Heineken number 125 on Bloomberg’s rich list – Parool.nl

Heineken number 125 on Bloomberg's rich list – Parool.nl

30-12-14 10:32 pm – Source: Reuters @ your site

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The planet’s rich have become richer this year. This is evident from the billionaire list that Bloomberg keeps daily. The top 400 of the list added last year about 76 billion euros to their power

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Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft is still the richest man on earth. Bloomberg estimates the ability of the American at $ 87.6 billion, an increase of $ 9.1 billion compared with a year earlier. In second place is super-investor Warren Buffett (US $ 74.5 billion) on the list of the Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim (USD 73.1 billion) passed as the second wealthiest of the planet.

Notable climber on the list is the Chinese Jack Ma, founder of Internet giant Alibaba. Partly because of the recent IPO of his company grew, the estimated capacity of the Chinese

with 25 billion to $ 28.7 billion, making him the number 22 on the list. Mon competes now with Li Ka-shing (the number 17 in the index) for the title of Asia’s richest man. Li ability, CEO of the parent company include Kruidvat is estimated at approximately $ 30 billion.

Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, saw its output decline by 15 percent to 45 billion dollars. That he is still the eighth richest person on earth. Most wealthy Dutchman in the list is Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken with an estimated fortune of 9.7 billion dollars. Thus it is the number 125 on the list.

For many wealthy Russians in 2014 meant a year of decline. Western sanctions leave their traces on the prices in Moscow and thus on the fortunes of many Russians. Viktor Vekselberg, head of Renova Group holding company, is now the richest Russian with an estimated fortune of $ 14 billion. He passed Alisher Usmanov of technology MegaFon, which are output by about a third saw evaporate to 13.8 billion dollars.