FORBES BILLIONAIRE LIST 2015

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CHECK THIS OUT ;Forbes billionaire list 2015 has been released and the the usual suspects like Bill Gates retains the top spot,  Five Nigerians made the cut - Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Folorunsho Alakija, Femi Otedola and Abdulsamad Rabiu.

 Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Elumelu who made the list last year were dropped off the list this year.Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world.

 Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is now the 16th richest man in the world. The youngest billionaire in the world is 24 year old Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of photo- messaging app, Snapchat.

 The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by a weaker Nigerian currency and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man.

 The country that lost the most ground by far was Russia, which now has 88 billionaires down from 111, less than not just the U.S. and China but now also Germany and India.See the comprehensive list after the cut:

1. Bill GatesNet Worth: $79.2 BSource of wealth: Microsoft


2. Carlos Slim Helu & familyNet Worth: $77.1 BSource of wealth: telecom

3. Warren BuffettNet Worth: $72.7 BSource of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway

4. Amancio OrtegaNet Worth: $64.5 BSource of wealth: Zara

5. Larry EllisonNet Worth: $54.3 BSource of wealth: Oracle6. Charles KochNet Worth: $42.9 BSource of wealth: diversified



6. David KochNet Worth: $42.9 BSource of wealth: diversified

8. Christy Walton & familyNet Worth: $41.

7 BSource of wealth: Wal-Mart

9. Jim WaltonNet Worth: $40.6 BSource of wealth: Wal-Mart

10. Liliane Bettencourt & familyNet Worth: $40.1 BSource of wealth: L’Oreal

11. Alice WaltonNet Worth: $39.4 BSource of wealth: Wal-Mart

12. S. Robson WaltonNet Worth: $39.1 BSource of wealth: Wal-Mart

13. Bernard Arnault & familyNet Worth: $37.2 BSource of wealth: LVMH

14. Michael BloombergNet Worth: $35.5 BSource of wealth: Bloomberg LP

15. Jeff BezosNet Worth: $34.8 BSource of wealth: Amazon.com

16. Mark ZuckerbergNet Worth: $33.4 BSource of wealth: Facebook

17. Li Ka-shingNet Worth: $33.3 BSource of wealth: diversified

18. Sheldon AdelsonNet Worth: $31.4 BSource of wealth: casinos

19. Larry PageNet Worth: $29.7 BSource of wealth: Google

20. Sergey BrinNet Worth: $29.2 BSource of wealth: Google

21. Georg SchaefflerNet Worth: $26.9 BSource of wealth: ball bearings

22. Forrest Mars JrNet Worth: $26.6 BSource of wealth: candy

22. Jacqueline MarsNet Worth: $26.6 BSource of wealth: candy

22. John MarsNet Worth: $26.6 BSource of wealth: candy

25. David Thomson & familyNet Worth: $25.5 BSource of wealth: media


26. Jorge Paulo LemannNet Worth: $25 BSource of wealth: beer

27. Lee Shau KeeNet Worth: $24.8 BSource of wealth: real estate

28. Stefan PerssonNet Worth: $24.5 BSource of wealth: H&M

29. George SorosNet Worth: $24.2 BSource of wealth: hedge funds

29. Wang JianlinNet Worth: $24.2 BSource of wealth: real estate

31. Carl IcahnNet Worth: $23.5 BSource of wealth: investments

32. Maria Franca Fissolo & familyNet Worth: $23.4 BSource of wealth: Nutella, chocolates

33. Jack MaNet Worth: $22.7 BSource of wealth: e-commerce

34. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal AlsaudNet Worth: $22.6 BSource of wealth: investments35. Steve BallmerNet Worth: $21.5 BSource of wealth: Microsoft

35. Phil KnightNet Worth: $21.5 BSource of wealth: Nike

37. Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.Net Worth: $21.3 BSource of wealth: supermarkets

38. Li HejunNet Worth: $21.1 BSource of wealth: solar power equipment

39. Mukesh AmbaniNet Worth: $21 BSource of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas

40. Leonardo Del VecchioNet Worth: $20.4 BSource of wealth: eyeglasses

41. Len BlavatnikNet Worth: $20.2 BSource of wealth: diversified

41. Tadashi Yanai & familyNet Worth: $20.2 BSource of wealth: retail

43. Charles ErgenNet Worth: $20.1 BSource of wealth: Dish Network

44. Dilip ShanghviNet Worth: $20 BSource of wealth: pharmaceuticals

45. Laurene Powell Jobs & familyNet Worth: $19.5 BSource of wealth: Apple, Disney

46. Dieter SchwarzNet Worth: $19.4 BSource of wealth: retail

47. Michael DellNet Worth: $19.2 BSource of wealth: Dell

48. Azim PremjiNet Worth: $19.1 BSource of wealth: software

49. Theo Albrecht Jr & familyNet Worth: $19 BSource of wealth: Aldi, Trader Joe’s

50. Michael Otto & familyNet Worth: $18.1 BSource of wealth: retail, real estate

67. Aliko DangoteNet Worth: $14.7 BSource of wealth: cement, sugar, flour

393. Mike AdenugaNet Worth: $4.2 BSource of wealth: telcom, oil9

49. Folorunsho AlakijaNet Worth: $1.9 BSource of wealth:  oil17

741. Femi OtedolaNet Worth: $1 BSource of wealth: