{"id":48933,"date":"2013-11-05T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T08:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=48933"},"modified":"2013-11-05T10:53:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T08:53:51","slug":"worlds-richest-get-even-richer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/48933\/worlds-richest-get-even-richer\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s richest get even richer"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Bloomberg’s billionaires list (as of 4 November 2013), the world’s wealthiest people spent the past year making even more money – though not all were as fortunate.<\/p>\n

The world’s top 100 richest people have added a collective US$200 billion to their net wealth over the past year – bringing their collective total to US$2.1 trillion.<\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a> CEO, Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> – the youngest billionaire on the list – managed to double his wealth in 2013, adding US$11.3 billion to his net worth, totalling US$23.6 billion.<\/p>\n

However, tech industry icon, Bill Gates, who took the spot as the world’s richest man earlier in the year, retained his top position, adding US$13.5 billion to his already immense wealth, taking him to US$76.2 billion.<\/p>\n

The year was less kind to the world’s second richest man – Mexican telecoms mogul Carlos Slim Helu<\/a> – who saw his fortunes shrink by US$5.6 billion over the course of 2013. But don’t feel too sorry for him, because he remains the world’s second richest man, with a total net worth of US$69.6 billion, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Other big gainers on Bloomberg’s list include Hong Kong’s Galaxy Entertainment Group founder Lui Che Woo, who added US$10.1 billion to total US$22.1 billion in total wealth, and famous investor, Warren Buffet, who saw his US$58.8 billion fortune padded with a US$11.3 billion gain in the year.<\/p>\n

Top 10 gainers in the world<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nNet Worth (US$bn)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Gain (US$bn)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBill Gates<\/td>\n76.2<\/td>\n13.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nIngvar Kamprad<\/td>\n51.6<\/td>\n12.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMark Zuckerberg<\/td>\n23.6<\/td>\n11.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWarren Buffett<\/td>\n58.8<\/td>\n10.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSheldon Adelson<\/td>\n33.2<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLui Che Woo<\/td>\n22.1<\/td>\n10.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJeff Bezos<\/td>\n33.0<\/td>\n9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nLarry Page<\/td>\n29.2<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSergey Brin<\/td>\n28.7<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nAmancio Ortega<\/td>\n64.5<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Top 10 richest in the world<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nGain\/Loss (US$bn)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Net Worth (US$bn)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBill Gates<\/td>\n13.5<\/span><\/td>\n76.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nCarlons Slim Helu<\/td>\n-5.6<\/span><\/td>\n69.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAmancio Ortega<\/td>\n7.0<\/span><\/td>\n64.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWarren Buffett<\/td>\n10.9<\/span><\/td>\n58.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nIngvar Kamprad<\/td>\n12.0<\/span><\/td>\n51.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCharles Koch<\/td>\n6.5<\/span><\/td>\n47.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDavid Koch<\/td>\n6.5<\/span><\/td>\n47.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nLarry Ellison<\/td>\n-0.4<\/span><\/td>\n38.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nChristy Walton<\/td>\n5.5<\/span><\/td>\n38.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nJim Walton<\/td>\n5.1<\/span><\/td>\n36.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Bloomberg’s billionaire’s list can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More on the biggest and best<\/h3>\n

Tech in the Fortune 500<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Biggest tech companies in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tech\u2019s youngest billionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Richest IT people in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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