Forbes Releases 2017 World's Richest Man List-See Who Now Holds The Number One Spot......

Popular American lifestyle magazine,Forbes Magazine has now released their 2017 edition list for World's richest people..Nigerian entrepreneur,Aliko Dangote and telecommunications tycoon,Mike Adenuga enters the list occupying the 105th and 250th positions respectively..See the full list arranged in order of name,net-worth,age,company and country

1 Bill Gates $86 B 61 Microsoft United States
2 Warren Buffett $75.6 B 86 Berkshire Hathaway United States
3 Jeff Bezos $72.8 B 53 Amazon.com United States
4 Amancio Ortega $71.3 B 80 Zara Spain
5 Mark Zuckerberg $56 B 32 Facebook United States
6 Carlos Slim Helu $54.5 B 77 telecom Mexico
7 Larry Ellison $52.2 B 72 software United States
8 Charles Koch $48.3 B 81 diversified United States
8 David Koch $48.3 B 76 diversified United States
10 Michael Bloomberg $47.5 B 75 Bloomberg LP United States
11 Bernard Arnault $41.5 B 68 LVMH France
12 Larry Page $40.7 B 43 Google United States
13 Sergey Brin $39.8 B 43 Google United States
14 Liliane Bettencourt $39.5 B 94 L’Oreal France
15 S. Robson Walton $34.1 B 72 Wal-Mart United States
16 Jim Walton $34 B 68 Wal-Mart United States
17 Alice Walton $33.8 B 67 Wal-Mart United States
18 Wang Jianlin $31.3 B 62 real estate China
19 Li Ka-shing $31.2 B 88 diversified Hong Kong
20 Sheldon Adelson $30.4 B 83 casinos United States
21 Steve Ballmer $30 B 60 Microsoft United States
22 Jorge Paulo Lemann $29.2 B 77 beer Brazil
23 Jack Ma $28.3 B 52 e-commerce China
24 Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. $27.2 B – supermarkets Germany
24 David Thomson $27.2 B 59 media Canada
26 Jacqueline Mars $27 B 77 candy United States
26 John Mars $27 B 81 candy United States
28 Phil Knight $26.2 B 79 Nike United States
29 Maria Franca Fissolo $25.2 B 99 Nutella, chocolates Italy
29 George Soros $25.2 B 86 hedge funds United States
31 Ma Huateng $24.9 B 45 internet media China
32 Lee Shau Kee $24.4 B 89 real estate Hong Kong
33 Mukesh Ambani $23.2 B 59 petrochemicals, oil & gas India
34 Masayoshi Son $21.2 B 59 internet, telecom Japan
35 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen $21.1 B 69 Lego Denmark
36 Georg Schaeffler $20.7 B 52 automotive Germany
37 Joseph Safra $20.5 B 78 banking Brazil
38 Michael Dell $20.4 B 52 Dell computers United States
38 Susanne Klatten $20.4 B 54 BMW, pharmaceuticals Germany
40 Len Blavatnik $20 B 59 diversified United States
40 Laurene Powell Jobs $20 B 53 Apple, Disney United States
42 Paul Allen $19.9 B 64 Microsoft, investments United States
43 Stefan Persson $19.6 B 69 H&M Sweden
44 Theo Albrecht, Jr. $18.8 B 66 Aldi, Trader Joe’s Germany
45 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $18.7 B 62 investments Saudi Arabia
46 Leonid Mikhelson $18.4 B 61 gas, chemicals Russia
47 Charles Ergen $18.3 B 64 satellite TV United States
47 Stefan Quandt $18.3 B 50 BMW Germany
49 James Simons $18 B 78 hedge funds United States
50 Leonardo Del Vecchio $17.9 B 81 eyeglasses Italy