Every week, we celebrate what we call “Business Person of the Week” on our platform. We do this in recognition of the effort of top business executives who scaled the odds and negated naysayers by successfully leading business empires that are transforming the world. This time around, we have a list of the top 10 richest businessmen of 2019 from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO/founder
Jeff started Amazon as a simple online bookstore from his bedroom in 1994. Currently, he has bought over several smaller businesses to expand his online one-stop-shop across logistics, e-commerce, food, fashion, electronics, technology, etc. Jeff owns 16% of Amazon which generated $230 billion revenue in 2018 and recorded $10 billion in net profit against $3 billion in 2017. His net worth is currently at $114 billion.
- Bill Gates, Chairman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in1975. He and his wife Melinda runs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest charitable non-profit organization in the world. Bill Gates was the richest man in the world for several consecutive years (2008 -2018) and remains a board member of Microsoft. His net worth is currently at $107 billion.
- Bernard Arnault – CEO Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH)
Bernard oversees the activities of 70 fashion brands, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Sephora, under his LVHM Company. As the name implies, LVMH is a merger of two businesses – the luxury fashion brand, Louis Vuitton and champagne manufacturer, Moet Hennessey. His current net worth is $101 billion.
- Warren Buffet, CEO Berkshire Hathaway
Warren is an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO/Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. His conglomerate of over 60 companies includes Duracell, the manufacturers of Duracell batteries. He is worth $84.4 billion.
- Mark Zuckerberg CEO/Chairman/Co-founder Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook during his sophomore days at Harvard University. What started as a startup built in a university dormitory, turned out to be one of the biggest social media companies in the world. His net worth is currently at $72.7 billion.
- Amancio Ortega, Founder Inditex Fashion Group
The Spanish entrepreneur is the founder of Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho and other popular clothing brands that are subsidiary of Inditex fashion group. Amancio owns about 60% of its total shares and has a net worth of $64.8 billion.
- Larry Ellison CTO/Co-founder Oracle
Larry Ellison has been the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle Corp. since 1977. The 39 years old global ICT company employs over 130 000 people around the world. His current net worth is $60.0 billion.
- Charles Koch Chairman/CEO Koch Industries
Charles founded Koch Industries in 1967. The business cuts across pipelines, chemicals, and gasoline. He is worth $59.8 billion.
- Larry Page, CEO Alphabet Inc.
Larry heads the team at Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google. Alongside Sergey Brin, Larry co-founded the search engine company in 1998. His net worth is currently at $58.3 billion.
- Sergey Brin, President of Alphabet Inc.
Sergey co-founded Google with Larry Page in 1998. They built the global search engine firm while studying Computer Science during postgraduate days at Stanford University. Larry Page is worth $58.2 billion.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people and the figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York. These prominent businessmen have been recognized globally for their achievements and entrepreneurial feats.
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