The world's super rich

The mutual wealth of the 300 richest people in the world increased last year to 524 billion dollars to 3.7 trillion dollars. This shows yesterday published rating agency business news Bloomberg, quoted by BTA . Assessment Agency experts most lucrative were branches of the economy related to high technology. According to the ranking of the 300 people on the list , only 70 have suffered financial losses during the year.

The richest man in the world is again Chair of the Board of Directors of the company Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, has increased its capital by 15.8 billion dollars to 78.5 billion dollars. Second on the list is Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim , who owns more than 73 billion dollars. For him, the past year has not been particularly successful - he suffered a loss of 1.4 billion dollars. Third place in the rating is the richest man in Spain , the founder of Inditex empire trade Amansio Ortega , whose fortune is estimated at 66.4 billion dollars. Ortega was able to work nearly $ 9 billion last year.

Russian billionaires most successful was last year for the co-owner of the retail chain Magnet Sergei Halytsian . He got rich by 5.3 billion dollars, and the state is estimated at 13.8 billion dollars. The richest Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov remain the capital of one year increased by $ 1.3 billion to almost $ 20 billion .