AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
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The richest people in the world
Carlos Helu
Net worth: $64 billion
The source of wealth: America Movil
Age: 79 years
Country: Mexico
Carlos slim for many years remains the richest man in Mexico due to the fact that together with his family controls the company America Movil - the largest telecommunications operator in Latin America. He also holds shares in construction and real estate companies, the mining sector and consumer goods. He also owns 17% of the new York Times.
The source of wealth: America Movil
Age: 79 years
Country: Mexico
Carlos slim for many years remains the richest man in Mexico due to the fact that together with his family controls the company America Movil - the largest telecommunications operator in Latin America. He also holds shares in construction and real estate companies, the mining sector and consumer goods. He also owns 17% of the new York Times.
Bernard Arnault
Net worth: $76 billion
Status source: Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy
Age: 70 years
Country: France
The holding includes LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Sephora and Tag Heuer. In 2018, Arno's fortune increased by another $4 billion. Arno is a patron of the arts, has invested $135 million in the Museum of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, which opened in autumn 2014 in Paris.
Status source: Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy
Age: 70 years
Country: France
The holding includes LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Sephora and Tag Heuer. In 2018, Arno's fortune increased by another $4 billion. Arno is a patron of the arts, has invested $135 million in the Museum of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, which opened in autumn 2014 in Paris.
Warren Buffett
State: $ 82.5 billion
The source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 88 years
Country: USA
Berkshire Hathaway holding owns shares in more than 60 companies, including Apple, Coca Cola, American Express and others. In March 2018, Buffett named his likely successors at the head of Berkshire. He admitted that Greg Abel and Ajit Jane could be worthy of this place. Buffett promises to give 99% of his fortune to charity.
The source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 88 years
Country: USA
Berkshire Hathaway holding owns shares in more than 60 companies, including Apple, Coca Cola, American Express and others. In March 2018, Buffett named his likely successors at the head of Berkshire. He admitted that Greg Abel and Ajit Jane could be worthy of this place. Buffett promises to give 99% of his fortune to charity.
Bill Gates
Status: $ 96.5 billion
Status source: Microsoft
Age: 63 years
Country: USA
In 1975, gates, along with Paul Allen created Microsoft Corporation, which became the world's largest software manufacturer. To date, gates has sold most of the company's shares and continues to own only 1%. In 2016, gates, along with a team of 20 investors, including Jeff Bezos, created the Breakthrough Energy investment Fund in the amount of $1 billion in 2018.the Fund created the Boston Institute of medical research. Its goal is to develop new drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, which together take 2.6 million lives each year around the world.
Status: $ 96.5 billion
Status source: Microsoft
Age: 63 years
Country: USA
In 1975, gates, along with Paul Allen created Microsoft Corporation, which became the world's largest software manufacturer. To date, gates has sold most of the company's shares and continues to own only 1%. In 2016, gates, along with a team of 20 investors, including Jeff Bezos, created the Breakthrough Energy investment Fund in the amount of $1 billion in 2018.the Fund created the Boston Institute of medical research. Its goal is to develop new drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, which together take 2.6 million lives each year around the world.
Jeff Bezo
The richest billionaire in the world
Status: $ 131 billion
The source States: Amazon.com
Age: 55 years
Country USA
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos remains the world's only billionaire with a twelve-figure fortune. His fortune in 2018 was several times higher than the $150 billion mark due to the growth of Amazon shares created by Bezos in a garage in Seattle in 1994 to sell books online. In 2013, Bezos bought for $250 million newspaper The Washington Post, which actively criticizes us President Donald trump.
The source States: Amazon.com
Age: 55 years
Country USA
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos remains the world's only billionaire with a twelve-figure fortune. His fortune in 2018 was several times higher than the $150 billion mark due to the growth of Amazon shares created by Bezos in a garage in Seattle in 1994 to sell books online. In 2013, Bezos bought for $250 million newspaper The Washington Post, which actively criticizes us President Donald trump.
