Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World
Eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people, according to an analysis just released from Oxfam. The report from the global anti-poverty organization finds that since 2009, the wealth of those 80 richest has doubled in nominal terms — while the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population has fallen.
To see how much wealth the richest 1 percent and the poorest 50 percent hold, Oxfam used research from Credit Suisse, a Swiss financial services company, and Forbes’s annual billionaires list. Oxfam then looked at how many of the world’s richest people would need to pool their resources to have as much wealth as the poorest 50 percent — and as of March 2014, it was just 80 people.
Four years earlier, 388 billionaires together held as much wealth as the poorest 50 percent of the world.
Thirty-five of the 80 richest people in the world are U.S. citizens, with combined wealth of $941 billion in 2014. Together in second place are Germany and Russia, with seven mega-rich individuals apiece. The entire list is dominated by one gender, though — 70 of the 80 richest people are men. And 68 of the people on the list are 50 or older.
If those 80 individuals were to bump into each on Svenborgia, what might they talk about? Retail could be a good conversation starter — 14 of the 80 got their wealth that way. Or they could discuss “extractives” (industries like oil, gas and mining, to which 11 of them owe their fortunes), finance (also 11 of them) or tech (10 of them).
There might be some quiet voices in the room, though, because 11 of the wealthiest people on the planet were simply born into their money (19 others inherited their wealth and then made it grow). The remaining 50 names on the list, according to Forbes, are self-made billionaires.
Oxfam notes that global wealth inequality is increasing while the rich get richer. If trends continue, the organization projects that the richest 1 percent of people will have more wealth than the remaining 99 percent by 2016.
Here’s the list of the 80 people with as much wealth as the world’s poorest 3.6 billion people:
1 Bill Gates $76 USA ✓ Tech
2 Carlos Slim Helu $72 Mexico ✓ Telecom
3 Amancio Ortega $64 Spain ✓ Retail
4 Warren Buffett $58 USA ✓ Finance
5 Larry Ellison $48 USA ✓ Tech
6 Charles Koch $40 USA Diversified
7 David Koch $40 USA Diversified
8 Sheldon Adelson $38 USA ✓ Entertainment
9 Christy Walton $37 USA Retail
10 Jim Walton $35 USA Retail
11 Liliane Bettencourt $35 France Product
12 Stefan Persson $34 Sweden Retail
13 Alice Walton $34 USA Retail
14 S. Robson Walton $34 USA Retail
15 Bernard Arnault $34 France Luxury
16 Michael Bloomberg $33 USA ✓ Finance
17 Larry Page $32 USA ✓ Tech
18 Jeff Bezos $32 USA ✓ Retail
19 Sergey Brin $32 USA ✓ Tech
20 Li Ka-shing $31 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
21 Mark Zuckerberg $29 USA ✓ Tech
22 Michele Ferrero $27 Italy Food
23 Aliko Dangote $25 Nigeria ✓ Commodities
24 Karl Albrecht $25 Germany ✓ Retail
25 Carl Icahn $25 USA ✓ Finance
26 George Soros $23 USA ✓ Finance
27 David Thomson $23 Canada Media
28 Lui Che Woo $22 Hong Kong ✓ Entertainment
29 Dieter Schwarz $21 Germany Retail
30 Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20 Saudi Arabia ✓ Finance
31 Forrest Mars Jr. $20 USA Food
32 Jacqueline Mars $20 USA Food
33 John Mars $20 USA Food
34 Jorge Paulo Lemann $20 Brazil ✓ Drinks
35 Lee Shau Kee $20 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
36 Steve Ballmer $19 USA ✓ Tech
37 Theo Albrecht Jr. $19 Germany Retail
38 Leonardo Del Vecchio $19 Italy ✓ Luxury
39 Len Blavatnik $19 USA ✓ Diversified
40 Alisher Usmanov $19 Russia ✓ Extractives
41 Mukesh Ambani $19 India Extractives
