Out of 1426 Billionaires in the world 165 of them are Jews. Who are the richest Jews in the world? Below is a list of the richest Jewish people who made incredible fortunes
Here is a list of the Top 10 Richest Man In UK. The No.1 Spot goes to the Duke of Westminster, Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor.
1. Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor Net Worth $15 Billion
Sir Gerald Grosvenor is the 6th Duke of Westminster. He is the owner of property company Grosvenor Group and the richest property developer in the UK. The duke is also one of the largest landowners in UK with vast estates in Oxford, Cheshire and Scotland. He also owns large areas of Mayfair and Belgravia in central London.
2. David and Simon Reuben Net Worth $11 Billion
The two Jewish brothers were born in India and raised in the UK. They started by importing carpets and investing in real estates. The brothers also invested in the Russian metals market. At one time, their company controlled about 5% of the world's aluminium output.
3. Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja Net Worth $8.5 Billion
The brothers are the primary shareholders of Hinduja group. Srichand is the chairman of the Hinduja Group. The group has expanded significantly into a multinational company with interests in petroleum, media, technology, automobiles, defense and energy. The company employs more than 75,000 people.
4. Charles Cadogan Net Worth $5.5 Billion
Charles Cadogan is the 9th Earl of Cadogan and is the head of one of the most well known real estate dynasties that stretch more than 300 years. He controls vast amount of estates through the company, Cadogan Estates.
5. Sir Philip & Cristina Green Net Worth $5 Billion
Sir Philip is the CEO of Arcadia Group a retail giant that includes TopShop, BHS and Dorothy Perkins. He is the son of a successful Jewish property developer and retailer. Philip and his wife Cristina is famous for their failed attempt to make a hostile bid for Marks and Spencer.
6. Sir Richard Branson Net Worth $4.6 Billion
Sir Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group which has more than 400 companies under its wings. Branson has his hands in telecommunications, transport, airlines, lifestyle and many more.
7. James Dyson Net Worth Net Worth $4.4 Billion
Dyson is an inventor and industrial designer that founded the Dyson company. Dyson is most famous for inventing the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner. Dyson is also famous for its fan without external blades and its Dyson Airblade a fast hand dryer.
8. Laurence Graff Net Worth $4.3 Billion
Laurence Graff is a jeweler and businessman who founded Graff Diamonds. His diamonds are often bought by rich buyers from the Middle East and also the Sultan of Brunei. Graff Diamonds has over 35 stores worldwide.
9. Anthony Bamford & family Net Worth $4.2 Billion
Anthony Bamford is a businessman and Chairman of JCB Ltd. He succeeded his father as Chairman of the company in 1975. JCB is the third largest construction equipment manufacturer in the world. Bamford was knighted in 1990.
10. Joe Lewis Net Worth $4.2 Billion
Joe Lewis is a businessman and Chairman of Tavistock group. He currently resides in Bahamas. Lewis is famous for teaming up with George Soros to short the British Pound in September 1992. It is said he made more money than Soros on that short
Below is a list of the richest people in Italy. The fashion, retail and luxury goods industry has produced quite a lot of billionaires in Italy. The richest person in Italy is Michele Ferrero whose source of wealth is from the famous chocolate company Ferrero SpA
1.Michele Ferrero & family $26.5 Billion 2.Leonardo Del Vecchio $19.2 Billion * 3.Miuccia Prada $11.1 Billion 4.Stefano Pessina $10 Billion 5.Giorgio Armani $9.9 Billion 6.Silvio Berlusconi & family $9 Billion 7.Paolo & Gianfelice Mario Rocca $6.3 Billion 8.Patrizio Bertelli $6 Billion 9.Augusto & Giorgio Perfetti $7.2 Billion 10.Renzo Rosso $3.3 Billion 11.Gilberto Benetton $3.1 Billion 12.Giuliana Benetton $3.1 Billion 13.Carlo Benetton $3.1 Billion 14.Luciano Benetton $3.1 Billion 15.Domenico Dolce $1.8 Billion 16.Stefano Gabbana $1.8 Billion * 17.Rosa Anna Magno Garavoglia & family $3.5 Billion 18.Mario Moretti Polegato $2.3 Billion 19.Sandro Veronesi $2.1 Billion 20.Ennio Doris & family $2.5 Billion 21.Diego Della Valle $1.85 Billion 22.Paolo Bulgari $1.4 Billion 23.Andrea Della Valle $1.35 Billion 24.Nicola Bulgari $1.4 Billion 25.Caprotti Bernardo $2.3 Billion 26.Giuseppe De'Longhi $2.2 Billion 27.Pier Luigi Loro Piana $1.7 Billion 28.Diego Della Valle $1.85 Billion 29.Simonpietro Salini $1.6 Billion 30.Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone $1.5 Billion 31.Massimo Moratti $1.5 Billion 32.Gian Marco Moratti $1.4 Billion 33.Remo Ruffini $1.4 Billion 34.Francesco Saverio Salini $1.4 Billion 35.Brunello Cucinelli $1.3 Billion 36.Alberto Bombassei $1.2 Billion
Here is a list of the 10 richest people in America. Bill Gates is once again the No.1 and for the 20th year straight the richest american. Having been the second richest person in the world, he recently reclaimed the top spot from Mexican Carlos Slim Helu. Warren Buffet, the second richest American is the biggest dollar gainer this year adding a whopping $12.5 Billion due to rise in his company Berkshire Hathaway's share price. Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder gained almost $10 Billion with Facebook's shares making all time highs.
