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Forbes 2015 Billionaires List: Which Tech Tycoon Beat Mark Zuckerberg and Scored the Number 1 Spot?

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos
Tech tycoons Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos all made the Forbes 2015 Billionaires list.

Looking for a new best friend? Forbes has released its list of the world’s Top 500 biggest billionaires in 2015, who come from a variety of professions and backgrounds. 

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Topping the list yet again was Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $79.2 billion. Forbes has listed Gates as no. 1 for 16 of the last 21 years, and he has been in the top 10 since 1993. Though his nearly $80 billion is nothing to scoff at, in 1999, Gates had surpassed $100 billion and was known as a “centibillionaire.” 

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At no. 16 is Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg with a net worth of $33.4 billion, just shy of Amazon.com tycoon Jeff Bezos at $34.8 billion. 

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Christy Walton and Liliane Bettencourt are the only two women to make it into the Top 10 of the Forbes 2015 Billionaires list.

Two women made it into this year’s top 10 — Walmart’s Christy Walton holds the no. 8 spot with $41.7 billion and L’Oreal’s Liliane Bettencourt comes in at no. 10 with $40.1 billion. 

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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu snagged the no. 2 spot with $77.1 billion and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett came in at $72.7 billion. 

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came in at no. 14 with $35.5 billion and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin landed the 19th and 20th spots, respectively, with $29.7 billion and $29.2 billion. 

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Designer Ralph Lauren scored the no. 193 spot on the Forbes 2015 Billionaires list.

Further down the list sits controversial media mogul Rupert Murdoch at no. 77 with $13.9 billion, and fashion designers Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren occupy the no. 174 and 193 spots, respectively, with Armani netting $7.6 billion and Lauren bringing in $7 billion. 

Though he hires celebrities to be his apprentices, Donald Trump barely made the list, tying with 12 other billionaires for no. 405 with $4.1 billion. And Oprah Winfrey didn’t make the Top 500, scoring the no. 603 with her $3 billion.

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Forbes released its list of 2015’s biggest billionaires.
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