1. Larry Ellison – Net worth: 51.5 Billion
2. Charles Koch – Net worth: $41.9 Billion
This 78 year old billionaire is the chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, a post he has held since 1967. With sales of $115 billion, Koch Industries is the second largest private company in the US. He and his brother David own 84 percent of the company.
.3. Jim Walton – Net worth: $35.3 Billion
4. Mark Zuckerberg – Net Worth: $33.8 Billion
This 30 year old self made billionaire is the chairman, CEO and co-founder of the immensely popular social networking website Facebook.
5. Bernard Arnault – Net Worth: $32.7 Billion
This 65 year old billionaire is the chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a post he has held since 1989. He is considered one of the world’s ultimate taste-makers.
6. Sheldon Adelson – Net Worth: $31.7 Billion
This 81 year old billionaire is the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, an American casino and resort operating company based in Paradise, Nevada, US. His shares in Las Vegas Sands are worth more than all other US casino companies combined.
7.Larry Page – Net Worth: $31.7 Billion
Larry Page is the CEO of the technology behemoth Google, whose stock continues to trade at record highs, up about 50 percent year-over-year as of mid-February 2014.
8. Jeff Bezos – Net Worth: $31.5 Billion
This 50 year old self made billionaire is the CEO of online retailing giant Amazon.com. In October he bought the Washington Post for $250 million. Jeff Bezos founded online book store Amazon in 1995. Today Amazon sells anything to anyone.
9. Aliko Dangote – Net Worth: $24.4 Billion
This 57 year old billionaire is the CEO of Dangote Group, which is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa. He is the richest man in Africa.
10. Harold Hamm – Net Worth: $20.6 Billion
This 68 year old self made billionaire is the chairman and CEO of the oil company Continental Resources. He owns around 70 percent of the company.
11. Michael Dell – Net Worth: $19.1 Billion
This 49 year old self made billionaire is the chairman and CEO of Dell. He took his namesake company private in a $24.9 billion deal in October 2013. Today he has unquestioned control of the company, which he founded 30 years ago in a University of Texas dorm room.
12. Masayoshi Son – Net worth: 19.7 Billion
This 57 year old billionaire is the founder and CEO of Asia’s leading internet venture Softbank. In October, his company picked up stakes in US mobile phone distributor Brightstar and Finnish game-maker Supercell.
13. Robin Li – Net Worth: $16.6 Billion
This 45 year old self made billionaire is the founder of CEO of NASDAQ-listed Baidu, China’s number one online search company. In August, Baidu bought app store 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion. Robin Li founded Baidu in 2000.
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