60-year-old Bill Gates topped the Forbes list of the world's richest people for the seventeenth time in the last 22 years. At the same time, his fortune decreased by $4.2 billion, to $75 billion, according to the magazine’s thirtieth annual ranking.

Second place was taken by Zara founder Amancio Ortega ($64.5 billion, an increase of $0.5 billion over the year), and investor Warren Buffett closed the top three ($60.8 billion, a decrease of $11.9 billion). In fourth place was Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim with $50 billion, having lost almost a third of his fortune in a year (about $27.1 billion).
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rose from 15th to 5th place ($45.2 billion, an increase of $10.4 billion), the head of Facebook - from 16th to 6th position ($44.6 billion, an increase of $11.2 billion).

The 2016 Forbes list included 77 representatives of Russia, which is 11 people less than the year before. The Russian part of the ranking was headed for the first time by the co-owner of Novatek and Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson (60th place in general list, $14.4 billion), displacing Vladimir Potanin from this position, who dropped to fourth place (78th place in the general list, $12.1 billion).
Second place in the list of the richest Russians was taken by Mikhail Fridman ($13.3 billion, a drop of $1.3 billion over the year, 63rd place in the overall list), third – Alisher Usmanov ($12.5 billion, minus $1.9 billion over the year, 73 place in the general list).
The third position in the ranking of the richest citizens of Russia was taken by Alisher Usmanov (Metalloinvest, Megafon, Kommersant), who headed the Russian segment of the ranking for several years in a row. His fortune is estimated at $12.5 billion.
Roman Abramovich took 12th place in the Russian segment of the rating and 151st place in the overall list ($7.6 billion, a drop of $1.5 billion). The founder of Magnit, Sergei Galitsky, was ranked 16th in the Russian ranking and 219th in the overall list ($5.7 billion, a drop of $2.6 billion).

Hello everyone, Vyacheslav Bulenkov is with you and in this issue, I will share the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. The billionaire also controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns the First Freight Company. total cost The project is estimated at $27 billion, Chinese investors are ready to invest $10 billion. 6. Vagit Alekperov Net worth: $12.2 billion Change for the year: -$1.4 billion Position in the world ranking: 96 Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, the largest oil company in Russia, which, in particular, is developing the West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, possessing some of the richest deposits on the planet. The billionaire does not have a reputation as a businessman from the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, which did not save Lukoil from US sanctions in September 2014. Having gone through all the career stages in the oil industry, at the end of the USSR the future billionaire even managed to work as an industry minister. In 1991, he privatized three large fields and founded Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book “Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future.” – innovation city Skolkovo – in 2010. Since then, three billionaire companies have already appeared among the project residents who received grants from the state. In 2013, the businessman, together with Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in the oil company TNK-BP to the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion. Vekselberg earned his first million from selling scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL merged assets with the Rusal group and the mining company Glencore - this is how the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal was born. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer goods and telecommunications businesses. Oneximbank became a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. With the support of the state, the billionaire became the largest private investor in the Winter Olympics in Sochi - he built the Rosa Khutor ski resort.

5. Alexey Mordashov Net worth: $13 billion Change over the year: +$2.5 billion Position in the world ranking: 89 In mid-January 2015, Putin received Mordashov and made the metallurgical magnate promise not to allow unreasonable investments.

Against the backdrop of bad market conditions for Russia, the billionaire got rid of all American assets - his company Severstal is now focusing on the national market. At the end of 2013, the businessman, together with entrepreneur Yuri Kovalchuk, close to Putin, bought a 50% stake in the fourth largest Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia. Also, together with Kovalchuk, Mordashov is a shareholder of Rossiya Bank, which is under US and EU sanctions due to the “pro-presidential” reputation of its main shareholder.

In 2011, the owner of Severstal increased his stake in the Power Machines holding, purchasing 25% from Siemens.

