Four ethnic Armenian businessmen appear in Forbes World’s Billionaire List
02.03.2016,
15:39
Four ethnic Armenian businessman have been placed in Forbes World's Billionaire's List for this year. The list includes 1,810 individuals with the total net worth of $6.48 trillion.
YEREVAN March 2. /ARKA/. Four ethnic Armenian businessman have been placed in Forbes World's Billionaire's List for this year. The list includes 1,810 individuals with the total net worth of $6.48 trillion.
The list saw 221 individuals drop out due to their net worth plunging below the $1 billion threshold, but there were also 198 newcomers. The total net worth of the people on the list, however, was lower compared to $7.05 trillion last year.
The four ethnic Armenian billionaires are Sergey Galitsky (Harutyunyan), the owner of Magnet network of shops and the Russian football club Krasnodar. He is on the 219th position with 5.7 billion US dollars. Samvel Karapetyan, the owner of Tashir group of companies is on the 549th position with 3.1 billion US dollars.
An Argentinean-Armenian billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is on the 810th place with 2.2 billion US Dollars. The head of Russian insurance company Rosgosstrakh Daniel Khacaturov with 1.4 billion US Dollars is on the 1,275th position.
With a net worth of $75 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates remained the richest person in the world for the third year in a row. While his net worth dipped from the $79.2 billion posted last year, Gates remained on top of the annual list, which he has been included in for 17 of the previous 22 years.
Following Gates in the list are Amancio Ortega, with a net worth of $67 billion amassed from his fashion chain Zara; investor and business magnate Warren Buffett, with a net worth of $60.8 billion; Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of $50 billion from telecommunications and; and Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $45.2 billion. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg climbed to the sixth spot, with a net worth of $44.6 billion. -0-
The list saw 221 individuals drop out due to their net worth plunging below the $1 billion threshold, but there were also 198 newcomers. The total net worth of the people on the list, however, was lower compared to $7.05 trillion last year.
The four ethnic Armenian billionaires are Sergey Galitsky (Harutyunyan), the owner of Magnet network of shops and the Russian football club Krasnodar. He is on the 219th position with 5.7 billion US dollars. Samvel Karapetyan, the owner of Tashir group of companies is on the 549th position with 3.1 billion US dollars.
An Argentinean-Armenian billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is on the 810th place with 2.2 billion US Dollars. The head of Russian insurance company Rosgosstrakh Daniel Khacaturov with 1.4 billion US Dollars is on the 1,275th position.
With a net worth of $75 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates remained the richest person in the world for the third year in a row. While his net worth dipped from the $79.2 billion posted last year, Gates remained on top of the annual list, which he has been included in for 17 of the previous 22 years.
Following Gates in the list are Amancio Ortega, with a net worth of $67 billion amassed from his fashion chain Zara; investor and business magnate Warren Buffett, with a net worth of $60.8 billion; Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of $50 billion from telecommunications and; and Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $45.2 billion. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg climbed to the sixth spot, with a net worth of $44.6 billion. -0-
