Top 5: The Most Millionaire People in the World According to Forbes

Forbes magazine announced its annual ranking of the world’s richest men and women, with 2,043 people with fortunes of more than $ 1 billion – three of them Colombians.

And while everyone believes that Donald Trump, the current president of the United States, has a countless fortune, his empire is not enough to be even among the 20 richest on the planet – instead, occupy 544.

This year’s edition adds 195 people to the Forbes ranking, with China as the leading nation (76 new), followed by the United States (25), India (13) and Germany (5).

For the first time Vietnamese Viaduct Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, owner of VietJet Air, and Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal, president of tequila maker José Cuervo, joined the group of the twenty richest people in the world.

Of all the people on the list, there are 227 women, of whom 74 are American, 28 are German and 23 are Chinese.

The world’s richest woman is Liliane Bettencourt of the L’Oréal cosmetics group, ranked 14th overall by Forbes, with a fortune estimated at $ 39.5 billion.

By country, the United States is the nation with the largest number of billionaires, with a total of 565, followed by China (319), Germany (114), India (101) and Russia (96).

5-. Mark Zuckerberg

No need for presentation. He is the youngest man in the top 10 and the creator of the largest social network in the world. At 32, Mark Zuckerberg has a fortune of $ 56 billion and owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, just to mention the applications that most of us have on our cell phones.

4-. Amancio Ortega

This Spanish entrepreneur dedicated to the textile sector, creator of brands like Zara, Pull & Bear and Bershka, fell two places in the list of the most ready with respect to the list of 2016. With 80 years and a fortune of 71.3 billion dollars, Ortega Is the fourth richest man in the world.

3-. Jeff Bezos

The founder of e-commerce company Amazon.com climbed two places on the list of the 10 richest. In addition, he is the majority shareholder of the newspaper The Washington Post and the aerospace company Blue Origin. At age 53, Bezos amasses a $ 72.8 billion fortune.

2-. Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola, American Express, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, Heinz, The Washington Post. He is 86 years old and has a fortune of 75.6 billion dollars. He rose one place over last year’s ranking.

1-. Bill Gates

The founder of technology company Microsoft has topped 18 times the list of Forbes richest, including the 2016 ranking. At age 61, Bill Gates has a fortune of 86 billion dollars, which is roughly equivalent to one 25 percent of all the wealth in Colombia.

PLUS-.  Carlos Slim

At the age of 77, Mexican Carlos Slim owns Grupo Carso, a business conglomerate in which some of the continent’s largest telecommunications companies such as Telcel, Telmex, Claro and Embratel are located. With a fortune of 54.5 billion dollars, Slim fell two places in the ranking of Forbes of the richest in the world.