TOP 30 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD RANKED BY FORBES

Forbes announce a report on The Richest People In the World up to Mar 2019. It maybe the economic shrank. The wealth of the number of billionaires shrank also. As the latest count by Forbes, there are 2,153 billionaires in the world. The total number of people in the billionaires list drops by 55. Relatively speaking to the wealth in the previous year, 994 people, i.e. 46% from the whole list, are poorer currently. In total, the announcement said that the ultra-rich are worth $8.7 trillion, decreased by $400 billion from 2018. Meanwhile, 247 people was out of the ranks in this year, the biggest number since 2009 financial crisis.

As from the latest report, Asia-Pacific was severely hit in the total number of billionaires in comparison from 1 year ago. Europe, the Middle East and Africa also lost lots. But, U.S. have more billionaires than a year ago. That includes 14 of the world’s 20 richest people. Jeff Bezos is number 1 again in the world. And Bill Gates has got the rank of number 2. Though there is such economic matter in 2018, Forbes said they have also 195 new comers in the list.

Here, we take a look at the top 30 richest people in the world from the list of Forbes this year.

Top 30 Richest People In The World (information based on Forbes)

Rank No. 1 : Jeff Bezos & family

CEO and Founder, Amazon

–REAL TIME NET WORTH : $139.6B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $131B

– Residence: Seattle, Washington

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 2: Bill Gates

Cofounder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $97.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $96.5B

– Residence: Medina, Washington

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 3: Warren Buffett

CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $83.1B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $82.5B

– Residence: Omaha, Nebraska

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 4: Bernard Arnault & family

Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $82.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH $76B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Paris, France

– Citizenship: France

Rank No. 5: Carlos Slim Helu & family

Honorary Chairman, América Móvil

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $60B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH $64B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Mexico City, Mexico

– Citizenship: Mexico

Rank No. 6: Amancio Ortega

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $68.3B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $62.7B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: La Coruna, Spain

– Citizenship: Spain

Rank No. 7: Larry Ellison

CTO and Founder, Oracle

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $63.7B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $62.5B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Woodside, California

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 8: Mark Zuckerberg

Cofounder, Chairman and CEO, Facebook

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $63.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $62.3B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Palo Alto, California

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 9: Michael Bloomberg

CEO, Bloomberg

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $55.6B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $55.5B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: New York, New York

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 10: Larry Page

CEO, Alphabet

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $53.5B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $50.8B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Palo Alto, California

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 11: Charles Koch

CEO, Koch Industries

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $51.2B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $50.5B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Wichita, Kansas

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 11: David Koch

Director Emeritus, Koch Industries

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $51.2B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $50.5B as of 6 Mar 2019

– Residence: New York, New York

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 13: Mukesh Ambani

Founder and Chairman, Reliance Industries

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $49.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $50B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Mumbai, India

– Citizenship: India

Rank No.14: Sergey Brin

President, Alphabet

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $52.4B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $49.8B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Los Altos, California

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 15: Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $50.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $49.3B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Paris, France

– Citizenship: France

Rank No. 16: Jim Walton

Chairman and CEO, Arvest Bank Group, Inc.

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $45.7B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $44.6B

– Residence: Bentonville, Arkansas

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 17: Alice Walton

Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $45.5B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $44.4B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Fort Worth, Texas

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 18: Rob Walton

Director, Walmart

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $45.4B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $44.3B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Bentonville, Arkansas

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 19: Steve Ballmer

Owner, Los Angeles Clippers

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $43B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $41.2B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Hunts Point, Washington

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 20: Ma Huateng

Chairman and CEO, Tencent Holdings

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $40.5B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $38.8B as of 3/5/19

– Residence: Shenzhen, China

– Citizenship: China

Rank No. 21: Jack Ma

Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $39.6B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $37.3B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Hangzhou, China

– Citizenship: China

Rank No. 22: Hui Ka Yan

Chairman, China Evergrande Group

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $38.6B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $36.2B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Shenzhen, China

– Citizenship: China

Rank No. 23: Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $35.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $36.1B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Germany

– Citizenship: Germany

Rank No. 24: Sheldon Adelson

Chairman and CEO, Las Vegas Sands

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $35.4B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $35.1B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 25: Michael Dell

Chairman and CEO, Dell

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $35.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $34.3B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Austin, Texas

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 26: Phil Knight & family

Chairman, Nike

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $34.5B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $33.4B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Hillsboro, Oregon

– Citizenship: United States

Rank No. 27: David Thomson & family

Chairman, Thomson Reuters

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $32.9B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $32.5B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Toronto, Canada

– Citizenship: Canada

Rank No. 28: Li Ka-shing

Chairman, CK Hutchison Holdings

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $31.9B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $31.7B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

– Citizenship: Hong Kong

Rank No. 29: Lee Shau Kee

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $30.1B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $30.1B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

– Citizenship: Hong Kong

Rank No. 30: Francois Pinault & family

– REAL TIME NET WORTH: $32.8B as of 6 Mar 2019

– 2019 Billionaires NET WORTH: $29.7B as of 5 Mar 2019

– Residence: Paris, France

– Citizenship: France

Some people work so hard to be rich. Meanwhile, some other people have their wisdom to get rich in their ways. However, there is one common thing for the richest. They believe in their continuous effort of making it happen. The richest people are not all defined by the university degree. Some of the technology giant men even give up the study at University but develop their career by their interest of innovation ideas in their business. When they focus on their passions, anything can happen. Of course, a well educated mind with stronger belief in oneself can make a life different!