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LeaderBoard 5. MARK ZUCKERBERG

billionaires 3. WARREN BUFFETT $71 billion 
U.S.
$84 billion 
2. BILL GATES U.S. Facebook’s Ceo faces pressure
$90 billion  in January the octogenarian 4. BERNARD ARNAULT over his social-media giant’s role
U.S.
1. JEFF BEZOS Cedes the top spot for only promoted two berkshire hatha- $72 billion  in russia’s election meddling. Still,
$112 billion  way executives to vice chairman FrancE the company’s shares rose 32% in
U.S. the sixth time since 1995. the roles—a step toward a much- record results at his luxury the past year, adding $15 billion to
microsoft cofounder’s net empire lVmh and a deal to buy
(See previous page.) anticipated succession plan. his net worth.
worth rose $4 billion in the buffett, who says he’s in “remark- out nearly all of Christian Dior
past year, but that was no helped boost arnault’s fortune by
match for bezos’ epic increase. ably good health,” continues to $30.5 billion.
run berkshire, whose stock is up
16% since last year.
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11. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
$50 billion 
U.S.
new york City’s former mayor continues
to run his financial-information and
media firm, bloomberg lp. a gun-control
organization he backs, meanwhile, is
forming a new initiative geared toward
students in the wake of the school shoot-
ing in parkland, Florida. 15. S. ROBSON WALTON
13. SERGEY BRIN $46.2 billion 
$47.5 billion  U.S.
U.S. Sam Walton’s oldest son was
12. LARRY PAGE page’s partner as google’s Walmart’s chairman for 23 years.
$48.8 billion  cofounder is america’s richest 14. JIM WALTON he’s now one of three family
U.S. $46.4 billion  members still involved in the
the google cofounder, now immigrant. now alphabet’s presi- U.S.
Ceo of its parent, alphabet, has dent, brin is reportedly spending the youngest son of Walmart company; he and Steuart Walton,
the son of Jim Walton, sit on
reportedly been in talks with over $100 million on the world’s founder Sam Walton sat on
Saudi arabia to build a technol- largest airship for both personal the company’s board until 2016. its board. his son-in-law gregory
penner is chairman.
ogy hub inside the kingdom. luxury travel and delivering aid to he runs the family’s regional
page’s fortune grew $8.1 billion remote locations. bank, arvest.
over the past year.
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