The 50 Richest People In The World 2016

Another year, another set of records broken by the planet’s wealthiest. Despite some global economic turmoil — plummeting oil prices, weakened Euros, ruinous rubles — it was still a pretty good year for billionaires overall

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

Top 10 Most Expensive Things In The World

10. TElevision: prestige hd supreme rose edition (2.3M$)

Covered in hand sewn alligator skin studded with an obnoxious amount of diamonds this television is supposedly designed to make viewing a pleasure whether it's on or off.

9. picture: rhein ii (4M$)

Although Andreas Gursky is famous for his colorful landscapes, this one of the Rhein river in Germany is little more than green and grey

8. DIAMOND: Chopard blue diamond (16.26M$)

There are very few more efficient ways of implicitly begging people to rob you than wearing a $16 million ring on your finger

7. watch : haute joaillerie fom chopard (25M$)

while it looks more like a glittery mess than anything useful for telling time, this diamond studded watch apparently struck somebody's fancy...and wallet

6. Car: 1962 ferrari 250 gto (35M$)

Not long ago this 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever when it was sold in the United Kingdom to a private collector

5. Drawing : raphael's head of a muse (47.9M$)

Although it was estimated to sell at only 20M$ it ended up going for over twice that at a 2009 auction by Christie's London

4. sculpture: walking man (104.3M$)

As the most expensive piece of art to ever sell at auction, the Walking Man just edged out the former title holder, Pablo Picasso's Boy with a Pipe

3. Painting : Number 5 1948 (140M$)

While Jackson Pollock's work has certainly drawn its share of criticism for obvious reasons, any person that can shower a canvas with blobs of paint and then sell it for 7 figures probably doesn't care very much about what other people think

2. house: antillia mumbai (2Billion$)

Named after the mythical Atlantic island of Antillia, a 27-floor personal home in South Mumbai belonging to businessman Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries. A full-time staff of 600 maintains the residence, reportedly the most expensive home in the world

1. Yacht: History Supreme (3.7Billion$)

It almost hurts doesn't it? Made with over 100.000 kg of gold and decorated with everything from T-Rex bones to miniature meteorites this unfortunate case of what-the-heck-do-I-do with-5-billion-dollars is owned by an anonymous Malaysian businessman, probably Robert Kuok