{"id":2746,"date":"2020-01-04T13:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T13:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/finance\/2020\/01\/04\/worlds-richest-people-at-2019-end-amazons-jeff-bezos-retains-prime-spot-check-top-gainers\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T13:39:17","slug":"worlds-richest-people-at-2019-end-amazons-jeff-bezos-retains-prime-spot-check-top-gainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2020\/01\/04\/worlds-richest-people-at-2019-end-amazons-jeff-bezos-retains-prime-spot-check-top-gainers\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s richest people at 2019 end: Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos retains prime spot; check top gainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden size-full wp-image-1773088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1773088\" src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/11\/jeff-bezos-1-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><\/noscript><span class=\"article-caption\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Bezos, along with Bill Gates and French fashion mogul Bernard Arnault, is in the world\u2019s elitist club with wealth breaching 0 billion mark each.\u00a0<\/span>Image: Reuters<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/tag\/amazon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a> founder Jeff Bezos retained the top spot as the world\u2019s richest person towards the end of 2019 with a total of\u00a0 $115 billion. Following him was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/tag\/microsoft\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> founder Bill Gates with a fortune soaring to $113 billion and French fashion mogul Bernard Arnault with a net worth of $105 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The top 500 richest in the world also added <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1.2 trillion to their overall net worth, which is one-fourth more than their previous total net worth. The wealth of 500 richest people in the world now stands at $5.9 trillion, according to Bloomberg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/industry\/french-luxury-brand-lv-to-shut-hong-kong-store-as-protests-eat-profits\/1812693\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>French luxury brand LV to shut Hong Kong store as protests eat\u00a0profits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook fame Mark Zuckerberg, philanthropist Bill Gates, and LVMH chief Bernard Arnault were among the top gainers of the year with Bernard Arnault even making it to the centi-billlionaire club, becoming the third person in the world to achieve that feat. He, along with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is in the world\u2019s elitist club with wealth breaching $100 billion mark each. French magnate Bernard Arnault saw his wealth soar by $36.5 billion in 2019. On the other hand, Mark Zuckerberg, whose wealth jumped by $27.3 billion also made a tremendous leap in increasing his wealth and got richer by $22.7 billion than he was at the start of 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight out of ten richest people in the world belong to America, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The richest in India<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five richest people in India include <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/reliance-industries-ltd-stock-price\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RIL<\/a> chairman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/tag\/mukesh-ambani\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mukesh Ambani<\/a>, industrialist and philanthropist Shiv Nadar, banker Uday Kotak, Adani group\u2019s founder Gautam Adani, and stock market broker Radhakishan Damani, according to Forbes\u2019 Real Time Billionaires\u2019 List. With a wealth of $59 billion, Mukesh Ambani is also the richest person in Asia but ranks 13th on the global\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"common-bottom-text\">\n<p>Get live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stock Prices<\/a> from BSE and NSE and latest NAV, portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mutual Funds<\/a>, calculate your tax by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/income-tax-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Income Tax Calculator<\/a>, know market\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-gainers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Gainers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-losers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Losers<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/equity-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Equity Funds<\/a>. 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