42 Masayoshi Son $18 Japan ✓ Telecom
43 Michael Otto $18 Germany Retail
44 Phil Knight $18 USA ✓ Retail
45 Tadashi Yanai $18 Japan ✓ Retail
46 Gina Rinehart $18 Australia Extractives
47 Mikhail Fridman $18 Russia ✓ Extractives
48 Michael Dell $18 USA ✓ Tech
49 Susanne Klatten $17 Germany Cars
50 Abigail Johnson $17 USA Finance
51 Viktor Vekselberg $17 Russia ✓ Metals
52 Lakshmi Mittal $17 India Metals
53 Vladimir Lisin $17 Russia ✓ Transport
54 Cheng Yu-tung $16 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
55 Joseph Safra $16 Brazil ✓ Finance
56 Paul Allen $16 USA ✓ Tech
57 Leonid Mikhelson $16 Russia ✓ Extractives
58 Anne Cox Chambers $16 USA Media
59 Francois Pinault $16 France ✓ Retail
60 Iris Fontbona $16 Chile Extractives
61 Azim Premji $15 India Tech
62 Mohammed Al Amoudi $15 Saudi Arabia ✓ Extractives
63 Gennady Timchenko $15 Russia ✓ Extractives
64 Wang Jianlin $15 China ✓ Real Estate
65 Charles Ergen $15 USA ✓ Telecom
66 Stefan Quandt $15 Germany Cars
67 Germán Larrea Mota Velasco $15 Mexico Extractives
68 Harold Hamm $15 USA ✓ Extractives
69 Ray Dalio $14 USA ✓ Finance
70 Donald Bren $14 USA ✓ Real Estate
71 Georg Schaeffler $14 Germany Product
72 Luis Carlos Sarmiento $14 Colombia ✓ Finance
73 Ronald Perelman $14 USA ✓ Finance
74 Laurene Powell Jobs $14 USA Entertainment
75 Serge Dassault $14 France Aviation
76 John Fredriksen $14 Cyprus ✓ Transport
77 Vagit Alekperov $14 Russia ✓ Extractives
78 John Paulson $14 USA ✓ Finance
79 Rupert Murdoch $14 USA ✓ Media
80 Ma Huateng $13 China ✓ Tech
source: Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World | FiveThirtyEight
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Pathetic!
Rich people make me sick. They should share the damn wealth and help everyone out!
Eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people, according to an analysis just released from Oxfam. The report from the global anti-poverty organization finds that since 2009, the wealth of those 80 richest has doubled in nominal terms — while the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population has fallen.
To see how much wealth the richest 1 percent and the poorest 50 percent hold, Oxfam used research from Credit Suisse, a Swiss financial services company, and Forbes’s annual billionaires list. Oxfam then looked at how many of the world’s richest people would need to pool their resources to have as much wealth as the poorest 50 percent — and as of March 2014, it was just 80 people.
Four years earlier, 388 billionaires together held as much wealth as the poorest 50 percent of the world.
Thirty-five of the 80 richest people in the world are U.S. citizens, with combined wealth of $941 billion in 2014. Together in second place are Germany and Russia, with seven mega-rich individuals apiece. The entire list is dominated by one gender, though — 70 of the 80 richest people are men. And 68 of the people on the list are 50 or older.
If those 80 individuals were to bump into each on Svenborgia, what might they talk about? Retail could be a good conversation starter — 14 of the 80 got their wealth that way. Or they could discuss “extractives” (industries like oil, gas and mining, to which 11 of them owe their fortunes), finance (also 11 of them) or tech (10 of them).
There might be some quiet voices in the room, though, because 11 of the wealthiest people on the planet were simply born into their money (19 others inherited their wealth and then made it grow). The remaining 50 names on the list, according to Forbes, are self-made billionaires.
Oxfam notes that global wealth inequality is increasing while the rich get richer. If trends continue, the organization projects that the richest 1 percent of people will have more wealth than the remaining 99 percent by 2016.
