The World's Top 110 Billionaires as on 2015

Rank Name Net Worth Age Source Country of Citizenship
#1 Bill Gates $79.2 B 59 Microsoft United States
#2 Carlos Slim Helu $77.1 B 75 telecom Mexico
#3 Warren Buffett $72.7 B 84 Berkshire Hathaway United States
#4 Amancio Ortega $64.5 B 79 Zara Spain
#5 Larry Ellison $54.3 B 70 Oracle United States
#6 Charles Koch $42.9 B 79 diversified United States
#6 David Koch $42.9 B 75 diversified United States
#8 Christy Walton $41.7 B 60 Wal-Mart United States
#9 Jim Walton $40.6 B 67 Wal-Mart United States
#10 Liliane Bettencourt $40.1 B 92 L'Oreal France

#11 Alice Walton $39.4 B 65 Wal-Mart United States
#12 S. Robson Walton $39.1 B 71 Wal-Mart United States
#13 Bernard Arnault $37.2 B 66 LVMH France
#14 Michael Bloomberg $35.5 B 73 Bloomberg LP United States
#15 Jeff Bezos $34.8 B 51 Amazon.com United States
#16 Mark Zuckerberg $33.4 B 31 Facebook United States
#17 Li Ka-shing $33.3 B 87 diversified Hong Kong
#18 Sheldon Adelson $31.4 B 81 casinos United States
#19 Larry Page $29.7 B 42 Google United States
#20 Sergey Brin $29.2 B 41 Google United States

#21 Georg Schaeffler $26.9 B 50 ball bearings Germany
#22 Forrest Mars, Jr. $26.6 B 83 candy United States
#22 Jacqueline Mars $26.6 B 75 candy United States
#22 John Mars $26.6 B 79 candy United States
#25 David Thomson $25.5 B 58 media Canada
#26 Jorge Paulo Lemann $25 B 75 beer Brazil
#27 Lee Shau Kee $24.8 B 87 real estate Hong Kong
#28 Stefan Persson $24.5 B 67 H&M Sweden
#29 George Soros $24.2 B 84 hedge funds United States
#29 Wang Jianlin $24.2 B 60 real estate China

#31 Carl Icahn $23.5 B 79 investments United States
#32 Maria Franca Fissolo $23.4 B 97 Nutella, chocolates Italy
#33 Jack Ma $22.7 B 50 e-commerce China
#34 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $22.6 B 60 investments Saudi Arabia
#35 Steve Ballmer $21.5 B 59 Microsoft United States
#35 Phil Knight $21.5 B 77 Nike United States
#37 Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. $21.3 B - supermarkets Germany
#38 Li Hejun $21.1 B 47 solar power equipment China
#39 Mukesh Ambani $21 B 58 petrochemicals, oil & gas India
#40 Leonardo Del Vecchio $20.4 B 80 eyeglasses Italy

#41 Len Blavatnik $20.2 B 58 diversified United States
#41 Tadashi Yanai $20.2 B 66 retail Japan
#43 Charles Ergen $20.1 B 62 Dish Network United States
#44 Dilip Shanghvi $20 B 59 pharmaceuticals India
#45 Laurene Powell Jobs $19.5 B 51 Apple, Disney United States
#46 Dieter Schwarz $19.4 B 75 retail Germany
#47 Michael Dell $19.2 B 50 Dell United States
#48 Azim Premji $19.1 B 69 software India
#49 Theo Albrecht, Jr. $19 B 64 Aldi, Trader Joe's Germany
#50 Michael Otto $18.1 B 72 retail, real estate Germany

