Bill Gates at it again! He topped the list of the richest person on the world with an estimated whopping worth of USD86 billion, which convert to Rs. 5,61,430 crores in Indian denomination.
In the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates named as the richest person on the planet for the fourth straight year.
Gates was followed by Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, who’s wealth estimated at USD75.6 billion. The Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos found at number three on the list. Also, Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison were placed on the list at number five and number seven respectively.
Startlingly, the US president Donald Trump’s name went down on the list, slipping 220 spots to number 544 with an estimated at USD3.5 billion. Due to slump in US real estate market, the magazine cites this as reason for his low income.
United States, with 565, has the most number of billionaires in the world. With 319 billionaires, China is second on the list. The list also reveals that 2,042 number of billionaires are on the earth.