Forbes Names Worlds Richest A number of diamond and jewelry industry players made Forbes annual list of billionaires again in 2014. Overall the list grew to 1,645 names from 1,426 one year ago and its aggregate net worth surged to $6.4 trillion, up from only $5.4 trillion in 2013. The richest person in the world was Bill Gates with a net worth of $76 billion. The richest retail family was Walmarts Waltons, occupying numbers 9, 10, 13, 14, 305 and 367 on the list and representing a combined net worth of $150 billion. Rank Change Name Company Net $Bil. No. 4 0 Warren Buffett Berkshire $58.2 No. 15 -5 Bernard Arnault LVMH $33.5 No. 18 1 Jeff Bezos Amazon $32.0 No. 58 -5 Francois Pinault Kering $15.5 No. 173 2 Johann Rupert Richemont $7.6 No. 205 -30 Nicky Oppenheimer Private $6.7 No. 234 -59 Patrizio Bertelli Prada $6.0 No. 305 -6 Laurence Graff Graff $4.8 No. 367 -51 Beny Steinmetz Steinmetz $4.1 No. 551 -184 Edward Lampert Sears $3.0 No. 1,270 0 Mark Vadon Blue Nile $1.4 No. 1,284 -310 Lev Leviev Leviev $1.3 No. 1,372 -30 Nirav Modi Firestar $1.2 No. 1,565 -223 T.S. Kalyanaraman Kalyan $1.0
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 07:27:32 +0000
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