Let’s make a little bet: when you clicked on top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018, you were expecting to read an article about the richest entrepreneurs under 25, weren’t you? Well, there’s only one word for you: surprise!
Not everyone is cut out to become an entrepreneur, let alone a successful one. It really takes to have a lot of courage, an original idea, and just a little bit of eccentricity, wouldn’t you say? Oh, and absolute faith in your master plan. A good entrepreneur is also immune to the comments of the environment, but is yet capable of recognizing good advice when he receives one. A great entrepreneur is always following his instinct and the signs around him. Should you wish to read some realistic fairy tales, i.e., something about the most successful entrepreneurs in the world and their stories, go to the Inc and read about Oprah, Disney, J.Rowling, and many others. Some of them belong to the top 10 entrepreneurs of all time group, and others are on a good way of becoming a legend themselves. If you wish to know about top 10 entrepreneurs in the India, Investopedia can show you a list with Dhirubhai Ambani, Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, and Dilip Shanghvi. Perhaps even more inspiring stories in a male-dominated world are the stories of female top entrepreneurs in the India: Indra Nooyi, Vandana Luthra, Indu Jain, Chanda Kochar and so on.
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Now let’s see how we decided which business people were good enough for our list of top entrepreneurs. As we have already mentioned, it’s not sufficient to simply list young entrepreneurs who have just stepped into the harsh rat race. Who can guarantee they will succeed in 2018 as well? When we began our search, the first assumption was that the biggest chances of success in 2018 belong to those who were top entrepreneurs in the world in 2017. “Top” in this case was understood as “the richest,” and we found a list of the wealthiest billionaire entrepreneurs at Business Insider. We started off with a list of top 10 entrepreneurs in the world 2017 and checked how they managed their businesses in January 2018. As told by CNBC, Warren Buffet is going to retire this year. We crossed him off our list for that reason. Clearly, he can’t be considered to be the best entrepreneur in this year if he’s going to hand over the control to someone else. Sadly, there is one unfortunate criterion for erasing another person from our list – the candidate simply passed away. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, died on 27th January leaving a company which was worth $50.7 billion in 2017.
Finally, to check the ratings of the most affluent businessmen for 2018 (there are no female entrepreneurs, unfortunately), we turned to the Bloomberg‘s list of billionaires and daily updates of their riches. The second source was the good old Forbes. In the end, we simply ranked them according to their current net worth.
If by any chance you’re thinking of joining this crowd, take a look at 19 Green Business Ideas for Eco-Friendly Entrepreneurs, or 11 Most Profitable Agricultural Business Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs. Most of them started off small and built an empire of their own.
So, our top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018 may not all be a spring chicken, but they are bound to take over the world once again.
10. Michael (Mike) Bloomberg
Net worth: $53.7
Age: 75
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Financial Services/Media
Company: Bloomberg LP
Mike Bloomberg is an American household name. People were so inspired by the business ventures that they trusted him to be the mayor of New York three times.
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9. Sergey Brin
Net worth: $53.7 billion
Age: 44
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Google/ Alphabet
The founder of Google. Need we say more? The project’s inception took place in a dorm room in Stanford in 1998 and later took over the world by storm. At the moment he’s the president of Alphabet.
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8. Larry Page
Net worth: $58 billion
Age: 44
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Alphabet
Once a co-founder of Google, he’s now the CEO of Alphabet (a company that purchased Google). Interestingly enough, he and Sergey Brin, the number 9 on our list of top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018, have the same salary – $1. Annually.
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7. Larry Ellison
Net worth: $58.5 billion
Age: 73
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Oracle
From a small electronics company to riches – that would be the story of Larry Ellison. His baby is Oracle Corp., the second-largest software maker behind Microsoft.
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6. Bernard Arnault
Net worth: $67.5 billion
Age: 68
Citizenship: France
Industry: Consumer
Company: LVMH
He was on the list of top 10 entrepreneurs 2016, and here he is again. Mr. Arnault ranks 6th on our list of top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018. He is the chair of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and in charge of world-renowned luxury brands. He even has Dior in his possession.
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5. Carlos Slim
Net worth: $68.2 billion
Age: 77
Citizenship: Mexico
Industry: Diversified
Company: Grupo Carso
His conglomerate, Grupo Carso, is in charge of a number of different businesses. We’ll just tell you he owns America Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile telecom firm, and 17% of The New York Times. Among other lucrative businesses.
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4. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $78.2 billion
Age: 33
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Facebook
What is there to say about Mark Zuckerberg that hasn’t been said before? Just another modest billionaire on our list of top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018. He also has a $1 annual salary.
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3. Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $78.5 billion
Age: 81
Citizenship: Spain
Industry: Retail
Company: Inditex
Perhaps his name has escaped your attention, but if we mention Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Oysho, that probably rings a few bells? The thing is Inditex owns all of them and many more.
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2. Bill Gates
Net worth: $95.4 billion
Age: 62
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Microsoft
Everyone has heard of him. This man is a synonym for wealth, and philanthropy, too. Even though he’s no longer the CEO, he still takes part in board meetings.
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1. Jeff Bezos
Net worth: $117 billion
Age: 53
Citizenship: United States
Industry: Technology
Company: Amazon
And the richest, most successful entrepreneur to be, comes first in our top 10 entrepreneurs in the world in 2018 list. The creator and owner of Amazon has every right to feel like the king of the world. He’s come a long way since his humble beginnings in 1994.
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