The ranks of the world’s billionaires have yet again reached all-time highs, both in terms of the number of billionaires (1,426) and record net worth ($5.4 trillion). The United States still has more billionaires than any other country, but once again the world’s richest person comes from outside its borders.
1. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/yoshiaki-tsutsumi/
Net Worth: $20 billion
Country: Japan
At the time, Tsutsumi owned a lot of scarce land through his Seibu Railway Group which was founded by his father. He also inherited some money, giving him a head start. His property included over 30 hotels, 25 golf courses, ski resorts, and much more.
2. Taikichiro Mori http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/taikichiro-mori/
Net Worth: $15 billion
Country: Japan
Mori was dubbed “world’s richest economist” in 1987, becoming a professor of economics at Yokohama City University before taking over the family holdings and starting Mori Building. He quit the university in 1959 to found the company, building elaborate spaces throughout the 60’s and 70’s, and turned Mori Building into a real estate empire.
3. Shigeru Kobayashi http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/shigeru-kobayashi/
Net Worth: $7.5 billion
Country: Japan
Kobayashi discovered real estate after his shipbuilding company collapsed after the Korean War. He started the Shuwa Group which built “social buildings” that typically housed a photo or art gallery and a coffee shop on the ground floor and a host of restaurants, bars, cabarets, etc. above, sometimes packing as many as four to a floor.
4. Haruhiko Yoshimoto http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/haruhiko-yoshimoto/
Net Worth: $7 billion
Country: Japan
Yoshimoto inherited a plot of land from his family right near Osaka station in Japan, spanning 6,000 square meters. Living by his motto: “Save even one yen whenever you get a chance, and with it buy land”, Yoshimoto was able to acquire over 330,000 square meters of real estate in Osaka city and Hyogo prefecture by 1987. His stinginess was notable, as he was the only billionaire on the list to ask FORBES for an interview fee and had his employees take writing pads from bank counters to save money.
5. Salim Ahmed Bin Mahfouz http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/salim-ahmed-bin-mahfouz/
Net Worth: $6.2 billion
Country: Saudi Arabia
Bin Mahfouz, a money changer from Jidda, went to King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud in the early 1950s and asked permission to become a banker, as he believed “Saudi Arabia will never be fully independent unless we are independent economically.” Though the Koran bans charging interest on loans, he became the founder and majority owner of the country’s National Commerce Bank. At the time, NCB was the country’s biggest bank by far in terms of assets, and was one of the largest banks in the world owned by a partnership.
6. Hans and Gad Rausing http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/hans-and-gad-rausing/
Net Worth: $6 billion
Country: Sweden
The two sons of the inventor of the Tetra Pak. Hans was running the business as chairman, though he was semi-retired and a tax exile from Sweden, so he lived in England. His brother, Gad, was an archaeology professor at the University of Lund.
7. Paul, Albert, Ralph Reichmann (starting left, moving clockwise) http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/paul-albert-ralph-reichmann-starting-left-moving-clockwise/
Net Worth: $6 billion
Country: Canada
Hungarian-born refugees from Nazism, Samuel Reichmann and his six children fled to Moroco before moving to Canada in the 1950s. 30 years later, 3 of the children were certified billionaires. Paul ran the family’s original tile import business while his brothers ran a privately held real estate development firm entitled Olympia & York. The development firm started after they purchasd a few apartment buildings and an open lot in Toronto for $25 million from bankrupt developer William Zeckendorf.
8. Yohachiro Iwasaki http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/yohachiro-iwasaki/
Net Worth: $5.6 billion
Country: Japan
Iwasaki started his career as a poor apprentice to a liquor maker and retailer. After suggesting his employer “field purchase” ingredients used to make a Japanese firewater, he became known for his innovative techniques backed by extensive research and diligence. He realized that as Japan developed and expanded, railroads would need to be constructed, which meant railroad ties could provide a huge opportunity. He jumped into logging, made out with huge fortunes after the government extended railway tracks into China, and put his coin into real estate.
