Did you know that the richest people in the world have a huge amount of wealth greater or equivalent to the GDP of some countries in the world? Most of these rich people in the world, like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, have made their own wealth and have only had to turn a small idea into a billion dollar fortune in two years' time.
In the world, today we have about 2000 billionaires. So, the question is who holds the crown today as a king at the billionaire club? The following is the list of the richest billionaires in the field of technology and communications.
6. Michael Bloomberg: $ 52 billion:
The former New York mayor is a businessman who is today the richest sixth billionaire on the Forbes list. He is one of the founders of Bloomberg LP, a global provider of financial services, software and media. Michael owns 88 percent of the company, which has an annual revenue of $ 9 billion. Recently donated $ 4 billion to combat arms and climate change.
5. Larry Ellison: $ 60 billion:
Co-founder of one of the largest software companies on the earth that deals with Oracle CRM database is the seventh richest man on the planet. He was CEO of Oracle until 2014, but today he is Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. Larry's wealth has contributed to the success of his database company.
4. Carlos Slim: $ 68 billion:
Did you know that oneday Carlos was the richest man in the world? Today, Carlos is sixth on Forbes, the richest man in Mexico. He controls Movell, the largest mobile operator, and has shares in mining, foreign communications, construction, real estate, consumer goods and many other investments.
3. Mark Zuckerberg: $ 73 billion:
For the first time, the founder of Facebook and the CEO found his way to the top five billionaire list, after his fortune rose by $ 11.4 billion in the past 12 months. Zuckerberg's wealth has grown exponentially as investors rush to buy shares of his social network. The future seems bright for Zuckerberg, who has already learned that making the planet more connected can be a very profitable endeavor.
2. Bill Gates: $ 92 billion:
This year he was ranked No. 2 on Forbes' list, after having been at the top of the list for the past four years in a row for 23 years. Today founder of Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software company with a fortune of $ 92 billion.
1. Jeff Bezos: $ 140 billion:
He is president, founder and CEO of Amazon's largest e-commerce site in the world. Surprisingly on July 27, 2017 for only 4 hours, Jeff Bezos was the richest man in the world, and this was a result of the rise in the value of shares of Amazon, which boosted his fortune to 140 billion dollars. The slide to second place was not the only misfortune Bezos experienced that night, losing $ 6 billion when Amazon fell when the company's earnings report was read at $ 140 billion, meaning the world's richest man this year 2019.
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