Here are the names of the top 10 businessman turned billionaires around the globe who have created created a status of symbol and excellence for their company and country.
- Jeff Bezos – $172 Bn: He is the founder CEO of Amazon, US based company. His net worth has increased by $57.4 billion YTD.
- Bill Gates – $114 Bn: He is the co-founder of Microsoft, US based company. His net worth has increased by $973 million YTD.
- Bernard Arnault – $90.9 Bn: He is the chairman of LVMH, world’s largest luxury-goods maker and is based in France. His current age is 71.
- Mark Zuckerberg – $88.6 Bn: He is the CEO of Facebook, Inc., based in US. He graduated from Harvard University.
- Steve Ballmer – $74.3 Bn: He is an American investor and former CEO of Microsoft. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He graduated from Harvard University and Stanford University.
- Warren Buffet – $70.4 Bn: He is an investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, US based. His current age is 89 years. His one of the famous lines include, ‘Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.’
- Larry Page – $69.8 Bn: He is the former CEO of Alphabet Inc. and is known to co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. He graduated from University of Michigan.
- Sergey Brin – $67.6 Bn: He is known to co-founded Google with Larry Page. He stepped down as President of Alphabet in December, 2019.
- Mukesh Ambani – 66.1 Bn: He is the Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries, parent company of Jio. He is based in Mumbai and graduated from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. He is the only Indian in this list and also holds the title of Asia’s richest man.
- Francoise Bettencourt Meyers – 66.0 Bn: She is the granddaughter of the founder of L’Oreal, cosmetics giant and her family combined owns a stake of 33% in the company. She is a French nationality, age of 66 years and is estimated to be the richest woman in the world.
This list is subject to change every year with new entrants capturing the market and in the current times, only the most ethical company with a flexible business model can sustain.
The above statistics was taken as on July 4, 2020 from Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
