With Facebook set to IPO on May 18, with the share price set in the $28 to $35 range, Bloomberg has now updated its Billionaire List to reflect Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth at $17.6 billion.
It’s kind of ridiculous, but this billionaire index is updated daily. For instance, here are today’s top 40 wealthiest people according to Bloomberg:
| NAME | EST. NET WORTH | CTRY | $ CHG DAILY | % CHG YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Carlos Slim Helu | $ 75.0 billion | MEX | $ 65.5 M | 21.7 |
| 2. William “Bill” Henry Gates III | $ 63.2 billion | USA | – $ 394.8 M | 12.7 |
| 3. Warren E. Buffett | $ 45.4 billion | USA | $ 12.2 M | 6.1 |
| 4. Ingvar Kamprad | $ 42.5 billion | SWE | – $ 570.0 M | 14.6 |
| 5. Bernard Arnault | $ 42.2 billion | FRA | $ 234.2 M | 19.6 |
| 6. Amancio Ortega Gaona | $ 38.3 billion | SPN | $ 716.3 M | 9.8 |
| 7. Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Ellison | $ 37.2 billion | USA | – $ 377.0 M | 12.8 |
| 8. Charles De Ganahl Koch | $ 35.5 billion | USA | $ 119.7 M | 5.7 |
| 9. David Hamilton Koch | $ 35.5 billion | USA | $ 119.7 M | 5.7 |
| 10. Eike Fuhrken Batista | $ 31.7 billion | BRA | – $ 84.6 M | 40.8 |
| 11. Sheldon Gary Adelson | $ 25.0 billion | USA | – $ 576.9 M | 26.6 |
| 12. Christy R. Walton | $ 24.7 billion | USA | – $ 35.2 M | – 1.3 |
| 13. Li Ka-Shing | $ 24.6 billion | CHN | – $ 169.1 M | 11.0 |
| 14. Stefan Persson | $ 24.0 billion | SWE | $ 379.8 M | 10.2 |
| 15. Liliane Bettencourt | $ 23.8 billion | FRA | $ 53.2 M | 17.7 |
| 16. Jim C. Walton | $ 23.4 billion | USA | – $ 6.9 M | 0.1 |
| 17. David K.R. Thomson | $ 23.2 billion | CAN | – $ 157.2 M | 8.5 |
| 18. Samuel “Rob” Robson Walton | $ 23.0 billion | USA | – $ 6.8 M | 0.2 |
| 19. Michele Ferrero | $ 22.6 billion | ITA | – $ 111.3 M | 7.4 |
| 20. Alice L. Walton | $ 22.4 billion | USA | – $ 6.9 M | – 0.2 |
| 21. Karl Albrecht | $ 22.0 billion | GER | $ 466.9 M | – 1.6 |
| 22. George Soros | $ 22.0 billion | USA | – $ 13.6 M | 3.7 |
| 23. Mukesh D. Ambani | $ 21.8 billion | IND | – $ 444.7 M | 1.9 |
| 24. Jeffrey “Jeff” Bezos | $ 21.4 billion | USA | – $ 95.4 M | 30.5 |
| 25. Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud | $ 20.5 billion | SAU | 0 | 18.2 |
| 26. Lee Shau Kee | $ 19.5 billion | CHN | – $ 20.3 M | 13.0 |
| 27. Alisher Usmanov | $ 19.3 billion | RUS | $ 38.4 M | 10.8 |
| 28. Cheng Yu Tung | $ 19.1 billion | CHN | $ 87.6 M | – 4.9 |
| 29. Lawrence “Larry” E. Page | $ 18.9 billion | USA | $ 73.3 M | – 3.9 |
| 30. Sergey Brin | $ 18.8 billion | USA | $ 71.7 M | – 3.8 |
| 31. Georgina “Gina” Hope Rinehart | $ 18.7 billion | AUS | – $ 144.8 M | – 7.5 |
| 32. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez | $ 18.6 billion | MEX | – $ 212.2 M | 7.9 |
| 33. Rinat Akhmetov | $ 18.1 billion | UKR | – $ 72.1 M | 25.8 |
| 34. Lakshmi N. Mittal | $ 18.0 billion | IND | – $ 227.7 M | – 14.7 |
| 35. Iris Fontbona | $ 17.7 billion | CHL | – $ 538.1 M | 0.7 |
| 36. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg | $ 17.6 billion | USA | – $ 2,900.0 M | – 2.2 |
| 37. Azim Premji | $ 16.3 billion | IND | $ 97.0 M | 1.5 |
| 38. Jorge Paulo Lemann | $ 15.8 billion | BRA | $ 20.8 M | 28.8 |
| 39. Vladimir Lisin | $ 15.8 billion | RUS | – $ 231.7 M | 6.3 |
| 40. Steve Ballmer | $ 15.4 billion | USA | – $ 38.3 M | 17.5 |
Mark Zuckerberg is number 36 on the list, well ahead of Steve Ballmer.
On another note: this is a good article to read about the Facebook IPO.
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