Sunday 15 March 2015

the richest man in the world

.Bill Gates – The net worth of $ 80,000,000,000
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade or two, chances are you knew Bill Gates would be somewhere near the top of that list. Warren Buffett is number two on the list, Gates is one of the most famous billionaires of our lives. In fact, it was the richest man in the world for 15 of the past 20 years. As Microsoft founder Bill Gates has amassed a large amount of wealth, and as many people know, he never even got a college degree. He attended Harvard, but eventually abandoned, which obviously has not done much harm to him by the looks of it. Gates stepped down as Microsoft chairman and pledged his time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a charity he founded with his wife. He is currently working to eradicate polio $ 335 million in pledges for the cause of six other billionaires). With buffet and more than 100 others, Bill Gates signed to give at least half their net worth to charity through the Giving Pledge.

top 10 richest in the world 2015


No.NameNet worth (USD)AgeCitizenshipSource(s) of wealth
1Bill Gates$79.2 billion59United StatesMicrosoft
2Carlos Slim$77.1 billion74MexicoTelmexGrupo Carso
3Warren Buffett$72.7 billion84United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
4Amancio Ortega$64.5 billion78SpainInditex Group
5Larry Ellison$54.3 billion70United StatesOracle Corporation
6Charles Koch$42.9 billion79United StatesKoch Industries
6David Koch$42.9 billion74United StatesKoch Industries
8Christy Walton$41.7 billion59-60United StatesWal-Mart
9Jim Walton$40.6 billion66United StatesWal-Mart
10Liliane Bettencourt$40.1 billion92FranceL'Oreal

the richest man in malaysia

Robert Kuok Hock Nien (traditional Chinesesimplified ChinesepinyinGuō Hènián, born 6 October 1923), is aMalaysian Chinese billionaire businessman. According to Forbes his net worth is estimated at $10.5 billion on Feb 2012, making him the richest person in Malaysia[1][2] and second richest in Southeast Asia after Dhanin Chearavanont of Thailand, according to Forbe's List of World Billionaires 2013 which Robert Kuok was placed 76th. As of December 2012, According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Kuok has an estimated net worth of 17.3 billion making him the 40th richest person in the world.[3]
Kuok is media-shy; most of his businesses are privately held by him or his family. Apart from a multitude of businesses in Malaysia, his companies have investments in many countries throughout Asia.[4] His business interests range from sugarcane plantations (Perlis Plantations Bhd), sugar refineries, flour milling, animal feed, oil, mining, finance, hotels, properties, trading, freight and publishing.[1] Biggest source of wealth is stake in Wilmar International, the world's largest listed palm oil company. He was a student from Raffles Institution and English College Johore Bahru English collegian.

top 10 richest in malaysia

#1Robert Kuok$11.3 B91diversified
#2Ananda Krishnan$9.7 B76telecom
#3Quek Leng Chan$5.6 B73banking, real estate
#4Lim Kok Thay$5.5 B63casinos
#5Teh Hong Piow$5.4 B85banking
#6Lee Shin Cheng$4.6 B76palm oil, real estate
#7Yeoh Tiong Lay$3 B85construction, real estate
#8Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary$2.9 B63diversified
#9Goh Peng Ooi$1.6 B60software
#10Lee Oi Hian & Lee Hau Hian$1.5 B-palm oil/chemicals/real estate