7. Bernard Arnault (Total net worth $61.6B)
The other European on the list also made his fortune in the retail sector. As chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault controls the world's biggest luxury goods house, which in addition to the beloved Louis Vuitton brand also includes high profile brands like Tag Heuer and Dom Perignon champagne.
Nationality: French
Born: 5 March 1949 (age 68) in Roubaix, France
Spouse: Hélène Mercier
Children: 5
Famous Quote:
"If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA."
- Bernard Arnault
Flickr/Ecole Polytechnique Université
8. Larry Ellison (Total net worth $54.4B)
Larry Ellison made his name (and fortune) as the founder of legendary database company Oracle. While his roughly 25 percent stake in Oracle may account for a large portion of his wealth, Mr. Ellison also holds a diversified portfolio with investments across a number of industries, namely real estate and professional sports (including a sailing team and the tennis tournament at Indian Wells in California).
Nationality: American
Born: August 17, 1944 (age 73) in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Spouse: NA (multiple divorces)
Children: 2
Famous Quote:
“There’s a wonderful saying that’s dead wrong. ‘Why did you climb the mountain?’ ‘I climbed the mountain because it was there.’ That’s utter nonsense…You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like.”
- Larry Ellison
Flickr/Oracle PR
9. Larry Page (Total net worth $51.5B)
With his partner Sergey Brin (no. 10), Larry Page claimed his place in history and helped to change the world as the co-founder of Google. As CEO of Google's holding company (Alphabet), Larry Page controls the world's largest search engine operator.
Nationality: American
Born: March 26, 1973 (age 44) in East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Spouse: Lucinda Page
Children: 2
Famous Quote:
“For a lot of companies, it’s useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe it’s better to shoot higher. You don’t want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what’s possible and how to make the world better”
- Larry Page
Alphabet CEO Larry Page speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/AP
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