The Year 2014 came to an end. The analysis institute WealthX are now ready to show us the data. You should know that never before 2014 have there been so many new billionaires ( 155 new billionaires ). Worldwide, now there are 2,325 billionaires that own assets of $7,3 trillion.
Most of the billionaires live in Europe (775), the United States are placed in second place with (609) and Asia (560).
The city with the most billionaires that lived in it is New York City.
5. Patrick Drahi (50) – Telecommunication
The roughly unknown Frenchman Patrick Drahi made it into the TOP 5. His income for 2014 is around $5.1 billion dollars. With total assets of $11.2 billion US dollars.
4. Mark Zuckerberg (30) – Chairman & CEO of Facebook
Zuckerberg is one of the youngest multi-billionaires in the world. In the year 2014 he was able to earn around $8.5 billion US dollars. His total assets are around $32.5 billion dollars.
3. Bill Gates (59) - Miscrosoft Owner
Bill gates is the richest person in the world ($83.1 billion) and his name heads the Forbes lists from a really long time so far. For 2014 he was able to increase his earnings with $10.5 billion US dollars. He is earning money especially with investments.
2. Warren Buffet (84) – Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
For 2014 Warren Buffet added approximately $13.5 Billion dollars with really good investments. His total net worth increased to around $72.5 billion dollars.
1. Jack Ma (50) – Founder and Chairman of Alibaba Group
This is something we all need to get as an example. From English teacher to multi-billionaire - Jack Ma founded his online platform AliBaba with around $60,000. His assets for 2014 he was able to increase by 173%. His net worth is around $18.5 billion dollars.
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