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The billionaires who have made the most money in 2016

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Gina Rinehart: Up £1.9 billion
Lee Shau Kee – $2.6 billion (£2bn)
Jorge Paulo Lemann – $2.6 billion ($2bn)
Takemitsu Takizaki: UP $2.8 billion (£2.2bn)
Dieter Schwarz – $2.8 billion (£2.2bn)
Henry Sy – $3.1 billion (£2.4bn)
Bernard Arnault – $3.1 billion (£2.4bn)
Ron Perelman – $3.3 billion (£2.6bn)
Stefan Quandt: UP $3.3 billion (£2.6bn)
Vladimir Lisin – $3.4 billion (£2.7bn)
Kjeld Kristiansen – $3.6 billion ($2.8bn)
Jack Ma – $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
Sheldon Adelson – $3.7 billion (£2.9bn)
Warren Buffett – $3.7 billion (£2.9bn)
Amancio Ortega – $3.7 billion (£2.9bn)
Lakshmi Mittal – $3.8 billion ($2.93bn)
Alberto Baillères – $4.6 billion (£3.6bn)
Susanne Klatten – $4.6 billion (£3.6bn)
Andrey Melnichenko – $4.7 billion (£3.63bn)
Larry Ellison – $5 billion (£3.9bn)
Bill Gates – $5.1 billion ($88.9bn fortune)
Liliane Bettencourt – $5.3 billion ($38.4bn)
Alice Walton – $5.6 billion (£4.3bn)
Harold Hamm – $6.1 billion (£4.7bn)
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi – $6.1 billion (£4.7bn)
Rob Walton – $6.1 billion (£4.7bn)
Jim Walton – $6.1 billion (£4.7bn)
Ingvar Kamprad – $7.2 billion (£5.6bn)
Jeff Bezos – $7.2 billion ($66.9bn fortune)
Mark Zuckerberg – $9.2 billion ($55bn fortune)
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The past eight months have delivered plenty of financial ups and downs for the billionaires of the world, and while some mega-rich individuals have lost cash – notably Carlos Slim and Wang Jianlin – others have been raking it in. Here are 2016's biggest money-makers so far, as compiled by Bloomberg.
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24 August 2016

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