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10. LARRY ELLISON
8 (TIE). 8 (TIE). $58.5 billion 
U.S.
6. AMANCIO ORTEGA CHARLES KOCH DAVID KOCH even as oracle faces competition from
$70 billion  $60 billion  $60 billion  Salesforce and amazon in the cloud
Spain U.S. U.S.
most of his fortune is tied up in in november his $100 the Koch industries market, its stock has risen 13%. ellison, who
owns about a quarter of the company, is
inditex, best known for fashion 7. CARLOS SLIM HELU billion (sales) Koch in- executive vice presi- $6.3 billion richer.
chain Zara. its shares have $67.1 billion  dustries launched Koch dent and his brother
MExico
sagged, helping knock $1.3 billion Slim is worth $12.6 billion more Disruptive technologies, Charles made news in
off his net worth. than a year ago, due mostly to a venture-capital arm november when their
investment arm put
a 39% jump in the stock of his run by his son Chase; $650 million toward
it has already led a
telecom firm, américa móvil.
$150 million investment meredith Corp.’s $2.8
in an israeli medical- billion purchase of
device startup. struggling magazine
publisher time inc.
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20. JACK MA
16. ALICE WALTON
$46 billion  18. FRANÇOISE $39 billion 
china
U.S. 17. MA HUATENG
Sam Walton’s only daughter $45.3 billion  BETTENCOURT MEYERS 19. MUKESH AMBANI ma took e-commerce behe-
has no role in the family china $42.2 billion ★ $40.1 billion  moth alibaba to new heights
FrancE
india
business but still holds plenty ma is asia’s wealthiest person her mother, l’oréal heiress liliane the indian tycoon is back in the in 2017, inking its first olym-
of Walmart shares, making for the first time, thanks in bettencourt, died in September pic sponsorship and scoring
her the richest woman in the part to his firm tencent’s 2017; bettencourt meyers and her top 20 for the first time since a streaming agreement with illuStration by miChael Witte
world. WeChat, a ubiquitous social- family inherited the fortune. 2012 (see story, page 52). Disney. alibaba’s shares
messaging app with nearly have increased 76% since
1 billion active users. tencent last year, boosting him into
also has stakes in tesla, Snap- the top 20 for the first time.
chat parent Snap and music-
streaming service Spotify.
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