Microsoft founder¹ Bill Gates again tops Forbes' list of the world's richest people, in a year when the number of billionaires rose 13% to 2,043.

 

微软创始人比尔·盖茨再次登顶《福布斯》全球富豪榜，今年上榜的亿万富翁人数为2043人，增幅13%。

 

According to the magazine's annual rich list, Mr Gates' fortune rose to $86bn, from $75bn, followed by investor² Warren Buffett, up $14.8bn to $75.6bn.

 

It was bad news for US President Donald Trump³, who slipped 220 spots to 544 and must now rub along on just $3.5bn.

 

There were 183 tech billionaires on the Forbes list, with a combined $1tn in wealth. The list is dominated by US billionaires.

 

Others in the top 10 included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who moved up to number three with the biggest gain of any person on the planet, a $27.6bn rise in his fortune of $72.8bn.

 

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was number five and Oracle⁴ co-founder Larry Ellison was number seven.

 

The global population of billionaires, now put at a record 2,043, marks the biggest annual increase in the 31 years since the magazine began compiling the list.

 

The number of US billionaires on the list was 565, which Forbes attributed to the recent stock market surge since Mr Trump's November 2016 election.

 

China was second with 319 billionaires, and Germany was third with 114.

 

The number of women on the list rose to 227 from 202, giving them a collective net worth of $852.8bn. For the second year running France's Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oreal cosmetics⁵ heiress, was the world's wealthiest woman with a $39.5bn net worth.

 

Bill Gates has topped the Forbes list for 18 of the past 23 years.

 

There were 195 newcomers on the list, dominated by billionaires from the Chinese mainland.

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