Forbes Billionaires 2013: Winners, Losers & Givers

Amancio Ortega leads our annual scorecard of biggest gainers

Mar 23, 2013, 06:36 IST1 min

2013 WINNERSAmancio Ortega+$19.5 billionNet worth: $57 billionZara’s founder retired as chairman in 2011 but still holds nearly 60% of fast-appreciating shares, up 50% year-over-year on record profits at the trendy retail chain. Total stores owned worldwide by Amancio Ortega’s fashion retailer Inditex, including 1,938 stores in his homeland of Spain.

Warren Buffett+$9.5 billionNet worth:$53.5 billionBerkshire Hathaway’s surging shares pumped up the 82-year-old CEO’s fortune, but he drops a spot in our wealth ranking because of outsize charitable giving.

Charles Koch+$9 billionNet worth: $34 billionWorld’s richest siblings, David and Charles Koch, are up $9 billion apiece, thanks to rising refining and chemical profits, and solid results from Georgia-Pacific.

2013 Losers Eike Batista–$19.4 billionNet worth: $10.6 billionBrazilian who bragged he’d one day be world’s richest man falls from No. 7 to No. 100, amid plunging mining stocks, losing the equivalent of $53 million a day. Ricardo Salinas–$7.5 billionNet worth: $9.9 billionLast year, Salinas made more money than anyone as shares of his Grupo Elektra skyrocketed the shares have since fallen 50%.

Azim Premji–$4.7 billionNet worth:$11.2 billionThe philanthropist gave away Wipro stock worth $2.3 billion this February. His fortune also dropped as shares of the outsourcing firm were down 9% in past year.

PHILANTHROPY SUMMIT Victor Pinchuk&ensp Big GiftsSince its debut three years ago, 105 billionaires have signed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge, promising to give away at least half their wealth. Here are 11 non-US billionaire signatories.

1 Vladimir Potanin&ensp$14.3 billion Russia Metals 2 Azim Premji&ensp$11.2 billion India Outsourcing 3 Hasso Plattner&ensp$8.9 billion Germany SAP 4 Andrew Forrest&ensp$5.7 billion Australia Mining 5 Richard Branson&ensp$4.6 billion UK Virgin 6 Victor Pinchuk&ensp$3.8 billion Ukraine Manufacturing 7 Patrice Motsepe&ensp$2.9 billion South Africa Mining 8 John Caudwell&ensp$2.6 billion UK Mobile Phones 9 Vincent Tan&ensp$1.3 billion Malaysia Real Estate, Retail 10 Mohammed Ibrahim&ensp$1.1 billion UK Mobile Phones 11 David Sainsbury&ensp$1.1 billion UK SupermarketsImages: Buffett, Salinas: Reuters Ortega, Koch, Batista, Premji, Pinchuk: Getty Images

First Published: Mar 23, 2013, 06:36

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Forbes Billionaires 2013: Winners, Losers & Givers

Amancio Ortega leads our annual scorecard of biggest gainers

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