Bloomberg Ranks the World's Billionaires

Does money make the world go ’round? While some may equate wealth with level of success, some of the globe’s richest can hail from the most frugal of beginnings to having had access to the right connections and resources whether it be from family affluence, great timing, or even sheer luck.

From paper chasers to inheritance-bred socialites and self-made powerhouses, Bloomberg has created an extensive database profiling the 200 wealthiest billionaires of the world, detailing assets, possessions, net worth, and a summarized biography for each person. Users can browse through the rankings based on wealth, industry, citizenship, gender and age categories.

Explore the international billionaire list in full over at Bloomberg, and view the top 10 wealthiest people, who are all self-made men, in the world below. With a $38.5 billion USD inheritance, Liliane Betencourt, the world’s richest woman and part owner of L’Oréal, just misses the top 10 list and currently sits at #11.

The top 10 richest people in the world (net worth marked in USD):

1. Bill Gates (Co-founder of Microsoft): $85.9B
2. Amancio Ortega (Major owner of Inditex): $75.8B
3. Warren Buffett (Chairman & largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway): $68.2B
4. Jeff Bezos (Chairman & largest shareholder of Amazon): $63.1B
5. Charles Koch: Chairman & CEO of Koch Industries: $55.2B
6. David Koch (Executive vice president of Koch Industries: $55.2B
7. Carlos Slim (Chairman & CEO of America Movil, Telmex, Samsung Mexico): $51.4B
8. Mark Zuckerberg (Co-founder & CEO of Facebook): $49.7B
9. Larry Ellison (Founder & largest shareholder of Oracle): $43.4B
10. Ingvar Kamprad (Founder of IKEA): $42.5B