Forbes 2015 Billionaires List Has been Released... 5 Nigerians Made The List!

Forbes billionaire list 2015 has been released and the like of Bill Gates retains the top spot,  Five Nigerians made the cut - Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Folorunsho Alakija, Femi Otedola and Abdulsamad Rabiu. But Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Elumelu who made the list last year were dropped off the list this year. 

Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is now the 16th richest man in the world. The youngest billionaire in the world is 24 year old Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of photo- messaging app, "Snapchat". The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by an unaffordably weaker Nigerian currency and of-course the ridiculously shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He retains the title of Africa’s richest man anyways.



The country that lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India. See the comprehensive list below:: 

1. Bill Gates Net Worth: $79.2 B, Source of wealth: Microsoft 
2. Carlos Slim Helu & family Net Worth: $77.1 B, Source of wealth: telecom 
3. Warren Buffett Net Worth: $72.7 B, Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway 
4. Amancio Ortega Net Worth: $64.5 B, Source of wealth: Zara 
5. Larry Ellison Net Worth: $54.3 B, Source of wealth: Oracle
6. Charles Koch Net Worth: $42.9 B, Source of wealth: diversified 
6. David Koch Net Worth: $42.9 B, Source of wealth: diversified 
8. Christy Walton & family Net Worth: $41.7 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 
9. Jim Walton Net Worth: $40.6 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 
10. Liliane Bettencourt & family Net Worth: $40.1 B, Source of wealth: L’Oreal 
11. Alice Walton Net Worth: $39.4 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 
12. S. Robson Walton Net Worth: $39.1 B, Source of wealth: Wal-Mart 
13. Bernard Arnault & family Net Worth: $37.2 B, Source of wealth: LVMH 
14. Michael Bloomberg Net Worth: $35.5 B, Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP 
15. Jeff Bezos Net Worth: $34.8 B, Source of wealth: Amazon.com 
16. Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth: $33.4 B,Source of wealth: Facebook 
17. Li Ka-shing Net Worth: $33.3 B, Source of wealth: diversified 
18. Sheldon Adelson Net Worth: $31.4 B, Source of wealth: casinos 
19. Larry Page Net Worth: $29.7 B, Source of wealth: Google 
20. Sergey Brin Net Worth: $29.2 B, Source of wealth: Google 
21. Georg Schaeffler Net Worth: $26.9 B, Source of wealth: ball bearings 
22. Forrest Mars Jr Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy 
22. Jacqueline Mars Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy 
22. John Mars Net Worth: $26.6 B, Source of wealth: candy 
25. David Thomson & family Net Worth: $25.5 B, Source of wealth: media 
26. Jorge Paulo Lemann Net Worth: $25 B, Source of wealth: beer 
27. Lee Shau Kee Net Worth: $24.8 B, Source of wealth: real estate 
28. Stefan Persson Net Worth: $24.5 B, Source of wealth: H&M 
29. George Soros Net Worth: $24.2 B, Source of wealth: hedge funds 
29. Wang Jianlin Net Worth: $24.2 B, Source of wealth: real estate 
31. Carl Icahn Net Worth: $23.5 B, Source of wealth: investments 
32. Maria Franca Fissolo & family Net Worth: $23.4 B, Source of wealth: Nutella, chocolates 
33. Jack Ma Net Worth: $22.7 B, Source of wealth: e-commerce 
34. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Net Worth: $22.6 B, Source of wealth: investments 
35. Steve Ballmer Net Worth: $21.5 B, Source of wealth: Microsoft 
35. Phil Knight Net Worth: $21.5 B, Source of wealth: Nike 
37. Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. Net Worth: $21.3 B, Source of wealth: supermarkets 
38. Li Hejun Net Worth: $21.1 B, Source of wealth: solar power equipment 
39. Mukesh Ambani Net Worth: $21 B, Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas 
40. Leonardo Del Vecchio Net Worth: $20.4 B, Source of wealth: eyeglasses 
41. Len Blavatnik Net Worth: $20.2 B, Source of wealth: diversified 
41. Tadashi Yanai & family Net Worth: $20.2 B, Source of wealth: retail 
43. Charles Ergen Net Worth: $20.1 B, Source of wealth: Dish Network 
44. Dilip Shanghvi Net Worth: $20 B, Source of wealth: pharmaceuticals 
45. Laurene Powell Jobs & family Net Worth: $19.5 B, Source of wealth: Apple, Disney 
46. Dieter Schwarz Net Worth: $19.4 B, Source of wealth: retail 
47. Michael Dell Net Worth: $19.2 B, Source of wealth: Dell 
48. Azim Premji Net Worth: $19.1 B, Source of wealth: software 
49. Theo Albrecht Jr & family Net Worth: $19 B, Source of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe’s 
50. Michael Otto & family Net Worth: $18.1 B, Source of wealth: retail, real estate 
67. Aliko Dangote Net Worth: $14.7 B, Source of wealth: cement, sugar, flour 
393. Mike Adenuga Net Worth: $4.2 B, Source of wealth: telcom, oil 
949. Folorunsho Alakija Net Worth: $1.9 B, Source of wealth:  oil 
1741. Femi Otedola Net Worth: $1 B, Source of wealth:  oil and gas 
1741. Abdulsamad Rabiu Net Worth: $1 B, Source of wealth:  cement, sugar, flour 

Be inpired... You can be on the list pretty soon than you can imagine!!!

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