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The people who earned the most in the last decade

Fortunes that have skyrocketed since 2010
Yang Huiyan: $18.7 billion (£14.5bn)
Leonid Mikhelson: $19.6 billion (£15.3bn)
Wang Jianlin: $19.6 billion (£15.3bn)
Michael Dell: $20.8 billion (£16.8bn)
Mukesh Ambani: $21 billion (£16.3bn)
François Pinault: $21 billion (£16.3bn)
Elon Musk: $22.3 billion (£17.3bn)
Giovanni Ferrero: $22.4 billion (£17.4bn)
Phil Knight: $23.2 billion (£18bn)
Alice Walton: $23.8 billion (£18.5bn)
Jim Walton: $23.9 billion (£18.6bn)
Rob Walton: $24.5 billion (£19.1bn)
Sheldon Adelson: $25.8 billion (£20.1bn)
Steve Ballmer: $26.7 billion (£20.7bn)
Hui Ka Yan: $32.2 billion (£25bn)
Sergey Brin: $32.3 billion (£25.1bn)
Charles Koch: $33 billion (£25.6bn)
Larry Page: $33.3 billion (£25.8bn)
Larry Ellison: $34.5 billion (£26.8bn)
Ma Huateng: $35.2 billion (£27.3bn)
Warren Buffett: $35.5 billion (£27.6bn)
Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr.: $36.1 billion (£28.1bn)
Jack Ma: $36.1 billion (£28.1bn)
Michael Bloomberg: $37.5 billion (£29.1bn)
Amancio Ortega: $37.7 billion (£29.3bn)
Bill Gates: $43.5 billion (£33.8bn)
Bernard Arnault: $48.5 billion (£37.7bn)
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers: $49.3 billion (£38.3b
Mark Zuckerberg: $58.3 billion (£45.3bn)
Jeff Bezos: $118.7 billion (£92.2bn)
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Fortunes that have skyrocketed since 2010

Back in 2010 the world's billionaires boasted a combined net worth of $3.6 trillion (£2.8trn). This year the figure has jumped to $8.7 trillion (£6.8trn). While some of the global mega-wealthy have seen their fortunes decline since 2010, others have accumulated bewildering sums of money. Comparing the Forbes Billionaires lists from 2010 and 2019, we reveal the people who've garnered the most dough over the past decade.

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Daniel Coughlin

03 December 2019

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