Who is the richest person in the world (2018)?

The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking by documented net worth of the world's wealthiest billionaires compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March 1987. The total net worth of each individual on the list is estimated and is cited in United States dollars, based on their documented assets and accounting for debt. Royalty and dictators whose wealth comes from their positions are excluded from these lists. This ranking is an index of the wealthiest documented individuals, excluding and ranking against those with wealth that is not able to be completely ascertained.

On the 32nd list of world's billionaires, the gap between the top 1% and the rest of the billionaires continues to widen. A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth is $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one year gain in wealth since Forbes started tracking in 1987. The U.S. continues to have the most billionaires in the world, with a record of 585 while China is catching up with 476 (when including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).

1 Jeff Bezos $112.0 billion Age 54 United States Amazon

2 Bill Gates $90.0 billion Age 62 United States Microsoft

3 Warren Buffett $84.0 billion Age 87 United States Berkshire Hathaway

4 Bernard Arnault $72.0 billion Age 69 France LVMH

5 Mark Zuckerberg $71.0 billion Age 33 United States Facebook

6 Decrease Amancio Ortega $70.0 billion Age 81 Spain Inditex, Zara

7 Carlos Slim $67.1 billion Age 78 MexicAmérica Móvil, Grupo Carso

8 Charles Koch $60.0 billion Age 82 United States Koch Industries

8 David Koch $60.0 billion Age 77 United States Koch Industries

10. Larry Ellison $58.5 billion Age 73 United States Oracle Corporation

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