Top 10 Richest People In The World

Top 10 Richest People In The World

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Here is the list of the richest people in the world, 2013 by Forbes.

1. Carlos Slim Helú

Net Worth: $73 billion

This is the fourth year; Carlos Slim Helú has been entitled with the ‘Richest Man’ title.

Carlos is a Mexican business tycoon. Born in January 28, 1940, Carlos was taught business basics by his father. At the age of 17, he started working for his father’s company and was earning 200 pesos a week.

Today, Carlos is the telecom giant of Mexico and also owns a remarkable number of companies. Some of his conglomerate companies are Grupo Carso, SA de CV, etc. His América Móvil was the largest mobile-phone carrier in 2010. He is the Chairman and CEO of Telmex and América Móvil.

 2. Bill Gates

Net Worth: $67 billion

Bill Gates is the most active name in the ‘Richest People’ list. Even after giving away a considerable amount to ‘Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’, he is standing tall in the second rank of this list.

His name needs no introduction. He topped this list constantly from 1995 to 2009. It was only in 2008 that he was ranked as third.

He is the current Chairman of Microsoft and he donates a major portion of his wealth to his charitable trust, ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’.

3. Amancio Ortega

Net Worth: $ 57 billion

In 2012, Ortega’s net worth was $37.5 billion and this year, he made it to $57 billion and is ranked as the third richest person in the world.

He founded Zara in 1975 and wanted to name it as ‘Zorba’. Zara stores have brands like Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Zara Home, Kiddy's Class, Tempe, Stradivarius, Pull and Bear, Bershka.

He is the most low profile billionaire in this list. He prefers hi company’s canteen for coffee and lunch. Most of the times, he is found without a tie and in the simplest dress code.

4. Warren Buffet

Net Worth: $53 billion

Warren Buffet is better known as the king of the stock market and the most remarkable investor of the twentieth century. He is the Chairman and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. With a net worth of $53 billion, Buffet comes fourth in this list.

Buffet started his business carrier by selling chewing gums, Coca-Cola and newspapers. He entered into stock market at the age of 11 and when he was 15, he and one of his friends owned several pinball machines in different barber shops.

5. Larry Ellison

Net Worth: $43 billion

The founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison has been placed in the fifth position in this list. His net worth is $43 billion.

Ellison is also making his mark into real estates. He had recently bought a major portion of Hawaiian island. From October 2012 to January, he invested $55 million in real estates.

He is the current CEO of Oracle and holds more than 20 percent shares of Oracle.

6. Charles Koch

Net Worth: $34 billion

Charles Koch, the co-owner and the CEO of Koch Industries is the sixth richest man in the world. Forbes estimated his wealth to be $34 billion in this year.  In 2011, his net worth was $25 billion.

He and his brother got the business from their father. During those days, Koch Industries was mainly into oil refining. Later, they extended their business to fields like  commodity trading and services, consumer products, Lycra fiber, Dixie paper products, process and pollution control equipments and technologies, etc

7. David Koch

Net Worth: $ 34 billion

Just after his elder brother, David Koch holds the seventh position of the rich list with a net worth of $34 billion. In 2012, David Koch was the fourth richest person in America.

He is the co-owner and the Executive Vice President of the Koch Industries. He is a political activist, chemical engineer and also a great supporter of arts. He made a donation of $100 million for the renovation of the ‘New York State Theater’ at Lincoln Center.

8. Li Ka-Shing

Net Worth: $31 billion

Li Ka-Shing is the richest man in Asia and the proud Chairman of the Hutchison Whampoa  (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings. He is the most powerful man in Asia and is also known as the ‘Superman’ in Honk Kong.

Born in China (13 June 1928), Li left school at the age of 15 and started working for a plastic trading company. He started his own company in 1950 which got listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.

9. Liliane Bettencourt

Net Worth: $30 billion

Liliane Bettencourt is the only woman in the list of ten richest people in the world. With a net worth of $30 billion, she has become the richest women in the world.

L'Oreal, founded by her father is the reason behind their family wealth. She and her other family members holds more than 30 percent of the company’s shares.

She is now 90 and is placed in the ninth rank of Forbes’ list of rich people, 2013.

10. Bernard Arnault

Net Worth: $29 billion

Bernard was the fourth richest person in this list in 2012. This year, his ownership issue and several other issues have forced him down to the tenth place. His net worth is estimated to be $29 billion.

After completing his graduation, Bernard joined his family’s construction business. In 1976, the family converted its construction business and started focusing in real estates. He became the CEO of the company in 1977.

LMVH was formed in 1987 and finding opportunities, Bernard became the holder of more than 25 percent of its shares

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Top 10 Abandoned Places In The World

Abandoned Places: 10 Beautiful Modern Ruins

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Abandoned Places | We humans are explorers by nature.  The quest for discovery, both old and new, is part of what separates us from rest of the animal kingdom.  Since the world we live in has been largely mapped and plotted, we urban adventurers turn our sights toward the relics of old and the ruins of the recent past.  If you find beauty in urban decay, in the crumbling and abandoned places of yesteryear, you’ll want to read on.  Here are 10 of the most amazing, beautiful and creepy abandoned places in the modern world.

Abandoned Submarine Base, Ukraine

In a bay on the northern shores of the Black Sea, the Soviet army maintained an elaborate submarine base throughout much of the Cold War.  Now a museum, this abandoned submarine base in the town of Balaklava, Ukraine is often explored by locals and tourists alike.  During the war, Soviet submarines were constructed elsewhere, transported to this base by rail, then deployed into the Black Sea and beyond for covert underwater operations.  The tunnels of the submarine base reached far and deep into the mountain above, providing enough room for many submarines and their crew up through the end of the Cold War. [images via russos]

Abandoned Submarine Base Gallery

  

  

The Ruins of Detroit by Marchand and Meffre

In the United States, few cities have felt the burn of urban decay more than Detroit.  To capture its slow fade into history, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre explored some of Detroit’s dying landmarks for their photo series The Ruins of Detroit.  As the industrial revolution came to a close and race riots crippled a once bustling city, many buildings throughout Detroit fell into disrepair and eventual abandonment.  Today, visitors to Detroit can experience two sides of the city– the revitalized, re-invested downtown area, and the high-rises and industrial complexes which crumble around it.

