Top 10 Billionaires: Biography and their Previous Life

by Bill Bryson

The World's Billionaires is a yearly positioning by total assets of the world's wealthiest very rich people aggregated and distributed in March every year by the American business magazine Forbes. The rundown was first distributed in March 1987. The aggregate total assets of every person on the rundown is assessed, in United States dollars, in view of their benefits and representing obligation. Eminence and despots whose riches originates from their positions are rejected from these rundowns.  In 2017, there was a record of 2,043 individuals on the rundown, which is the first run through more than 2,000 individuals were recorded, that included 195 newcomers that included 76 from China and 25 from the U.S.; there were 56 individuals under 40 and it had a record of 227 ladies. The normal total assets of the rundown came in at US$3.75 billion, down US$110 million from 2015. Included, the aggregate total assets for 2017's very rich people was US$7.67 trillion, up from US$7.1 trillion out of 2015. Starting at 2017, Microsoft author Bill Gates has topped the rundown 18 of the previous 23 years.

58 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 9, 2017

About the author

Bill Bryson is a bestselling American-British author known for his witty and accessible nonfiction books spanning travel, science, and language. He rose to prominence with Notes from a Small Island (1995), an affectionate portrait of Britain, and solidified his global reputation with A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003), a popular science book that won the Aventis and Descartes Prizes. Raised in Iowa, Bryson lived most of his adult life in the UK, working as a journalist before turning to writing full-time. His other notable works include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and The Mother Tongue. Bryson served as Chancellor of Durham University (2005–2011) and received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including an honorary OBE and election as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. Though he announced his retirement from writing in 2020, he remains one of the most beloved voices in contemporary nonfiction, with over 16 million books sold worldwide.