9. Kenneth Roy Thomson http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/kenneth-roy-thomson/
Net Worth: $5.4 billion
Country: Canada
Thomson’s father was a billionaire in his own right, having established a diversified international empire that included 60-75% of Canada’s three largest companies. Thomson himself expanded the empire, going in on an oil play in the North Sea, purchasing more newspapers and reducing the family firm’s leverage significantly.
10. Keizo Saji http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/keizo-saji/
Net Worth: $4 billion
Country: Japan
Saji became president of Suntory, originally founded by a wine shop merchant in search of better tasting beverage. Known for it’s marketing (particularly the first ad in Japan featuring a bare-shouldered woman) the company created Suntory Whiskey which flourished in the 1950s as Japan prospered and tried to Westernize different aspects of it’s culture. Saji took the company into the beer market , marketing a canned product in lieu of the conventional bottle, and put vending machines on almost every corner in Tokyo. He also tried to bring the firm into the biotech field. Him and his family owned the majority of the company shares.
The Richest People On The Planet 2013
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/
The ranks of the world’s billionaires have yet again reached all-time highs, both in terms of the number of billionaires (1,426) and record net worth ($5.4 trillion). The United States still has more billionaires than any other country, but once again the world’s richest person comes from outside its borders.
In 1987, it was:
1. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/yoshiaki-tsutsumi/
Net Worth: $20 billion
Country: Japan
At the time, Tsutsumi owned a lot of scarce land through his Seibu Railway Group which was founded by his father. He also inherited some money, giving him a head start. His property included over 30 hotels, 25 golf courses, ski resorts, and much more.
2. Taikichiro Mori
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/taikichiro-mori/
Net Worth: $15 billion
Country: Japan
Mori was dubbed “world’s richest economist” in 1987, becoming a professor of economics at Yokohama City University before taking over the family holdings and starting Mori Building. He quit the university in 1959 to found the company, building elaborate spaces throughout the 60’s and 70’s, and turned Mori Building into a real estate empire.
3. Shigeru Kobayashi
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/shigeru-kobayashi/
Net Worth: $7.5 billion
Country: Japan
Kobayashi discovered real estate after his shipbuilding company collapsed after the Korean War. He started the Shuwa Group which built “social buildings” that typically housed a photo or art gallery and a coffee shop on the ground floor and a host of restaurants, bars, cabarets, etc. above, sometimes packing as many as four to a floor.
4. Haruhiko Yoshimoto
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/haruhiko-yoshimoto/
Net Worth: $7 billion
Country: Japan
Yoshimoto inherited a plot of land from his family right near Osaka station in Japan, spanning 6,000 square meters. Living by his motto: “Save even one yen whenever you get a chance, and with it buy land”, Yoshimoto was able to acquire over 330,000 square meters of real estate in Osaka city and Hyogo prefecture by 1987. His stinginess was notable, as he was the only billionaire on the list to ask FORBES for an interview fee and had his employees take writing pads from bank counters to save money.
5. Salim Ahmed Bin Mahfouz
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/salim-ahmed-bin-mahfouz/
Net Worth: $6.2 billion
Country: Saudi Arabia
Bin Mahfouz, a money changer from Jidda, went to King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud in the early 1950s and asked permission to become a banker, as he believed “Saudi Arabia will never be fully independent unless we are independent economically.” Though the Koran bans charging interest on loans, he became the founder and majority owner of the country’s National Commerce Bank. At the time, NCB was the country’s biggest bank by far in terms of assets, and was one of the largest banks in the world owned by a partnership.
6. Hans and Gad Rausing
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/hans-and-gad-rausing/
Net Worth: $6 billion
Country: Sweden
The two sons of the inventor of the Tetra Pak. Hans was running the business as chairman, though he was semi-retired and a tax exile from Sweden, so he lived in England. His brother, Gad, was an archaeology professor at the University of Lund.
