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<\/a><\/p>\n2,208 billionaires (up from 2,043 in 2017) made the list, with an average net worth of $4.1 billion, a record high.
\nThe total combined net worth of this year\u2019s billionaires was $9.1 trillion, up from $7.7 trillion last year.
\n1,490 members are self-made billionaires, up from 1,371 in 2017.
\nThe Top 20 billionaires have a combined net worth of a record $1.2 trillion, up from $968.8 billion in 2017. Their aggregate wealth represents 13% of all 2,208 billionaires. The minimum net worth to make the cut into the Top 20 is now a record $39 billion, up from $30.4 billion in 2017.<\/p>\n
Forbes 2018 Top 20 Billionaires
\nRank\tName\tFinal Worth
\n($bil)\tUp\/Down
\nfrom 2017\tCitizenship\tOrigin of Wealth
\n1\tJeff Bezos\t$112\tUp\tUnited States\tAmazon.com
\n2\tBill Gates\t90\tUp\tUnited States\tMicrosoft
\n3\tWarren Buffett\t84\tUp\tUnited States\tBerkshire Hathaway
\n4\tBernard Arnault & family\t72\tUp\tFrance\tLVMH
\n5\tMark Zuckerberg\t71\tUp\tUnited States\tFacebook
\n6\tAmancio Ortega\t70\tDown\tSpain\tZara
\n7\tCarlos Slim Helu & family\t67.1\tUp\tMexico\ttelecom
\n8\tCharles Koch\t60\tUp\tUnited States\tKoch Industries
\n8\tDavid Koch\t60\tUp\tUnited States\tKoch Industries
\n10\tLarry Ellison\t58.5\tUp\tUnited States\tsoftware
\n11\tMichael Bloomberg\t50\tUp\tUnited States\tBloomberg LP
\n12\tLarry Page\t48.8\tUp\tUnited States\tGoogle
\n13\tSergey Brin\t47.5\tUp\tUnited States\tGoogle
\n14\tJim Walton\t46.4\tUp\tUnited States\tWal-Mart
\n15\tS. Robson Walton\t46.2\tUp\tUnited States\tWal-Mart
\n16\tAlice Walton\t46\tUp\tUnited States\tWal-Mart
\n17\tMa Huateng\t45.3\tUp\tChina\tinternet media
\n18\tFrancoise Bettencourt Meyers & family\t42.2\tNew\tFrance\tL’Or\u00e9al
\n19\tMukesh Ambani\t40.1\tUp\tIndia\tpetrochemicals, oil & gas
\n20\tJack Ma\t39\tUp\tChina\te-commerce<\/p>\n
For the complete list, visit: www.forbes.com\/billionaires.<\/p>\n
President Trump, worth $3.1 billion, ranks No. 766, falling from No. 544 in 2017. Trump\u2019s fortune has fallen $400 million since the 2017 Billionaires list, due partially fallings values of Midtown Manhattan real estate and declining revenues at several Trump golf properties. (Trump\u2019s net worth remains the same as it did when Forbes valued him in October 2017, for the 2017 Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans.)<\/p>\n
ON THE COVER: Private Equity\u2019s Engineer, Robert Smith, is featured in the Forbes cover story \u201cHow to Beat Wall Street and Silicon Valley Simultaneously.\u201d The American Dream is alive and well on Wall Street thanks to Robert Smith, the richest black person in America, who has figured out a way to reengineer both private equity and enterprise software \u2013 and used this secret playbook to build a $4.4 billion fortune.<\/p>\n
Key Highlights from Forbes\u2019 2018 World\u2019s Billionaires list:<\/p>\n
Women<\/p>\n
The total number of women on the list is 256, up from 227 in 2017. This includes 13 women who share their fortunes with their husband, brother, or son.
\nA record 72 of those women are self-made billionaires, an all-time high and significant increase from 56 women in 2017.
\nThe richest self-made woman is Hong Kong\u2019s Zhou Qunfei, whose Lens Technology company makes screens for smartphones. The company went public in 2015.
\nThe U.S. boasts the most women billionaires on the 2018 list, with 82, followed by Germany with 33 and China with 30. These numbers include 5 women in the U.S. who have built companies with their husbands (with whom they are listed), and 1 woman in Germany who shares an inherited fortune with her brother.
\nNewcomers\/Drop-Offs<\/p>\n
This year 259 billionaires are new to the list, up from the 195 newcomers in 2017.
\nChina has the most newcomers, with 89, followed by 45 newcomers from the U.S., 18 newcomers from India and 13 from Germany.
\nNotable newcomers include Ronnen Harary and Anton Rabie, two Canadians whose toy company is behind Hatchimals and PAW Patrol; Canadian Tobi Lutke, who founded ecommerce platform Shopify; and the first ever cryptocurrency billionaires, Ripple cofounder Chris Larsen and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ).
\nOther newcomers include Americans Lynsi Snyder, the In-N-Out Burger heir; and Niraj Shah and Steve Conine, cofounders of online home goods retailer Wayfair. Telecom mogul Strive Masiyiwa joins as Zimbabwe\u2019s first-ever billionaire.
\nAltogether, 121 people dropped out of the rankings, an increase from 2017\u2019s 78 drop-offs.
\nNotable drop-offs include Papa John\u2019s pizza founder John Schnatter, Christoffel Wiese of South Africa, Indian jeweler Nirav Modi, and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud.
\nBy Country<\/p>\n
Regionally, Asia-Pacific boasts the most billionaires, with 827, followed by the United States with 585 and Europe with 559.
\nBy country, the U.S. leads with the greatest number of billionaires, with 585, followed by Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) with 476, Germany with 123, India with 119 and Russia with 102. California alone has 144 billionaires, more than any country besides the U.S. and China.
\nThe United Kingdom has 53 billionaires, versus 54 in 2017.
\nThere are billionaires from 72 countries and territories this year, compared to 71 last year.
\nWealth is stretching to new corners of the world, with two countries, Hungary and Zimbabwe, represented on the list for the first time.
\nMethodology<\/p>\n
The Forbes Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth taken on February 9, 2018; Forbes used that day\u2019s stock prices and exchange rates from around the world. It lists individuals rather than multigenerational families who share large fortunes. In some cases siblings and couples are listed together if the ownership breakdown among them isn\u2019t clear, however they still must be worth on average a minimum of $1 billion apiece to make the cut.<\/p>\n
For the full list, videos and more, visit www.forbes.com\/billionaires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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