10 Most Successful Investors in the World

1. Warren Buffett

Investment Firm: Berkshire Hathaway
Net Worth: $64.6 Billion

Unsurprisingly, the top spot among the most successful investors in the world goes to Warren Buffett. Judging from his frugal lifestyle, it is hard to fathom that he is the third-richest person in the world. The start of his success is often tied to his purchase of Berkshire Hathaway, although he has said on more than one occasion that it was the worst investment he ever made and that despite its success it has cost him over $200 billion in lost interest in the 45 years since. Be that as it may, Berkshire Hathaway is now the sixth-most valuable public company in the U.S. Buffett is also the only person on this list who has publicly stated that his taxes should be higher. As can be imagined, that didn’t earn him many plaudits from his colleagues on Wall Street.

Top Holding: Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) had been Warren Buffett’s top stock pick for three years before it was supplanted by Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) this year. As mentioned above, Buffett teamed up with Jorge Paulo Lemann in bringing Kraft and Heinz together, creating the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world, which is 26.8% owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and 25.1% owned by Lemann’s 3G Capital. The entity now owns 13 different brands worth at least $500 million, and eight brands worth at least $1 billion. Bernstein analyst Alexia Howard recently said that Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)’s shares could gain more than 70% by 2024 if the company is able to make at least three transformational acquisitions by then and grow its global market share in packaged foods to 8.9% from its current 1.5%. Kraft Heinz was owned by 60 of the hedge funds that we track as of June 30.