The Richest Person on Each Continent
With a stock price surge of 13% after Amazon’s most recent quarterly filing, Wall Street analysts were reportedly “shocked” by the company’s rapid growth. The e-commerce juggernaut beat both quarterly revenue and earnings forecasts, and continues to trailblaze with a 34% revenue growth rate.
This boded well for the net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which fluctuates wildly based on Amazon stock price movements. In fact, the recent jump in price on October 27 helped catapult him past Bill Gates (again) to become the richest person in North America, as well as the entire world.
As of publication time, according to Forbes’ real-time wealth tracker, his wealth stands at $92.6 billion.
Net Worth Leaders by Continent
Today’s graphic comes to us from HowMuch.net and it shows the richest person on each continent.
Here is the full breakdown:
| Person | Continent | Net Worth | Source of Wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bezos | North America | $92.6B | Technology |
| Jorge Paulo Leman | South America | $30.8B | Food and beverage |
| Amancio Ortega | Europe | $77.8B | Fashion, real estate, investing |
| Aliko Dangote | Africa | $13.7B | Cement, sugar, flour, salt |
| Mukesh Ambani | Asia | $41.9B | Oil an gas |
| Gina Rinehart | Oceania | $16.6B | Mining |
Net worth figures from HowMuch.net as of November 3, 2017
To be thorough, HowMuch.net also “nominated” a person to represent the continent of Antarctica, even though it has no permanent residents.
Chosen for this title? It’s none other than Arnold W. Donald, the CEO of Carnival, the world’s largest cruise company, which monetizes the icy continent for its Antarctic cruises on a regular basis.
This graphic has been amended since initial publication. Just yesterday, Mukesh Ambani climbed up the list to become the richest person in Asia, and it now reflects that. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out.
