Warren Buffett with $ 70.1 billion took the second slot on the list. Spain’s Amancio Ortega ($65 billion) came in next, Khaleej Times reported.
The top 10 includes Larry Ellison ($ 51.5 billion), Ingvar Kamprad ($ 48.1 billion), Jeff Bezos ($39.8 billion), Carlos Slim ($35.4 billion), Mark Zuckerberg ($35,3 billion), Wang Jianlin ($35.2 billion) and Michael Bloomberg ($ 33.7 billion).
American entrepreneurs dominate the Wealth-X list, snapping up 14 of the 25 spots. The combined wealth of the 14 Americans on the list read $514.2 billion, which is greater than GDP of Norway.
No Indian made it to the coveted list. Sector-wise, the technology sector proved yet again to be an incubator of great fortunes.
The list also features Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Alibaba chairman Jack Ma.