Richest men in world rankings
1st: Carlos Slim Helu, 69 billion
Carlos Slim Helu, Mexican of Lebanese descent, is the richest man in the world. A title he held from Forbes for the third consecutive year, although his fortune has diminished by 5 billion between 2011 and 2012.
Origins of his fortune
Carlos Slim Helu, a trained engineer, bought Telmex, a fixed telephony company, when it was privatized in 1990. It benefits from a quasi-monopoly. It also holds shares in America Movil very profitable, or in society Impulsora del Desarrollo Economico de America Latina. Art collector, Carlos Slim Helu founded the Soumaya Museum of Mexico City. It highlights including Rodin sculptures.
Fortune: $ 69 billion
Age: 72 years
Nationality: Mexican
2nd: Bill Gates $ 61 billion
In 2012, Bill Gates has failed to regain his title of richest man in the world lost in 2010. Blame it on his excessive generosity explains Forbes. He still recorded a gain of $ 5 billion in one year thanks to the good performance of Microsoft stock.
Origins of his fortune
Born in 1955 in Seattle, Bill Gates entered Harvard University in 1973, where he met Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft CEO, and Paul Allen, with whom he offers the first programming language developed for the PC, the Altair Basic. In 1986, as Microsoft goes public and on the same day, Bill Gates became a billionaire. In 2008, he took a step back to business and now spends part of his fortune to the humanitarian foundation that bears his name.
Fortune: $ 61 billion
Age: 56 years
Nationality: American
3rd: Warren Buffett, $ 44 billion
Warren Buffett remains in third place in the ranking of the richest man in the world, although his fortune this year recorded a decrease of $ 6 billion.
Origins of his fortune
Warren Buffett was born in 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. He built his fortune on investments in companies like Intuitive Berkshire Hathaway for textiles, which later became an investment fund for insurance, or Coca-Cola and Gillette. Deemed economical, Warren Buffet still lives in the Omaha house he bought in 1957. In June 2006, he announced that he would bequeath more than 80% of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Fortune: $ 44 billion
Age: 81 years
Nationality: American
4th: Bernard Arnault, $ 41 billion
Bernard Arnault, the famous and discreet LVMH boss, remains the richest man in France according to Forbes and pays the luxury to settle permanently in the top five worldwide. With a fortune calculated at $ 41 billion Bernard Arnault did neither enriched nor depleted in a year.
Origins of his fortune
After graduating from Polytechnique in 1969, Bernard Arnault joined the company Ferret-Savinel. He chaired the 1978 and 1984, before becoming the CEO of Financière Agache SA and Christian Dior SA He began to arrange the group as part of a development strategy based on premium brands. In 1987, he created the first global luxury group, LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton.
Fortune: $ 41 billion
Age: 63 years
Nationality: French
5th: Amancio Ortega, $ 37.5 billion
Amancio Ortega has the largest fortune in Spain. Despite the crisis plaguing his country, his fortune increased by $ 6.5 billion. A feat that allows him to earn two spots in the standings.
Origins of his fortune
Armancio Ortega opened the first Zara store in 1975 in La Coruna, Galicia. Shops of ready-to-wear are quick to multiply. Besides Zara, Inditex group is developing other brands like Pull and Bear and Massimo Dutti. Today, the group chaired by Amancio Ortega, has more than 4,000 stores in 73 countries.
Fortune: $ 37.5 billion
Age: 75 years
Nationality: Spanish
6th: Lawrence Ellison, $ 36 billion
Lawrence Ellison, the boss of Oracle, has the second largest fortunes of the technology sector after Bill Gates. But his money, however, melted over $ 3.5 billion a year, partly because of downturns in the business, which makes him lose a place in this annual ranking.
Origins of his fortune
Born into a poor neighborhood of Chicago, Larry Ellison founded his company in 1977 at the age of 33 years. Thirty years later, Oracle is the world's # 2 software behind Microsoft through its management system database. But the company has also diversified, thanks to an aggressive policy of acquisitions. Larry Ellison is also known for the challenge fund American BMW Oracle Racing, which participates in the America's Cup.
Fortune: $ 36 billion
Age: 67 years
Nationality: American
7th: Eike Batista, $ 30 billion
Brazil's Eike Batista, whose fortune was flat between 2011 and 2012, however, nibbling a place in the ranking of the richest men in the world.
Origin of fortune
The son of a Brazilian Minister of Mines later became head of Vale, the second global mining company, Eike Batista found in this filiation of ideas to enrich themselves. First diamond broker, it buys Brazilian mining company he sold to a against 11% of its capital. The value of its shares triple in years. And in 2001 he won his first billion. It then acquires companies in various sectors (mining, water, steel, energy) which he renamed EBX, TVX, MPX ... An X symbol for Batista "multiplication" ... wealth.
Fortune: $ 30 billion
Age: 55 years
Nationality: Brazilian
8th: Stefan Persson, $ 26 billion
Stefan Persson is president of H & M. In 2012, he moved from 13th place to eighth in the ranking of the richest men in the world.
Origins of his fortune
At the end of World War II, Erling Persson, Stefan's father, was impressed by the U.S. department stores ready-to-wear on a trip to the United States. In 1947 he opened a shop called Hennes, "for she" in Swedish. After buying Mauritz, the company changed its name to H & M. In 1982, it was Stefan who took control of the company who knows an impressive international growth. Today, he chairs the group has 2,200 stores worldwide.
Fortune: $ 26 billion
Age: 64 years
Nationality: Swedish
9th: Li Ka-Shing, $ 25.5 billion
Citizen of Hong Kong, Li Ka-Shing is placed in first place in Hong Kong and Chinese fortunes. He climbed two places in the rankings.
Origins of his fortune
Immigrated to Hong Kong from the Chinese region of Guangdong, the man who is now the richest Chinese spent his youth selling plastic gadgets in the streets. This is also in the manufacture of plastic flowers that will launch his first company. Today he is the head of two conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa, which operate in the ocean freight, electricity, telecoms and real estate beauty. An empire beyond China's borders. The businessman has also acquired Marionnaud perfumeries.
Fortune: $ 25.5 billion
Age: 83 years
Nationality: Chinese (Hong Kong)
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