List of top five richest persons in the world , their networth and how they acquired their wealth
- JEFF BEZOS
The owner of Amazo.com made his wealth through online-shopping and e-commerce.
NETWORTH: $90.6 billion
- BILL GATES
Bill Gates alongside his childhood friend Paul Allen who also had a flair for computer while in school co-founded Microsoft in 1975. He is also the co-founder of the world's largest private charity called the Bill and Melinda foundation.
NETWORTH: $90 billion
3.AMANCIO ORTEGA
The Spanish man Amancio Ortega is the founder of Inditex fashion group which houses the widely known Zara clothing stores. He co-founded Inditex with his wife Rosalia Meria in 1975.
NETWORTH: $83.2 billion
4.WARREN BUFFET
Warren Buffet is the C.E.O of Berkshire Hathaway.Buffett owns more than 60 companies, an investment genius who acquired his first stock when he was just 11 years old and paid his first taxes at age 13. Buffett is a philanthropist and has vowed to give away 99% of his wealth to the charity.
NETWORTH:$74.3 billion
5.MARK ZUCKERBERG
Zuckerberg is the youngest of the world’s top billionaires is the chairman and CEO of Facebook and also the co-founder.Mark Zuckerberg was only in his first year at Harvard University when he started the first version of Facebook in 2004. The company which is now worth over $400 billion started off in college campuses now has over a billion around the world.
NETWORTH: $72.2 billion
