The world richest men and women
Name Wealth in 09/2018
(in billions USD)Wealth in 09/2017
(in billions USD)Progression
on one yearSector Jeff Bezos 166.8 83.1 100.7% Technology Bill Gates 95.1 86.4 10.1% Technology Warren Buffet 87.7 76.6 14.5% Diversified Bernard Arnault 79.6 53.1 49.9% Consumer Amancio Ortega 63.9 79.9 -20.0% Retail Carlos Slim 63.4 66.6 -4.8% Diversified Mark Zuckerberg 62,8 73.1 -14.1% Technology Larry Ellison 58.5 53.0 10.4% Technology Larry Page 55,1 47.2 16.7% Technology Charles Koch 53.4 47.0 13.6% Industrial David Koch 53.4 47.0 13.6% Industrial Sergey Brin 53.1 45.9 15.7% Technology Mukesh Ambani 49.2 35.7 37.8% Energy Francoise Bettencourt Meyers 46,8 42.3 10.6% Consumer Jim Walton 45.5 38.8 17.3% Retail Rob Walton 44.7 39.6 12.9% Retail Alice Walton 44.7 38.1 17.3% Retail Steve Ballmer 43.3 30.3 42.9% Technology Jack Ma 37.7 45.0 -16.2% Technology Sheldon Adelson 37,2 32.5 14.5% Entertainment Hui Ka Yan 36.6 31.1 17.7% Real Estate Pony Ma 36.6 33.3 9.9% Technology Phil Knight 34.6 23.9 44.8% Consumer Li Ka-Shing 33.1 33.5 -1.2% Real Estate Francois Pinault 31.0 22.5 37.8% Consumer Michael Dell 28.1 20.9 34.4% Technology Tadashi Yanai 24.4 14.8 64.9% Retail Jacqueline Mars 23.9 31.8 -24.8% Food & Beverage John Mars 23.9 31.8 -24.8% Food & Beverage Jorge Paulo Lemann 23.8 30.8 -22.7% Food & Beverage Leonardo del Vecchio 23.3 20.5 13.7% Consumer Susanne Klatten 22.7 22.1 2.7% Industrial Giovanni Ferrero 20.9 23,3 -10.3% Food & Beverage Paul Allen 20.2 22.5 -10.2% Technology Elon R Musk 18.8 21.2 -11.3% Technology
The global progression over one year is +14%; the biggest increase is done by the consumer sector with +33%, then the technology area with +20%. The worst market is the Food & Beverage, which loses 21%.
