This is the most recent list of the richest people in the world. What do you think of their stories?
1. Carlos Slim:
Carlos Slim is basically from Mexico and currently has cash reserves of $ 74 billion. The main business of the Carlos Slim is the telecommunications and first started his business talent when he was a mere 10 year old selling soft drinks and snacks to the families. He finished his graduation and finished the Engineering and worked as a trader for some time in the Mexican Stock Exchange. He fastly created billions of money and so does his interests as he armored himself by keeping many bodyguards so as to safeguard the billion of dollars which he earned and also largely helps people who deal with the problems like poverty, illiteracy and also provides medical facility for the poor.
2. Bill Gates:
The Man who dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 went out and started the World’s largest IT Company named Microsoft. The only vision which always Bill gates had is to facilitate every home with one computer. It was in 1986 when Microsoft went out in public with its initial public offer and Bill Gates was at an age of 31 and became the self-made billionaire at that time. In the year 2008, Bill Gates stepped down from the controlling company and then publicly announced on that the 50% of all his earnings for the rest of his life to the foundation which will help the poor. The current net worth of the Bill Gates is $ 56 Million.
3. Warren Buffet:
Warren Buffett who is from United States has a current net worth of $ 50 billion and has run in the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate since 1965. He too plays a very significant role in the Melinda Gates foundation as till now he has contributed a whopping $ 8 billion to that foundation. Warren Buffett lives in the city of Berkshire Hathaway. Currently Warren Buffett is 80 years Old and still helps many people who are very poor and are in search for education and food.
4. Bernard Amault
4. Bernard Amault
Bernard Arnault, who is from France aged 62 ha as current net worth of $ 41 billion and is also a very good friend of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy. He was educated at the great Ecole Polytechnique and joined his father’s construction company at an age of 25. He not only earned the fame as well as the name but also started LVMH group in the 1990s with the Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy brands which is the World’s Luxury brand and constitutes a great leadership position in the Luxury brand.
5. Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is the simple person with the most number of awards and also other technical recognitions and is also un doubted founder of the software giant Oracle and also is the CEO of the same. The executive, supposedly a model for the “Iron Man” movie character Tony Stark, late last year attacked Hewlett Packard and its board for the abrupt and — he said — unfair sacking of longtime friend Mark Hurd. Ellison then hired him. Ellison also is an all-rounder person with a great set of other capabilities like in Sports last year Ellison won the yachting’s America’s Cup. The current net worth of the Ellison is around $ 39.5 Million.
6. Lakshmi Mittal:
An Indian resident Lakshmi Mittal who is currently a London based tycoon who currently is an age of 60 years and owns the World’s largest steel manufacturer and also in the year 2005 he spent $10 million to promote sporting talent and encourage potential Olympians in his homeland. Also, this person helped many poor people in not only India but also in London by donating money to many institutions which helped the poor. The current net worth of the Lakshmi Mittal is $ 31.1 million and the main source of income is Steel.
7. Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega is basically from Spain and the main source of income is the retail and currently has a net worth of $ 31 billion. Currently, Amancio Ortega is at an age of 74 years and started the clothing business in the late 1960s and started off making dressing gowns in his garage in La Coruna and then at a later stage he started his own company of Zara fashion and is the Chairman of the company.
8. Eike Batista
Leaving behind Amancio Ortega, Eike Batista interest lies in the mining as well as in the Oil and also really struggled hard to end up succeeding in Life as he came from the shadows of the well-known father Batista said that he wants none less than being the richest man on earth. Everything about the 53-year-old — from the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren sports car he keeps as decoration in his parlor to the “X” in the name of all his companies that represents wealth multiplication screams of unashamed ambition. He has a burning ambition to transform Rio into a modern, thriving city. Just before Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games, he bought up a nearby marina that will be a hub of the games within a timed deal.
9. Mukesh Ambani:
Indian Giant, Mukesh Ambani who is a Chemical Engineer by profession and is currently is having an age of 53 years has dropped out of an MBA program which was conducted by the Stanford University and joined the company Reliance in the year 1981. Recently at the time of recession when the Prime Minister stated about the big fatty pay outs to the top bosses of the most of the companies, the Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited has announced the pay out to himself to a whopping 2/3rd of his total salary. Currently, Mukesh Ambani the the Chairman of Reliance Industries and also has made a house of worth $1 billion named Antilla which is of a height of 27 storeys. Mukesh Ambani also has an elder brother who is named as Anil Ambani who too is a big business tycoon. The area of trade for Mukesh Ambani is the Retail, financial services with DE Shaw, Oil and Gas. The current net worth of Mukesh Ambani is the $27 billion.
10. Christy Walton and family
The tenth most richest person on Earth who is named as the Christy Walton is the widow of the John Walton has the son named Sam Walton who owns and operates the Retail King giant Wal Mart. Wal Mart was basically first built in the single dime store in the Arkansas and has now become the World’s largest retailer all across the World with its presence directly or in directly all across the World.