The 10 Richest People In America
1. Bill Gates Net Worth $72 Billion
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft is once again the richest man in America. He has held this spot for 20 years straight. Recently he regained the title as the richest man in the world from Carlos Slime Helu.
2. Warren Buffett Net Worth $55 Billion
The investing legend takes the No.2 spot. He is consistently ranked in the top 5 richest man in the world. Buffett controls a string of companies in America through his Berkshire Hathaway.
3. Larry Ellison Net Worth $42 Billion
The founder of Oracle. He is a flamboyant and outspoken businessman. A yachting lover, Ellison is also one of the biggest landowners in America.
4. Charles Koch Net Worth $40 Billion
Charles Koch is the chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in America. He and his brother David holds equal stakes in the company. The brothers tried to unseat Obama in 2012 but failed.
5. David Koch Net Worth $40 Billion
David is the brother of Charles Koch. He is the Executive Vice Chairman of Koch Industries. A cancer survivor, he has donated more than $200 million for cancer research.
6. Christy Walton Net Worth $36 Billion
Christy Walton was the wife of John Walton son of visionary Wal Mart founder Sam Walton. She is currently the riches woman in the world and in America.
7. Jim Walton Net Worth $34 Billion
Jim Walton is the youngest son of Wal Mart founder Sam Walton. He is the Chief Executive officer and Chairman of Walton's family Arvest Bank.
8. Alice Walton Net Worth $34 Billion
Alice Walton is the daughter of Wal Mart founder Sam Walton. Along with her brothers, she inherits a large fortune from their father. She is the Chairman of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
9. S. Robson Walton $34 Billion
Samuel Robson Walton is the eldest son of Wal Mart founder, Sam Walton. He is the Chairman of Wal Mart.
Michael Bloomberg $31 Billion
Michael Bloomberg is the founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg L.P, the global media and financial company. He is the current Mayor of New York City.
Who are the richest black people in the world? Interestingly, most of the black billionaires do not come from the richest countries in the world. Most of them are based in Africa with only Oprah Winfrey from the United States. Below is a list of the richest black man and woman in the world.
Aliko Dangote - The Richest Black Person In The World.
1. Aliko Dangote, $20.8 billion
Aliko Dangote who hails from Nigeria is currently the richest black person on the planet. He is also Africa's richest man. Dangote is invovled in sugar, cement and flour indusitry.
2. Mohammed Al-Amoudi, $13.5 billion
Mohammed Al-Amoudi who is from Saudi Arabia is the second richest black person. Formerly the richest black person, he took the second spot after overtaken by Aliko Dangote. Al-Amoudi is the son of a Saudi father and Ethiopian mother. He has his hands on oil, hotels and also gold mines.
3 Folorunsho Alakija $7.3 Billion
Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian oil tycoon. She is now the richest black woman in the world having taken over Oprah Winfrey with an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion.
4. Mike Adenuga, $4.7 billion
Adenuga's Conoil Producing Limites is one of Nigeria's largest oil exporters. The tycoon also owns Globalcom which is the country's second largest mobile phone network. Adenuga initially made his fortune handling large construction contracts for Nigeria's military government in the 1980s.
5. Patrice Motsepe, $2.9 billion
Patrice Motsepe is South Africa's first black billionaire. He is also the country's only black billionaire. His company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has interests in nickel, chrome, iron, coal, copper, gold and other minerals.
6. Oprah Winfrey, $2.8 billion
Famous for her tv shows, Oprah is still the only African American billionaire. She is the founder of HARPO her entertainment company. Oprah is well known for her philanthropic work especially with girls in South Africa. She has spent about $100 million building the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
7. Isabel Dos Santos, $2 billion
Isabel Dos Santos is the daughter of Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos. She has stakes in several Angolan and Portuguese companies as well as a large stake amounting to $1 Billion in Unitel, an Angolan mobile phone company.
8. Mo Ibrahim, $1.1 billion
Mo Ibrahim is a British billionaire who was born in Sudan. The billionaire founded Celtel, a mobile phone ocmpanye and sold it in2005 for $3.4 Billion, pocketing $1.4 Billion. He now devotes his time to philanthropy and investing in Africa.
9. Michael Lee-Chin $1 Billion
Michael Lee Chin is a Jamaican-born Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Portland Holdings which owns companies that are involved in tourism, health care telecommunications, media and financial service.
10. Michael Jordan $650 million
Michael Jordan is a basketball legend and perhaps the greatest player in the history of the game. The basketball star has numerous lucrative endorsements. He is also the majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.