TOP 10 RICHEST

ENTREPRENEURS
1. Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the founder & CEO of the e-commerce giant Amazon.

With a net worth of $131 Billion, he tops the list of richest
entrepreneurs. He founded Amazon as an online bookstore in the
year 1994. After that, there was no looking back for Bezos as he kept
adding new categories of products. Today, Amazon is not
only world’s largest online shopping platform but also has diversified
interests in many other businesses like Amazon Web Services, Alexa,
Junglee, Audible etc.
2. Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the founder of the PC software firm Microsoft

corporation. With a net worth of $97 billion, Gates is at number
second on the list. He is widely credited as one of the pioneers who
revolutionized the personal computing industry with Microsoft’s
operating system ‘Windows’. Started in 1975, Microsoft now has
diversified interests in various companies including Skype, LinkedIn,
Yammer, Microsoft Mobile (Earlier known as Nokia). He is also
actively involved in various philanthropic projects.
3. Warren Buffet

Warren Buffet is one of the most successful investors of our time.

With a net worth of $82 billion, he is at the number 3 spot on this
list. He owns Berkshire Hathaway which owns more than 60
companies including Geico & Duracell. He has pledged to donate 99%
of his wealth towards charities.
4. Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault is the chairman & CEO of the fashion conglomerate

LVMH, the world’s largest luxury-goods company. With a net worth of
$76 billion, he also happens to be Europe’s richest person. LVMH has
more than 70+ brands under its belt.
6. Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is the co-founder of Inditex which runs the popular

fashion chain Zara. With a net worth $63 billion he is at number 6 on
this list. Inditex has 8 brands & operates more than a whopping 7,500
stores across the world.
7. Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the co-founder of the software company Oracle. With

a net worth of $62 billion, he is at #7 on this list. Oracle is mainly in
CRM databases. And, with its recent acquisition of NetSuite, it took a
giant leap in cloud computing.
8. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is the famous co-founder & CEO of the social

network Facebook. With a net worth of $62 billion, he is 8th on this
list (also the youngest). Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has
grown leaps & bounds. Recently, Facebook acquired social network &
messenger apps called Instagram & WhatsApp respectively.
Zuckerberg has pledged to donate 99% of his Facebook holdings
towards charity.
9. Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg is the co-founder & CEO of the media giant

Bloomberg. As you may be aware, Bloomberg is also a financial
services & software company. With a net worth of $ 55 billion, he is
at #9 on this list of richest entrepreneurs. He is also a member of
‘The Giving Pledge’ where he has pledged to give away half of his
wealth as charity.
10. Larry Page

Larry Page is the co-founder & CEO of Alphabet Inc., the holding
company of Google. Apart from being the world’s largest search
engine, Google also runs a bunch of popular digital services like
YouTube, Maps, Drive, Cloud, Gmail etc. Alphabet is also taking
various innovative initiatives in health & smart home appliances
sectors. With a net worth of $ 50 billion, he is at #10 on this list.