The ranks of the world’sbillionaires, as monitored and tallied by our global wealth team, have yet again reached all-time highs. The 2013 Forbes Billionaires list now boasts 1,426 names, with an aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion. We found 210 new ten-figure fortunes. Once again the U.S. leads the list with 442 billionaires, followed by Asia-Pacific (386), Europe (366), the Americas (129) and the Middle East & Africa (103).
Resurgent asset prices are the driving force behind the rising wealth of the super-rich around the globe. While last year almost as many fortunes fell as rose, this year gainers outnumbered losers by 4-to-1. Many new names made the list thanks to free-spending consumers. To name a few: Diesel jeans mogulRenzo Rosso at $3 billion, retailer Bruce Nordstrom at $1.2 billion and designer Tory Burch at $1 billion.
Carlos Slim is once again the world’s richest person, followed by Bill Gates.Amancio Ortega of Spanish retailer Zara moves up to No. 3 for the first time. He is the year’s biggest gainer, adding $19.5 billion to his fortune in one year. He moves ahead of Warren Buffett, despite the fact that the U.S. investing legend added $9.5 billion to his fortune. This is the first year since 2000 that Buffett has not been among the top 3. The year’s biggest loser is Brazilian Eike Batista, whose fortune dropped by $19.4 billion, or equivalent to about $50 million a day. His rank falls from no. 7 to no. 100 in the world.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Carlos Slim Helu & family | $73 B | 73 | telecom | Mexico |
| 2 |  Bill Gates | $67 B | 57 | Microsoft | United States |
| 3 |  Amancio Ortega | $57 B | 76 | Zara | Spain |
| 4 |  Warren Buffett | $53,5 B | 82 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 5 |  Larry Ellison | $43 B | 68 | Oracle | United States |
| 6 |  Charles Koch | $34 B | 77 | diversified | United States |
| 6 |  David Koch | $34 B | 72 | diversified | United States |
| 8 |  Li Ka-shing | $31 B | 84 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 9 |  Liliane Bettencourt & family | $30 B | 90 | L’Oreal | France |
| 10 |  Bernard Arnault & family | $29 B | 64 | LVMH | France |
| 11 |  Christy Walton & family | $28,2 B | 58 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 12 |  Stefan Persson | $28 B | 65 | H&M | Sweden |
| 13 |  Michael Bloomberg | $27 B | 71 | Bloomberg LP | United States |
| 14 |  Jim Walton | $26,7 B | 65 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 15 |  Sheldon Adelson | $26,5 B | 79 | casinos | United States |
| 16 |  Alice Walton | $26,3 B | 63 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 17 |  S. Robson Walton | $26,1 B | 69 | Wal-Mart | United States |
| 18 |  Karl Albrecht | $26 B | 93 | Aldi | Germany |
| 19 |  Jeff Bezos | $25,2 B | 49 | Amazon.com | United States |
| 20 |  Larry Page | $23 B | 39 | United States | |
| 21 |  Sergey Brin | $22,8 B | 39 | United States | |
| 22 |  Mukesh Ambani | $21,5 B | 55 | petrochemicals, oil & gas | India |
| 23 |  Michele Ferrero & family | $20,4 B | 87 | chocolates | Italy |
| 24 |  Lee Shau Kee | $20,3 B | 85 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 24 |  David Thomson & family | $20,3 B | 55 | media | Canada |
| 26 |  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud | $20 B | 57 | investments | Saudi Arabia |
| 26 |  Carl Icahn | $20 B | 77 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 26 |  Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family | $20 B | – | real estate | Hong Kong |
| 29 | Dieter Schwarz | $19,5 B | 73 | retail | Germany |
| 30 |  George Soros | $19,2 B | 82 | hedge funds | United States |
| 31 | Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family | $18,9 B | 62 | Aldi, Trader Joe’s | Germany |
| 32 |  Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family | $18,2 B | 81 | mining | Mexico |
| 33 |  Jorge Paulo Lemann | $17,8 B | 73 | beer | Brazil |
| 34 |  Alisher Usmanov | $17,6 B | 59 | steel, telecom, investments | Russia |
| 35 | Iris Fontbona & family | $17,4 B | 70 | mining | Chile |
| 36 |  Forrest Mars, Jr. | $17 B | 81 | candy | United States |
| 36 |  Jacqueline Mars | $17 B | 73 | candy | United States |
| 36 | John Mars | $17 B | 76 | candy | United States |
| 36 |  Georgina Rinehart | $17 B | 59 | mining | Australia |