Here’s the list of the 80 people with as much wealth as the world’s poorest 3.6 billion people:
1 Bill Gates $76 USA ✓ Tech
2 Carlos Slim Helu $72 Mexico ✓ Telecom
3 Amancio Ortega $64 Spain ✓ Retail
4 Warren Buffett $58 USA ✓ Finance
5 Larry Ellison $48 USA ✓ Tech
6 Charles Koch $40 USA Diversified
7 David Koch $40 USA Diversified
8 Sheldon Adelson $38 USA ✓ Entertainment
9 Christy Walton $37 USA Retail
10 Jim Walton $35 USA Retail
11 Liliane Bettencourt $35 France Product
12 Stefan Persson $34 Sweden Retail
13 Alice Walton $34 USA Retail
14 S. Robson Walton $34 USA Retail
15 Bernard Arnault $34 France Luxury
16 Michael Bloomberg $33 USA ✓ Finance
17 Larry Page $32 USA ✓ Tech
18 Jeff Bezos $32 USA ✓ Retail
19 Sergey Brin $32 USA ✓ Tech
20 Li Ka-shing $31 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
21 Mark Zuckerberg $29 USA ✓ Tech
22 Michele Ferrero $27 Italy Food
23 Aliko Dangote $25 Nigeria ✓ Commodities
24 Karl Albrecht $25 Germany ✓ Retail
25 Carl Icahn $25 USA ✓ Finance
26 George Soros $23 USA ✓ Finance
27 David Thomson $23 Canada Media
28 Lui Che Woo $22 Hong Kong ✓ Entertainment
29 Dieter Schwarz $21 Germany Retail
30 Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20 Saudi Arabia ✓ Finance
31 Forrest Mars Jr. $20 USA Food
32 Jacqueline Mars $20 USA Food
33 John Mars $20 USA Food
34 Jorge Paulo Lemann $20 Brazil ✓ Drinks
35 Lee Shau Kee $20 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
36 Steve Ballmer $19 USA ✓ Tech
37 Theo Albrecht Jr. $19 Germany Retail
38 Leonardo Del Vecchio $19 Italy ✓ Luxury
39 Len Blavatnik $19 USA ✓ Diversified
40 Alisher Usmanov $19 Russia ✓ Extractives
41 Mukesh Ambani $19 India Extractives
42 Masayoshi Son $18 Japan ✓ Telecom
43 Michael Otto $18 Germany Retail
44 Phil Knight $18 USA ✓ Retail
45 Tadashi Yanai $18 Japan ✓ Retail
46 Gina Rinehart $18 Australia Extractives
47 Mikhail Fridman $18 Russia ✓ Extractives
48 Michael Dell $18 USA ✓ Tech
49 Susanne Klatten $17 Germany Cars
50 Abigail Johnson $17 USA Finance
51 Viktor Vekselberg $17 Russia ✓ Metals
52 Lakshmi Mittal $17 India Metals
53 Vladimir Lisin $17 Russia ✓ Transport
54 Cheng Yu-tung $16 Hong Kong ✓ Diversified
55 Joseph Safra $16 Brazil ✓ Finance
56 Paul Allen $16 USA ✓ Tech
57 Leonid Mikhelson $16 Russia ✓ Extractives
58 Anne Cox Chambers $16 USA Media
59 Francois Pinault $16 France ✓ Retail
60 Iris Fontbona $16 Chile Extractives
61 Azim Premji $15 India Tech
62 Mohammed Al Amoudi $15 Saudi Arabia ✓ Extractives
63 Gennady Timchenko $15 Russia ✓ Extractives
64 Wang Jianlin $15 China ✓ Real Estate
65 Charles Ergen $15 USA ✓ Telecom
66 Stefan Quandt $15 Germany Cars
67 Germán Larrea Mota Velasco $15 Mexico Extractives
68 Harold Hamm $15 USA ✓ Extractives
69 Ray Dalio $14 USA ✓ Finance
70 Donald Bren $14 USA ✓ Real Estate
71 Georg Schaeffler $14 Germany Product
72 Luis Carlos Sarmiento $14 Colombia ✓ Finance
73 Ronald Perelman $14 USA ✓ Finance
74 Laurene Powell Jobs $14 USA Entertainment
75 Serge Dassault $14 France Aviation
76 John Fredriksen $14 Cyprus ✓ Transport
77 Vagit Alekperov $14 Russia ✓ Extractives
78 John Paulson $14 USA ✓ Finance
79 Rupert Murdoch $14 USA ✓ Media
80 Ma Huateng $13 China ✓ Tech
source: Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World | FiveThirtyEight
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Pathetic!
Rich people make me sick. They should share the damn wealth and help everyone out!
