Who is the richest man in the world? This is the most searched question on the internet in the finance category. Right now the richest man in the world is Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft (MSFT) followed by Warren Buffet who is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B). Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom giant is in the third place.
Mark Zuckerberg the founder and CEO of Facebook is 13th on the World’s Billionaires list with a net worth of $35.5. You can go through Forbes list of World’s Billionaires. These people hold an aggregate wealth of $6.4 trillion. This is another academic question how only a few hundred people hold a large percentage of the global aggregate wealth.