<P> In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world 's billionaires , the gap between the top one percent and the rest of the billionaires continued to widen with the 20 richest people on the planet worth $1.2 trillion that amounts to 13 percent of all billionaires ' fortunes combined . A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion , up 18 % since 2017 . For the first time , Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon 's rising stock price that resulted in one person 's biggest one year gain in wealth ( $35 billion ) since Forbes started tracking in 1987 . The U.S. continued to have the most billionaires in the world , with a record of 585 , while China is catching up with 476 ( when including Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan ) . </P>
<P> In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world 's billionaires , the gap between the top one percent and the rest of the billionaires continued to widen with the 20 richest people on the planet worth $1.2 trillion that amounts to 13 percent of all billionaires ' fortunes combined . A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion , up 18 % since 2017 . For the first time , Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon 's rising stock price that resulted in one person 's biggest one year gain in wealth ( $35 billion ) since Forbes started tracking in 1987 . The U.S. continued to have the most billionaires in the world , with a record of 585 , while China is catching up with 476 ( when including Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan ) . </P>
who is number one on the forbes list
who is number one on the forbes list
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos