks to Berkshire Hathaway’s rising share price.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up 5 spots to number 16,
his first time ranked among the world’s 20 richest. Ma and three other Chinese
are among the biggest gainers and appear among the 50 richest on the list. Zuckerberg
is also the leader in a youth revolution that has minted 46 billionaires under
the age of 40.
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