Former tennis player and current billionaire Ion Tiriac is the only Romanian included in the latest edition of the Forbes ranking of the world’s richest.

Tiriac has a wealth estimated at USD 1.1 billion, which places him on the 1,795th position worldwide.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates remains the richest person in the world, with a fortune of USD 86 billion. He is followed by the U.S. investor Warren Buffett, with a fortune of USD 75.6 billion.

Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega, who owns the fashion retailer Zara, fell to the 4th place, with a fortune of USD 71.3 billion. He was surpassed by Jeff Bezos, the director of the Amazon group, with a wealth of USD 72.8 billion. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is only 32 years old, ranks fifth, with a wealth of USD 56 billion.

Among the top 20 billionaires, only Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are younger than 60.

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