His wealth has roughly tripled from $35.5 billion in 2015, making him one of only 14 people worth more than $100 billion by Forbes’ reckoning. Excluding his fortune leaves a sizable hole in the Bloomberg index.

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    9 months ago

    Their list has always not included some of the truly richest people in the world, like for example some Saudis. It’s a pretty meaningless list.

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        9 months ago

        Wow, such nonsense. ALL billionaires obtained significant portions of their wealth illegally

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          9 months ago

          As I said in another comment, illegal /= unethical or immoral. Most people on the list used shady, yet legal, practices. Few probably engaged in outright illegal acts to obtain their wealth.