4. Viktor Vekselberg Net worth: $14.2 billion Change for the year: -$3 billion Position in the world ranking: 73 Russian authorities chose Viktor Vekselberg to be the curator of the national analogue project Silicon Valley world also included Mexican TV mogul Carlos Slim ($50 billion) and Amazon's main shareholder Jeff Bezos, whose income is $45.2 billion.

In the top 10 we can see Facebook creator Mark Zuckerber ($44.6 billion), Oracle chairman Larry Ellison ($43.6 billion), Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg ($40 billion), as well as fellow investors Charles and David Koch ($39.6 billion each).

Charles Koch / Photo from Facebook

As always, our compatriots also found a place on the list. The main shareholder of Novatek and the petrochemical holding Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson, is recognized as the richest Russian. According to the magazine, his income is $14.4 billion. He currently ranks 60th on the overall list. Over the course of the year, Mikhelson moved forward six positions, displacing last year's Russian leader, Vladimir Potanin. He is now in fourth place.

In 14th place on the Russian list is Sibur Vice President Kirill Shamalov -

The list included 1,810 people. Their combined wealth is $6.48 trillion, $570 billion less than a year earlier.

We present the lists of the 10 richest people in the world and the 10 richest Russians.

Forbes World Ranking 2016

1. Bill Gates. Net worth: $75 billion

Change for the year: -$4.2 billion

states: Microsoft

Age: 60

Country: USA

Bill Gates is again at the top of the Forbes global list for the 17th time in the last 22 years. 20% of Gates' wealth this year came from the 3% of Microsoft shares he owns. His other investments include investments in Canadian National Railway, American engineering company Deere & Co., waste management company Republic Services, and Ecolab.

2. Amancio Ortega. Net worth: $67 billion

Change for the year: +$2.5 billion

condition: Zara

Age: 79

Country: Spain

Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Europe and the richest retailer in the world. Between 2009 and 2014, Ortega became $45 billion richer thanks to the rapid growth in the value of shares of his management company Inditex. Over the years, the founder of Zara has received billions of dollars in investments, but he used most of the funds not for expensive purchases, but returned them to business.

3. Warren Buffett. Net worth: $60.8 billion

Change for the year: -$11.9 billion

fortune: Berkshire Hathaway

Age: 85

Country: USA

In 2015, Buffett's investment empire, Berkshire Hathaway, made the biggest deal in its history, purchasing steelmaker Precision Castparts. The investment holding company bought it for $37 billion. Berkshire Hathaway, the fifth most profitable corporation in the United States, owns Geico, Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom, and invests in Wells Fargo, IBM and Coca-Cola. By 2015, the once modest enterprise had grown into the fourth largest corporation in the world by market capitalization, worth $335 billion.

4. Carlos Slim Helu. Net worth: $50 billion

Change for the year: -$27.1 billion

states: telecommunications

Age: 76

Country: Mexico

Elu is the owner of the television operator America Movil and largest shareholder publishing house The New York Times. In January 2015, he increased his share in the influential publishing house to 17% and retained options for further expansion. The billionaire controls the industrial conglomerate Grupo Carso, the financial Grupo Financiero Inbursa and the infrastructure Ideal.

5. Jeff Bezos. Net worth: $45.2 billion

Change for the year: +$10.4 billion

states: Amazon.com

Age: 52

Country: USA

Jeff Bezos successfully runs three companies. In November 2015, his aerospace company Blue Origin successfully conducted a controlled landing of the reusable BE-3 rocket. Amazon earned a record $107 billion in 2015. Bazos also owns the American publishing house The Washington Post.

6. Mark Zuckerberg. Net worth: $44.6 billion

Change for the year: +$11.2 billion

states: Facebook

Age: 31

Country: USA

2015 was as good as ever for Zuckerberg. Facebook's rising price has brought it an additional $11.2 billion to last year's net worth. Facebook's revenue continues to grow, in addition, Zuckerberg is betting on the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmets, although the gadget itself is still at the prototype stage. And the WhatsApp messenger, purchased in 2014 for a record $19 billion, grew by another 1 billion users in February alone.

