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RICHER Most Countries THE RICH JUST GET The top 100 billionaires are a diverse crew with a combined net worth bigger than the GDP of RICHER most countries. What unites them? Through the past year, the world’s The majority of these moguls spent 100 richest people added a collective $200 billion to their net wealth, the year piling up more money. raising their total to $2.1 trillion THE TOP 10 Bill Gates Microsoft | Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, the youngest BILLIONAIRES HOLDINGS (IN $ BILLION) billionaire on the list, increased Net YTD change, Source of Cascade InvestmentLLC 37.6 his wealth to $24.5 billion in worth, in $ bn* / wealth Rank Name in $ bn* percentage (Industry) MicrosoftCorp. 12.6 2013, adding $12.3 billion Canadian Nat.Railway Co. 4.4 1 Bill Gates 72.9 !10.2 / Microsoft | Bill Gates, retained his top (US) 16.2% (Technology) Republic Services Inc. 3.0 position, adding $10.2 billion 2 Carlos Slim 65.5 "-9.7 / America Movil Ecolab Inc. 2.8 to his wealth, increasing it to (Mexico) -12.9 (Telecom) Others 12.5 $72.9 billion 3 Amancio Ortega 61.9 !4.4 / Inditex | The world’s second-richest man, (Spain) 7.7 (Retail) Mexican telecom mogul Carlos 4 Warren Buffett 58.2 !10.3 / Berkshire Hathaway Slim Helu, saw his fortune shrink (US) 21.5 (Finance) $9.7 billion through this year 5 Ingvar Kamprad 50.3 !10.6 / Ikea (Sweden) 26.8 (Retail) | Other big gainers on Bloomberg’s 6 Charles Koch 45.2 !4.3 / Koch Industries list include Hong Kong’s Galaxy (US) 10.5 (Diversified) Entertainment Group founder Lui 7 David Koch 45.2 !4.3 / Koch Industries BILLIONAIRE BY Che Woo, who added $8.6 billion, (US) 10.5 (Diversified) REGION to his wealth; and investor 8 Larry Ellison 41.0 !1.6 / Oracle Warren Buffet, who added (US) 4.2 (Technology) US 37 $10.3 billion to his wealth 9 Christy Walton** 36.5 !3.5 / Walmart Russia 11 (US) 10.8 (Retail) 10 Jim Walton 35.1 !3.7 / Walmart Germany 6 (US) 11.6 (Retail) India 5 $2.1 trillion France 4 Net worth of top 100 billionaires: Hong Kong 4 The richest 100 could splurge on extreme luxury or help solve the US debt crisis Sweden 3 with wealth that makes Apple, the world’s Italy 3 most valuable company, look puny by comparison China 3 Japan 2 45,487 Graff pink diamonds Number Number Colombia 2 of men 89 of women 11 Each of the top 100 could treat 454 of their closest friends Switzerland 2 to a 23.88-carat diamond with a $46 million price tag. Brazil 2 32,190 Gulfstream G650 Jets Mexico 2 Each could travel in a personal $65 million Gulfstream G650 jet, buying a different UK 1 plane every day for almost a whole year. Ukraine 1 Malaysia 1 13% US debt The billionaires could come to the aid of Philippines 1 the US government in a big way and wipe Saudi Arabia 1 out a slice of its $16.7 trillion of debt. South Korea 1 4.85X Apple’s market valuation Australia 1 With wealth 4.85 times greater than Canada 1 Apple Inc’s $433 billion market cap, they Youngest: Oldest: Chile 1 could purchase the world’s most valuable Mark Zuckerberg company almost five times over. Karl Albr Nigeria 1 (29 years) (93 years) Cyprus 1 Percentage of Median net the world’s GDP worth FAMILY FORTUNES Czech Republic 1 Walton 4 Quandt 3 Koch 2 Mars 3 Netherlands 1 2.9% $15.7 bn Spain 1 * As of September 30, 2013; ** Estimated Source: Bloomberg.
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