Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg third richest man in world, overtakes investment king Warren Buffett

All those criticism in past months cannot stop Facebook founder in becoming the third richest man on earth. Yes, Mark Zuckerberg has been identified as the third richest man by a recent Bloomberg Billionaires Index. But guess what! The glory of Zuckerberg’s pocket has even outrunned investment king and business philanthropist Warren Buffett. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.

According to the index, Mack Zuckerberg total net worth stood at $81.6 billion at third spot. Zuckerberg is known for creating social media giant Facebook whose net income is $15.93 billion and revenue of $40.65 billion. Zuckerberg in 2003 wrote a program called Facemash, which was later turned into The Facebook in 2004.

This quite achievement for Zuckerberg in his just 14 years of career. His net worth is even better than Buffett who has an experience of massive 67 years.

According to the Bloomberg index, Zuckerberg added $8.83 billion year-to-date. Zuckerberg at third spot follows Bill Gates at second with a net worth of $94.2 billion. Jeff Bezos the founder and chairman of e-commerce giant Amazon stood at top spot with net worth of massive $142 billion.

Meanwhile, Buffett’s net worth stood at $81.2 billion. Interesting this year till date, Buffett saw a decline of $4.08 billion in his net worth.

It is very commendable to what Zuckerberg has achieved as he is the only youngster among the top five richest man. At fifth place,  Amancio Ortega holds net worth of $76.1 billion.

Among Indian businessmen, Reliance Industries founder Mukesh Ambani stood at 18th spot with net worth of $39.6 billion. Interestingly, Ambani saw a decline of $669 million in his net worth year-to-date.

Alice Louise Walton who is an American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was the only woman in top 20 richest people in the world as per the list. Alice has a net worth of $40 billion at 17th spot right before Ambani.