Forbes Richest 400 People – List Revealed

The latest Forbes richest 400 list was posted on Monday. Topping the Forbes 400 for the twentieth straight year, is Bill Gates with $72 billion. He is up $6 billion from 2012.

Here is the top 10 richest people on Earth:

Warren Buffett, #2, is the biggest dollar gainer this year at $58.5 billion, up $12.5 billion from last year. Larry Ellison (#3), worth $41 billion, is the same as last year; he is the only one in the Top 10 who did not add to his fortune.

FORBES 400 2013 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Approximately 1 in 10 billionaires are foreign born.
• 273 members of the list are self-made billionaires; 71 inherited their wealth, and 56 inherited at least a portion but are still growing it.
• Ira Rennert (#77) is the biggest loser (in dollars), as his $5.5 billion fortune is down $1 billion from $6.5 billion in 2012
• Roger Wang (#166) is the biggest loser (in percentage terms), down 16.7% at $3 billion, from $3.6 billion in 2012.
• The youngest billionaires are Mark Zuckerberg (#20), age 29 with a net worth of $19 billion, and Dustin Moskovitz (#85), age 29 (a few days younger than Zuckerberg),with a net worth of $5.2 billion. Facebook is the origin of wealth for both.
• The oldest billionaire is David Rockefeller Sr. (# 193), age 98, with a net worth of $2.8 billion.
• There are 61 billionaires who did not make the cut this year, given the rising bar for entry to the list, now at $1.3 billion.
• 314 billionaires are Up (vs. 241 in 2012); 30 billionaires are Down (vs. 66 in 2012); and 22 billionaires are Even (vs. 61 in 2012). There are 14 Returnees (vs. 12 in 2012).
• Notable drop-offs include: T. Boone Pickens, at $950 million; Graham Weston at $920 million; Dan Snyder at $1.2 billion; and Manoj Bhargava at $800 million.
• The top three industries are:
  • Investments – 96
  • Technology – 48
  • Food and Beverage – 29