The World’s Billionaires in 2012

The world’s billionaires in 2012; it has been a good year for the world’s 100 richest people, their total wealth has grown by 241 billion dollars and landing at 1900 billion dollars, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Best of all the world richest people 2012, it went for Zara founder Amancio Ortega, who increased his wealth by 63 percent from 35.3 to 57.5 billion dollars, and advanced to third place.

Telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim, according to Bloomberg, has been the world’s richest person for the entire year. The 72-year-old Mexicans assets increased by totally $ 13.4 billion (21.6 percent) to $ 75.2 billion.

Bill Gates retains according to Bloomberg the title as the world’s second richest person. His fortune has grown by 12.6 per cent to 62.6 billion dollars. Despite an increase of $ 5.1 billion in assets Warren Buffet slipped down one position on the list, his $ 47.9 billion is enough for fourth place.

First on the fifth place Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad can be found. According to Bloomberg, the Kamprad’s fortune rose by 16.6 percent to $ 42.9 billion, which is significantly lower than the 500 billion SEK (approximately $ 76.4 billion), which placed the Swede at the top of the list of Sweden billionaires 2012. Unlike Bloomberg the Swedish magazine “Veckans Affärer”, and creator of the Swedish list of billionaires, believes that Kamprad actually owns the IKEA Group, which explains the large difference between the numbers.

H & M owner Stefan Persson according to Bloomberg in 2012 increased his wealth by 12.2 percent to $ 24.5 billion, which puts him in position 19 of the world’s richest people. Of the 100 people who were on the list at the end of the year, only 16 had a bad year and made a net loss in 2012.

Below is a list of the 40 wealthiest persons according to Bloomberg in the first week of 2013: