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