7. Larry Ellison. Net worth: $43.6 billion

Change for the year: -$10.7 billion

states: Oracle

Age: 71

Country: USA

Larry Ellison left the post of CEO of Oracle in 2014, retaining the positions of director of technology development and chairman of the board of directors. A talented software developer, early in his career he worked for the CIA, after which he founded Oracle in 1977. In 2015, Ellison announced that Oracle would develop cloud software and would soon become Amazon's competitor in this area.

8. Michael Bloomberg. Net worth: $40 billion

Change for the year: +$4.5 billion

fortune: Bloomberg LP

Age: 74

Country: USA

In 2015, Bloomberg returned to business as CEO of the agency he founded. financial information Bloomberg L.P. He intends to breathe new life into the companies that bear his name. First of all, the billionaire downsized his staff. The remaining journalists now work more on their profile - on financial and business news.

9-10. Charles Koch. Net worth: $39.6 billion

Change for the year: -$3.3 billion

Age: 80

Country: USA

Brothers Charles and David Koch are among the most influential figures in American business, philanthropy and politics. The Kochs jointly own the family holding Koch Industries with revenues of $115 billion. The diversified holding is engaged in the construction of pipelines, oil refining, the production of building materials, paper towels and cups and many other goods. Charles Koch has served as chairman of the board of directors at Koch Industries since 1967. overseeing intense business growth.

9-10. David Koch

Net worth: $39.6 billion

Change for the year: -$3.3 billion

states: diversified/diversified

Age: 75

Country: USA

David Koch, on a parity basis with his older brother Charles, owns the diversified holding Koch Industries - the second largest private US company after Cargill, worth about $100 billion.

Forbes Russian ranking 2016

1. Leonid Mikhelson. Net worth: $14.4 billion

Change for the year: + $2.7 billion

Leonid Mikhelson is the main shareholder of the largest independent gas producer in Russia Novatek and the petrochemical holding Sibur. He also owns a minority stake in Promsvyazbank. Mikhelson's partner at Novatek and Sibur is Gennady Timchenko.

2. Mikhail Fridman. Net worth: $13.3 billion

Change for the year: - $1.3 billion

Together with his long-time business partners from his student days, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, he controls Alfa Group, Russia's largest financial and industrial investment group. Among Alpha's largest projects are the second largest Russian retailer X5, shares in the telecommunications holdings VimpelCom and Turkcell.

3. Alisher Usmanov. Net worth: $12.5 billion

Change for the year: - $1.9 billion

Alisher Usmanov, who has topped the Russian Forbes list for several years in a row, runs one of the most extensive business empires in the country. Among his assets are the metallurgical holding Metalloinvest, the second largest mobile operator in Russia Megafon and the publishing house Kommersant. The billionaire is also a co-owner of the London football club Arsenal.

4. Vladimir Potanin. Net worth: $12.1 billion

Change for the year: - $3.3 billion

Last year's leader of the Russian Forbes list, Vladimir Potanin, is the owner and president of the Interros management company, one of the largest in Russia (owns stakes in MMC Norilsk Nickel, the ProfEstate group, the ProfMedia holding and the Rosa Khutor company), CEO MMC Norilsk Nickel.

5. Gennady Timchenko. Net worth: $11.4 billion

Change for the year: + $0.7 billion

Timchenko's assets today are shares in the petrochemical holding Sibur, the railway operator Transoil and construction group Stroytransgaz. The businessman also chairs the board of directors of the Kontinental Hockey League and serves as president of the St. Petersburg hockey club SKA, winner of the 2015 Gagarin Cup.

6. Alexey Mordashov. Net worth: $10.9 billion

Change for the year: - $2.1 billion

Alexey Mordashov, the main owner of the metallurgical giant Severstal, left his post as CEO of the company in 2015, having been at the helm for 19 years. In addition to the steel industry, Mordashov’s business empire extends to tourism (operator TUI), gold mining (Nordgold), and heavy engineering (Power Machines).

