Based on the survey conducted by the Wealth-X’s calculations, one of the most famous investor of the 20th century, American magnate and investor Warren Buffet got the top slot which he makes $37 million (around P1.64 billion) a day in the year 2013.
This year 2013, there are so many successful business man which qualified in the Wealth-X list, however Warren Buffet stood out for the reason that his net worth grew by $12.3 billion to $59.1 billion which made him to be declared as the number 1 on Wealth-X’s list of billionaires.
Warren Buffet is followed by the chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates who ranked second on the list, garnering $11.5 billion increase in his net worth to $72.6 billion as of end 2013.
However the third spot goes to the American casino mogul, Sheldon Adelson with the net worth of $11.4 billion which suddenly jumped to $35.4 billion.
Next to Sheldon Adelson, is the founder of Amazon.com known as Jeff Bezos with the total income of $11.3 billion increase in his net worth to $34.4 billion, followed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with 10.5 billion increase in his net worth to $19.1 billion.
Japanese Softbank founder Masayoshi Son, Google founder Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. founder Lui Che-Woo and prominent investor Carl Icahn were also joined on the top 10 of Wealth-X List 2013.
Wealth-X said in their official statement, “the individuals on the top 10 list collectively gained $101.8 billion in 2013, an average gain of $10.2 billion each,” and added “on average, the top 10 made $29 million per day in 2013, and increased their wealth by 41.6%.”