PICS: The 8 men richer than half the world

Published Jan 16, 2017

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In its latest report which was released at Davos on Monday, advocacy group Oxfam said global inequality had grown to unacceptable proportions as just eight men now owned the same wealth as half of the world.

According to the Forbes list, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest individual

with a net worth of $75 billion.

The others, in order of ranking, are 

Amancio Ortega, the Spanish founder of fashion house Inditex

Financier Warren Buffett

Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helu

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg

Oracle's Larry Ellison and

Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York

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