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Mark Zuckerberg - 62 billion Jeff Bezos
Facebook’s CEO has seen his net worth soar after his social network’s Bill Gates
stock price skyrocketed. A Harvard dropout, he founded Facebook in Warren Buffet
2004 at age 19. He took the company public in May 2012 and owns 17
per cent of the stock. Giving back is a big part of Zuckerberg’s business
philosophy.
Bernard Arnault - 83.3 billion
Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy — Louis Vuitton, he
leads the world’s biggest luxury company. His overseeing of 70 brands,
including Sephora, was a big part of the company’s rise to the top. A
lover of music and art, Arnault is also a gifted pianist supporting young
people who come with fantastic projects—especially for the internet—
or young musicians, who can’t afford a seat at a concert.
Warren Buffet - 90.1 billion
Led by Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway owns more than 60 companies
including Geico, Duracell and Dairy Queen. The son of a U.S.
congressman, Buffet bought stock at age 11 and filed taxes at age 13.
While he is one of the richest men, he is also one of the most generous,
giving more than 99 per cent of his fortune to charity.
Bill Gates - 91.9 billion
In 1987 Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire in the world, shortly
after Microsoft went public. By 1995, at age 39, he was the richest man
in the world with a fortune of 12.9 billion. Now he’s #2 and there is
a reason why. Bloomberg reports Gates donated 2.9 billion in cash
and 700 million to charitable causes. In 2010, Gates teamed up with
billionaire Warren Buffet to start The Giving Pledge, where the ultra-
rich commit to donating at least half their wealth to charitable causes
during their lifetime.
Jeff Bezos - 117.7 billion
Amazon’s fearless leader, who founded the company in a garage in
Seattle in 1994, is the world’s richest man in history. Bezos attended
Princeton and worked at a hedge fund before resigning to sell books
online. His aerospace company Blue Origin is developing a reusable
rocket that Bezos says will carry passengers into space. He bought
Whole Foods in August 2017 and also owns Zappos and Twitch.

Editor’s Note: All monetary references are in U.S. currency and were accurate at time of writing but are subject to change at any time.

Dieter Esch Bernard Arnault
Chairman

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