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Billionaires who’ve lost the most and made the most money in 2017

This year's biggest losers and most impressive gainers
Andrew Forrest, current net worth: $4.01 billion (£3.1bn), -$606 million (£461m)
Gennady Timchenko, current net worth: $10.8 billion (£8.2bn), -$687 million (£523m)
Jeffery Hildebrand, current net worth: $8.56 billion (£6.5bn), -$708 million (£539m)
Carl Icahn, current net worth: $19.8 billion (£15.1bn), -$764 million (£582m)
Travis Kalanick, current net worth: $5.87 billion (£4.5bn), -$785 million (£598m)
Garrett Camp, current net worth: $5.87 billion (£4.5bn), -$785 million (£598m)
Ray Hunt, current net worth: $5.8 billion (£4.4bn), -$870 million (£662m)
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, current net worth: $5.41 billion (£4.1bn), -$895 million (£681m)
Leonid Mikhelson, current net worth: $16.3 billion (£12.4bn), -$958 million (£729m)
George Kaiser, current net worth: $12.3 billion (£9.4bn), -$960 million (£731m)
Marian Ilitch, current net worth: $5.95 billion (£4.5bn), -$1.02 billion (£776m)
Dilip Shanghvi, current net worth: $11.7 billion (£8.9bn), -$1.12 billion (£853bn)
Christoffel Wiese, current net worth, $4.77 billion (£3.6bn), -$1.15 billion (£875m)
Jude Reyes, current net worth: $4.62 billion (£3.5bn), -$1.29 billion (£982m)
Christopher Reyes, current net worth: $4.62 billion (£3.5bn), -$1.29 billion (£982m)
Charles Butt, current net worth: $5.77 billion (£4.4bn), -$1.37 billion (£1bn)
Stefan Persson, current net worth: $21.5 billion (£16.4bn), -$1.5 billion (£1.1bn)
Sergey Galitsky, current net worth: $5.97 billion (£4.6bn), -$1.65 billion (£1.3bn)
Stefano Pessina, current net worth: $11.9 billion (£9.1bn), -$1.66 billion (£1.3bn)
José Marinho, current net worth: $4.79 billion (£3.7bn), -$1.67 billion (£1.3bn)
João Marinho, current net worth: $4.82 billion (£3.7bn), -$1.69 billion (£1.3bn)
Roberto Marinho, current net worth: $4.82 billion (£3.7bn), -$1.69 billion (£1.3bn)
Charlie Ergen, current net worth: $15.8 billion (£12bn), -$1.79 billion (£1.4bn)
Harold Hamm, current net worth: $13.2 billion (£10.1bn), -$1.84 billion (£1.4bn)
Patrick Drahi, current net worth: $8.38 billion (£6.4bn), -$1.96 billion (£1.5bn)
Bruce Halle, current net worth: $3.98 billion (£3bn), -$2.25 billion (£1.7bn)
Wang Jianlin, current net worth: $28 billion ($21.4bn), -$2.4 billion (£1.8bn)
Zong Qinghou, current net worth: $4.86 billion (£3.7bn), -$2.41 billion (£1.8bn)
Prince Alwaleed Al Saud, current net worth: $17 billion (£13b), -$2.75 billion (£2.1bn)
George Soros, current net worth: $8 billion (£6.1bn), -$17.2 billion (£13.2bn)
Bill Gates, current net worth: $88.7 billion (£67.6bn), +$6.34 billion (£4.8bn)
Serge Dassault, current net worth: $21.6 billion (£16.5bn), +$6.4 billion (£4.9bn)
Takemitsu Takizaki, current net worth: $17.4 billion (£13.3bn), +$6.74 billion (£5.1bn)
Sheldon Adelson, current net worth: $34.9 billion (£26.6bn), +$6.76 billion (£5.2bn)
Lee Shau Kee, current net worth: $25.1 billion (£19bn), +$6.82 billion (£5.2bn)
Gong Hongjia, current net worth: $12.1 billion (£9.2bn), +$6.98 billion (£5.3bn)
Elon Musk, current net worth: $19.8 billion (£15.1bn), +$7.16 billion (£5.5bn)
Li Shufu, current net worth, current net worth: $10.8 billion (£8.2bn), +$7.74 billion (£5.9bn)
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, current net worth: $44 billion (£33.5bn), +$7.78 billion (£5.9bn)
Lee Kun Hee, current net worth: $22 billion (£16.8bn), +$7.89 billion (£6bn)
Steve Ballmer, current net worth: $34.3 billion (£26.1bn), +$7.91 billion (£6bn)
Sun Hongbin, current net worth: $9.53 billion (£7.3bn), +$8.05 billion (£6.1bn)
Tony Zhang, current net worth: $16.5 billion (£12.6bn), +$8.14 billion (£6.2bn)
Jim Walton, current net worth: $42.9 billion (£32.7bn), +$8.59 billion (£6.6bn)
Alice Walton, current net worth: $42.2 billion (£32.2bn), +$8.99 billion (£6.9bn)
Rob Walton, current net worth: $43.5 billion (£33.2bn), +$9.14 billion (£7bn)
François-Henri Pinault, current net worth: $25.6 billion (£19.5bn), +$10.6 billion (£8.1bn)
Sergey Brin, current net worth: $50.9 billion (£38.8bn), +$11.7 billion (£8.9bn)
Yang Huiyan, current net worth: $19.4 billion (£14.8bn), +$12.2 billion (£9.3bn)
Carlos Slim, current net worth: $62.1 billion, +$12.2 billion (£9.3bn)
Larry Page, current net worth: $52.2 billion (£36.8bn), +$12.2 billion (£9.3bn)
Larry Ellison, current net worth: $55.7 billion (£42.5bn), +$14.1 billion (£10.8bn)
Jack Ma, current net worth: $47.5 billion (£36.2bn), +$14.2 billion (£10.8bn)
Mukesh Ambani, current net worth: $38.3bn (£29.2bn), +$15.5 billion (£11.8bn)
Wang Wei, current net worth: $20.3 billion (£15.5bn), +$15.6 billion (£11.9bn)
Pony Ma, current net worth: $39.2 billion (£29.9bn), +$18.4 billion (£14bn)
Bernard Arnault, current net worth: $60.1 billion (£45.8bn), +$20.9 billion (£15.9bn)
Mark Zuckerberg, current net worth: $76.1 billion (£58bn), +$26.1 billion (£19.9bn)
Jeff Bezos, current net worth: $96.1 billion (£73.3bn), +$30.7 billion (£23.4bn)
Hui Ka Yan, current net worth: $41.5 billion (£31.7bn), +$34.1 billion (£26bn)
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This year's biggest losers and most impressive gainers

This year has been an annus horribilis for some of the world's mega-rich and a stellar one for others. Using Bloomberg data, we reveal the billionaires who've lost the most and made the most money so far in 2017.
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27 November 2017

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