Forbes Billionaires 2013: Winners, Losers & Givers
Amancio Ortega leads our annual scorecard of biggest gainers

2013 WINNERS
Amancio Ortega
+$19.5 billion
Net worth: $57 billion
Zara’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 billion
Net worth:$53.5 billion
Berkshire 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 billion
Net worth: $34 billion
World’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 LosersEike Batista
–$19.4 billion
Net worth: $10.6 billion
Brazilian 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 billion
Net worth: $9.9 billion
Last year, Salinas made more money than anyone as shares of his Grupo Elektra skyrocketed the
shares have since fallen 50%.
Azim Premji
–$4.7 billion
Net worth:$11.2 billion
The 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
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 Supermarkets
Images: Buffett, Salinas: Reuters Ortega, Koch, Batista, Premji, Pinchuk: Getty Images
First Published: Mar 23, 2013, 06:36
Subscribe Now