We will be talking about the Top Ten Billioner Countries in the World and the five richest people in these countries. The Forbes billionaire list is a list compiled and published each year by Forbes magazine. It was found by estimating the wealth, assets and debts of each individual on the list. The list shows a single day of each person’s fortune because of daily fluctuations between exchange rate and stock valuations. According to Forbes, the total number of billionaires in 2017 is 2,043. The total assets of these billionaires are worth $ 7.67 trillion.
Top Ten Billioner Countries in the World
Before we share the countries and the five richest names of these countries, let us list the total number of billionaires on earth and the total wealth of these billionaires for the last 5 years.
2016: 1,810 – $ 6.5 trillion
2015: 1,826 – $ 7.1 trillion
2014: 1,645 – $ 6.4 trillion
2013: 1,426 – $ 5.4 trillion
2012: 1,226 – $ 4.6 trillion
Here are the richest countries and billionaires
1- China
Name: Wang Jianlin
Net worth (USD): 31.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Real estate
Name: Jack Ma
Net worth (USD): 38.1 billion
Sources of wealth: E-commerce
Name: Ma Huateng
Net worth (USD): 24.9 billion
Sources of wealth: Internet Media
Name: William Ding
Net worth (USD): 17.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Online Games
2- The U.S.A.
Name: Bill Gates
Net worth (USD): 86.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Microsoft
Name: Warren Buffet
Net worth (USD): 75.6 billion
Sources of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Name: Jeff Bezos
Net worth (USD): 72.8 billion
Sources of wealth: Amazon.com
Name: Mark Zuckerber
Net worth (USD): 56.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Facebook
Name: Larry Ellison
Net worth (USD): 52.2 billion
Sources of wealth: Oracle Corporation
3- Germany
Name: Georg Schaeffler
Net worth (USD): 26.9 billion
Sources of wealth: Schaeffler Group
Name: Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.
Net worth (USD): 21.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Aldi Süd
Name: Dieter Schwarz
Net worth (USD): 19.4 billion
Sources of wealth: Schwarz Gruppe
Name: Theo Albrecht Jr.
Net worth (USD): 19.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Aldi Nord and Trader Joe’s
Name: Michael Otto
Net worth (USD): 18.1 billion
Sources of wealth: Otto Group
4- India
Name: Mukesh Ambani
Net worth (USD): 22.7 billion
Sources of wealth: Petrochermicals, Oil & Gas
Name: Dilip Shanghvi
Net worth (USD): 16.7 billion
Sources of wealth: Pharmaceutical
Name: Azim Premji
Net worth (USD): 15.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Software Services
Name: Shiv Nadar
Net worth (USD): 11.1 billion
Sources of wealth: Software Services
Name: Lakshmi Mittal
Net worth (USD): 8.4 billion
Sources of wealth: Steel
5- The United Kingdom
Name: Hinduja Family
Net worth (USD): 15.4 billion
Sources of wealth: Diversified
Name: David and Simon Reuben
Net worth (USD): 15.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Investments, Real Estate
Name: Ian and Richard Livingstone
Net worth (USD): 5.8 billion
Sources of wealth: Real Estate
6- Switzerland
Name: Ernesto Bertarelli
Net worth (USD): 8.6 billion
Sources of wealth: Biotech, Investments
Name: Hansjoerg Wyss
Net worth (USD): 5.5 billion
Sources of wealth: Medical Devices
Name: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Net worth (USD): 5.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Commodities
Name: Ivan Glasenberg
Net worth (USD): 5.1 billion
Sources of wealth: Mining
7- Russia
Name: Leonid Mikhelson
Net worth (USD): 18.4 billion
Sources of wealth: Gas, Chemicals
Name: Alexey Mordashov
Net worth (USD): 17.5 billion
Sources of wealth: Steel, Investments
Name: Vladimir Lisin
Net worth (USD): 16.1 billion
Sources of wealth: Steel, Transport
Name: Gennady Timchenko
Net worth (USD): 16.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Oil, Gas
Name: Alisher Usmanov
Net worth (USD): 14.7 billion
Sources of wealth: Steel, Telecom, Invesments
8- France
Name: Liliane Bettencourt
Net worth (USD): 36.1 billion
Sources of wealth: L’Oreal
Name: Bernard Arnault
Net worth (USD): 34 billion
Sources of wealth: LVMH
Name: Serge Dassault
Net worth (USD): 14.7 billion
Sources of wealth: Dassault
Name: François Pinault
Net worth (USD): 11.5 billion
Sources of wealth: Kering
9- Brazil
Name: Jorge Paulo Lemann
Net worth (USD): 29 billion
Sources of wealth: Anheuser-Busch InBey, Lojas Americanas, 3G Capital
Name: Joseph Safra
Net worth (USD): 20.3 billion
Sources of wealth: Safra Group
Name: Marcel Herrmann Telles
Net worth (USD): 14.6 billion
Sources of wealth: Anheuser-Busch InBey, Lojas Americanas, 3G Capital
Name: Carlos Alberto Sicupira
Net worth (USD): 12.4 billion
Sources of wealth: Anheuser-Busch InBey, Lojas Americanas, 3G Capital
Name: Eduardo Saverin
Net worth (USD): 8.0 billion
Sources of wealth: Facebook
10- Japan
Name: Tadashi Yanai & family
Net worth (USD): 21.1 billion
Sources of wealth: Fast Retailing
Name: Masayoshi Son
Net worth (USD): 13.9 billion
Sources of wealth: Softbank
Name: Hiroshi Mikitani
Net worth (USD): 10.5 billion
Sources of wealth: Rakuten