Forbes today released its annual rankings of the world’s richest, and there’s a familiar face back on top.
After a four-year hiatus, Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest with a net worth of $76 billion — up from $67 billion last year.
Gates ousted fellow multibillionaire Carlos Slim, who held the top spot for the past four years but saw his net worth fall to $72 billion in 2013. The Microsoft co-founder has been No. 1 on this list for 15 of the past 20 years.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos moved up one spot — to #18 — after seeing his fortune grow by $6.8 billion in 2013 to $32 billion. Other tech moguls to make the list include Oracle’s Larry Ellison (5th) and Google’s Larry Page (17th) and Sergey Brin (19th).
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, had the biggest growth ($15.2 billion) of any billionaire last year and pushed his net worth to $28.5 billion.
All in all, the 1,645 billionaires on the list combined for a total net worth of $6.4 trillion, up from $5.4 trillion last year. There were 172 women to make the list, up from 138 last year. The U.S. has the most billionaires, with 492, followed by China (152) and Russia (111).
Check out the full list and methodology here.
