Here is the 2016 World Richlist

The 2016 list of the world's richest individuals has been released by forbes.On the top spot remains Bill Gates at $75B, the runner up on the list is Amancio Ortega at $67B and the 3rd is Warren Buffet at $60B.

The highest gainer in the list is facebook's Mark Zuckerberg who jump from no. 16 last year to no. 6 this year after gaining $11.2 billion.There is a total of 1,810 billionaires, down from a record 1,826 a year ago. Their aggregate net worth was $6.48 trillion, $570 billion less than last year.

Nigeria's own Aliko Dangote remains the richest person in Africa at $15.4B followed by Mike Adenuga at $10B.

Here is the top 10 list;

#1 Bill Gates $75 B 60 Microsoft United States #2 Amancio Ortega $67 B 79 Zara Spain #3 Warren Buffett $60.8 B 85 Berkshire Hathaway United States #4 Carlos Slim Helu $50 B 76 telecom Mexico #5 Jeff Bezos $45.2 B 52 Amazon.com United States #6 Mark Zuckerberg $44.6 B 31 Facebook United States #7 Larry Ellison $43.6 B 71 Oracle United States #8 Michael Bloomberg $40 B 74 Bloomberg LP United States #9 Charles Koch $39.6 B 80 diversified United States #9 David Koch $39.6 B 75 diversified United States

Credit to Forbes