All figures in U.S. dollars
By Amber Daugherty
Canadian media mogul David Thomson made the top 25 in Forbes’ rich list for 2013. His net worth of $20.3 billion is just below Google’s Sergey Brin ($22.8B), Wal-Mart’s Alice Walton ($26.3B) and H&M’s Stefan Persson ($28B).
The full list was released Monday. The top 25 are listed below.
1. Carlos Slim Helu
Net Worth: $73B
Country of Citizenship: Mexico
How they made their money: telecom
2. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $67B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Microsoft
3. Amancio Oretega
Net Worth: $57B
Country of Citizenship: Spain
How they made their money: Zara
4. Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $53.5B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Berkshire Hathaway
5. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $43B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Oracle
6. David Koch
Net Worth: $34B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: diversified
7. Charles Koch
Net Worth: $34B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: diversified
8. Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $31B
Country of Citizenship: Hong Kong
How they made their money: diversified
9. Liliane Bettencourt & family
Net Worth: $30B
Country of Citizenship: France
How they made their money: L’Oreal
10. Bernard Arnault & family
Net Worth: $29B
Country of Citizenship: France
How they made their money: LVMH
11. Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $28.2
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Wal-Mart
12. Stefan Persson
Net Worth: $28B
Country of Citizenship: Sweden
How they made their money: H&M
13. Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $27B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Bloomberg LP
14. Jim Walton
Net Worth: $26.7B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Walton
15. Sheldon Adelson
Net Worth: $26.5B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: casinos
16. Alice Walton
Net Worth: $26.3B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Wal-Mart
17. S.Robson Walton
Net Worth: $26.1B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Wal-Mart
18. Karl Albrect
Net Worth: $26B
Country of Citizenship: Germany
How they made their money: Aldi
19. Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $25.2B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Amazon.com
20. Larry Page
Net Worth: $23B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Google
21. Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $22.8B
Country of Citizenship: United States
How they made their money: Google
22. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $21.5B
Country of Citizenship: India
How they made their money: petrochemicals, oil & gas
23. Michele Ferrero & family
Net Worth: $20.4B
Country of Citizenship: Italy
How they made their money: chocolates
24. Lee Shau Kee
Net Worth: $20.3B
Country of Citizenship: Hong Kong
How they made their money: diversified
25. David Thomson & family
Net Worth: $20.3B
Country of Citizenship: Canada
How they made their money: media