Question: On 1 March 2016 the 30th edition of annual ranking of World’s Billionaires- 2016 was released the by Forbes magazine. Who topped the list?
(a) Warren Buffett
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Mark Zuckerberg
(d) Amancio Ortega
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- March 2016 the 30th edition of annual ranking of World’s Billionaires- 2016 was released the by Forbes.
- Forbes included 1810 billionaires in 2016 with net worth $6.48 trillion compared to 1826 in 2015.
- In this list US has maximum 540 billionaires followed by China with 251, Germany with 120, Russia with 77 and India with 84.
- With a net worth of $75 billion Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 17th time and for the third consecutive yearby the magazine.
- During the last one year the assets of Bill Gates decreased by $ 4.2 billion.
- It may be recalled that his net worth in 2015 was estimated at $ 79.2 billion.
- The list is followed by Amancio Ortega ($67 Billon) as second, Warren Buffett ($60.8 Billion) as third and Carlos Slim Helu ($50 Billion) as fourth.
- India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries was placed at 36th position with net fortune of $19.3 billion. He was followed by Dilip Shanghvi ($16.7 Billion, 44th) the founder and managing director of Sun Pharmaceuticals and Azim Premji ($15 Billion, 55th) the chairman of Wipro Limited.
- This year 190 women included in the list while in 2015 the number was 197.
- The highest ranking woman on the rich list is French businesswoman and socialite Liliane Bettencourt. The billionaire, who holds a 27.5% stake in L’Oreal.
- With assets of $ 36.1 billion she is ranked 11th in the list.
- This year 198 newcomers joined the list.
- World’s youngest billionaire is 19 year old Norwegain Alexandra Andresen was ranked 1,476th with fortune of $1.2 billion.
Reference:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2016/03/01/forbes-2016-worlds-billionaires-meet-the-richest-people-on-the-planet/#b87c4c841cbf
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#version:static