Forbes list: The World's Billionaires(Dangote - #43 on the list)

It will hardly come as a surprise that the rich got richer in 2013. Didn’t happen to you, did it? The combined wealth of the world's billionaires hit an all-time high of 5.4 trillion, up from 4.6 trillion in 2012. Let's see what 2013 presents to us...Our very own, Aliko Dangote stepped up this year as he ranked 43 on the list. Thumbs up to you my man. Check out the list below.

#1. Carlos Slim Helu;
Age: 73
Net worth: $73B
Hustle: Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim speaks during news conference at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City,Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Slim announced an educational partnership between his Carlos Slim Foundation with the Khan Academy.

#2. Bill Gates
Age: 57
Net worth: $67B
Hustle: Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks with German Development Minister Dirk Niebel (not pictured) to the media after talks at the Development Ministry on January 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Gates is cooperating through his charity foundation with the German government and private companies on sustainable food programs in Africa.


#3. Amancio Ortega
Age: 76
Net worth: $57B
Hustle: MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - JUNE 29: Amancio Ortega attends the Monaco International Jumping as part of Global Champion Tour on June 29, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.


#4. Warren Buffett
Age: 82
Net worth: $53.5B
Hustle: Warren Buffett


#5. Larry Ellison
Age: 68
Net worth: $43B
Hustle: chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2012 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Ellison unveiled a high-end server with more memory and updated its flagship database to compete against SAP AG in meeting businesses' growing information needs.
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#43. Aliko Dangote
Age: 55
Net Worth: $16.1 B
Hustle: cement, sugar, flour producer; self-made Nigerian Cement tycoon retains his position as Africa's 40 richest man for the third year in a row.

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See full list from #6 below:

