Monday, March 04, 2013

The Hurun Global Rich List 2013

 The Hurun Global Rich List 2013 is out. Of the 1,453 billionaires, 108 boast of wealth in excess of $10 billion. Each one of the top 10 billionaires added at least 8 per cent – and at most 53 per cent – to their wealth.

 “For every billionaire that Hurun Report has found, I estimate we have missed at least two, meaning that today there are probably 4,000 dollar billionaires in the world,” said Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report.

The richest man on earth – Carlos Slim of Mexico – has $66 billion at his disposal. In fact, he added $11bn to his wealth in 2012.
Warren Buffett moved up one place to second in the world on the back of a $10bn increase in his wealth. This past year has seen Buffett continue his large-scale investments, with the purchase of the Heinz brand for over $20bn.
Spain may be suffering financial pain but the third-ranked Amancio Ortega has seen his fortune rise by $23bn, a massive 53 per cent. Ortega is Europe’s richest person.
Despite seeing his wealth grow by $4bn to $54bn, Bill Gates fell out of the top three this year, for the first time, dropping down from second place to fourth this year.
Bernard Arnault, France’s richest person saw his wealth rise by $9bn to land him in fifth place.
Larry Ellison managed to keep his sixth place with a net increase of $9bn on last year. The bulk of his fortune comes from his 23 per cent stake in Oracle, which in February this year agreed to acquire Acme Packet for $2.1bn.
Li Ka-Shing saw his wealth increase by $8bn to retain his title of Asia’s Richest Man. This past year, Li has consolidated his position as the UK’s biggest foreign investor, adding to his collection of water and gas utilities.
Charles and David Koch’s grew their combined wealth by $14bn to take them to a personal fortune of $31bn each and joint 8th place. Were they to be ranked jointly, they would be on $62bn, taking them to second place in the world.
Liliane Bettencourt is 10th and the richest woman on the planet with a $30bn fortune.

The other richest women include two of the Wal-mart heirs Christy Walton ($29bn, rank 11), Alice Walton ($28.5bn, rank 13), Iris Fontbona ($20bn, rank 29) and Georgina Rinehart (Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine, $17bn, rank 42).

The UK is home to UK 56 billionaires.

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