There were 2,095 billionaires on the list when it was finalized on March 18: 58 fewer billionaires than last year and 226 fewer than at the beginning of the month. The reason is the linking of the wealth of these people with the stock market value of their investments or the companies they own.
According to Forbes USA and Advice Strategic Consultants, the 2,095 billionaires are “worth” 8 trillion dollars, which is equivalent to eight times the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Spain. Since much of the wealth of billionaires is deposited in shares of their companies, net worth fluctuates from day to day, depending on the evolution of the stock markets.
The country with the most billionaires in the United States, with 614, followed by China (which includes Hong Kong and Macao, two of the richest places on the planet) with 456 billionaires.
Here are the richest
Jeff Bezos And Ex-Wife (United States)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was “worth” $113 billion on March 18, according to Forbes. Jeff Bezos, 56, is the world’s richest man, despite transferring a quarter of his Amazon stake from him to his ex-wife MacKenzie last summer. Bezos founded the e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 and remains the company’s CEO.
Bill Gates And His Wife (United States)
Bill Gates appears on the list of the most billionaires in 2017. He was “worth” 98,000 million dollars on March 18. Gates and his wife Melinda chair the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the largest private charitable foundation in the world, followed by the Wellcome Trust (UK) and La Caixa Banking Foundation, chaired by the Spanish Isidre Fainé and which dedicates 540 million euros each year to its Obra Social in Spain.
Bernard Arnault And Family (France)
Bernard Arnault, and his family, were “worth” $76 billion on March 18, according to Forbes and Advice Strategic Consultants. Arnault is the CEO of the luxury goods company LVMH, which includes the brands Louis Vuitton and Sephora, among many others. Last year the company bought Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, which could be the largest acquisition in the history of a luxury brand (Advice Luxury Brands Study, December 2019: “Hermès, Chanel, LVMH (Louis Vuitton), Kering (Gucci) and Rolex are the top five Luxury Companies/Brands with the most reputable and the most desired in Spain “).
Warren Buffett (United States), Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett, 89, was “worth” $67.5 billion on March 18. Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time. He runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 large companies. Buffett was previously the third-richest person in the world, before Bernard Arnault took his place this year, in 2020.
Larry Ellison (United States), Oracle
Larry Ellison, 75, was “worth” $59 billion in March. In 1977, he founded Oracle, a “zampa-zampa” of software and hardware companies: Peoplesoft, Siebel Systems, Hyperion Solutions, BEA Systems, Sun Microsystems… and, more recently, Bluekai, a cloud-based big data company, and Zenedge, a startup specialized in digital security. He likes to brag about his cloud contract with the Central Intelligence Agency, like Satya Nadella (Microsoft) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon) about their cloud computing contract with the Pentagon, whose head of purchasing is known to the author of this article and that resulted in 5 billion dollars for each of the two companies in ten years. Even so (subsection),
Amancio Ortega (Spain), Inditex
Amancio Ortega, 84, was the world’s richest clothing retailer as of March this year, with a net worth of $55.1 billion, according to Forbes. In 1975, he and his ex-wife Rosalia Mera founded Inditex, better known for the Zara chain and fashion brand.
Mark Zuckerberg (United States), Facebook
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth increased by $27 billion, making Facebook founder Zuckerberg, 35, ” worth” $54.7 billion last March. Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 and owns Instagram and WhatsApp, among other companies, making him the youngest billionaire in the world and the person who has reached that position in the shortest possible time.
Jim Walton And Family (United States) Walmart
Jim Walton, 71, was the richest member of the Walton family last March, with a net worth of $54.6 billion.
Alice Walton (United States) Walmart
Alice Walton, 70, was “worth” $54.4 billion on March 18. She is the only daughter of Sam Walton and also the richest woman on the 2020 Forbes list.
Rob Walton (United States) Walmart
Rob Walton, 75, was “worth” $54.1 billion in March. Robert Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton and was the company’s president from 1992 to 2015.
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