Swiss-Italian billionaire and entrepreneur, Ernesto Bertarelli has a net worth of $16.7 billion in July 2019. He has made his fortune from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology companies. His wife Kirsty Bertarelli, a former Miss UK, is officially the richest woman in UK. Their wealth grew by £920 million in 2010, although, slightly more disappointingly, Ernesto failed to defend the America’s Cup yachting title he won in 2003 and 2007. Ernesto Bertarelli was born in Rome and moved to Switzerland with his family in 1977. In 2000, Bertarelli founded the yachting syndicate Team Alinghi, two-time winner of the America’s Cup.

Heinz Hermann Thiele has an estimated net worth of $16.7 billion in July 2019.

Businessman Ronald Perelman has an estimated net worth of $16.8 billion in July 2019. He was born Ronald Owen Perelman on January 1, 1943 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Chinese internet entrepreneur Zhang Zhidong has an estimated net worth of $16.8 billion as of April 2019.

Japanese billionaire Takemitsu Takizaki is the Founder and Chairman of Keyence Corporation, and has an estimated net worth of $16.8 billion as of May 2019.

With a total net worth of $16.8 billion in July 2019, Lee Kun-Hee, the chairman of Samsung Group, is considered as the largest conglomerate in Korea today. His Galaxy S-Smartphone continues to be a big hit in the market which increased his total net worth by around $1.5 billion. Samsung Electronics, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, is hailed as one of the world’s leading producers and developers of semiconductors.

Best recognized as the founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio is an American businessman with an estimated net worth of $16.9 billion in July 2019. He was named as one of the top 50 most influential people by Bloomberg Markets. In 2012, he was included in the list of top 100 most influential personalities in the world by Time magazine.

American businesswoman Anne Beau Cox Chambers has an estimated net worth of $17 billion as of March 2016, according to Forbes. This media proprietor has interests in Cox Enterprises which currently runs and operates radio, television, cable television, newspapers and other businesses.

Considered as one of Russia’s most powerful people, Gennady Timchenko is a Russian-Finnish businessman with an estimated net worth of $17 billion as of May 2019.

Midea co-founder He Xiangjian has an estimated net worth of $17 billion as of May 2019. In the China Rich List, he is ranked 18th and the 437th in the list of World Billionaires.