7. Paul, Albert, Ralph Reichmann (starting left, moving clockwise)
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/paul-albert-ralph-reichmann-starting-left-moving-clockwise/
Net Worth: $6 billion
Country: Canada
Hungarian-born refugees from Nazism, Samuel Reichmann and his six children fled to Moroco before moving to Canada in the 1950s. 30 years later, 3 of the children were certified billionaires. Paul ran the family’s original tile import business while his brothers ran a privately held real estate development firm entitled Olympia & York. The development firm started after they purchasd a few apartment buildings and an open lot in Toronto for $25 million from bankrupt developer William Zeckendorf.
8. Yohachiro Iwasaki
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/yohachiro-iwasaki/
Net Worth: $5.6 billion
Country: Japan
Iwasaki started his career as a poor apprentice to a liquor maker and retailer. After suggesting his employer “field purchase” ingredients used to make a Japanese firewater, he became known for his innovative techniques backed by extensive research and diligence. He realized that as Japan developed and expanded, railroads would need to be constructed, which meant railroad ties could provide a huge opportunity. He jumped into logging, made out with huge fortunes after the government extended railway tracks into China, and put his coin into real estate.
9. Kenneth Roy Thomson
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/kenneth-roy-thomson/
Net Worth: $5.4 billion
Country: Canada
Thomson’s father was a billionaire in his own right, having established a diversified international empire that included 60-75% of Canada’s three largest companies. Thomson himself expanded the empire, going in on an oil play in the North Sea, purchasing more newspapers and reducing the family firm’s leverage significantly.
10. Keizo Saji
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emei45fdi/keizo-saji/
Net Worth: $4 billion
Country: Japan
Saji became president of Suntory, originally founded by a wine shop merchant in search of better tasting beverage. Known for it’s marketing (particularly the first ad in Japan featuring a bare-shouldered woman) the company created Suntory Whiskey which flourished in the 1950s as Japan prospered and tried to Westernize different aspects of it’s culture. Saji took the company into the beer market , marketing a canned product in lieu of the conventional bottle, and put vending machines on almost every corner in Tokyo. He also tried to bring the firm into the biotech field. Him and his family owned the majority of the company shares.
歴代の世界一の億万長者 - 金額は billion (10億) ドル
1987年 堤義明 20.0 日本
1988年 堤義明 18.9 日本
1989年 堤義明 15.0 日本
1990年 堤義明 16.0 日本
1991年 森泰吉郎 15.0 日本
1992年 森泰吉郎 13.0 日本
1993年 堤義明 9.0 日本
1994年 堤義明 8.5 日本
1995年 ビル・ゲイツ 12.9 アメリカ合衆国
1996年 ビル・ゲイツ 18.0 アメリカ合衆国
1997年 ビル・ゲイツ 36.4 アメリカ合衆国
1998年 ビル・ゲイツ 51.0 アメリカ合衆国
1999年 ビル・ゲイツ 90.0 アメリカ合衆国
2000年 ビル・ゲイツ 60.0 アメリカ合衆国
2001年 ビル・ゲイツ 58.7 アメリカ合衆国
2002年 ビル・ゲイツ 52.8 アメリカ合衆国
2003年 ビル・ゲイツ 40.7 アメリカ合衆国
2004年 ビル・ゲイツ 46.0 アメリカ合衆国
2005年 ビル・ゲイツ 50.0 アメリカ合衆国
2006年 ビル・ゲイツ 50.0 アメリカ合衆国
2007年 ビル・ゲイツ 56.0 アメリカ合衆国
2008年 ウォーレン・バフェット 62.0 アメリカ合衆国
2009年 ビル・ゲイツ 40.0 アメリカ合衆国
2010年 カルロス・スリム・ヘル 53.5 メキシコ
2011年 カルロス・スリム・ヘル 74.0 メキシコ
2012年 カルロス・スリム・ヘル 69.0 メキシコ
2013年 カルロス・スリム・ヘル 73.0 メキシコ