"The 20 Richest Billionaires in the World"
Richest billionaires
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos became the world's richest person on October 27 as Amazon's shares jumped 13 percent, to close at $1,100.95.
He was also briefly the richest person in the world when the markets opened on July 27, 2017, according to Forbes. With a fortune of $90.6 billion, he became the first person to top a net worth of $90 billion. But by the time the markets closed, he had been dethroned again.
While Forbes updates their list of the world's billionaires in real time as markets fluctuate, the magazine also releases a more static list each year. The total net worth of these money-makers when 2017's list was released in March was $7.67 trillion.
Click through to see 2017's top 20 billionaires on the planet.
ON THE 20 NUMBER -----
- Sheldon Adelson (U.S.)
Chairman and CEO, Las Vegas Sands
Age: 83
Net worth: $30.4 billion
- Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong)
Chairman, CK Hutchison Holdings
Age: 89
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- Wang Jianlin (China)
Chairman, Dalian Wanda Group
Age: 62
Net worth: $31.3 billion
- Alice Walton (U.S.)
Wal-Mart heir; Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Age: 67
Net worth: $33.8 billion
- Jim Walton (U.S.)
Wal-Mart heir; Chairman and CEO, Arvest Bank Group, Inc.
Age: 60
Net worth: $34 billion
- Rob Walton (U.S.)
Chairman, Wal-Mart Stores
Age: 72
Net worth: $34.1 billion
- Liliane Bettencourt (France)
Owner, 33 percent of L'Oréal
Age: 94
Net worth: $39.5 billion
Bettencourt passed away at the age of 94 in September 2017.
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- Sergey Brin (U.S.)
President, Google
Age: 43
Net worth: $39.8 billion
- Larry Page (U.S.)
CEO, Google
Age: 43
Net worth: $39.8 billion
- Bernard Arnault (France)
Chairman and CEO, Louis Vuitton
Age: 68
Net worth: $41.5 billion
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- Michael Bloomberg (U.S.)
CEO, Bloomberg
Age: 75
Net worth: $47.5 billion
- (TIE). David Koch (U.S.)
Executive Vice President, Koch Industries
Age: 77
Net worth: $48.3 billion
8 (TIE). Charles Koch (U.S.)
CEO, Koch Industries
Age: 81
Net worth: $48.3 billion
- Larry Ellison (U.S.)
Co-founder, Oracle
Age: 72
Net worth: $52.2 billion
- Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico)
Chairman, América Móvil
Age: 77
Net worth: $54.5 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg (U.S.)
Co-founder and CEO, Facebook
Age: 33
Net worth: $56 billion
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- Amancio Ortega (Spain)
Co-founder, Zara
Age: 81
Net worth: $71.3 billion
- Jeff Bezos (U.S.)
CEO, Amazon
Age: 53
Net worth: $72.8 billion
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- Warren Buffett (U.S.)
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 85
Net worth: $75.6 billion
- Bill Gates (U.S.)
Co-founder, Microsoft
Age: 60
Net worth: $86 billion
Gates has held the No. 1 spot as the world's richest person for four years in a row, and for 18 out of the past 23 years.
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