American business magazine, Forbes, has released this year's list of the wealthiest people on the planet. 

According to Forbes, the Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth taken on Feb. 12, and they used stock prices and exchange rates from that day. Some fortunes could have changed considerably since then.

Unfortunately, no , including Nigeria's Aliko Dangote made it to the list of the people with the deepest pockets in the world.

#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

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#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

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