| 40 | German Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $16,7 B | 59 | mining | Mexico |
| 41 |  Mikhail Fridman | $16,5 B | 48 | oil, banking, telecom | Russia |
| 41 |  Lakshmi Mittal | $16,5 B | 62 | steel | India |
| 43 |  Aliko Dangote | $16,1 B | 55 | cement, sugar, flour | Nigeria |
| 44 |  Len Blavatnik | $16 B | 55 | diversified | United States |
| 44 |  Cheng Yu-tung | $16 B | 87 | diversified | Hong Kong |
| 46 |  Joseph Safra | $15,9 B | 74 | banking | Brazil |
| 47 |  Rinat Akhmetov | $15,4 B | 46 | steel, coal | Ukraine |
| 47 |  Leonid Mikhelson | $15,4 B | 57 | gas, chemicals | Russia |
| 49 |  Leonardo Del Vecchio | $15,3 B | 77 | eyeglasses | Italy |
| 49 |  Michael Dell | $15,3 B | 48 | Dell | United States |
| 51 |  Steve Ballmer | $15,2 B | 56 | Microsoft | United States |
| 52 |  Viktor Vekselberg | $15,1 B | 55 | oil, metals | Russia |
| 53 |  Paul Allen | $15 B | 60 | Microsoft, investments | United States |
| 53 |  Francois Pinault & family | $15 B | 76 | retail | France |
| 55 |  Vagit Alekperov | $14,8 B | 62 | Lukoil | Russia |
| 56 |  Phil Knight | $14,4 B | 75 | Nike | United States |
| 56 |  Andrey Melnichenko | $14,4 B | 40 | coal, fertilizers | Russia |
| 58 |  Dhanin Chearavanont & family | $14,3 B | 73 | food | Thailand |
| 58 |  Susanne Klatten | $14,3 B | 50 | BMW, pharmaceuticals | Germany |
| 58 |  Vladimir Potanin | $14,3 B | 52 | metals | Russia |
| 61 |  Michael Otto & family | $14,2 B | 69 | retail, real estate | Germany |
| 62 |  Vladimir Lisin | $14,1 B | 56 | steel, transport | Russia |
| 62 |  Gennady Timchenko | $14,1 B | 60 | oil & gas | Russia |
| 64 |  Luis Carlos Sarmiento | $13,9 B | 80 | banking | Colombia |
| 65 |  Mohammed Al Amoudi | $13,5 B | 68 | oil, diversified | Saudi Arabia |
| 66 |  Tadashi Yanai & family | $13,3 B | 64 | retail | Japan |
| 66 |  Mark Zuckerberg | $13,3 B | 28 | United States | |
| 68 |  Henry Sy & family | $13,2 B | 88 | diversified | Philippines |
| 69 |  Donald Bren | $13 B | 80 | real estate | United States |
| 69 |  Serge Dassault & family | $13 B | 87 | aviation | France |
| 69 |  Lee Kun-Hee | $13 B | 71 | Samsung | South Korea |
| 69 |  Mikhail Prokhorov | $13 B | 47 | investments | Russia |
| 73 |  Alexey Mordashov | $12,8 B | 47 | steel, investments | Russia |
| 74 |  Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family | $12,7 B | 84 | diversified | Brazil |
| 74 |  Abigail Johnson | $12,7 B | 51 | money management | United States |
| 76 |  Ray Dalio | $12,5 B | 63 | hedge funds | United States |
| 76 |  Robert Kuok | $12,5 B | 89 | diversified | Malaysia |
| 78 |  Miuccia Prada | $12,4 B | 63 | Prada | Italy |
| 79 |  Ronald Perelman | $12,2 B | 70 | leveraged buyouts | United States |
| 80 |  Anne Cox Chambers | $12 B | 93 | media | United States |
| 81 |  Stefan Quandt | $11,9 B | 46 | BMW | Germany |
| 82 |  Ananda Krishnan | $11,7 B | 74 | telecoms | Malaysia |
| 82 |  Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila | $11,7 B | 36 | beer | Colombia |
| 82 |  James Simons | $11,7 B | 74 | hedge funds | United States |
| 82 |  Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi | $11,7 B | 68 | drinks | Thailand |
| 86 |  Zong Qinghou | $11,6 B | 67 | beverages | China |
| 87 | Dirce Navarro De Camargo & family | $11,5 B | – | construction | Brazil |
| 87 |  John Fredriksen | $11,5 B | 68 | shipping | Cyprus |
| 89 |  Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family | $11,4 B | 61 | real estate | United Kingdom |
| 90 |  Harold Hamm | $11,3 B | 67 | oil & gas | United States |
| 91 |  Rupert Murdoch | $11,2 B | 81 | News Corp | United States |
| 91 |  John Paulson | $11,2 B | 57 | hedge funds | United States |
| 91 |  Azim Premji | $11,2 B | 67 | software | India |
| 94 |  Ernesto Bertarelli & family | $11 B | 47 | biotech, investments | Switzerland |
| 94 |  Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken | $11 B | 58 | Heineken | Netherlands |
| 94 |  Hans Rausing | $11 B | 86 | packaging | Sweden |
| 94 |  Jack Taylor & family | $11 B | 90 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | United States |
| 98 |  Lui Che Woo | $10,7 B | 83 | gaming | Hong Kong |
| 98 |  Laurene Powell Jobs & family | $10,7 B | 49 | Apple, Disney | United States |
| 100 |  Eike Batista | $10,6 B | 56 | mining, oil | Brazil |
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