6    
David Koch
    $34 B     72     diversified     United States
8    
Li Ka-shing
    $31 B     84     diversified     Hong Kong
9    
Liliane Bettencourt & family
    $30 B     90     L'Oreal     France
10    
Bernard Arnault & family
    $29 B     64     LVMH     France
11    
Christy Walton & family
    $28.2 B     58     Wal-Mart     United States
12    
Stefan Persson
    $28 B     65     H&M     Sweden
13    
Michael Bloomberg
    $27 B     71     Bloomberg LP     United States
14    
Jim Walton
    $26.7 B     65     Wal-Mart     United States
15    
Sheldon Adelson
    $26.5 B     79     casinos     United States
16    
Alice Walton
    $26.3 B     63     Wal-Mart     United States
17    
S. Robson Walton
    $26.1 B     69     Wal-Mart     United States
18    
Karl Albrecht
    $26 B     93     Aldi     Germany
19    
Jeff Bezos
    $25.2 B     49     Amazon.com     United States
20    
Larry Page
    $23 B     39     Google     United States
21    
Sergey Brin
    $22.8 B     39     Google     United States
22    
Mukesh Ambani
    $21.5 B     55     petrochemicals, oil & gas     India
23    
Michele Ferrero & family
    $20.4 B     87     chocolates     Italy
24    
Lee Shau Kee
    $20.3 B     85     diversified     Hong Kong
24    
David Thomson & family
    $20.3 B     55     media     Canada
26    
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
    $20 B     58     investments     Saudi Arabia
26    
Carl Icahn
    $20 B     77     leveraged buyouts     United States
26    
Thomas & Raymond Kwok & family
    $20 B     -     real estate     Hong Kong
29    
Dieter Schwarz
    $19.5 B     73     retail     Germany
30    
George Soros
    $19.2 B     82     hedge funds     United States
31    
Theo Albrecht, Jr. & family
    $18.9 B     62     Aldi, Trader Joe's     Germany
32    
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family
    $18.2 B     81     mining     Mexico
33    
Jorge Paulo Lemann
    $17.8 B     73     beer     Brazil
34    
Alisher Usmanov
    $17.6 B     59     steel, telecom, investments     Russia
35    
Iris Fontbona & family
    $17.4 B     70     mining     Chile
36    
Forrest Mars, Jr.
    $17 B     81     candy     United States
36    
Jacqueline Mars
    $17 B     73     candy     United States
36    
John Mars
    $17 B     76     candy     United States
36    
Georgina Rinehart
    $17 B     59     mining     Australia
40    
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family
    $16.7 B     59     mining     Mexico
41    
Mikhail Fridman
    $16.5 B     48     oil, banking, telecom     Russia
41    
Lakshmi Mittal
    $16.5 B     62     steel     India
43    
Aliko Dangote
    $16.1 B     55     cement, sugar, flour     Nigeria
44    
Len Blavatnik
    $16 B     55     diversified     United States
44    
Cheng Yu-tung
    $16 B     87     diversified     Hong Kong
46    
Joseph Safra
    $15.9 B     74     banking     Brazil
47    
Rinat Akhmetov
    $15.4 B     46     steel, coal     Ukraine
47    
Leonid Mikhelson
    $15.4 B     57     gas, chemicals     Russia
49    
Leonardo Del Vecchio
    $15.3 B     77     eyeglasses     Italy
49    
Michael Dell
    $15.3 B     48     Dell     United States
51    
Steve Ballmer
    $15.2 B     56     Microsoft     United States
52    
Viktor Vekselberg
    $15.1 B     55     oil, metals     Russia
53    
Paul Allen
    $15 B     60     Microsoft, investments     United States
53    
Francois Pinault & family
    $15 B     76     retail     France
55    
Vagit Alekperov
    $14.8 B     62     Lukoil     Russia
56    
Phil Knight
    $14.4 B     75     Nike     United States
56    
Andrey Melnichenko
    $14.4 B     41     coal, fertilizers     Russia
58    
Dhanin Chearavanont & family
    $14.3 B     73     food     Thailand
58    
Susanne Klatten
    $14.3 B     50     BMW, pharmaceuticals     Germany
58    
Vladimir Potanin
    $14.3 B     52     metals     Russia
61    
Michael Otto & family
    $14.2 B     69     retail, real estate     Germany
62    
Vladimir Lisin
    $14.1 B     56     steel, transport     Russia
62    
Gennady Timchenko
    $14.1 B     60     oil & gas     Russia
64    
Luis Carlos Sarmiento
    $13.9 B     80     banking     Colombia
65    
Mohammed Al Amoudi
    $13.5 B     68     oil, diversified     Saudi Arabia
66    
Tadashi Yanai & family
    $13.3 B     64     retail     Japan
66    
Mark Zuckerberg
    $13.3 B     28     Facebook     United States
68    
Henry Sy & family
    $13.2 B     88     diversified     Philippines
69    
Donald Bren
    $13 B     80     real estate     United States
69    
Serge Dassault & family
    $13 B     87     aviation     France
69    
Lee Kun-Hee
    $13 B     71     Samsung     South Korea
69    
Mikhail Prokhorov
    $13 B     47     investments     Russia
73    
Alexey Mordashov
    $12.8 B     47     steel, investments     Russia
74    
Antonio Ermirio de Moraes & family
    $12.7 B     84     diversified     Brazil
74    
Abigail Johnson
    $12.7 B     51     money management     United States
76    
Ray Dalio
    $12.5 B     63     hedge funds     United States
76    
Robert Kuok
    $12.5 B     89     diversified     Malaysia
78    
Miuccia Prada
    $12.4 B     63     Prada     Italy
79    
Ronald Perelman
    $12.2 B     70     leveraged buyouts     United States
80    
Anne Cox Chambers
    $12 B     93     media     United States
81    
Stefan Quandt
    $11.9 B     46     BMW     Germany
82    
Ananda Krishnan
    $11.7 B     74     telecoms     Malaysia
82    
Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila
    $11.7 B     36     beer     Colombia
82    
James Simons
    $11.7 B     74     hedge funds     United States
82    
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
    $11.7 B     68     drinks     Thailand
86    
Zong Qinghou
    $11.6 B     67     beverages     China
87    
Dirce Navarro De Camargo & family
    $11.5 B     -     construction     Brazil
87    
John Fredriksen
    $11.5 B     68     shipping     Cyprus
89    
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family
    $11.4 B     61     real estate     United Kingdom
90    
Harold Hamm
    $11.3 B     67     oil & gas     United States
91    
Rupert Murdoch
    $11.2 B     82     News Corp     United States
91    
John Paulson
    $11.2 B     57     hedge funds     United States
91    
Azim Premji
    $11.2 B     67     software     India
94    
Ernesto Bertarelli & family
    $11 B     47     biotech, investments     Switzerland
94    
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
    $11 B     58     Heineken     Netherlands
94    
Hans Rausing
    $11 B     86     packaging     Sweden
94    
Jack Taylor & family
    $11 B     90     Enterprise Rent-A-Car     United States
98    
Lui Che Woo
    $10.7 B     83     gaming     Hong Kong
98    
Laurene Powell Jobs & family
    $10.7 B     49     Apple, Disney     United States
100    
Eike Batista
    $10.6 B     56     mining, oil     Brazil