{"id":189,"date":"2019-09-13T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T07:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2019-09-17T20:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:27:56","slug":"the-top-10-richest-businessmen-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/the-top-10-richest-businessmen-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Richest Businessmen of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every week, we celebrate what we call <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/business-person-of-the-week-salwa-idrissi-akhannounch\/\">\u201cBusiness Person of the Week\u201d<\/a><\/strong> 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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-190 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106024310-1563379791853gettyimages-1151036956-1024x695.jpeg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos - CEO Amazon. Richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106024310-1563379791853gettyimages-1151036956-1024x695.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106024310-1563379791853gettyimages-1151036956-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106024310-1563379791853gettyimages-1151036956-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106024310-1563379791853gettyimages-1151036956.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b>Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO\/founder<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gettyimages-1059443162-e1551207728649-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Gates - Founder Microsoft.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gettyimages-1059443162-e1551207728649-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gettyimages-1059443162-e1551207728649-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gettyimages-1059443162-e1551207728649-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b>Bill Gates, Chairman Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in1975. He and his wife Melinda runs the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, the world\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-192 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27b57bb8-2502-11e9-9177-bd3ae24bba4f_image_hires_151623-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bernard Arnault - CEO Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27b57bb8-2502-11e9-9177-bd3ae24bba4f_image_hires_151623-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27b57bb8-2502-11e9-9177-bd3ae24bba4f_image_hires_151623-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27b57bb8-2502-11e9-9177-bd3ae24bba4f_image_hires_151623-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27b57bb8-2502-11e9-9177-bd3ae24bba4f_image_hires_151623.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b>Bernard Arnault &#8211; CEO Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 \u2013 the luxury fashion brand, Louis Vuitton and champagne manufacturer, Moet Hennessey. His current net worth is $101 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-193 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106103767-1567109294943gettyimages-110859556-1024x695.jpeg\" alt=\"Warren Buffet, CEO Berkshire Hathaway. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106103767-1567109294943gettyimages-110859556-1024x695.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106103767-1567109294943gettyimages-110859556-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106103767-1567109294943gettyimages-110859556-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/106103767-1567109294943gettyimages-110859556.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b>Warren Buffet, CEO Berkshire Hathaway<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/41fa35b2-4060-11e9-b20a-0cdc8de4a6f4_image_hires_065514-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg CEO\/Chairman\/Co-founder Facebook. 5th richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/41fa35b2-4060-11e9-b20a-0cdc8de4a6f4_image_hires_065514-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/41fa35b2-4060-11e9-b20a-0cdc8de4a6f4_image_hires_065514-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/41fa35b2-4060-11e9-b20a-0cdc8de4a6f4_image_hires_065514-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/41fa35b2-4060-11e9-b20a-0cdc8de4a6f4_image_hires_065514.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b>Mark Zuckerberg CEO\/Chairman\/Co-founder Facebook\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-195 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/373aedc5-c1ba-43ab-a32d-b6d04329ba1b-Imaxe-Press.jpg\" alt=\"Amancio Ortega, Founder Inditex Fashion Group.\" width=\"940\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/373aedc5-c1ba-43ab-a32d-b6d04329ba1b-Imaxe-Press.jpg 940w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/373aedc5-c1ba-43ab-a32d-b6d04329ba1b-Imaxe-Press-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/373aedc5-c1ba-43ab-a32d-b6d04329ba1b-Imaxe-Press-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><b>Amancio Ortega, Founder Inditex Fashion Group<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/larry_ellison_smiling.0.1539941705.0-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Ellison CTO\/Co-founder Oracle. 7th richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/larry_ellison_smiling.0.1539941705.0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/larry_ellison_smiling.0.1539941705.0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/larry_ellison_smiling.0.1539941705.0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/larry_ellison_smiling.0.1539941705.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><b>Larry Ellison CTO\/Co-founder Oracle<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-197 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/charles-koch-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Koch Chairman\/CEO Koch Industries. 8th richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/charles-koch-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/charles-koch-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/charles-koch-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/charles-koch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><b>Charles Koch Chairman\/CEO Koch Industries<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles founded Koch Industries in 1967. The business cuts across pipelines, chemicals, and gasoline. He is worth $59.8 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/913184_1_0610-larry_standard.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Page, CEO Alphabet Inc. 9th richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/913184_1_0610-larry_standard.jpg 900w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/913184_1_0610-larry_standard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/913184_1_0610-larry_standard-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><b>Larry Page, CEO Alphabet Inc.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-201 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-sergey-brin-9982-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Sergey Brin, President of Alphabet Inc. 10th richest businessman in 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-sergey-brin-9982-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-sergey-brin-9982-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-sergey-brin-9982-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-sergey-brin-9982.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><b>Sergey Brin, President of Alphabet Inc.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg Billionaires Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a daily ranking of the world\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, we celebrate what we call \u201cBusiness Person of the Week\u201d 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. 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