Top 100 richest people in the world: Some interesting facts

The 100 richest persons holding the most wealth in the world. Here are a few interesting facts that we gather by analyzing the list.

List of top 100 people in the world





The highest and the lowest net worth

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, the richest one of the world from the US has a net worth of US$ 140 bn. The last 11 members of the list share the same net worth of US$ 15 bn each. Hence to find a place even at the tail end of the list, you must have earned a lot.

The majority of the richest persons are from the US

The US has created 36% billionaires among the world’s top 100 richest persons. With 23%, China occupies the second position with the most in top 100 richest persons in the world.

Seven countries produced more than 4 billionaires in the top 100 richest list

Analyzing the list, we find 36 US billionaires, 23 Chinese nationals, 7 Russians, 7 UK residents, 5 billionaires from France, 4 German residents, and 4 Indians. These seven countries are the ones that have produced more than 4 billionaires to find a place in the top 100 richest persons of the world.

Shiv Nadar & family of HCL grew his wealth the fastest

When compared to the earlier list, Shiv Nadar family of HCL company in India has moved up by 290 positions by growing their wealth rather very fast to capture the 68th position in the top 100 persons list.

Five people have moved downward in the list

Dietrich Mateschitz of Red Bull in Austria has moved down by 44 positions to find a place in the 82nd place. In the earlier list, he could be seen among the top 50 richest persons in the world. Viktor Vekselberg of Renova from Russia and Ronald Perelman of Scientific Game from the USA have moved down by 25 points. Elaine Marshall and family of Koch Industries, USA and Joseph Safra from Safra, Brazil have slid down in the list by 24 positions when compared to the previous list.

The youngest and the oldest billionaires

At the age of 29, Hugh Grosvenor of Grosvenor from the UK holding a place in the 68th position is the youngest billionaire we find in the list. The senior most billionaire by age in the 91st position Robert Kuok of Kuok Brothers from China who is aged 96 years. He is followed by Lee Shau Kee of Henderson Land aged 92 years is also from China and he holds the 38th position. In the 35th position, we find Li Ka-shing of Cheung Kong who is again from China. Hence the three senior most billionaires in the list aged over 90 are from China.

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