The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking by documented net worth of The World's Wealthiest Billionaires compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March 1987.
In 2018, there was a record of 2,208 people on the list, that included 259 newcomers mostly from China and the U.S.; there were 63 people under 40 and it had a record number of 256 women.
The average net worth of the list came in at US$4.1 billion, up US$350 million from 2017. Added together, the total net worth for 2018's billionaires was US$9.1 trillion, up from US$7.67 trillion in 2017.
As of 2018, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has topped the list 18 of the past 24 years, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is ranked at the top for the first time and he became the first multibillionaire included in the ranking.
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