Ruins of Detroit Gallery

  

  

Beelitz Military Hospital, Berlin

It is rare that a ruin like this should decay so gracefully and without the marks of vandalism.  The Beelitz Military Hospital in Berlin is in great condition for a ruin, perhaps for the history it represents.  In 1916, a young Lance Corporal in the German army recuperated here after taking a bullet in the Battle of the Somme during the First World War.  That injured soldier was none other than Adolph Hitler.  Walking these empty halls and cavernous rooms may not recall memories of that fearsome dictator, but a calm and unobstructed view into Germany’s often difficult history.

Beelitz Military Hospital Gallery

  

  

City Hall Subway Station, NYC

Under the busy streets of New York City rests a perfectly preserved monument to that city’s transportation history.  The City Hall Subway Station was first constructed over 100 years ago, a part of New York’s earliest underground transport network.  It was shut down in 1945, where it lay dormant and untouched until a one night public exhibition on the station’s centennial.  NYCSubway.org and photographer Fred Guenther have documented this event with a great collection of photos, showing this amazing abandoned place in all its pristine, untouched glory.

City Hall Subway Station Gallery

  

  

Ryugyung Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

The Ryugyung Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is one of the 20th century’s greatest architectural failures.  Initially designed as a beacon of progress and power for this misunderstood peninsula nation, the Ryugyung Hotel was unable to sustain construction when the North Korean government simply ran out of money.  Ground was broken in 1987, construction was halted in 1992, and the pyramid-style spire sat dormant and empty for sixteen years.  Not a window or an interior fixture graced this skeleton of concrete and metal, it stood only as a reminder what could-have-been for Pyongyang, but instead resulted in failure.  Fortunately, the Ryugyung hotel may not be abandoned much longer, as construction resumed in 2008 and the building now has windows and a nearly-completed exterior.  Due to the secrecy of the North Korean government, however, it is hard to say if the updates are merely cosmetic or reach further inside this lonely building.

Ryugyung Hotel Gallery

  

Pripyat, Ukraine – Chernobyl Ground Zero

It’s difficult to find a greater metaphor for the rise and fall of the Soviet Union than Pripyat, Ukraine.  In a span of sixteen years, the population of Pripyat grew from zero to 50,000 and back down to zero, following the greatest nuclear power disaster in human history.  Pripyat was billed as an atomic city, built  into the forests south of Kiev in 1970 to house the families of workers at the Chernobyl nuclear facility.  After the the Chernobyl failure, the city was abandoned, where it lays empty and closely guarded by police.  The only heartbeat remaining in the city of Pripyat is the rustly click measured by visiting Geiger counters. (if you’d like to see more beyond the gallery below, there are plenty of compelling images on flickr, especially those by Pedro Moura Pinheiro)

Pripyat, Ukraine Gallery

  

  

Abandoned Beach Resort City, Varosha, Cyprus

Decades ago, Varosha (Famagusta) on the island of Cyprus was the top resort destination in the eastern Mediterranean.  In 1974, the Turkish intervention in Cyprus brought the area under Turkish control, where it remains off limits to modern Cypriots.  While the seaside resort buildings remain mostly in tact, the streets and beaches of Varosha remain empty, save for a single Turkish-only resort along the coast.  We saw many amazing abandoned structures in our research, but we never expected to see a completely abandoned beach resort.

Abandoned Beach Resort City Gallery

  

Abandoned Water Park, Russia

A massive, indoor water park was planned for the children of Russia, one towering many stories high with a myriad of rides within.  Yet before this park could be completed, the developer went belly up and couldn’t afford its completion.  The structure was to house many pools, water slides and other water-based fun, and appeared to be just months away from completion.  The now abandoned water park houses only concrete, metal, graffiti and the curiosity of freelance “urban archaeologists”.

Abandoned Water Park Gallery

  

  

Abandoned Cathedral, Gary, Indiana

Much like the city of Detroit, Gary, Indiana has been hard hit by the fall of the industrial revolution.  While many of its massive industrial factories still operate, hope in the area is very hard to find.  Perhaps representative of this lack of faith is this amazing abandoned cathedral.  While this church is now empty, its beauty remains.  The arched, cathedral ceiling, the grand architecture of the exterior and the religious iconography carved within might suggest that man has turned their back on religion here, but the opposite is not necessarily the case. (these images come courtesy of the community at opacity.us, one of the best places for exploring abandoned structures across the entire internet)

Abandoned Cathedral Gallery

  

  

Abandoned British Sea Forts

During the Second World War, the British Royal Navy constructed a series of sea forts for an advanced line of defense against inbound air raids and potential sea invasions from the Axis powers.  The Maunsell Sea Fortsstill stand today, silent and abandoned a few meters above the North Sea.  One, however, remains inhabited, now a nation of its own referred to as the Principality of Sealand.  These sea forts are a favorite of maritime explorers, a lonely collection of stilted fortresses not far off the coast of eastern England. [see more photos of the Maunsell Sea Forts by slimmer jimmer]

Abandoned British Sea Forts Gallery

  

  

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We hope you enjoyed this collection of abandoned places from the world’s recent history.  If you’ve ever explored an abandoned place and wish to share your story, we’d love to hear about it in the comments below.