Oxfam list of 62 richest who together own as much as the poorest 50%.
Together these 62 are worth US$ 1,762 billion. This represents 0.7% of the world’s total US$ 250 trillion wealth – estimate by Credit Suisse.
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The driving forces behind these enormous fortunes are typically, brands that have gone global like Mars, Zara or Nutella, technology business that benefit from network effects that give them a natural advantage over competitors, for example Microsoft, Facebook and Google, or the buying and selling of assets, sometimes kick started with inheritance or a fortunate deal.
- Bill Gates – US – Microsoft
- Carlos Slim Helu – Mexican – Investor
- Warren Buffett – US – Investor
- Amancio Ortega – Spain – Zara – clothing
- Larry Ellison – US – Oracle
- Charles Koch – US – Investor
- David Koch – US – Investor
- Christy Walton – US – Wal-mart
- Jim Walton – US – Wal-mart
- Liliane Bettencourt – France – L’Oreal
- Alice Walton – US – Wal-mart
- S. Robson Walton – US – Wal-mart
- Bernard Arnault – France – Investor
- Michael Bloomberg – US – Media
- Jeff Bezos – US – Amazon
- Mark Zuckerberg – US – Facebook
- Li Ka-shing – HK – Real estate
- Sheldon Adelson – US – Real estate
- Larry Page – US – Google
- Sergey Brin – US – Google
- Georg Schaeffler – German – Investor
- Forrest Mars, Jr. – US – Mars confectionary
- Jacqueline Mars – US – Mars confectionary
- John Mars – US – Mars confectionary
- David Thomson – Canada – Media
- Jorge Paulo Lemann – Brazil / Switzerland – Investor
- Lee Shau Kee – HK – Real estate
- Stefan Persson – Sweden – H&M
- George Soros – Hungary / US – Investor
- Wang Jianlin – China – Property
- Carl Icahn – US – Investor
- Maria Franca Fissolo – Italy – Nutella
- Jack Ma – China – Internet – Alibaba
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud – Saudi Prince and Investor
- Phil Knight – US – Nike
- Steve Ballmer – US – Microsoft
- Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. – Germany – Aldi
- Li Hejun – China – Tech / Energy
- Mukesh Ambani – India – Investor
- Leonardo Del Vecchio – Italy – Sun glasses hut
- Len Blavatnik- UK / US / Ukraine – Investor
- Tadashi Yanai – Japan – Uniqlo clothing
- Charles Ergen – US – Media
- Dilip Shanghvi – India – Pharma
- Laurene Powell Jobs – US – Apple
- Dieter Schwarz – Germany – Lidl
- Michael Dell – US – Dell
- Azim Premji – India – Tech
- Theo Albrecht, Jr. – Germany – Aldi
- Michael Otto – Germany – Internet retail
- Paul Allen – US – Microsoft
- Joseph Safra – Brazil – Investor / Banking
- Anne Cox Chambers – US – Media
- Susanne Klatten – Germany – Investor
- Pallonji Mistry – India / Ireland – Real estate
- Ma Huateng – China – Internet (Tencent)
- Patrick Drahi – French / Israeli / Morocco – Media
- Thomas & Raymond Kwok – HK – Real estate
- Stefan Quandt – German – Investor
- Ray Dalio – US – Investor
- Vladimir Potanin – Russia – Investor
- Robin Li – China – Internet (Baidu)
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