Revealed: The Biggest Billionaire Gainers And Losers 2014


BANGALORE: This year was one of the biggest financial years for some of the biggest business people in the world. It seems that the rich are getting richer. Well while some made huge profits there were other billionaires who witnessed a decline. Some of the names that witnessed decline in their business maybe surprising but maybe the New Year will give them something better. So here is the list of the biggest gainers and losers in business this year compiled by Wealth-X.

The Gainers:

Well it is no surprise that the biggest gainer for the year is Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, who was a teacher turned entrepreneur. His decision to take his e-commerce company public was a huge benefit as his worth increased by $18.5 billion bringing his total worth to $29.2 billion.

The next on the list was Warren buffet who is considered as a legendary investor. In this year he earned a total of $13.5 billion, bringing his total wealth to $72.1 billion. He may well be the second richest man on earth.

This third gainer’s name comes with no surprise that is, Bill Gates, the mastermind behind Microsoft saw his wealth increase by $10.5 billion. This increase takes his net worth to $83.5 billion and sees him as the richest man on earth once again.

A man who keeps making the social media entertaining for people all around the world, Mark Zuckerberg was the fourth biggest gainer. His total gain for the year was $8.4 billion that sends his total wealth to $33.1 billion.

The fifth biggest gainer is Patrick Drahi, who is the owner of Altice, which is a multinational telecommunications company. He gained $5.1 billion this year, taking his total worth to $12.9 billion. This huge gain put Drahi on the list of the most elite billionaires club. We’ll only have to watch and see how well his company does in the coming years.

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