1 Bill Gates: America founder of Microsoft (net worth $75 billion) 2 Amancio Ortega: Spanish founder of Inditex which owns the Zara fashion chain (net worth $67 billion) 3 Warren Buffett: American CEO and largest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway (net worth $60.8 billion) 4 Carlos Slim Helu: Mexican owner of Grupo Carso (net worth: $50 billion) 5 Jeff Bezos: American founder, chairman and chief executive of Amazon (net worth: $45.2 billion) 6 Mark Zuckerberg: American chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder of Facebook (net worth $44.6 billion) 7 Larry Ellison: American co-founder and CEO of Oracle (net worth $43.6 billion) 8 Michael Bloomberg: American founder, owner and CEO of Bloomberg LP (net worth: $40 billion) ………………………………