Forbes have released their annual list of the richest people in the world and Microsoft founder Bill Gates remains top, with a net worth of $86bn.
The world’s number of billionaires have swelled by 13% from 1,810 in 2016 to 2,043 in 2017 – the largest increase in billionaires since Forbes started collecting date three decades ago, the magazine reported.
While some of us are always checking the coins in our bank accounts to ensure that we have enough to last us until the next payday, others have more than they can count.
According to Forbes real-time billionaires list, Bill Gates is no more the richest person in the world–as Zara Boss-Amancio Ortega has overtaken him.
Mr Ortega, 80, from Spain who founded the clothing chain Zara from his living room with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera is said to currently sitting on a net worth of $78 billion, overtaking Mr Gates’ estimated net worth of $77.4bn.
Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, founder of the retail clothing company Zara, has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the world’s richest man.
Forbes real time tracker, which tracks the wealth of the world’s wealthiest men in real time based on the performance of their empires; put the Spanish clothing magnate ahead of Gates for the first time ever.
