Richest CEOs in the World 2015

1. Larry Ellison – Net worth: 51.5 Billion

This 70 year old billionaire is the CEO of Oracle. He is also one of the company’s co-founders. On July 2 2009, for the fourth year in a row, Oracle’s board awarded 7 million stock options. Under his leadership, the company acquired Sun Microsystems

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

This 66 year old billionaire is the chairman and CEO of Walton family’s Arvest Bank Group, Inc. The bank is worth approximately $1.8 billion. Its net profit was around $100 million in 2012.

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.