#51 Paul Allen $17.5 B 62 Microsoft, investments United States
#52 Joseph Safra $17.3 B 76 banking Brazil
#53 Anne Cox Chambers $17 B 95 media United States
#54 Susanne Klatten $16.8 B 53 BMW, pharmaceuticals Germany
#55 Pallonji Mistry $16.3 B 86 construction Ireland
#56 Ma Huateng $16.1 B 43 internet media China
#57 Patrick Drahi $16 B 51 Telecom France
#58 Thomas & Raymond Kwok $15.9 B - real estate Hong Kong
#59 Stefan Quandt $15.6 B 49 BMW Germany
#60 Ray Dalio $15.4 B 65 hedge funds United States

#60 Vladimir Potanin $15.4 B 54 metals Russia
#62 Serge Dassault $15.3 B 90 aviation France
#62 Robin Li $15.3 B 46 internet search China
#64 Donald Bren $15.2 B 83 real estate United States
#65 Francois Pinault $14.9 B 78 retail France
#66 Shiv Nadar $14.8 B 69 information technology India
#67 Aliko Dangote $14.7 B 58 cement, sugar, flour Nigeria
#68 Mikhail Fridman $14.6 B 51 oil, banking, telecom Russia
#69 Hinduja Brothers $14.5 B - diversified United Kingdom
#69 Ronald Perelman $14.5 B 72 leveraged buyouts United States

#71 Cheng Yu-tung $14.4 B 89 diversified Hong Kong
#71 Alisher Usmanov $14.4 B 61 steel & mining, telecom, investments Russia
#73 Henry Sy $14.2 B 90 diversified Philippines
#73 Viktor Vekselberg $14.2 B 58 metals, energy Russia
#75 Masayoshi Son $14.1 B 57 internet, telecom Japan
#76 James Simons $14 B 77 hedge funds United States
#77 German Larrea Mota Velasco $13.9 B 61 mining Mexico
#77 Rupert Murdoch $13.9 B 84 media United States
#77 Johanna Quandt $13.9 B 89 BMW Germany
#80 David & Simon Reuben $13.7 B 72 investments, real estate United Kingdom

#81 Dhanin Chearavanont $13.6 B 76 food Thailand
#82 Iris Fontbona $13.5 B 72 mining Chile
#82 Lui Che Woo $13.5 B 85 casinos Hong Kong
#82 Lakshmi Mittal $13.5 B 65 steel India
#85 Abigail Johnson $13.4 B 53 money management United States
#85 Luis Carlos Sarmiento $13.4 B 82 banking Colombia
#87 Lei Jun $13.2 B 45 smartphones China
#87 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi $13.2 B 71 beverages Thailand
#89 Alexey Mordashov $13 B 49 steel, investments Russia
#89 Marcel Herrmann Telles $13 B 65 beer Brazil

#91 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor $12.6 B 63 real estate United Kingdom
#92 Hans Rausing $12.5 B 89 packaging Sweden
#92 Jack Taylor $12.5 B 92 Enterprise Rent-A-Car United States
#94 Charles Butt $12.3 B 77 supermarkets United States
#94 Gina Rinehart $12.3 B 61 mining Australia
#96 Vagit Alekperov $12.2 B 64 oil Russia
#96 Harold Hamm $12.2 B 69 oil & gas United States
#96 Patrick Soon-Shiong $12.2 B 63 pharmaceuticals United States
#99 Stefano Pessina $12.1 B 74 drugstores Italy
#100 Richard Kinder $12 B 70 pipelines United States

#100 Elon Musk $12 B 44 Tesla Motors United States
#100 Stephen Schwarzman $12 B 68 investments United States
#103 Klaus-Michael Kuehne $11.9 B 78 shipping Germany
#104 Philip Anschutz $11.8 B 75 investments United States
#105 Andrew Beal $11.7 B 62 banks, real estate United States
#105 Leonid Mikhelson $11.7 B 59 gas, chemicals Russia
#107 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken $11.6 B 61 Heineken Netherlands
#107 Vladimir Lisin $11.6 B 59 steel, transport Russia
#109 Steve Cohen $11.4 B 59 hedge funds United States
#110 Robert Kuok $11.3 B 91 diversified Malaysia