Those who are named as the richest people in the world have fantastic wealth, and of course, are enormous in number. Some of them even have many assets that are greater than the GDP of some countries. Those people are working hard and try turning brilliant ideas into something innovative like Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates did.

Are you curious to find out who are those people? Let's find out who entered the list of the 10 richest people in the world.

Who doesn't know the founder and CEO of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma? Jack Ma is a Chinese businessman who owns the largest e-commerce company in China, Alibaba. He was also the first mainland Chinese citizen to appeared in Forbes magazine and listed as a world billionaire.

The appearance of Jack Ma can be said to be phenomenal because of his inspirational figure who came from a poor teacher and then managed to become one of the richest people in the world. According to Forbes Magazine records, Jack Ma has assets worth $38.8 billion due to Alibaba's success, which he founded. Furthermore, Jack Ma is also listed as the 3rd richest person in China.

The one and only of the L'Oreal company heir, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, was known as the richest woman in the world by Forbes. She was born on July 10, 1953, and she is the granddaughter of L'Oreal founder Eugene Schueller. According to Forbes records, she has a net worth of $ 48.9B, and together with his sons, Meyers has a stake of about 33% in L'Oreal company.

Although she knows as the heir of the world's largest cosmetics company, Bettencourt Meyers, also has an active academic career. She is a prominent writer who has written books on Judeo-Christian relations and Greek mythology.

In 2011, Forbes named Carlos Slim Helu as the richest person in the world who succeeded beat Bill Gates and Waren Buffet. Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican who was born on January 28, 1940. Slim's net worth reported at USD73 billion, including the holding company he owned when he became the world's richest man. However, according to Forbes records, now Slim's net worth is at $ 52.1B. Slim's income comes from telecommunications. He also controls three major telecommunications companies: Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), Telcel and America M¢vil.

In 1990 Slim's bought Telmex from the government, partnering with Southwestern Bell Corp and France Telecom. At that time, Telmex was not in a stable condition. Yet, without a doubt, Carlos turned the losing company into a moneymaker to this day.

Jim Walton is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Wal-Mart is a US retail company that operates the largest supermarket chain. Jim Walton's father founded Walmart for the first time in Arkansas in 1962. Since then, he has continued to expand his business and opened several Walmart supermarket chains. Sam died in 1992, and since then, his children run the business and one of them was Jim Walton.

According to Forbes records, Jim Walton has an estimated net worth of USD 54.6 billion. He is the Director of Arvest Bank, which has total assets of about USD 16 billion, and he was also served on Walmart's board of commissioners before.

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the richest people in the world named by Forbes. Even though he did not finish his studies, Forbes magazine said Zuckerberg's own wealth reached USD1.5 billion at the beginning of Facebook's entry into the stock market on May 18, 2012. At that time, Zuckerberg was only 28 years old, and because of that, Forbes named Zuckerberg as The Youngest 'Self-made' Billionaire on the Planet. Currently, Forbes notes that Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of $ 54.7B from his business.

Apart from that, in 2019 alone, Facebook have more than 2.27 billion users. Facebook have also made acquisitions such as acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp. However, Mark Zuckerberg's journey to develop Facebook to become successful was not always been smooth, were there a lot of controversies and obstacles Zuckerberg have faced.

Amancio Ortega is the chairman and founder of the Inditex fashion group, which controls the Zara clothing and accessories store chain. Zara is a clothing line that is often cited as imitating super-expensive designs and making them more affordable. Amancio Ortega is the person that ever beat Bill Gates in the title of the richest person in the world. According to a Forbes report, Ortega is still among the world's richest people, where his assets are about US $ 55.1B.

It isn't easy to track Ortega's background or life story. Even though he's a successful businessman, he was reluctant to meet reporters or tell his life story. Most of his profile assembled from interviews of people who know him. Regarding his business Zara, there is a story about Ortega saw a costly flower-patterned evening dress, and he has an idea of ​​imitating the dress. The reason is simply that only upper-class people can buy good clothes, while he wants to make good clothes but at affordable prices that can be bought by many people, including the middle-class.

The next richest man in the world is occupied by a big investor, Warren Buffett, he got "Oracle of Ohama" as his nickname. It is because Buffett's investment choices are always right and generate many benefits for him. Warren Edward Buffet was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States (US) on August 30, 1930. At the age of nearly 90 years, Buffett is still active in investing in the companies that are near to collapse.

In 2008, Forbes magazine had put Warren Buffett at number one in the list of the World's Richest People with a total wealth of USD62 billion. At that time, he was able to replace Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, which for 13 consecutive years has always been at the top. According to Forbes Real Time Net Worth, Warren Buffet's net worth is about $67.5B, making him the fourth wealthiest person in the world today.

Bernard Arnault, a man from France who houses the luxury fashion brand LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy). He is the richest man in France and Europe, and according to Forbes records, the Arnault family is pocketing a fortune of $ 76B.

His successful business began in 1987 when he invested in the company LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) through Henri Racamier. Then in January 1989, he had an asset in LVMH of about 43.5%, which made him selected as CEO of the brand. Besides that, Arnault maintains other big brands such as Givenchy, Sephora, Guerlain, Marc Jacobs, Fendi, and even some stocks in Hermes.

Bill Gates had the status of the world's richest person who was very famous in the technology world. He founded Microsoft, which became the largest software company in the world. Bill Gates' journey to develop Micorosft was full of sacrifice, and he even dropped out of his campus at Harvard University. Even though he was dropped out from his university, through his hard efforts, the company name Microsoft Corporation became successful, and Bill Gates soared to become a millionaire where Microsoft became the largest software company in the world.

According to Forbes Real-Time Net Worth Records, Bill Gates is the 2nd richest person in the world with a net worth of $ 98B. Over the years, he has been the first ranked in the list as the richest person in the world.

Jeff Bezos has been named the richest person in the world since 2018. His wealth has not been replaced since then. Jeff Bezos has broken the record with the most billionaires in history, with a net worth of about $113B billion.

It took 26 years for him to get to where he is today since he started his business Amazon in 1994. He managed Amazon only with savings and assistance from his mother. Then in 1995, Amazon.com was present and become bigger until now.

Jeff Bezos' journey to be ranked as number 1, the world's richest man was not easy. In 2002, he was on 293rd rank because his wealth decreased to $ 1.5 billion. But it did not make Bezos give up, wherein 2018 he managed to become the richest person no. 1st world and defend the throne until now. Not only founding Amazon, but Jeff Bezos is also has a space company name Blue Origin, and he also owns some of Google stocks.