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Which billionaire made over $3 million an hour over the past year?

Highest-gaining tycoons
George Soros: $300 million (£231m)
Jim Walton: $400 million (£308m)
Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr: $1.3 billion (£1bn)
Jorge Paulo Lemann: $1.4 billion (£1.1bn)
Alice Walton: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Phil Knight & family: $1.8 billion (£1.4bn)
S. Robson Walton: $2.2 billion (£1.7bn)
Wang Jianlin: $2.6 billion (£2bn)
Maria Franca Fissolo & family: $3.1 billion (£2.4bn)
Liliane Bettencourt: $3.4 billion (£2.6bn)
David Thomson & family: $3.4 billion (£2.6bn)
John Mars: $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
Jacqueline Mars: $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
Li Ka-Shing: $4.1 billion (£3.2bn)
Amancio Ortega: $4.3 billion (£3.3bn)
Carlos Slim: $4.5 billion (£3.5bn)
Sheldon Adelson: $5.2 billion (£4bn)
Sergey Brin: $5.4 billion (£4.2bn)
Larry Page: $5.5 billion (£4.3bn)
Steve Ballmer: $6.5 billion (£5bn)
Michael Bloomberg: $7.5 billion (£5.8bn)
Bernard Arnault: $7.5 billion (£5.8bn)
Jack Ma: $7.8 billion (£6bn)
Larry Ellison: $8.6 billion (£6.7bn)
David Koch: $8.7 billion (£6.7bn)
Charles Koch: $8.7 billion (£6.7bn)
Bill Gates: $11 billion (£8.5bn)
Mark Zuckerberg: $11.4 billion (£8.8bn)
Warren Buffett: $14.8 billion (£11.4bn)
Jeff Bezos: $27.6 billion (£21.3bn)
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Highest-gaining tycoons

President Donald Trump's fortune may be down a billion, according to the latest Forbes Rich List, but there are plenty of other billionaires who have raked it in over the past year. From the luxury goods magnate who boosted his fortune by $7.5 billion (£5.8bn) to the online shopping mogul who made an eye-watering $3.2 million (£2.5bn) an hour, here are the world's highest-gainers.
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lovemoney staff

22 May 2017

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