7. Viktor Vekselberg. Net worth: $10.5 billion

Change for the year: - $3.7 billion

The Russian authorities entrusted Viktor Vekselberg with one of the most ambitious projects - the Skolkovo innovation city: the billionaire heads the fund of the same name, which oversees the development of the national analogue of Silicon Valley. Vekselberg has a 6.2 percent stake in Bank of Cyprus. Its industrial conglomerate Renova is a strategic investor in the Swiss market. Among the main assets are shares in the industrial groups Oerlikon and Sulzer. In 2015, Vekselberg spent almost $1 billion to double his stake in Sulzer, to 63%.

8. Vladimir Lisin. Net worth: $9.3 billion

Change for the year: - $2.3 billion

Vladimir Lisin made his fortune in steel and shipping. The billionaire controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns the First Freight Company. In the 1990s, he became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which in a few years grew into a leading Russian exporter of aluminum and steel. When dividing assets in 2000, it naturally took ownership of the industry giant, the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.

9. Vagit Alekperov. Net worth: $8.9 billion

Change for the year: - $3.3 billion

Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, Russia's largest independent oil producer, which is exploring the West Qurna-2 field in Iraq, one of the most promising in the world. In 2016, the company plans to invest $1.5 billion in the development of its projects.

10. German Khan. Net worth: $8.7 billion

Change for the year: + $0.8 billion

German Khan, together with Mikhail Fridman and Alexey Kuzmichev, owns Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. He worked for a long time as the executive director of the oil company TNK-BP, which he left in March 2013, after the 50% share of Alfa and its partners was bought by the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion. Khan gained $3.3 billion from the deal. Alfa gained control of TNK and created a joint venture with British BP. Other assets of the group include mobile operator VimpelCom and retailer X5 Retail Group.

Despite the global crisis, the richest people on the planet are only getting richer. In this issue we will talk about their condition at the end of 2016.

Michael Bloomberg. 42 billion 100 million dollars. One of the most famous entrepreneurs in America, who managed to serve as mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. Bloomberg's business empire includes television channels, radio stations, various magazines and a world-famous agency for supplying news about financial markets.

David Koch. 43 billion 900 million dollars. Owner of Koch Industries Corporation, which is engaged in the production of polymer fibers, trading and refining of oil, as well as other types of business. It manages about 70 thousand people in 59 countries.

Charles Koch. 43 billion 900 million dollars. The brother of the previous rating participant and co-owner of Koch Industries, which is the second largest private company in America by revenue.

Carlos Slim Helu. 48 billion 700 million dollars. Mexican entrepreneur who was the richest person in the world from 2011 to 2013. He is the owner of the largest telecommunications company in the country and a number of other successful businesses, which he quite often buys up at the stage of formation.

Larry Ellison. 50 billion 300 million dollars. Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American company Oracle, one of the largest software manufacturers e world leader and supplier of server equipment.

Mark Ts y kerberg. 51 billion dollars. The youngest participant in our rating, who is only 32 years old. Owner of Facebook, the largest social network on the planet, with the number of users exceeding 1 billion people. In addition, Mark owns the WhatsApp messenger, the Masquerade application and the world-famous social network Instagram.

Jeff Bezos. 66 billion 400 million dollars. The founder of the world's largest online store Amazon.com, the owner of the Washington Post publishing house and even a private aerospace company that deals with space tourism for wealthy citizens.

Amancio Ortega. 72 billion 900 million dollars. The richest man in Europe, founder of Inditex. She owns such world-famous clothing brands as Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Pull and Bear and many others.

Warren Buffett. 73 billion 900 million dollars. One of America's largest investors, co-owner of hundreds of companies around the world, as well as his own island and railway. He is the largest philanthropist in human history, having given about $37 billion in donations to various foundations.

Bill Gates. 83 billion 600 million dollars. Founder of Microsoft Corporation and the richest person on the planet according to Forbes magazine. Since June 2008, he resigned as head of the company and, together with his wife, began managing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charitable organization on the planet.