# The richest people in the world in 2018 (Forbes)

The top 10 of Forbes' World's Billionaires list for 2018, published in the spring, with each person's net worth at the time and the source of their fortune.

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- Oct 29, 2018 · marcus_savepoint
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## Top 10

1. **Jeff Bezos** (77 · ▲82 ▼5) — $112 billion. Amazon; aged 54.
2. **Bernard Arnault** (51 · ▲53 ▼2) — $72 billion. LVMH; aged 69.
3. **Warren Buffett** (47 · ▲54 ▼7) — $84 billion. Berkshire Hathaway; aged 87.
4. **Bill Gates** (45 · ▲53 ▼8) — $90 billion. Microsoft; aged 62.
5. **Mark Zuckerberg** (39 · ▲43 ▼4) — $71 billion. Facebook; aged 33.
6. **Amancio Ortega** (33 · ▲41 ▼8) — $70 billion. Inditex (Zara); aged 81.
7. **Carlos Slim** (30 · ▲37 ▼7) — $67.1 billion. América Móvil, Grupo Carso; aged 78.
8. **Charles Koch** (29 · ▲35 ▼6) — $60 billion. Koch Industries; aged 82.
9. **Larry Ellison** (21 · ▲26 ▼5) — $58.5 billion. Oracle; aged 73.
10. **David Koch** (20 · ▲29 ▼9) — $60 billion. Koch Industries; aged 77.
11. **Sergey Brin** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — Google co-founder, in the 2018 Forbes top 15.
12. **Larry Page** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Google co-founder, in the 2018 Forbes top 15.
13. **Ma Huateng** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — Founder of Tencent, the richest person in China in the 2018 Forbes list.
14. **Alice Walton** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Walmart heiress and founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum, in the 2018 Forbes top 20.
15. **Jim Walton** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Walmart heir, in the 2018 Forbes top 20.
16. **S. Robson Walton** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Walmart heir and former chairman, in the 2018 Forbes top 20.
17. **Françoise Bettencourt Meyers** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — L'Oréal heiress, the richest woman in the world in 2018.
18. **Michael Bloomberg** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Founder of Bloomberg L.P., just outside the 2018 Forbes top 10.

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