The 10 richest people in the world

+$19 billion
source of state: Amazon.com
Age: 55 years old

Country: USA
In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded the Amazon e-Commerce colossus in his garage. He remains CEO and owns 16% of the shares. In January, he and his wife Mackenzie announced their divorce after 25 years of marriage. The terms of the divorce were not disclosed. McKenzie was Amazon's first accountant. According to Washington state law, she can get up to half of Jeff's assets, making her the richest woman in the world. In 2018, Amazon generated revenue of $ 230 billion and a record net profit of $ 10 billion, compared with $ 3 billion in the previous year. In February, Amazon announced the cancellation of plans to create a second headquarters in long island city, new York, after local lawmakers opposed it. Bezos owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops the rocket for commercial use.

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source of wealth: Microsoft
Age: 63
Country: USA Together

with his wife Melinda, bill gates heads the bill and Melinda gates Foundation, the world's largest private charity. The Foundation works to save lives and improve the health of people around the world, including with rotary international to eliminate polio. Gates sold or transferred most of his stake in Microsoft — he owns just over 1% of the shares — and invested in various stocks and other assets. He remains a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft, a software development firm that he founded with Paul Allen in 1975. In late 2016, gates announced the launch of a $ 1 billion Breakthrough Energy investment Fund with about 20 people participating. To date, gates has donated $ 35.8 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the bill and Melinda gates Foundation.

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source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway ,
Age: 88 years
Country:

USA
Warren Buffett, known as the "Oracle of Omaha", is one of the most successful investors of all time. Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies, including insurer Geico, battery manufacturer Dura cell, and restaurant chain Dairy Queen. The son of a us Congressman, he bought shares at the age of 11 and started paying taxes at the age of 13. He promised to give away more than 99% of his fortune. In 2018, he donated $ 3.4 billion, most of which was invested in the friends of bill and Melinda gates Foundation. In 2010, he and gates launched the Giving Pledge, offering billionaires a commitment to donate half of their wealth to charity

+$4 billion
source of wealth: LVHM Age: 70 years
Country:

France
Bernard Arnault oversees an Empire of 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. In 2018, its luxury goods group LVMH announced record sales and profits, thanks in part to increased spending by Chinese buyers. His daughter Delphine is Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton and a member of the LVMH Executive Committee. His father made a small fortune in construction. In 1985, Arnaud invested $ 15 million of this business in the purchase of Christian Dior.

- $3.1 billion
source of wealth: America Movil
Age: 79

years
Country: Mexico
Mexico's richest man Carlos slim ELU and his family control the largest mobile communications company in Latin America, America Movil. In 1990, slim bought a stake in Telmex, Mexico's only telephone company, with foreign partners. Telmex is now part of America Movil. He also owns stakes in Mexican construction, consumer, mining and real estate companies, as well as a 17% stake in The New York Times . His son-in-law, Fernando Romero, created the Soumaya Museum in Mexico city, which houses an extensive collection of eclectic slim art.

$7.3 billion
source of wealth: Zara
Age: 82 years
Country:

Spain
Amancio Ortega is one of the richest people in Europe and the richest retailer in the world. A pioneer in fast fashion, he and his ex-wife Rosalia Mera (died 2013) founded Inditex in 1975, known for its Zara fashion chain. He owns about 60% of the shares of Inditex, registered in Madrid, which has 8 brands, including Massimo Dutti and Pull & Bear, and 7,500 stores worldwide. Ortega usually earns more than $ 400 million a year. It mainly invests its dividends in real estate in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Chicago, Miami and new York.

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source of wealth: Oracle
Age: 74
Country: USA
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1977, Larry Ellison founded the Oracle software company to meet the growing need to manage user databases. In 2014, he left the position of CEO of Oracle, but is still Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief technology officer. As part of Oracle's quest for cloud computing, it acquired cloud software company Netsuite for $ 9.3 billion in 2016. In may 2016, Ellison pledged $ 200 million to the University of southern California for a cancer treatment center. In March 2018, Ellison launched a Wellness startup called Sensei, whose first project was hydroponic farming on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. In December 2018, after buying 3 million Tesla shares at the beginning of the year, Ellison joined the Tesla Board of Directors.

- $8.7 billion
source of wealth: Facebook
Age: 34 years

Country: USA
After another year of criticism for fake news and abuse in Facebook, CEO mark Zuckerberg said that in 2019, his priority is to solve social problems. In April 2018, he testified before Congress after it was revealed that Facebook shared user data with the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Zuckerberg founded Facebook at Harvard in 2004 at the age of 19 so that students could match names with faces. He still owns almost 17% of the shares. In December 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan promised to give away 99% of their share in Facebook during their lifetime.

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source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
Age: 77 years
Country:

USA
in 1981, Michael Bloomberg founded the financial information and media company Bloomberg LP. He invested the initial funds in the company and now owns 88% of the business, whose revenue exceeds $ 9 billion. Bloomberg began his career on wall street in 1966, starting at the investment Bank Salomon Brothers. He quit 15 years later. An active philanthropist, he has donated more than $ 5 billion to gun control, climate change, etc.In 2020, he plans to spend at least $ 500 million to defeat Donald trump.

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source of wealth: Google
Age: 45 years
Country: USA

Larry page heads Alphabet, Google's parent company, Calico healthcare division, Nest smart home appliances division, and others. He co-founded Google in 1998 with Sergey Brin. With Brin, page invented the Google PageRank algorithm, which ensures that the search engine works. Page was the first CEO of Google until 2001. After serving as President of products, in 2011, he resumed the position of CEO.