List of 50 Richest People in the World

American billionaire, Bill Gates, reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from telecoms mogul, Carlos Slim Helu, of Mexico after four years.

Gates, according to Forbes, raked in extra $9bnin the last one year and has been at the top of the list for 15 of the past 20 years.

Spanish clothing retailer, Amancio Ortega (best known for the Zara fashion chain) retains the number three spot for the second year in a row, extending his lead over Warren Buffett, who is again number four.

Dangote has also been named the world’s 68th most powerful person.

You can check the list of 50 richest persons in the world below.

Rank	Name	Worth	Country of Citizenship
1	Bill Gates	$82.1 bn	US
2	Carlos Slim Helu & family	$80.2 bn	Mexico
3	Warren Buffett	$70.2 bn	US
4	Amancio Ortega	$58.1 bn	Spain
5	Larry Ellison	$50.2 bn	US
6	Charles Koch	$42.6 bn	US
6	David Koch	$42.6 bn	US
8	Christy Walton & family	$38.5 bn	US
9	Jim Walton	$37.2 bn	US
10	Michael Bloomberg	$35.8 bn	US
11	Alice Walton	$35.7 bn	US
12	Robson Walton	$35.7 bn	US
13	Liliane Bettencourt & family	$35.4 bn	France
14	Mark Zuckerberg	$33.2 bn	US
15	Bernard Arnault & family	$31.2 bn	France
16	Stefan Persson	$31 bn	Sweden
17	Li Ka-shing	$30.9 bn	Hong Kong
18	Sheldon Adelson	$30.3 bn	US
19	Larry Page	$30.1 bn	US
20	Sergey Brin	$29.6 bn	US
21	Jeff Bezos	$27.7 bn	US
22	Carl Icahn	$25.7 bn	US
23	Michele Ferrero & family	$24.9 bn	Italy
24	David Thomson & family	$24.2 bn	Canada
25	George Soros	$24 bn	US
26	Forrest Mars Jr	$23.8 bn	US
26	Jacqueline Mars	$23.8 bn	US
26	John Mars	$23.8 bn	US
29	Jack Ma	$23.5 bn	China
30	Steve Ballmer	$23.1 bn	US
31	Mukesh Ambani	$22.6 bn	India
32	Jorge Paulo Lemann	$22.2 bn	Brazil
33	Lee Shau Kee	$22.1 bn	Hong Kong
34	Phil Knight	$22 bn	US
35	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	$21.5 bn	Saudi Arabi
36	Michael Dell	$21.4 bn	US
37	Aliko Dangote	$21.3 bn	Nigeria
38	Dilip Shanghvi	$19.6 bn	India
39	Len Blavatnik	$19.2 bn	US
40	Tadashi Yanai & family	$18.4 bn	Japan
41	Leonardo Del Vecchio	$18.1 bn	Italy
42	Alisher Usmanov	$17.8 bn	Russia
43	Laurene Powell Jobs & family	$17.2 bn	US
44	Robin Li	$17.1 bn	China
45	Paul Allen	$17.1 bn	US
46	Theo Albrecht Jr & family	$16.9 bn	Germany
47	Michael Otto & family	$16.6 bn	Germany
48	Charles Ergen	$16.6 bn	US
49	Masayoshi Son	$16.5 bn	Japan
50	Anne Cox Chambers	$16.1 bn	US