Already 10 people with assets exceeding $100 bln in world
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On the list of the richest, two new so-called centibillionaire – that is, people with assets of at least $100 billion. The exclusive group has been joined by: Larry Ellison, the founder and largest shareholder of Oracle, and Steve Ballmer – Microsoft's long-time CEO. Ballmer was the CEO of Microsoft in the years 2000-2014 and has a few percent stakes in the giant. He also owns the NBA Los Angeles Clippers team.
Ballmer was overtaken on the list by Larry Ellison, Oracle's founder, and largest shareholder. Ellison's fortunes are now $100 billion, ranking him 9th on the richest list, just ahead of Ballmer. Ellison's rapid advancement is due to an increase in Oracle's share price, which has increased by more than 7 percent in five days and by 36 percent since the beginning of the year.
Top eight richest in the world:
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder: $213 billion
- Elon Musk, Tesla CEO: $180 billion
- Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH: $170 billion
- Bill Gates, Microsoft founder: $148 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO: $130 billion
- Larry Page, co-founder of Google: $115 billion
- Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google: $111 billion
- Warren Buffett, investor: $102 billion.
