Mark Zukerberg Becomes World’s 6th Richest Person (Top 10 List)

United state has the highest number of billionaires on the top 10 World Richest Persons. With the latest ranking, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has become the sixth world’s richest person and fourth wealthiest in the United States.   His wealth soared to $47.9 billion this week after the social media website’s stock climbed 12 per cent following a strong quarterly earnings report, according to Forbes. The 31-year-old Harvard graduate is now the youngest world’s top ten richest person, and is above Google founder Larry Page, the Koch brothers and most recently, Oracle’s Larry Ellison. See full list below…

FORBES WORLD’S TOP TEN RICH LIST (IN REAL TIME)

Billionaire                     Net Worth  (billions)           Company/ source                Country
Bill Gates                     $76.2                               Microsoft                           United States
Amancio Ortega          $68.4                                Zara                                 Spain
Warren Buffett             $59.8                               Berkshire Hathaway         United States
Jeff Bezos                    $55.2                               Amazon.com                    United States
Carlos Slim Helu          $49.5                               Telecoms                          Mexico
Mark Zuckerberg         $47.9                               Facebook                          United States
Larry Ellison                 $44.1                               Oracle                              United States
Charles Koch               $39.7                               Diversified                         United States
David Koch                  $39.7                               Diversified                         United States
Larry Page                 $37.5                               Google                              United States