The Top 10 Billionaires by Year Since 1987

YEAR 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 $131B $89B $112B $75B The World's Billionaires: Jeff Bezos and Family A Retrospective CONTINENT OF ORIGIN $81B $79.2B $73B $67B $78B $90B $96.5B Asia $62B $74B $69B North America - South America $53.5B The Top 10 Billionaires and Their Wealth Since the Creation of the Forbes List Bill Gates Europe $56B >Year when individual temporarily fell from top 10 $67B $72B $77.1B $60.8B $50B $72.8B + Year when individual re-entered top 10 $46.5B $538 $56B $61B $84B $60B $40B $82.5B $60B $58.7B $52.8B $52B $57B Warren Buffet $40.7B $46.6B $44B $42B $47B $50B $50B $37B $44B $64B $72.7B $71.3B $58B $90B $72B $76B $32.3B $35B $30.5B $42.9B $49B $53.5B Веrnard Arnault $51B $30B $35B $29B $41B $41B $25B $25B $16B $18.5B $23.8B $25.3B $36.4B $20B $22.6B $23.5B $22.9B $47B $45B Yoshiaki Tsutsumi $58.2B $64.5B $71B Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Bernard Arnault Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah $25B A $36B $25.6B $23B $28B $33B $43B $71B $64B $15B $14.6B $15B $13B « $9.2B $12.9B $18B $27.6B $48B $30.4B $26.8B $2.5B $28.7B $39.5B $37.5B $45.2B Taikichiro Mori $18B $18B Larry Ellison Karl Albrecht Carlos Slim Helu and Family Mars Family $9B Lakshmi Mittal Taikichiro Mori Ingvar Kamprad and Family King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud $28B $20.1B $23.8B Larry Ellison $21.5B $23.5B $54.3B $7.5B $13.5B $14B $10B $9B $10.7B $15.3B $23.2B $30B $48B $65B Shigeru Kobayashi Jeff Bezos and Family $9B $338 $26B $25.2B $32B $438 Carlos Slim Helu and Family Walton Family $22B $28B $31B $36B $70B $62.7B $7B $9B $13.1B « $17.7B $21B $22B $19.5B $25.6B Haruhiko Yoşhimoto $108 $7B $8.6B $23.7B $10B $8.5B $26.5B $34B Hans Rausing $9B $25B $23.5B Oeri, Hoffman, and Sacher Families $12.5B $12.6B $14.7B $21B $42.9B Amancio Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud $40B Ortega du Pont Family du Pont Family Steven Ballmer Mukesh Ambani Forrest Mars Sr. and Family Salim Ahmed $6.2B bin Mahfouz Sheldon Adelson « $9.6B $9B $6.9B $7.5B $8.2B $8.6B $12.7B $14.4B « $17B $20B $16.6B $428 $21.5B $27.5B $31B $30B Charles Koch $44.6B $59B $62.5B $8.7B $10.9B $20.8B Hans and Gad Rausing Erivan Haub Minoru and Akira Mori Paul Sacher Kenneth Thomson $26B Oeri, Hoffman, and Sacher Families $16.5B $67.1B Paul Reichmann and Brothers $6B $12.2B Theo and Karl Albrecht $40B $42.9B Queen Elizabeth II Bernard Arnault $6.4B Larry Ellison $9.2B $7.7B $7.9B $8.5B Haniel Family $7.4B Tsai Wan-lin and family $21.5B Anil Ambani $8B $10B > $14.1B $13.5B $20B $20B $16.5B $20B $23B $19.5B $30B Mark Kitaro Watanabe Zuckerberg $7B Hans and Gad S6B Rausing Samuel and Donald Newhouse $31B Bernard Arnault $7.8B $11.2B $20.7B Jay and Robert Pritzker Philip Anschutz Paul Allen Ingvar Kamprad $9B $7.1B $34B $43.6B $62.3B Samuel and Donald Newhouse $6.8B Paul Sacher and Hoffmann Family $38B $9B Kwok Brothers $12.3B $1.5B $20B $19.3B $41.7B $60B $16.5B $20B $18.8B $48.5B Mark Zuckerberg $5.6B $27B $27B $26B Yohachiro Iwaski Tsai Wan-lin $8.4B $6.8B $7.5B $6.5B $13.5B $21B $20B $24B $30B David Koch Sid and Lee Bass & Brothers Michael Dell Tsai Wan-lin Lee Shau-kee $12.3B $20.5B $7.4B Kenkichi Nakajima Kenneth Thomson Jim Walton Stefan Persson Sheldon Adelson $5.4B $8.9B $6.4B $6.5B Amancio Ortega $18.8B Eike Batista $31B $55.5B Haas Family - $12B $15.8B Kenneth Thomson $16.5B $20B K.P. Singh Sam Walton $7.5B $6.18 Bill Gates $7.3B Kenneth Thomson $25B $18.7B $18.5B « $19.6B $23B - $25.5B $36.7B $40.6B $48.5B $28B $40B $60B Michael Bloomberg $6.3B $8.4B Theo and Karl Albrecht S. Robson Walton $6.2B Shin Kyuk-ho $10.6B Theo Albrecht $26.5B $4B $6.2B Mars Family $13.3B Keizo Saji David Sainsbury and Family $20.5B Kenneth Thomson and Family John Walton $19.4B $30B $15B Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud $6.2B $5.8B $6B Chung Ju-yung Li Ka-shing $16.5B $20B Li Ka-shing $6.6B - $18.3B Christy Walton and Family $11.5B Oleg Deripaska $18.6B $18.4B Christy Walton and Family $6.2B Helen Walton Michael Bloomberg Eitaro Itoyama Kenneth Colin Irving 23.5B « $25.4B $6.9B Warren Buffet $9.28 $12.7B Masayoshi Son • $18.8B Liliane Bettencourt $58.5B $50.8B Larry Ellison Amancio Ortega $6B $6.6B KY $20.5B $34.7B $40.1B $6B $11.3B $19.1B $20B $22B + $27B $6.9B Li Ka-shing Karl Albrecht Carlos Slim Helu and Family Larry Page $6.2B $18.3B $39.6B $46.8B $5.4B $9B $18.5B $29B S. Robson Walton $11.7B David Thomson and Family Karl Albrecht Jim Walton Gerald Grosvenor Theo and Karl Albrecht Liliane Bettencourt $13.9B $16.1B Alice Walton Tied with Helen Walton $39.6B Liliane Bettencourt Kenneth Thomson YEAR 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Created by: Sources: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-top-10-richest-billionaires-by-year-since-1987/ forbes.com | money.cnn.com ! *archive.fortune.com | latimes.com | telegraph.co.uk I wikipedia.org | washingtonpost.com